transformation

How do we get there?  There can be much to consider under each key step in a sustainability transformation roadmap but we will keep to a high-level overview for this blog and more detail can be explored in future blogs on each step.  The typical roadmap towards becoming a sustainable organisation can be seen below:

Take note!  2020 is becoming known as the ‘super year’ for sustainability commitment and action.  Not only is 2020 the ten-year mark for reaching the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 but we are seeing more and more that current commitments aren’t changing our course towards a global climate emergency.  Recent reports from the World Meteorological Organisation and the UN Environment Programme are fairly blunt.  The summary of findings are startling as countries collectively failed to stop growth in global greenhouse gas emissions, meaning that deeper and faster cuts are

It was one of those defining moments that occasionally punctuate our working lives. The realisation that what had been previously taken as an article of faith was, in fact, the cause of the problem. As this inconvenient truth dawned on the faces of the assembled transformation leaders, there was a perceptible shift of energy. Feelings of release, as well as fear pervaded the hotel conference room in which we were gathered.

“Transformation” is the buzzword of the day.  Agile Transformation. Digital Transformation.  HR Transformation. But what does “Transformation” really mean?

Source: Dictionary.com

I recently went along to a Round Table event for Transformation Executives hosted by Annapurna Change. There were about 20 of us discussing the inevitability or otherwise of Transformation Programmes losing momentum. 

As the conversation around the table developed, it became apparent that we had very different views of what we meant by ‘Transformational Change’. According to the wiki dictionary a Transformation is ‘a marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better’. Well, fine, but surely this could describe any large change programme.