3. Crafting Your Launch Process

Easily overlooked by BIG thinkers, but once unleashed in an organization, there is a micro intervention that can profoundly affect the whole of the enterprise and its unfolding transformation. We refer to “it” alternatively as structured dialogue or simply, tablework. Each, along with a clear transformation game plan and roadmap, as we have discussed, contributes to the creation of safe passage for all involved in the transformation journey.

By creating safe passage, we mean develop a corporate transformation game plan along with the rules of engagement. To get the most from his or her Senior Leadership Team, the leader needs to set some ground rules to govern how the team works together to confront reality, explore ...

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