Best Practice Webinar

Managing change: From on-premises to cloud

On-Demand Webinar

Moving from an existing on-premises contact center solution to a modern cloud architecture doesn’t have to be intimidating. A smart change management strategy lets you identify potential stumbling blocks and prepare to reach your organization’s goals.

Join Genesys strategic business consultant Jodi Thompson for a roundtable discussion with Genesys customers who have been there and done that. You’ll learn:

  • Essential components of managing change before, during and after a move to new contact center technology
  • Lessons learned including what customers wished they had done differently
  • How personalized migration plans and the Genesys team made it easier to navigate change

Better customer and employee experiences await. Take the next step by registering today.

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Good morning, evening and afternoon

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everyone. My name is Josh

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Reed and I’m going to

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demand webinar, managing change from

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our panel today. We have

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Jody Thompson, she is going

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moderators for today’s- Presentation. She’s

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here at Genesys. We also

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Platform Architect. So with all

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the conversation. Jody, the floor

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is yours. Thank you. Hi

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everyone, great to see you

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again. So let’s talk about

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ensuring individuals and organizational adoption

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as simple or complex, anticipating,

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preparing and manning for change

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other companies do change management?”

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project management and customer perspective.

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holders, and getting them bought

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the change is needed in

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around that process, that really

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of change management. Okay great.

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far. But let’s talk about

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real world experiences, so Dean,

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common infrastructure. I think a lot of people

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contact service contact center capability.

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sister companies that we support

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standard stuff. The HR… excuse

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of this project, we opened

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the same time migrating them

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your organization regarding technology? Well

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that we were performing under…

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a high level that this

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is the strategy, this is

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what we’re doing and understand

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that this is part of

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a very larger effort. Okay.

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there any top of mind concerns

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coming to the forefront when

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entire migration process? So probably

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on the technology. We had

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that we had for rolling

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it out was probably more

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of a bottom up concern,

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in getting the users comfortable

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with the application. Some of

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of comfort around, and so

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trainer mentality. Where we worked,

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rest of the project worked

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got them into the platform

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early, we trained them, we

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got them to feel good

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about it so that they could

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then go back to their

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teams and be the people

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that really represented back to

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the end users. Part of this was that your technical change was because

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the system was aging and

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moving towards end of life

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support, so that’s part of

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why you needed to make

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the change, correct? Yes. Correct.

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We had as an organization

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at a very high level

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had adopted a cloud first

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strategy, just across all IT

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services, all IT delivery and

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this was a piece of that. Okay and Julie,

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can you add anything addition

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to that, some of the

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type of mind concerns that

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came when you were moving

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forward with this migration? Yeah.

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change, right? So we had

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languages that we needed to

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verse across and so that

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made it particularly difficult was

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that language barrier. Okay. Anything

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else? is funny that Julie

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mentioned that because initially, I

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didn’t see that as a

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concern. I didn’t know enough

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about it to be concerned

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it at the time, and

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then as we started getting

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into it, then it became

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apparent that” Hey, this is

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a little bit of a

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new way to deliver this

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service.” It wasn’t a concern

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so much as it… it

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definitely registered as a nice

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little challenge. All right, well

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thank you on that. So

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now that we discussed what changes

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and challenges that you initially

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begin to face, we heard

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from you that we learn

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that everybody responds to change

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differently. This may range from

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those that welcome change and

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embrace something new, or those

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that will remain steadfast and

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preserve the status quo. So

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Laurie, I’d just like to

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get some insight from you

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as to what you’re seeing

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with your clients who are

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facing change from a contact

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center, and really how do

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you go about getting that

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and methodology? So let me

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go ahead and push forward

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the slide to you. Yeah,

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and actually why don’t you

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go to the next one?

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I’ll talk about it from

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a little bit of various

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project but it’s interesting when

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you say that about people

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embrace change. One of my

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favorite change management jokes, if

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you can call that a

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category of jokes is the

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only people who like change

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are wet babies and panhandlers.

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I use that all the

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time because even when people

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say they like change, what

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the reality is, is people

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like change when they’re in

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control of it, right? They

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don’t like change that… to

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them. They like changes that

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they decide to make and

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feel like, ” Hey, I’m in

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charge of this thing.” Right?

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So it’s good listening to

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what Coke did and thinking

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about… I chuckle with the

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global footprint of what Dean

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put up with the graphic

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there, and talking about the

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language thing. There’s all kinds

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of culture, right? It’s easy

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to look at global and

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say, ” Well there’s cultural differences.”

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But even within a given

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company, I mean different sites

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could have cultural differences. Your

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contact center could have cultural

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differences compared to your back

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office for example, and then

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you mentioned the different people

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impacted, the users, the people

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that have a phone or

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have a particular desktop interface

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versus the IT people, who

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have certain roles and responsibilities.

