Michael Specht

An imperfect blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and other random thoughts.

Entries Tagged as 'Change Management'

Change management approaches

August 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Change Management · 145 views

As I mentioned over the last few weeks I have been through some training in PRINCE2 project management and change management, provided by a local vendor Project Laneways (a bit of plug they are highly recommended and say I sent you), the end result I am a PRINCE2 Practitioner and certified in the Principles of [...]

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Change management and technology implementation

August 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Change Management · 276 views

For many years I have felt that change management has been one of the most underrated and overlooked component during technology implementation. (For the IT folks out there I am NOT talking about change control I am taking about the people and organisation aspects.) I have been involved in change management from several perspectives and [...]

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Organisational change management

November 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Change Management, Management · 1,705 views

While there are lots of reasons for project failures, both IT and non IT, a major reason is poor execution of organisational change management. During the implementation of the project each individual impacted needs to come to terms with the change. Back in 2000 William Bridges and Susan Mitchell Bridges provided a good way of [...]

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How important is user experience?

October 16th, 2007 · No Comments · Change Management, Technology · 1,351 views

Very! Critical!
I have always believed that user experience is one of the most critical aspects to all products and services, include software. Which is why when I purchased my Gapingvoid cards a couple of weeks ago I picked this design.
A positive user experience makes not only initial deployment but also ongoing support of an application [...]

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Blasts from the Past

August 12th, 2007 · No Comments · Blogging, Change Management, Communication, Knowledge Management, Learning · 2,037 views

Over the last couple of days I have been looking for inspiration on what to blog about, so I started researching a couple of topics on communication, collaboration and employee engagement. Funny enough I found some of my old posts, so I thought instead of writing something new I would give you “5 Blasts from [...]

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Social Networks

July 16th, 2007 · No Comments · Change Management, Social Networks · 1,250 views

Lee LeFever and his wife Sachi are at it again with another video Social Networks in Plain English, worth a watch.
Of interest is I really grok the concept that networks get things done, d’oh! Also a social network site allow you to uncover the hidden value of your social connections, be it for money, jobs, [...]

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Always on connectivity and management

July 2nd, 2007 · 11 Comments · Change Management, Communication, Future, Learning, Management, Productivity, Social Networks · 2,901 views

I wrote about hyperconnectivity a few days ago which is essentially a technology trend, but it is and will continue to have a profound impact on management both professional and personal. The basic issue is with everything always connected and communicating where does one draw the line?
Let’s take the obvious examples, BlackBerry’s and personal [...]

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5 minute management practices

April 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Change Management, HR Management, Management · 1,286 views

Anna Farmery from over at the Engaging Brand, which if you have not described you must, posted about what to do in a spare 5 minutes.

Send a quick handwritten note to someone who has developed, who has delivered, who has had a hard day.
Write down one objective for tomorrow that is centred around getting the [...]

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Voting on HR Issues

September 2nd, 2005 · No Comments · Change Management, HR Management, Management · 1,237 views

I received an interesting email yesterday from Human Resources Magazine here in Australia about a new service that they are offering. They have setup a voting service (via BigPulse) that allows members to vote on HR topics, you can get to the service at www.hrvote.com.au.
Right now to top 3 issues for HR professionals in [...]

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