Thread by @faizansiddiqi

Digital transformation as a service. Has the time come? I'm fairly confident that transformations time has come at large to be offered as a service. From process to operations to change management. Digital is a small construct in the large scheme of things. Digital enables it.

The issue with transformation is, It is painful. For all parties concerned. The folks who end up being blockers of new process n transformation agenda either succeed or die trying. But with that push n pull the disarray caused in any organization is akin to a toxicity shot.

When u inject any thing its reaction time is faster than taking oral drugs. Hence if u don't manage the toxicity element as an outcome of the change an organization is going through, either your process vitals will fail or you will need so many steroids to recover

That it won't be worth it in the end. So it may be a good idea to let professionals guide/empower your process. You don't know what u don't know and legacy employees know where all the skeletons are in the closest. So they can either be the best resources or add to more skeletons

You have to act fast.Act with a plan in hand & be prepared to enact serious change by letting people go who are unwilling to change. If you have named processes established go down that path so that named people become irrelevant. Rely on process vs people. That's the first step

When u subscribe to DTaaS u will get a method, a plan and best practices. You can't subscribe to courage or will power for 9.99$ or even 99.99$ that comes from within. Don't waste a good opportunity by not having the moral courage to fire people who bring down the organization.

You don't do transformations to win popularity contests. U do them to be better faster more efficient and to add to ur top and bottom line so that you take charge of not becoming irrelevant because of ur employees, let alone competition. Don't trust any one who has

Blow by blow details of the competition. These are the folks in my mind that should be the first to be exited,they focus on crying wolf & mis directing the process because they are tenured emp vs being smart employees with process. Also don't trust ppl who work without timelines

These are the free radicals in an organization that will bond to any idea so long as they don't have to do any work or feel they have their entire lives ahead of them to get to work. What u need from a digital transformation service is a play book to counter the these things

Not every one has visibility in to their known unknowns. When u have a formalized process as a service, some ones already painstakingly organized the best and the worst of what's to come.U can use items from that bouquet to brighten up your world vs trying to pair the wrong flora

Be prepared to draft the most profitable route from point A to B. Ie the end state of your transformation. It may not be the fastest or the easiest. But till u know where u need to be u can't get there
Establish that early, then track progress, assign accountability & take action

Every transformation needs a process champion a project champion and you the cheerleader or exec sponsor. All you need is a frame work to make it all work. The question to ask is, if such a service was available would u use it or will u make the same mistake as others before u?

The mistake typically is not knowing the reality of such large scale change management and going in blind. If u have a frame work, a tool to track progress and the commitment to take real time action u have titled the scales in your favour than those who wing it. Planning is key

But execution and pain management is what provides long term relief. No service can teach u how to lead and manage for instant decisions, those have to come from within. So yes DTaaS is some thing u should consider esp if u don't have in house expertise. Consultants add to issues

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