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Then management that might have

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a perspective that’s a little

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bit oblivious to how important

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these processes and technology are

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to individuals and groups. So

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I think when you’re looking

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at the challenge of change,

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and the opportunity with new

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projects, cloud for example is

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to understand all that and

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even when people say, ” Oh,

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we’re excited about this new

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system.” Recognize that everybody’s going

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to look at it a little

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differently and have a little

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bit different set up reactions,

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maybe fears in that. So

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this slide, I just throw

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some ideas out there and

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the first one is just

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the cloud, moving to the

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cloud in general and of

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course, we’ll talk more about a lot of

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people have done that on

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the fly here with the

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virus impacts, but people were

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resistant in some cases and

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this is a push forward

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and changes IT’s roles and

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responsibilities, and how people interact

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with a vendor. What the

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users can do themselves versus

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what the IT people do.

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Then the other ones are examples and everybody

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can think about… this is

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a trigger for the people

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that are listening to the

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Webcast to think about the

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kinds of changes you make

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and how those impact people.

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Like I said, a changing a

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phone or changing a desktop

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interface, a new workforce management

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tool, or quality monitoring that’s

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going to be used differently.

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The tools different and oh

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my gosh, what are they

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going to do with it,

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right? So this is a

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starter to think about what

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are the risks if you

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don’t do change management and

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bring people along? Versus if

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you put change management in

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place, which ultimately, the goal

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is to get people to

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embrace it, hopefully be advocates

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of it and not have

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them be… I used the

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word saboteurs, somebody that resists-

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I saw that. Yeah. As

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a result, impacts other people’s

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ideas about a change, right?

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We want to create change

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advocates and not people that

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are going to put up

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their own barriers and by

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doing that, might actually impact

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other people. So I hope

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this table works, is something

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that triggers people thinking about

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the different things that do

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impact individuals and groups as

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they change with new systems

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and capabilities. Okay great. So

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Julie, I want to kick

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things off with you, but

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everybody has their own best

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practice and one of the

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things I think all of

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us can agree from our

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experience in change management is

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their… it’s not one size

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fits all. There is not

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one approach or one methodology

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that is the best, but

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you really need to look

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at what is best for

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you and your organization? So

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Julie, I’ll move to this

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slide I believe is what

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you want me to cover.

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Yeah. Hear from you as

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to what was the best

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approaches and practices for you and

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your organization to manage and

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adopt change. Right. Well part

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of our change and Dean

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alluded to this, was it

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was part of a large

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enterprise initiative and it was

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across… it affected every employee,

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and so as part of

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it, it was a little

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bit of packaged up within

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that big enterprise change. But

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within that big enterprise change

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from an awareness perspective, we

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created what we call change

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network leads. So across all

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our different companies and our

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organizations, we created a lead

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person that, that was a

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role, right? Was to be

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the change advocate, so they

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would… we would communicate with

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them and then they would

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go back to their folks

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at their company and they

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would be able to inform

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their people about where the

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project was at, and then

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they would advocate the changes

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that were happening. So that

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was very helpful throughout the

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project. And the model that

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you displayed right now, is

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that a method that you

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used? Yeah. I would say

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we don’t maybe use it

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formally. Maybe more- Right. We

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think about it when we use project

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management more informally, but definitely

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as I thought through this

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project, it does fall into

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the same model. Okay. And

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I would say one of

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the most important things back

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on the other slide and

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following up to what Laurie

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said is that I think

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the reinforcement piece of it

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at the end of that

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change is really important. It’s

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just having those open lines

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of communication for folks to

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continue to adapt to the

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changes that have happened. Okay.

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You guys had shared with

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me when we were prepping

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for this, and I think

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you just mentioned it Laurie,

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but Dean, you mentioned the

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train the trainer model that was

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very successful in managing change.

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Then Julie, your change advocates,

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were those the power users

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that you were mentioning to

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us earlier? No, so we

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had talked about training the

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trainer and that was more

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specific to the support centers.

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So we trained… we picked

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out a subject matter expert

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at the support centers and

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then train them, so that

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they can then in turn go

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train their support team, but

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they were not the same as

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the change network leaders. Okay.

556
00:17:31,280 –> 00:17:32,340
It was funny when Laurie

557
00:17:32,340 –> 00:17:33,370
mentioned, I was thinking about

558
00:17:33,370 –> 00:17:35,690
that I visualize those people

559
00:17:35,690 –> 00:17:37,220
as change advocates because they

560
00:17:37,220 –> 00:17:38,890
represented the application back to the people

561
00:17:38,890 –> 00:17:40,080
I was most concerned with,

562
00:17:40,800 –> 00:17:42,190
but I think from the

563
00:17:42,210 –> 00:17:43,960
change management perspective, it was

564
00:17:44,190 –> 00:17:46,700
really more the change leads

565
00:17:47,350 –> 00:17:48,280
that you were talking about

566
00:17:48,300 –> 00:17:50,690
Julie. So essentially there were

567
00:17:50,690 –> 00:17:52,150
two different dynamics going on

568
00:17:52,150 –> 00:17:55,660
there. Okay, and Dean, you’ve

569
00:17:55,660 –> 00:17:57,310
been very passionate about expressing

570
00:17:57,310 –> 00:17:58,880
that a good project management is important in

571
00:17:59,930 –> 00:18:02,070
the overall change management strategy,

572
00:18:02,070 –> 00:18:03,120
as well as the migration.

