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User onboarding is a process

User onboarding is a process

Traditionally in change management, there are key 'events' that we pin our change strategy on when it comes to getting users to use a new system. These include town halls, leader-led team sessions, and training sessions. We anticipate that after these events that...

Five agile change toolkits

Five agile change toolkits

The agile way of implementing changes has been popular for quite several years among a range of companies, from small startups to large corporations. Most agile methodologies do not address the role of change management explicitly as a function. However, at the same...

The secret in motivating change

The secret in motivating change

Move over older concepts and frameworks such as Lewin's, Bridges and Kubler-Ross models that are dated and not based on years of rigorous research..... It's time we started to focus on well-researched and evidence-backed models that explain people's behaviours in...

Practical agile for change managers – Part 1

Practical agile for change managers – Part 1

Communications   A critical part of agile is being able to iterate and continuously improve in order to deliver an optimal solution. Rather than one large change release, an agile project would break this down into smaller releases. Each release will go through an...

I discovered these 5 surprises in managing an agile digital project

I discovered these 5 surprises in managing an agile digital project

As someone who is normally oversees the change management side of large programs and portfolios, I now find myself being in the shoes of a project manager. Here’s the background. I now manage a digital software-as-a-service business (The Change Compass) aimed at those...

How to manage a peak change period resulting from agile

How to manage a peak change period resulting from agile

Most of us work in organizations where change is the constant, and where at any one time there is a myriad of changes. What happens when there is a lot of changes being worked on? How do effective organizations manage change within this common environment? And what...

The big elephant in the room on managing agile changes

The big elephant in the room on managing agile changes

There is now a lot of content out there on how to manage agile changes, including agile methodology and agile ways of working.   This includes early and continuous engagement, creating a multidisciplinary team and designing smaller iterative changes.  There are kanban...