Description
Your Change Readiness Assessment is designed to assist you assess the level of change readiness for the organisation as a whole.
This assessment is about ensuring that before any transformation or change is initiated, that there is an answer supported by data & information to the below two key questions
1. How Ready are we for Change?
2. To what extent can we Change?
This is a pre-configured assessment. The maximum number of assessment participants allowed under this plan is 20.
When you select the Digital Change Readiness Assessment, you will be sent all details to access this digitally. You will enter the email addresses of participants in the assessment and they will be sent a unique link to complete their assessment (once only), you may also choose if they have access to the assessment report.
Also, when you configure an Assessment, you may also allow in addition up to 20 individuals (non participants) to access and review the report. They will receive a unique link and related report password that you set, in order that they can access the report. We recommend you always set a password.
The OrgCMF™ Platform is an easy to access and use designed with the Dynamic Systems Maturity Theory in mind.
Researched and Developed by the Organisation Development Tools Institute.
About the consultant
Declan KAVANAGH
dipEng (Telecoms & Electronics), CDipAF (Finance), MBA (Business)
Declan is a very experienced leader in the technology sector with over 38 years’ experience in both the multinational sector and also successful entrepreneurial start up organisations. He is co-founder of the Organisation Development Tools Institute (ODTI) and leads the OrgCMF Platform Strategy.
Declan works with National and International clients supporting their Business Strategies and Organisation Development.
Declan published his first book “Advantage” , “A road map for entrepreneurs and leaders in the digital age” in March 2013. Declan is co-author and editor of “IT-CMF Management Guide” from the IVI at Maynooth University 2017.
Between April 2008 & April 2011 he was CEO of Sogeti Ireland (Cap Gemini) following the successful sale of Insight Test Services (which he founded) to Cap Gemini in 2008. Insight was a specialist software QA & Test services provider founded by Declan and his 3 colleagues in 2003, which operated in Ireland and Internationally and had a track record of profitable growth from its foundation.
Prior to this Declan was CEO of Accuris (Telco Software), Practice Director (Fujitsu consulting), Business unit director (DMR Consulting) and a range of senior management positions in Amdahl (FJ, DMR & Amdahl same org). Declan was Engineering Manager in Triotech (Semiconductor testing), and Test Engineering Manager in Computer Automation where he started his career as a hardware test engineer.
Declan specialties: Digital Transformation, Organisation Development & Change Management, Collaboration.
Declan is a family man with three adult children, he is based in Dublin and he is interested in Rugby, Cars, Motor Sports, Reading, Music, Travel and DIY.
Dr. Myles Sweeney
BA (Psychol.), MBS (Finance), PhD (Business/Economic Psychology)
Dr. Myles Sweeney is a very experienced Organization-Development Consultant who has developed breakthrough models and tools to advance theory and practice substantially.
He has been active in Ireland for 27 years across most sectors through his own business and as an associate for e.g., Grant Thornton, Century Management, Rigney Dolphin, Torc Consulting, etc.
With support from Enterprise Ireland, he researched and developed Dynamic Systems Maturity Theory (DSMT) modelling, which includes normative diagnostics and development for people, organizations and economies.
This is enabled for organizations online as OrgCMF and promoted by the company Organization Development Tools Institute (ODTI) of which he is co-Founder/Director with the CEO-Level experienced Declan Kavanagh, and supported by DCU’s Business School.
Previously, he had worked at with Allied Irish Banks, attained post-graduate qualifications across Psychology, Management and Finance, and lectured on subjects across these disciplines in University College Dublin, Dublin City University, Dublin Business School and All Hallows College.
It is acknowledged that OrgCMF is the only Capability Maturity Framework based on an underpinning academic theory and it has advanced our understanding of how to reduce the high level of failure (70%+) that has existed in Change Management up to now.
Myles will shortly publish three volumes on his research and its application, leading with Dynamic Systems Maturity Theory “How to successfully Change & Transform Organisations”
Myles specialties: Organisation Learning & Psychology, Leadership & Leadership team coaching, Change & Transformation Management, Organisation Problem/Opportunity Diagnosis, Individual, Team and Organisation Development & Performance Improvement
Myles lives with his wife in rural west of Ireland and is active in his local community, he has a strong interest in horse racing and breeding, sports and traditional music.
Why is this Important
Digital Change and/or Transformation is ultimately a Business and Organisation led initiative, facilitated by adoption and exploitation of existing and/or new technologies.
The scope of Digital Change can differ from organisation to organisation, industry to industry, team to team etc.
The underlying strategic drivers for any organisation will usually include one leading value discipline:
- Offering (Product) Leadership
- Operational Excellence
- Stakeholder intimacy (Often focused on the Customer)
In addition, many organisations have now added another strategic goal to build Organisation Digital Capabilities to address Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA), in effect building Agility and Innovation Leadership to respond to and exploit changes in their environment. Central to this type of strategy is data, analytics and automation.
Tactical Drivers and Challenges for any organisation will be answering the questions?
- Where in our business and operations can we contribute to our strategic aims by the use of technologies?
- How will this change how we operate and work? And what do we need to do to be ready?
- What Capabilities do we need to achieve our Digital aims and objectives?
- What technologies are most appropriate? How do we select & Deploy?
Building the organisations Digital Capability Maturity positions the organisation to answer these questions.
Research indicates that the majority of Organisations have insufficient Capabilities to successfully Change and Transform. This is further re-enforced by the persistent high failure rates (70%+) of change initiatives to achieve their original objectives. Research also indicates there is a premium to be gained by achieving higher levels of maturity.