573
00:18:03,120 –> 00:18:04,710
Could you speak to that?

574
00:18:07,330 –> 00:18:08,750
Yeah. It’s important. Having a

575
00:18:08,750 –> 00:18:10,850
good project manager is important,

576
00:18:12,320 –> 00:18:13,500
and it’s… we talk about

577
00:18:13,500 –> 00:18:14,920
this a lot and it’s

578
00:18:14,920 –> 00:18:15,940
one of those things that

579
00:18:15,940 –> 00:18:18,900
I struggle with defining what

580
00:18:18,900 –> 00:18:20,920
exactly good project management is

581
00:18:20,920 –> 00:18:23,330
and it’s definitely one of those things when

582
00:18:23,330 –> 00:18:25,140
you see it. But I

583
00:18:25,170 –> 00:18:28,000
think to the extent that

584
00:18:28,140 –> 00:18:30,680
individual contributors within a project

585
00:18:30,680 –> 00:18:32,130
can focus on their deliverables

586
00:18:32,170 –> 00:18:34,500
and their tasks and not

587
00:18:34,500 –> 00:18:35,350
really have to worry so

588
00:18:35,350 –> 00:18:36,520
much about what everybody else

589
00:18:36,520 –> 00:18:38,350
is doing, and not have

590
00:18:38,350 –> 00:18:39,210
to think about those other

591
00:18:39,210 –> 00:18:40,260
things. They can just stay

592
00:18:40,260 –> 00:18:42,230
on target and do their

593
00:18:42,230 –> 00:18:44,930
thing. We really had that

594
00:18:44,990 –> 00:18:46,540
luxury in this project, and

595
00:18:46,960 –> 00:18:50,340
when you’re dealing with a complex environment,

596
00:18:51,080 –> 00:18:53,530
a complex transition, it’s nice

597
00:18:53,800 –> 00:18:54,540
for me if you’re in

598
00:18:54,540 –> 00:18:56,140
a technical role to not

599
00:18:56,140 –> 00:18:57,510
have to worry about the

600
00:18:57,510 –> 00:19:00,240
soft aspects dealing with customers

601
00:19:00,240 –> 00:19:03,190
that are not really liking

602
00:19:03,190 –> 00:19:05,370
what they’re having to go through. So-

603
00:19:05,370 –> 00:19:07,650
Yeah, we’re good. This change

604
00:19:07,650 –> 00:19:09,620
is a result of having

605
00:19:09,620 –> 00:19:12,190
good technology and a good champion to tie

606
00:19:12,190 –> 00:19:14,610
into your project management. So

607
00:19:14,610 –> 00:19:16,240
you’ve spoken to us about

608
00:19:16,240 –> 00:19:17,390
it’s a bigger picture than

609
00:19:17,390 –> 00:19:18,970
that, and that vision and

610
00:19:19,040 –> 00:19:20,880
that liaison and that partnership

611
00:19:20,880 –> 00:19:22,480
is really important. So could

612
00:19:22,480 –> 00:19:23,470
you elaborate a little bit

613
00:19:23,470 –> 00:19:26,310
more on the technology champion

614
00:19:26,310 –> 00:19:27,700
and partnership that you were

615
00:19:28,030 –> 00:19:29,610
looking to make sure moves

616
00:19:29,610 –> 00:19:30,860
you forward with what you’re

617
00:19:30,860 –> 00:19:34,750
trying to achieve? Yeah. It

618
00:19:34,750 –> 00:19:35,770
worked well. That happened in

619
00:19:35,770 –> 00:19:37,410
real time when we had

620
00:19:37,410 –> 00:19:39,480
selected Genesys to partner with

621
00:19:39,480 –> 00:19:42,580
on this. In terms of

622
00:19:42,630 –> 00:19:44,210
this being our primary platform,

623
00:19:45,490 –> 00:19:46,740
this project wasn’t in scope

624
00:19:46,740 –> 00:19:48,290
yet. I was generally aware

625
00:19:48,290 –> 00:19:50,200
that there was some capabilities

626
00:19:50,200 –> 00:19:51,110
we’d be able to leverage,

627
00:19:51,110 –> 00:19:53,280
but it didn’t really crystallize

628
00:19:53,440 –> 00:19:55,520
until the requirements for the

629
00:19:55,520 –> 00:19:58,790
project popped up. So that

630
00:19:58,790 –> 00:20:00,010
forced us or gave us

631
00:20:00,010 –> 00:20:03,410
the opportunity to give our

632
00:20:03,700 –> 00:20:05,040
customers some options on how

633
00:20:05,040 –> 00:20:07,310
they managed their workflows and

634
00:20:07,310 –> 00:20:10,190
how we interacted with the

635
00:20:10,190 –> 00:20:12,670
application and going the speech

636
00:20:12,970 –> 00:20:14,140
piece and the language piece

637
00:20:14,140 –> 00:20:15,310
was a big component of

638
00:20:15,310 –> 00:20:18,170
that. We shifted from using

639
00:20:18,470 –> 00:20:19,930
traditional white files and audio

640
00:20:19,930 –> 00:20:21,840
files, which worked very well

641
00:20:21,840 –> 00:20:24,140
for quite a while and we

642
00:20:24,160 –> 00:20:25,740
shifted into more of a

643
00:20:25,740 –> 00:20:27,970
text to speech capability of

644
00:20:27,970 –> 00:20:29,550
multiple language text to speech

645
00:20:29,550 –> 00:20:33,940
capability, which that was interesting.

646
00:20:34,360 –> 00:20:35,220
A lot of people learned

647
00:20:35,220 –> 00:20:36,100
a lot of things about

648
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other languages. It allowed us

649
00:20:40,310 –> 00:20:46,820
to use some capabilities of PureCloud

650
00:20:47,740 –> 00:20:48,570
to pretty good effect, so it was nice. Okay, and the last piece because it’s one

