Transforminator
Thoughts about transformation and change
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Unlocking Change: Embrace Forward & Backward Lookers
A recent experience crystalized for me an essential, binary nature of organizations: some people look forward, some backward. There ought to and will always be both in any given organization. That there might be all one kind or the other is unlikely. More probable is overrepresentation or, at the least, an unbalanced influence or control…
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Failing Productivity? What About All That Digital Transformation?
The Canadian character lends itself to millennialist productivity flagellation (e.g., recent Globe & Mail-only: Canada’s declining productivity streak adds to inflation problem, The productivity problem in Canada’s economy is really a marketing and sales problem, Canada has a productivity problem. The solution is training, not factories, one expert says, Canada’s productivity lag could be helped…
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ESG: A Moral and Survival Imperative
In a previous essay, I declared ESG to be a crock. The message was adorned with a lovely illustration intimating a poop emoji. I stand by it but believe an elaboration is required. Relatively fewer readers picked up on the defeated futility in the assessment than those who sincerely piled on to declare ESG a…
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What’s Next for Government Transformation?
Government and public administration transformation typically involve efforts to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and responsiveness of government services and operations. Efforts usually aim to leverage technology and modernize administrative processes to better serve citizens. Often, it’s a generational effort to clear the accretion of process, policy, and regulatory barnacles. Recent Government Transformation Focus Areas…
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ESG: A Full Crock to be Balanced Carefully
Introduction Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have gained significant traction as a benchmark for evaluating corporate responsibility and sustainability. While its proponents herald ESG’s potential to drive positive change, let’s critically examine its efficacy and address the fundamental challenges that render it doomed to failure. In fact, one only has to consider the…
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Social Transformation: Will It End Well?
There has been significant social transformation of the West in recent years. Here is some evidence to support this claim: Changing attitudes towards social issues One of the most significant social transformations of recent years is the change in public attitudes towards social issues such as same-sex marriage, gender identity, and racial justice.…
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Profiting from Capitalist Transformations
The transformation of capitalism is an ongoing process influenced by various factors such as technological advancements, changing societal values, and environmental concerns. This transformation presents both challenges and opportunities for businesses and individuals seeking to profit from the evolving landscape. Let’s explore some obvious (and less obvious) paths to profit from the transformation of…
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A Good Decarbonization Transition (2023)
The realist in me says that this transformation is and has been happening for a decade or more. Irrespective of any ecological and/or existential direness, which is debated hotly, the transition trajectory is probably consistent with other major transformations. We have, however, with specific focus on consumer products, especially those sexy things attached…
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Transformation of Capitalism, an introduction
No. 1 in the series “Capitalism as religion” Among my reader (Hi mom!), we have to agree—at a minimum—it is unlikely Capitalism is the only thing in world history to persist for hundreds of years unchanged. We can argue loudly and at length about how much, but it’s good to get that point of…
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“Fear” of Transformation Outcome is Powerful
Do people fear transformation? Some yes, some no; but by-and-large people do not fear transformation. They may, however, dread imagined outcomes of a transformation. Even if they understand the need. Transformation and change are inevitable in any organization. Whether due to market conditions, technological advances, or internal restructuring companies must adapt to remain…
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