He had all the aspirations of a normal boy. He wanted to play football, though not the American version. He wanted to have a career. He wanted to get married someday, and he didn’t have any advantages to help him. As it turned out, he achieved a great deal more. At 19, he began his […]
Everyone has heard the statistic. Two-thirds of all change initiatives fail to achieve their expected business benefits – a statistic that has stayed constant from the 1970s to the present. This failure rate represents billions of dollars in lost productivity, wasted resources, opportunity costs and rework—not to mention the negative impact on organizational morale and […]
Recently, consulting firm Emergent partnered with a Fortune 500 apparel company to undertake the biggest business transformation in the company’s history. Below is a mini case study that provides insights from that project. Building upon its solid performance in 2012, the company chose to implement a new global structure designed to fuel its long-term, international growth. The […]
In this article we will share with you the Threat-Opportunity Analysis, which is a change management tool that helps a project team develop its case for change. We had written previously about how to develop a powerful case for change and why it’s important to have one for your business transformation initiative (e.g., enterprise system deployment, […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT IS CLEAR: More than 80% of CEOs say change management is a priority 80% of CEOs cite the ability to adapt to change as a source of competitive advantage Almost all CEOs expect that, over the next three years, their organizations’ need for change management will increase 25% of […]
Jesse Jacoby