651
00:20:48,570 –> 00:20:50,880
of my favorites on how

652
00:20:50,880 –> 00:20:54,170
before we get to Laurie

653
00:20:54,220 –> 00:20:56,440
is Julie, and you mentioned

654
00:20:56,440 –> 00:20:58,290
earlier the reinforcement and the

655
00:20:58,290 –> 00:20:59,820
creative ideas, so could you

656
00:20:59,820 –> 00:21:01,360
explain how you were leveraging

657
00:21:02,300 –> 00:21:02,950
and some of the other

658
00:21:02,950 –> 00:21:05,640
creative ideas to help reinforce

659
00:21:06,100 –> 00:21:09,240
adopting change? Sure, so we

660
00:21:09,240 –> 00:21:10,520
set up a team site,

661
00:21:10,520 –> 00:21:12,330
or I should say the

662
00:21:12,330 –> 00:21:15,470
tech… the telephony team set

663
00:21:15,470 –> 00:21:17,000
up a team site and

664
00:21:17,000 –> 00:21:18,170
we use that team site

665
00:21:18,170 –> 00:21:19,050
for people to be able

666
00:21:19,050 –> 00:21:20,710
to ask questions all throughout

667
00:21:20,710 –> 00:21:22,420
the project. We tried to

668
00:21:22,420 –> 00:21:23,270
get away from all the

669
00:21:23,270 –> 00:21:26,550
emails flooding our box and

670
00:21:26,550 –> 00:21:27,830
rather have them ask the

671
00:21:27,830 –> 00:21:29,400
questions directly in there and

672
00:21:29,400 –> 00:21:31,970
we created global groups within

673
00:21:31,970 –> 00:21:33,390
the team site. So we

674
00:21:33,390 –> 00:21:35,320
could section it off a

675
00:21:35,320 –> 00:21:37,010
little bit, but… so they’re

676
00:21:37,020 –> 00:21:38,080
able to come in there

677
00:21:38,080 –> 00:21:39,310
and ask questions of the

678
00:21:39,310 –> 00:21:42,120
team and get support around

679
00:21:42,120 –> 00:21:44,750
the clock. Then also, Dean

680
00:21:44,750 –> 00:21:45,680
has set up a great

681
00:21:45,680 –> 00:21:47,470
Yammer group site so that

682
00:21:48,010 –> 00:21:49,590
ongoing, he could put in

683
00:21:49,590 –> 00:21:50,510
there if there is any

684
00:21:50,510 –> 00:21:52,130
issues or tips and tricks

685
00:21:52,130 –> 00:21:53,270
that come up. He posts

686
00:21:53,270 –> 00:21:54,440
that on the Yammer group

687
00:21:54,440 –> 00:21:56,670
and people can subscribe to that

688
00:21:57,240 –> 00:21:58,770
and watch that. So it’s

689
00:21:58,770 –> 00:22:00,980
been a really good way

690
00:22:00,980 –> 00:22:02,950
to handle that change across

691
00:22:02,950 –> 00:22:04,180
the organization and get that

692
00:22:04,180 –> 00:22:07,550
communication out ongoing. And again,

693
00:22:07,550 –> 00:22:09,110
it reinforces that there’s not

694
00:22:09,110 –> 00:22:10,910
one methodology, it really is

695
00:22:10,910 –> 00:22:12,080
what fits best in your

696
00:22:12,110 –> 00:22:15,120
organization. So let’s talk about

697
00:22:15,120 –> 00:22:15,840
some of the things that

698
00:22:15,840 –> 00:22:16,960
you’ve seen with the clients

699
00:22:16,960 –> 00:22:18,980
that you support and how

700
00:22:18,980 –> 00:22:21,040
you help them navigate through

701
00:22:21,040 –> 00:22:22,840
change management. So did you

702
00:22:22,840 –> 00:22:23,590
want me to flip to

703
00:22:23,590 –> 00:22:24,550
a slide here, or are

704
00:22:24,550 –> 00:22:27,770
you just going to I

705
00:22:27,770 –> 00:22:29,020
think it’ll nicely tie in

706
00:22:29,020 –> 00:22:30,170
some of the things that

707
00:22:30,500 –> 00:22:31,910
Julie and Dean are pointing

708
00:22:31,910 –> 00:22:36,340
out here. So the project

709
00:22:36,340 –> 00:22:38,460
management methodology along with the change

710
00:22:38,460 –> 00:22:40,360
management methodology kind of working

711
00:22:40,360 –> 00:22:41,600
hand in hand, right? Whether

712
00:22:42,320 –> 00:22:44,420
it’s a formal methodology, so

713
00:22:44,770 –> 00:22:46,810
refer to ADKAR from Prosci

714
00:22:47,120 –> 00:22:48,320
and that’s where I was

715
00:22:48,800 –> 00:22:51,210
trained and the ADKAR for anyone

716
00:22:51,210 –> 00:22:52,900
that’s not familiar is awareness,

717
00:22:52,900 –> 00:22:55,340
desire, knowledge, ability and reinforcement.

