Why is ENKI, LLC Success Unlocked®
IT departments drive a lot of business change. Today they are pushing “Digital Transformation” which means they are moving software to the cloud and turning off internal systems including applications, integrations, hardware, data management, reporting, and other legacy technology. Yesterday it was Big Data, AI, ML, CRM, IoT, BI, SaaS, ERP, and on and on… They always think “this” is an IT thing and business teams don’t need to be involved.
Statistically, IT Projects fail to deliver the promised benefits 71% of the time (see our previous article on root causes and solutions for IT-only projects). So, maybe it is time to reverse this value destruction. Maybe IT departments need to reconsider that these efforts are more than just an IT change? Maybe the IT departments need to reconsider partnering with consulting firms that are happy to overstaff and overcomplicate transformations to drive up their own revenues without regard for their clients’ outcomes.
ENKI’s diversity of experience and perspectives is required to deliver motivated cross-functional teams, development of others, and achievement of the improbable. Does your preferred consulting firm or your current internal teams give you that? If your answer is yes, STOP READING.
“After working with 6 consultants from a large firm for 4-years to build a DevOps group, you came in and sat outside my office for a year with 1/3 of the resources and created a real DevOps group. I still have no idea how you did it!”
ENKI consultants have the experience of owning and being accountable for successful global transformations as corporate executives. Our approach helps you motivate your team and develop others. Building your high-performing team is not achieved by bringing in a bunch of junior consultants and crossing your fingers. It takes executives that have built their own high-performing teams to help your employees develop and take on the transformation as their own, in every department because teams today are cross-functional.
How ENKI is Different
In an ever-evolving world, ENKI helps you balance the investments in people and technology critical to obtaining the transformation outcomes you expect. Our fit-for-purpose team of cross-functional experts is selected to Unlock Success®
given your specific cultural and technical challenges. Our approach is designed to engage and develop your team for sustainable economic benefit.
Did you know…
Project Management in Information Technology failure rates average 71%.[1]
Recent meta-analyses of organizational change implementation efforts show an average failure rate of 73%.[2]
Projects are abandoned 30% of the time
Financial objectives are missed 33% of the time
Reduction of business unit costs and earnings growth is missed as much as 70% of the time
Quality improvement efforts fail as much as 93%.[3]
3. When there is a failure in productivity, it is linked to the adaptive needs of the technical change within the organization.
The Need for Technical and Adaptive Change
Technical changes include but are not limited to technology changes, reorganizations, M&A, office locations (Work from home), processes, procedures, and other tangible changes. These changes cannot take hold without shifting the mindsets, beliefs, behaviors, and cultural adjustments needed to achieve the desired outcomes. Change theorist, author, and researcher Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky[4] suggest that the mark of leadership in the competitive world is leading others in adaptive work4.
“We don’t need Organizational Change Management, Cloud Migration is an IT thing.”
Failure of transformation outcomes may be common but are not inevitable. ENKI has learned that paying attention to the people and helping them through the adaptive change needed to embrace transformation is the key to Success Unlocked®.
Get focused to free up time to perform the Adaptive Change required[5]
Inspire Others (Inspiring you to achieve your vision)
Train your people (Training, mentoring, and coaching)
Engage your people as architects of YOUR future
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[1] Dr. Robert Klein, 1998, Stephens, 2008; Wong, Chau, Scarbrough & Davison, 2005, Standish Group, 2015
[2] Candido & Santos, 2008; Bridgeforth, 2000, Standish Group, 2015
[3] Ibid
[4] Heifetz, R., & Linsky, M. (2017). Leadership On The Line. Harvard Business School Publishing. And Heifetz, Ronald A., & Laurie, Donald L. (1997). The Work of Leadership. Harvard Business Review (January February, 1997), 124-134. https://createvalue.org/wp-content/uploads/Heifetz-The-Work-of-Leadership-1.pdf
[5] Susan Weinschenk Ph.D., Brain Wise. The True Cost of Multi-Tasking. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-wise/201209/the-true-cost-multi-tasking. And, ENKI, LLC has measured an increase in productivity of 35% at our clients on average by engaging Organizational Change Management experts to change culture, beliefs, and behaviors of employees to free up time for adaptive change.