by Elise Olding | April 25, 2011 | Submit a Comment
Here is a quick snapshot of who is attending the Gartner BPM Summit in Baltimore: - 840+ registered attendees - 443 Participating Organizations - 27 countries represented - 86% USA (38 States represented) - 43% XX Large Enterprises - 72 Global 500 Organizations Participating - 40% Business titles - 40% Director level and higher - [...]
Category: BPM Gartner Tags: BPM, BPM Baltimmore, BPM Summit, BPM11, Gartner BPM, process improvement conferences
by Elise Olding | April 20, 2011 | 3 Comments
In the course of my organizational change research, I’m increasingly convinced that having a “change-able” culture will differentiate organizations in the future. This differentiation can positively impact the bottom line. Research abounds on the topics of well-being, motivation and more holistic views on change that embrace the emotional as well as logical components. I will [...]
Category: BPM Gartner Organizational Change Tags: BPM, change management, leading change, Organizational Change, process improvement
by Elise Olding | April 13, 2011 | Submit a Comment
The US BPM Summit is a few weeks away! We have 715 attendees as of this morning. Last month we held the European BPM Summit in London. It was attended by approximately 300. Looking back, the buzz there was amazing. There was so much energy and interaction. I left feeling truly excited about what we [...]
Category: BPM Gartner Tags: BPM, BPM Summit, BPM11, Gartner, process improvement conferences
by Elise Olding | April 5, 2011 | 1 Comment
The message read “You’ve Been Ousted as mayor of XXXPetStore.” My reaction? Big deal! I had no desire to race to the store to recapture my status or find numerous excuses to purchase toys for my two adorable tonkinese cats. Gamification is an engagement technique that borrows video game mechanics (game features such as points, [...]
Category: BPM Gartner Organizational Change Tags: behavior change, BPM, gamification, motivation, process design
by Elise Olding | March 14, 2011 | 1 Comment
The winners of the 2011 BPM Excellence Awards have been announced! We had a great response to our call for submissions – 24 in all. A rigorous selection process was applied with participation from the entire Gartner BPM team, as well as analysts from our business applications and vertical industry groups. A huge “THANKS” to [...]
Category: BPM Gartner Tags: BPM Excellence Award, Gartner, Michele Cantara, process improvement
by Elise Olding | March 10, 2011 | Submit a Comment
The BPM Summit was held March 7 and 8 in London. The 275 attendees made the most of the two packed days – attending sessions, visiting the vendor show floor, chatting with the Gartner analysts and making connections with other attendees. I had a wonderful time and did get out for some great Indian food. [...]
Category: BPM Gartner Tags: BPM, BPM Summit, BPM Summit London, BPM11, Elise Olding, Else Olding, Gartner, twitter
by Elise Olding | March 7, 2011 | Submit a Comment
John Dixon kicked things off this morning followed by an insightful Gartner keynote by Janelle Hill. Rick Rummler and Alan Ramius framed some of the BPM challenges in their keynote session “Repositioning BPM for Sustainable Success.” Lots of great attendee interactions on the vendor showcase floor. We are in full swing! Early twitter statistics show [...]
Category: Gartner Tags: BPM, BPM Summit, twitter
by Elise Olding | March 2, 2011 | Submit a Comment
The BPM Summit is March 7th and 8th and I’m looking forward to interacting with the attendees. Attending and presenting at a conference is one of the best parts of my job. It’s great give and take – I can share insights with attendees and I also hear so many fascinating examples of successes and [...]
Category: BPM Gartner Organizational Change Uncategorized Tags: BPM, BPM Summit, operational resilience, organizational liquidity, social BPM
by Elise Olding | February 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
Do the value of processes depreciate over time? It seems everything else does. That bright shiny car, even though it still is dependable as ever, isn’t worth what it once was. We seem to have a way to track these things. Accountants have schedules for the assets in our enterprises. Is anyone watching the value [...]
Category: BPM Gartner Strategic Planning Tags: BPM, business process, process improvement, process value
by Elise Olding | February 10, 2011 | 2 Comments
As part of my job at Gartner, I talk with many clients and publish research. Happily, one of my passions is organizational change and it’s a topic that I cover. It has become very clear to me that one of the reasons organizational change is difficult, and often a major component in project failure, is [...]
Category: BPM Gartner Organizational Change Strategic Planning Tags: BPM, change, change management, Organizational Change, organizational liquidity, organizational readiness, process improvement
