by Donna Fitzgerald | July 28, 2010 | 6 Comments
I was just doing some research on change management and I had another light bulb moment. The article I was reading said you needed to make a business case for change, and my immediate gut reaction was “on what planet? Nobody ever makes a change for the sake of change.” In my experience most organizations, [...]
Category: Organizational Development PMO Tags: Change Management
by Donna Fitzgerald | July 19, 2010 | 2 Comments
I was sitting on the plane last week trying to get some writing done and as it always, one thought lead to another until I realized I was contemplating why organizations fear shades of gray. All the incredible emphasis on process is designed to eliminate human judgment and ensure consistency but if we’d ever stop kidding ourselves, the [...]
Category: Agile Organizational Development PMO Tags: Decision Making, PPM Process
by Donna Fitzgerald | July 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
Just got off the phone with a great client and as usual when I talk with great clients I realized something that I should always have known. The problem with a hierarchy, when it comes to culture change, is that we somehow think the people down in the lower levels of the org chart “aren’t [...]
Category: Agile Organizational Development PMO Tags: Change Management, Corporate Culture
by Donna Fitzgerald | July 12, 2010 | 3 Comments
I recently had two calls both of which centered around the need for real change management. In both cases there was a problem that needed to be solved, and in both cases the original suggestion was to just establish new rules and then enforce them. The only problem was that in many ways the old rules were [...]
Category: PMO Program Management Project Management Tags: Change Management, Storytelling
