Phase 0 - Adoption and change management before the introduction of your digital workplace solutions

The costs of a false transformation journey are already formed before the implementation project

In addition to poor implementation, the failure of transformation projects is due to misdiagnoses caused by blind spots at management level. In a learning organization, the culture of error is central and the constructive handling of errors is exemplified by management. At the same time, these blind spots and misdiagnoses before and at the start of the project represent significant costs of the wrong transformation journey and must be minimized at all costs.

A key component of success is the assessment of your change competence within the company and project-based risk management. In preparation for the business transformation and cloud journey, it is therefore important to take existing problems and projects into account and to get the business involved and committed to this change at an early stage. Phase 0 deals with the motives and risks of a change as well as the organizational and technical readiness for change within the company. In order to prepare and communicate the success of the change, relevant information is ideally already collected operationally and included in a project-relevant manner.

• Lack of focus and clarity of entrepreneurial mission and transformation-based vision
• Risks due to misdiagnosis and blind spots in management
  • Underlying problems persist or worsen
  • New problems arise
  • Loss of employee commitment to future initiatives of the management team
• Poor execution in the technical and / or organizational implementation
• Risks due to suppression of errors by management and employees
• Lack of commitment from management and employees

The operational or project-based use of change management, for example in the form of change agents, is one of the most important success factors before, during and after the implementation project. Change agents support management in decision-making, are familiar with the ongoing change projects in the organization, engage employees and prevent risks such as error culture and misdiagnosis in middle and top management. With an integrative change management approach, you minimize the costs of a wrong transformation journey and ensure collaboration between business and management, for example.

It is crucial for management to understand that the interpersonal transformation journey takes much longer than the technical realization. than the technical realization. While technical implementation with standard solutions at short notice can be made available at short noticeneeden the customizationin the business more time. The operative and project-based change management representen the people at the center of the change and develop important measures to prevent the costs of a wrong transformation journey. Integrative communication in a learning organization is the best state a company can be in for the future. for the business transformation can bring can bring. Employees help to develop the transformation journey at an early stageand interact with each other as well as positively on the application and the learning dynamics in your company.

• Operational and emergent change management
• Building change competence in the company
• Development of extended + core team / selection of power and pilot users (extreme users + experts)
• Commitment of the management team and sponsors
• Employee communication and opportunities to have a say
• Learning organization instead of organizational learning

Readiness assessments in management and discovery or experience workshops with the business have a direct impact on the successful application of your modern workplace solution and avert any risks to success and costs of a wrong transformation journey at an early stage. Know your focus, find the success factors and transformation traps of your change and develop the right approaches to reconcile these extremes. We know the best solutions for your change and adoption challenges and empower you to realize your digital potential. Do not hesitate to contact us.