718
00:22:55,340 –> 00:22:56,600
And as Julie’s chart showed,

719
00:22:56,600 –> 00:22:57,730
it gives you a structure

720
00:22:57,730 –> 00:22:59,370
for thinking about how individuals

721
00:22:59,370 –> 00:23:01,140
change and therefore how an

722
00:23:01,140 –> 00:23:03,480
organization might change. The other

723
00:23:03,480 –> 00:23:05,330
thing that I like about

724
00:23:05,330 –> 00:23:07,670
that concept of how Prosci

725
00:23:07,670 –> 00:23:09,300
teaches it and again, other

726
00:23:09,300 –> 00:23:10,860
methodologies are very similar, but

727
00:23:10,860 –> 00:23:11,610
that’s just the one I

728
00:23:11,610 –> 00:23:13,060
know and have written about

729
00:23:13,060 –> 00:23:15,830
and everything, but back on

730
00:23:15,830 –> 00:23:17,760
slide A is that it

731
00:23:17,760 –> 00:23:19,470
aligns with a project management

732
00:23:19,470 –> 00:23:20,940
methodology in the sense of

733
00:23:20,940 –> 00:23:22,560
starting early, right? So you

734
00:23:22,560 –> 00:23:23,960
see the preparing for it,

735
00:23:23,960 –> 00:23:25,510
that’s getting the right resources

736
00:23:25,510 –> 00:23:26,910
lined up and building out

737
00:23:26,910 –> 00:23:28,140
plans and thinking about all

738
00:23:28,140 –> 00:23:30,350
the different elements. Managing the

739
00:23:30,350 –> 00:23:32,360
change as you’re actually planning

740
00:23:32,360 –> 00:23:34,460
and implementing and then reinforcing

741
00:23:34,460 –> 00:23:36,070
the Yammer and teams groups

742
00:23:36,070 –> 00:23:39,840
being good examples. Metrics, celebrations,

743
00:23:39,840 –> 00:23:40,840
all kinds of things come

744
00:23:40,840 –> 00:23:42,710
into play there, right? So

745
00:23:42,710 –> 00:23:44,530
whatever methodology someone uses, the

746
00:23:44,530 –> 00:23:46,410
principals can be very similar

747
00:23:46,410 –> 00:23:49,200
and I always emphasize to

748
00:23:49,480 –> 00:23:50,940
our clients that even if

749
00:23:50,940 –> 00:23:52,060
you don’t go to some

750
00:23:52,060 –> 00:23:53,370
kind of formal methodology, and

751
00:23:53,370 –> 00:23:55,410
again project management’s similar. Not

752
00:23:55,410 –> 00:23:56,760
everybody runs a project with

753
00:23:56,760 –> 00:23:59,480
a certified PMP, right? But

754
00:23:59,480 –> 00:24:01,220
if you apply the principles

755
00:24:01,360 –> 00:24:02,700
that go with PMP, just

756
00:24:02,700 –> 00:24:04,050
like you do with change

757
00:24:04,050 –> 00:24:06,270
management of doing it throughout

758
00:24:06,270 –> 00:24:08,760
the project, having multiple elements

759
00:24:08,760 –> 00:24:10,020
to it, that includes more

760
00:24:10,020 –> 00:24:10,930
than just” Hey, I’m going

761
00:24:11,050 –> 00:24:12,020
to train you before we

762
00:24:12,020 –> 00:24:14,420
go live next week.” Or

763
00:24:14,420 –> 00:24:15,450
an email that comes out

764
00:24:15,450 –> 00:24:16,140
and says, ” Hey, we’re getting

765
00:24:16,140 –> 00:24:17,680
this new system and be

766
00:24:17,680 –> 00:24:18,630
aware, you’ll get some new

767
00:24:18,640 –> 00:24:20,990
training.” No, it’s engaging and

768
00:24:20,990 –> 00:24:22,400
they gave great examples getting

769
00:24:22,400 –> 00:24:23,950
people involved early on and

770
00:24:23,950 –> 00:24:24,980
having a say in what

771
00:24:24,980 –> 00:24:27,400
