Underscore Transformation

Underscore Transformation

Hosted by: Jason West & Joe Ales

The podcast that provides practical guidance for successful business transformation.

Episodes

Bonus - The Future of Work: Finding the people to lead your digital transformation part two

Season #2 Episode #20

“I think one thing to consider is experience, because I think when someone has gone through a whole transformation experience once, they're quite well equipped to help an organisation to know what to look out for,...
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Bonus - The Future of Work: Finding the people to lead your digital transformation

Season #2 Episode #19

"Rather than putting job roles out if a piece of work needs to be done, in the future, could we allow employees to bid on a piece of work based on the skills that either they have or they want to develop? "  Key...
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Bonus - The Future of Work: Reflecting on the Discussions So Far

Season #2 Episode #18

"If we compare the consumer world to the enterprise world, the consumer world is far more sophisticated. The enterprise world has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years to try and catch up in the user experience...
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Bonus - Building Capability to Thrive in a Digital World: Part 2

Season #2 Episode #17

"There are too many people in HR still who don't think commercially, and I think that's a mistake."   Key takeaways: As organisation continue to adjust to a post-COVID digital world, HR is going to be a driving force...
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Bonus - The Future of Work: Building the Capability to Thrive in a Digital World

Season #2 Episode #16

"The skills that are going to be really important to organisations that are successful in digital transformation are actually some of what we would have historically called 'soft skills', but there's nothing 'soft'...
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Bonus - The Future of Work and the Pandemic - Part Two

Season #2 Episode #15

One of the major challenges for HR and leadership is to question 'How digital are we? Do we need to become more digital? Have we got everyone skilled up?'Key takeaways: Areas such as the digitalization of work, and...
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Bonus - The Future of Work and the Pandemic - HR Expert Panel Debate

Season #2 Episode #14

There's been more change in the world of work in the last three months than, say, over the past three decades, I'd suggest. Key takeaways: Conversations around the future of work show that there are exciting...
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Bonus - Mental Toughness

Season #2 Episode #13

Covid-19 has raised some stark questions about technology, supply chains, staffing, leadership, sustainability, skills and resilience. These questions won’t go away when the virus abates, and many need to be addressed...
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Bonus - Crisis Management & Recovery

Season #2 Episode #12

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Governance and Control

Season #2 Episode #11

Key takeaway: It’s essential that your executive steering committee, operational steering committee and design authority draw their members from across different functions and areas of the business. In this episode,...
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Target Operating Model Design

Season #2 Episode #10

Transformation is, at its core, the process of turning one operating model into another. Key takeaway:  An operating model is the collection of capabilities (people, process and technology) that an organisation...
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Testing, Testing, Testing - Pt. 2

Season #2 Episode #9

Deciding who will test and in which phase of testing is something that requires careful consideration.Key takeaway: There’s a lot of activity involved in testing a system, and programme leads need to figure out how to...
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