BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION is one of those ‘confetti’ phrases.
Cheap, disposable and ‘thrown around’ to make things look jazzy.
‘Innovation’ and ‘systems thinking’ have been there.
The basis isn’t bad, it just become another
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Management Fads come and go
Transformation (even Agile Transformation) is just the latest in an industrial scale production line
More magical Silver Bullets
Richard Pascale charted their growth from 1950’s to the early 2000’s
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Basically it’s mostly ‘good old fashioned change’
Dressed in New Clothes, driven by ‘corporate narcissism and powered by BS’ to paraphrase @PaulBromford
Who nails it in this post https://bit.ly/2Wd5KdF 
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‘People don’t resist change, they resist bullshit’
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Call me pedantic, but
I like to stick to actual definitions, and avoid ‘confetti phrases’
Much of the ‘Transformation’ I know of is Continuous Improvement with; glitter/confetti/new clothes
Nothing wrong with CI (I’m a huge fan @AllWalesCIC)
Let’s’ just say what things are.

This won’t be popular with the ‘confetti throwers’
But I reckon that Transformation should be,
Small, imperfect and done without a massive fuss.
A bit like Fight Club, you don’t talk about it.
Have a look at this on Minimum Viable Transformation
http://bit.ly/24v73SA 
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Minimum Viable Transformation: Change should be Small and Imperfect

Speeches you never hear at a Corporate Conference: “….. Our Transformation Programme is going to be small and imperfect. We are going to do many small things that probably won’t wo…

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Ref what @snowded says creating sustainable change:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">do small things
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">make them safe to fail
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">do many, at the same time
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">with the people it matters to
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">spread what works
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">learn from what doesn’t
Like Trojan Mice (favourite of @PriorNeil)
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Trojan Mice in 900 Seconds

Be careful what you wish for… After blathering on about Trojan Mice for ages people have actually paid attention. Thank you Paul Taylor for the mentions in this post ‘The Complex Problem with…

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Why are we stuck with ‘confetti throwing’?
And
Transformation that isn’t transformative?
Because,
Simple but Wrong Answers
are easier to sell than
Complex but Right (and harder to do)
Some people get it
@PaulBromford @PaulMatthews67

Real Transformation is COMPLEX.
It doesn’t fit with traditional project management methods
Have a look @tobyjlowe if you don’t believe me.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">outcomes cannot be defined up front
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">a tightly scripted ‘road map’ won’t get you there
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">milestones are a figment of your imagination

Don’t get me started on setting targets and measuring progress
And
Controlling the message is probably going to make things worse Creating unrealistic expectations
And leaving you feeling ‘done to’
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So,
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">Please don’t say ‘transformation’ when you mean something else
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">Recognise actual transformation is Complex but Right
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">Stay away from Silver Bullets and Confetti Throwing
This is worth a read.
The Life Cycle of a Silver Bullet http://bit.ly/2qzMyEb 
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