things look like, and helping

772
00:24:27,400 –> 00:24:30,210
people along. Having supervisors help

773
00:24:30,210 –> 00:24:32,250
their direct staff and having

774
00:24:32,250 –> 00:24:34,040
executives. You mentioned the champion,

775
00:24:34,040 –> 00:24:35,430
the sponsorship, these are all

776
00:24:35,430 –> 00:24:36,740
things that are really important

777
00:24:36,740 –> 00:24:37,960
to the success, and they

778
00:24:37,960 –> 00:24:39,510
live throughout the project. They’re

779
00:24:39,510 –> 00:24:41,130
not just an event in time,

780
00:24:41,750 –> 00:24:42,850
they’re certainly not just an

781
00:24:42,850 –> 00:24:43,730
event right at the cut

782
00:24:43,730 –> 00:24:45,540
over. They start early and

783
00:24:45,540 –> 00:24:48,300
they’re continuous throughout the project.

784
00:24:48,300 –> 00:24:51,980
So communication, coaching, managing the

785
00:24:51,980 –> 00:24:53,900
resistance that occurs. You have

786
00:24:53,900 –> 00:24:55,230
to help each individual through

787
00:24:55,240 –> 00:24:56,580
the process, and as you

788
00:24:56,580 –> 00:24:57,890
do, you’re bringing… we talked

789
00:24:57,890 –> 00:24:58,770
about the journey and the

790
00:24:58,770 –> 00:25:00,330
guard rails, right? We’re bringing

791
00:25:00,330 –> 00:25:01,680
everybody along the journey and

792
00:25:01,680 –> 00:25:02,970
hopefully keeping them within the

793
00:25:03,300 –> 00:25:04,650
guardrails as we get to

794
00:25:05,050 –> 00:25:07,250
that destination, and then have

795
00:25:07,250 –> 00:25:08,130
some fun when we get

796
00:25:08,130 –> 00:25:09,340
there, right? That we’re going

797
00:25:09,340 –> 00:25:10,430
to enjoy this new place

798
00:25:10,430 –> 00:25:11,390
we’ve gotten to and get

799
00:25:11,390 –> 00:25:12,650
the benefits out of it

800
00:25:13,040 –> 00:25:14,040
that help our company, our

801
00:25:14,040 –> 00:25:16,420
customers, our staff. That’s really

802
00:25:16,420 –> 00:25:19,130
the goal. Great. All right

803
00:25:19,130 –> 00:25:20,830
and as you were indicating

804
00:25:21,420 –> 00:25:22,770
how we get there and

805
00:25:22,770 –> 00:25:24,340
its real life, so we talked

806
00:25:24,340 –> 00:25:25,750
about the why and the how

807
00:25:25,750 –> 00:25:26,830
and the real life with

808
00:25:26,830 –> 00:25:29,270
the examples of Coke, but

809
00:25:29,320 –> 00:25:30,860
life does get real and

810
00:25:30,860 –> 00:25:32,040
in the midst of the COVID-

811
00:25:32,070 –> 00:25:33,840
19, I thought maybe let’s

812
00:25:33,840 –> 00:25:35,500
just speak to a few

813
00:25:35,500 –> 00:25:39,130
points Dean and Laurie, can

814
00:25:39,130 –> 00:25:40,810
you imagine if you didn’t

815
00:25:40,810 –> 00:25:42,040
move to the cloud? Some

816
00:25:42,040 –> 00:25:43,210
of the challenges you may

817
00:25:43,210 –> 00:25:45,080
have faced, or what challenges

818
00:25:45,080 –> 00:25:46,520
did you not face in

819
00:25:46,520 –> 00:25:48,070
the midst of COVID, because

820
00:25:48,070 –> 00:25:50,510
you’ve had the agility of

821
00:25:50,510 –> 00:25:52,010
this new type of solution

822
00:25:52,010 –> 00:25:54,210
you’ve implemented. So Dean, any

823
00:25:54,210 –> 00:25:57,310
thoughts to share? Well yeah, it would have been

824
00:25:57,960 –> 00:26:00,250
a circus. That’s for sure.

