Alex Mecklenburg on maintenance and why we need better stories
Jen McArther from Festival of Maintenance has interviewed Alex in the preparation for their 2019 Festival. It’s a great summation of her talk from last year.
Jen McArther from Festival of Maintenance has interviewed Alex in the preparation for their 2019 Festival. It’s a great summation of her talk from last year.
“Two things have changed fundamentally – again they are simple things, not big things. Firstly, collaboration and co-creation: inviting people who see it differently. There is a certain humbleness and vulnerability in these processes, whereas in the past there was a fear that openly critical conversations could kill creativity.”
Read the full interview at Festival of Maintenance.
Ten things about digital transformation by 10 Digital Ladies
Over and over again we see digital programmes failing to deliver real, meaningful change. 10 Digital Ladies decided to ask why, and what could be done differently at our meetup Why it’s time digital grew up: transformation beyond easy answers.
10 Digital Ladies is a networking group for women working in digital practitioner roles such as product management, strategy, engineering and marketing.
Their panel about digital transformation had some interesting insights about inclusive stories, using digital tools well, and managing an organisation going through changes.
“We live in an age of ever increasing complexity. To help us cope with this rate of change, organisations have looked for simple answers to complex questions – adopting digital technologies, tactics, methodologies and ‘digital ways of working’ as the silver bullets of organisation change.
But over and over again we see digital programmes failing to deliver real, meaningful change. 10 Digital Ladies decided to ask why, and what could be done differently at our meetup “Why it’s time digital grew up: transformation beyond easy answers”.”
You can read their full article on LinkedIn - click here.
10 Digital Ladies is a networking group for women working in digital practitioner roles such as product management, strategy, engineering and marketing.
They run small, informal ‘support and networking’ meetings in London, where mid to senior level women can discuss issues that relate to their digital career and could help them reach their full potential.
Digital transformation is a very human process
Up to 84% of digital transformation projects fail to deliver their expected benefits…and it is no secret.
InnovationBubble have written a very interesting piece looking at the behavioral science behind the crazy statistic that 84% of digital transformation projects fail.
Spoiler: It's not the tech, it's the people.