5 steps towards sustainable change - printable card

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5 steps to sustainable enterprise or personal change Find the owner and tease Person willing to change, having the authority Speak his language, connect change to his agenda Sell the change show possible small steps (sure, they are unique) show possible benefits (there is a fish in the lake) use games, success stories, case studies, communi>es Any change in our life is hard although we know how to change. We know the technique, method or exact steps. So, why it is so hard to endure? Because it requires stepping out of our comfort zone and changing our habits. It requires mindset change as well as supportive environment. And it is even harder in enterprises. Following 5 steps can help you to sustain the change. 5 steps to sustain a business change environment mindset 1 Slow down to speed up! Grant the >me for improvements (e.g. 4hours/week) Strategies: postpone some projects, reduce the scope of current ones, simplify the product (less is more), abandon not used services, reduce number of supported versions Find common goal for the whole team Run Kaizen workshop to synchronize views, visualize the problems & root causes and find the steps to solve it just in 2 days 2 Jaroslav Procházka blog | free ebooks | games & workshops en.differ.cz 2013 Team capacity Demand / Scope Team capacity Demand

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5  steps  to  sustainable  enterprise  or  personal  change  

         Find  the  owner  and  tease              

•  Person  willing  to  change,  having  the  authority  •  Speak  his  language,  connect  change  to  his  agenda  •  Sell  the  change    

•  show  possible  small  steps  (sure,  they  are  unique)  •  show  possible  benefits  (there  is  a  fish  in  the  lake)  •  use  games,  success  stories,  case  studies,  communi>es  

Any  change  in  our  life  is  hard  although  we  know  how  to  change.  We  know  the  technique,  method  or  exact  steps.  So,  why  it  is  so  hard  to  endure?  Because  it  requires  stepping  out  of  our  comfort  zone  and  changing  our  habits.  It  requires  mindset  change  as  well  as  supportive  environment.  And  it  is  even  harder  in  enterprises.  Following  5  steps  can  help  you  to  sustain  the  change.  5  steps  to  sustain  a  business  change  

environment  mindset  

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         Slow  down  to  speed  up!              

•  Grant  the  >me  for  improvements  (e.g.  4hours/week)  •  Strategies:    

•  postpone  some  projects,    •  reduce  the  scope  of  current  ones,    •  simplify  the  product  (less  is  more),    •  abandon  not  used  services,    •  reduce  number  of  supported  versions  

•  Find  common  goal  for  the  whole  team  •  Run  Kaizen  workshop  to  synchronize  views,  visualize  the  problems  

&  root  causes  and  find  the  steps  to  solve  it  just  in  2  days  

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Jaroslav  Procházka                    blog  |  free  e-­‐books  |  games  &  workshops                    en.differ.cz          2013  

Team  capacity  Demand  /  Scope  

Team  capacity  Demand    

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         Hands  on  work              

•  Make  your  hands  dirty  to  demonstrate  posi>ve  effect  of  con>nuous    improvement  

•  Support  internal  coaches  growth  •  Work  in  pair  with  internal  coach  

on  ac>ons  from  Kaizen  workshop  

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         ConEnually  improve              

•  Keep  on  the  improvement  habit  to  adopt  new  mindset  •  Con>nue  with  improvements  also  when  the  weather  turns  bad  

it  has  the  power  to  make  the  sky  blue  again  •  Share  the  method,  tools,  mindset  with  others  to  improve  the  

whole  unit,  company,  community  

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Jaroslav  Procházka                    blog  |  free  e-­‐books  |  games  &  workshops                    en.differ.cz          2013  

         Gather  the  criEcal  mass              

•  Find  internal  “change  agents”  (early  adopters)  •  Connect  them  to  create  the  momentum  •  Grant  them  >me  to  support  others  •  Provide  them  tools  •  Provide  them  save  environment  to  learn  •  Reward  them  (high  performers)  

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