825
00:26:00,800 –> 00:26:02,480
The timing of it was

826
00:26:02,910 –> 00:26:05,420
very fortunate for us. Like

827
00:26:05,420 –> 00:26:07,000
we had talked about, this

828
00:26:06,970 –> 00:26:08,140
had been part of a

829
00:26:08,140 –> 00:26:11,140
much larger effort and it

830
00:26:11,140 –> 00:26:13,320
came together pretty nicely. The

831
00:26:14,960 –> 00:26:16,430
outcome of that, the benefit of

832
00:26:16,430 –> 00:26:18,620
that was not just the

833
00:26:18,620 –> 00:26:19,660
basic fact that we could

834
00:26:19,660 –> 00:26:21,500
have all of the resources work

835
00:26:21,500 –> 00:26:22,630
from home, which we did

836
00:26:22,630 –> 00:26:23,700
and we did it globally.

837
00:26:24,080 –> 00:26:27,290
That included China and India

838
00:26:27,290 –> 00:26:29,630
and Poland, that was very

839
00:26:29,630 –> 00:26:31,450
nice. The real outcome for

840
00:26:31,450 –> 00:26:34,690
all that was that my

841
00:26:34,690 –> 00:26:36,520
customer, which in this case

842
00:26:36,520 –> 00:26:38,420
were HR and IT contact

843
00:26:38,420 –> 00:26:39,980
center, service centers, they were

844
00:26:39,980 –> 00:26:41,510
able to serve their customers

845
00:26:41,510 –> 00:26:43,140
who had a whole other

846
00:26:43,140 –> 00:26:44,320
set of issues pop up.

847
00:26:44,970 –> 00:26:46,590
They were able- Serve those customers

848
00:26:46,590 –> 00:26:48,650
and take an increased amount

849
00:26:48,650 –> 00:26:50,600
of volume because of that

850
00:26:50,600 –> 00:26:53,230
situation, and not have to

851
00:26:53,230 –> 00:26:54,280
worry about the tool that

852
00:26:54,280 –> 00:26:55,090
they were using to do

853
00:26:55,090 –> 00:26:57,580
it. It just happened basically

854
00:26:57,580 –> 00:26:59,350
par for the course. They

855
00:26:59,410 –> 00:27:00,830
didn’t really have to worry

856
00:27:00,830 –> 00:27:02,030
about it too much and

857
00:27:02,460 –> 00:27:05,830
that was very nice. Good, and Laurie,

858
00:27:05,830 –> 00:27:08,530
given that companies are involved

859
00:27:08,530 –> 00:27:09,900
in migration are already moving

860
00:27:09,900 –> 00:27:11,700
towards a new normal, how

861
00:27:11,700 –> 00:27:14,100
has the COVID situation impacted

862
00:27:14,840 –> 00:27:18,250
your organization and strategy? Yeah,

863
00:27:18,270 –> 00:27:19,670
so I mean we’ve been…

864
00:27:19,890 –> 00:27:21,870
as consultants, we’re helping people

865
00:27:21,870 –> 00:27:23,600
with cloud solutions or deciding

866
00:27:23,600 –> 00:27:24,300
should they go to the

867
00:27:24,300 –> 00:27:25,470
cloud all the time, right?

868
00:27:25,470 –> 00:27:26,390
For years we’ve been doing

869
00:27:26,390 –> 00:27:29,500
that and there was definitely

870
00:27:29,500 –> 00:27:31,570
lots of momentum, but this

871
00:27:31,570 –> 00:27:33,560
is a breakthrough, right? I

872
00:27:33,560 –> 00:27:35,330
say people that were entrenched

873
00:27:35,330 –> 00:27:36,180
in their bunker of like, ”

874
00:27:36,200 –> 00:27:38,160
Oh no, I’m afraid or

875
00:27:38,160 –> 00:27:40,240
it’s too expensive over time. I want

876
00:27:40,800 –> 00:27:43,600
have control.” Those barriers got

877
00:27:43,600 –> 00:27:45,660
busted pretty fast with COVID.

878
00:27:45,660 –> 00:27:46,690
So a lot of people

879
00:27:46,690 –> 00:27:47,570
were on cloud and they

880
00:27:47,570 –> 00:27:48,630
could take advantage of it

881
00:27:48,900 –> 00:27:51,730
anytime, anywhere model. It’s never

882
00:27:51,730 –> 00:27:53,010
been a better time for

883
00:27:53,010 –> 00:27:55,230
that. I wrote an article

884
00:27:55,230 –> 00:27:56,650
recently about resiliency and I

885
00:27:56,650 –> 00:27:58,020
put cloud as my number

886
00:27:58,020 –> 00:28:00,600
one technology enabler, right? It

887
00:28:00,600 –> 00:28:02,520
really helps people and Coke’s

888
00:28:02,520 –> 00:28:03,740
example of they were ready

889
00:28:03,740 –> 00:28:04,940
to do that. So I

890
00:28:04,940 –> 00:28:06,650
think it’s really taken the

891
00:28:06,650 –> 00:28:09,130
resistant leaders, whether they were

892
00:28:09,560 –> 00:28:10,890
IT or finance or whatever department

893
00:28:11,470 –> 00:28:12,980
they were in, it’s been

894
00:28:12,980 –> 00:28:14,060
a breakthrough to say, ” Wow,

895
00:28:14,470 –> 00:28:15,190
we got to do this.

