This week I am traveling in Wisconsin from Green Bay to Milwaukee and to Chicago by week’s end. I am working with companies at the front line of their finance transformation efforts. Our discussions and workshops are as much about how we manage culture and change as they are about the technical aspects of new approaches.
An unexpected trend has been occurring. I am increasingly finding organizations that have already convinced themselves that they need to change. They are eager skip any discussion of the need for change (they want to move straight to changing). I typically find their leadership driving this effort, urging their people to get on with it. This is a very refreshing trend, as it indicates the many years of planting seeds are finally yielding fruit. The speed of implementation is accelerating. My previous post on the OODA loop provides useful information on becoming adaptive. more
