Enterprise Transformation Culture: The Inconvenient Pragmatic Truth - Softcover

Smith, Kevin Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908424591 ISBN 13: 9781908424594

Publisher: Pragmatic EA Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

The biggest enemy (or ally – but mostly enemy in todays world) of Enterprise Transformation is Culture.

Do not underestimate the power of culture.

Do not underestimate the power of culture.

Do not underestimate the power of culture.

Culture trumps Everything™ is much much more than just a saying. It is a very cold hard fact, which if ignored, literally has the capacity to destroy civilisations.

For any human based system, you can change as many Methods as you like, define as many Artefacts as you like and change the Environment used (including IT) until the cows come home, but like a cork bobbing in the sea, they are utterly insignificant compared to the churning seas of Culture. Even when the sea appears calm there can be dangerous undercurrents and hidden dangers that can sink the unsinkable. All Enterprises have to navigate the icebergs of culture, but many of them do not realise that they can only see 10% of the iceberg.

From personal experience:

5% of the time, that equates to Culture Enables Everything™

95% of the time, that equates to Culture Screws Up Everything™

About this title

About the Author

Kevin's professional career in Enterprise Transformation began in 1980. MBTI and DISC says that he is a Result Oriented, Independent, Individualistic Visionary. However, he also freely admits that he is an Arrogant, Inflexible, Argumentative, Intolerant, Impatient, Critical & Stubborn Sceptomist!

Edition details

• Publisher: Pragmatic EA Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908424591
• ISBN 13: 9781908424594
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266