Innovate

The Innovate Transformation Check List:

Does Our Organization Need Business Transformation?

If you agree with (or if no one knows the answer to) at least five of the following statements, you will want to consider business transformation.

Do you agree with this statement?	Agree	Disagree
I know we could do better but don’t know how
Other organizations always seem to be ahead of us
Our customers and stakeholders are demanding more of us than we can provide
We were great as a start-up but we lost our way and we are out of our depth
Our standard operating procedures stifle innovation and doing what we know is the right thing
We were great as a start-up but we lost our way and we are out of our depth
Our standard operating procedures stifle innovation and doing what we know is the right thing
Our people are stuck in their jobs and unable to see the benefit of sticking with our organization
For too many of our employees, this is just a job
We have no idea where we will be five years from now
Too many of brightest junior and middle-level staff are leaving
There’s a leadership vacuum – power has shifted to lower-level managers that game the system
Our leadership is insecure, withdrawn, with no consistent policy
There are barriers to leadership obtaining objective information about our performance
We are bureaucracy and hierarchical — function is based on position in the hierarchy rather than expertise
Control occurs by formal process and program rather than personal leadership
We all just follow-the-rules
Needed changes are resisted and rules inhibit action to fix problems
Our leadership is autocratic and impulsive and seems unaware of our problems
Our management system is too primitive and underdeveloped for the challenges we face
We make decisions on hunches or conventional wisdom rather than facts and data
We react to the environment rather than enact our future
Our down focus impedes our ability to respond to our customers needs
I feel impotent and unable to change how we perform
I have no idea what are goals are or what is expected from me
I feel detached from the organization and believe it is safer to remain distant from change rather than become involved
Too many our major projects “off strategy” – there seem to be disconnects between spending on projects and strategic priorities
Too many our big initiatives seem weak, poorly scoped, and mediocre
“Bad” projects and initiatives are not killed but take on a life of their own
Resources are scare, but our spending is unfocused and dispersed among the “wrong” projects
Too many of our projects are trivial and don’t make a difference – there are not enough breakthrough project
Everyone here hates their job and is just looking for a way out