Five Fifty: The changeable organization

Beside reading a lot of Science-Fiction books (inspiration to think far far out of the box) and Wired UK (for the latest tech trends), I am also following McKinsey for their data and insights into the business world. They have this series of Five-Fifty which are great in today's fast paced world; this one is about change: Five Fifty: The changeable organization.

Yes, we need to change; and yes, we are afraid of and resist change. Still, I believe that in order to "manage" change, we need to enable our people and our organisation to define the change and then be excited about it. Here is what the research of McKinsey tells us about this.

• Scope matters - focus on goals that seek to get the best and most done with the assets we have
• Speed wins - break down your crazy ideas into modules that can deliver results in 3-6 months
• Health rules - a healthy organisation can master the transformation; based on strong leaders, button-up improvement, talent focus and customer value insights*
• Stretch targets - aspire great leaps that ignore any constraints and triple initial estimates; a collective dream

How do you prepare for exciting digital transformations?

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* ​Organizational health: A fast track to performance improvement