896
00:28:15,190 –> 00:28:16,080
We got to make sure

897
00:28:16,080 –> 00:28:17,160
our people are safe.” That

898
00:28:17,160 –> 00:28:18,210
could be home agents. It

899
00:28:18,210 –> 00:28:19,790
could… we have clients that

900
00:28:19,790 –> 00:28:21,140
have scattered people in buildings,

901
00:28:21,140 –> 00:28:22,940
right? Back office people work

902
00:28:22,940 –> 00:28:24,610
from home and contact center

903
00:28:24,610 –> 00:28:25,710
people are spread out in

904
00:28:25,710 –> 00:28:27,680
other buildings. There’s different models

905
00:28:27,680 –> 00:28:28,650
that people have done to

906
00:28:28,650 –> 00:28:30,000
keep their staff safe. Not

907
00:28:30,000 –> 00:28:31,320
everybody can work from home

908
00:28:31,320 –> 00:28:33,510
easily. Right. So those are

909
00:28:33,970 –> 00:28:35,100
some neat things that we’ve

910
00:28:35,100 –> 00:28:36,960
seen in terms of the

911
00:28:36,960 –> 00:28:38,900
reaction and the resiliency that

912
00:28:38,900 –> 00:28:41,420
people have. I think we

913
00:28:41,420 –> 00:28:42,680
just need to recognize that

914
00:28:42,680 –> 00:28:44,960
need for agility going forward,

915
00:28:44,960 –> 00:28:47,360
whether it’s whatever else coronavirus

916
00:28:47,360 –> 00:28:48,410
throws at us or other

917
00:28:48,410 –> 00:28:50,240
things that businesses are changing.

918
00:28:50,380 –> 00:28:51,550
It’s no longer just like, ”

919
00:28:51,780 –> 00:28:52,390
Oh, we might have a

920
00:28:52,390 –> 00:28:54,220
hurricane, we need business continuity

921
00:28:54,220 –> 00:28:56,130
disaster recovery.” Right? We are

922
00:28:56,410 –> 00:28:58,690
volume is volatile and some

923
00:28:58,690 –> 00:29:00,080
places it’s up like crazy,

924
00:29:00,080 –> 00:29:01,390
some places it’s down like

925
00:29:01,390 –> 00:29:03,020
crazy and then we just

926
00:29:03,020 –> 00:29:04,120
need this agility to be

927
00:29:04,120 –> 00:29:06,060
able to move to home,

928
00:29:06,060 –> 00:29:07,330
move to other buildings, maybe

929
00:29:07,330 –> 00:29:09,880
some move back hopefully. Okay.

930
00:29:09,930 –> 00:29:11,520
Lots of things. It’s a

931
00:29:11,520 –> 00:29:13,010
change game and in that

932
00:29:13,010 –> 00:29:14,330
article, I mentioned the resiliency

933
00:29:14,330 –> 00:29:15,660
article. I emphasize that you got

934
00:29:15,660 –> 00:29:16,520
to have a plan that

935
00:29:16,520 –> 00:29:17,930
thinks about all these things

936
00:29:17,930 –> 00:29:18,950
and that you’re ready. A

937
00:29:18,950 –> 00:29:19,670
lot of people did it

938
00:29:19,670 –> 00:29:21,120
on the fly, but now’s

939
00:29:21,120 –> 00:29:21,940
the time and cloud’s a

940
00:29:21,940 –> 00:29:24,560
huge enabler for that. So

941
00:29:24,560 –> 00:29:26,060
Dean, what’s the new normal

942
00:29:26,060 –> 00:29:31,020
for your organization? Well I don’t

943
00:29:31,270 –> 00:29:33,470
know. We maybe in it, right?

944
00:29:33,980 –> 00:29:35,620
This may be it. We

945
00:29:35,620 –> 00:29:36,820
are currently that I have

946
00:29:36,820 –> 00:29:38,080
been seeing and I’m sure

947
00:29:38,490 –> 00:29:40,580
Julie’s seen some chatter about

948
00:29:40,580 –> 00:29:41,910
coming back into the office,

949
00:29:43,020 –> 00:29:45,340
and I think people start coming

950
00:29:45,340 –> 00:29:47,330
in in small groups, and

951
00:29:48,260 –> 00:29:48,900
people want to get out of

952
00:29:48,930 –> 00:29:50,070
the house. I know that,

953
00:29:50,700 –> 00:29:51,540
but I think- A lot

954
00:29:51,540 –> 00:29:54,180
of people will probably adjust

955
00:29:54,690 –> 00:29:55,900
their perspective on this as

956
00:29:55,900 –> 00:29:58,920
a result. Julie, before I

957
00:29:58,920 –> 00:30:00,080
ask you for some final

958
00:30:00,080 –> 00:30:02,410
thoughts and recommendations, would love

959
00:30:02,410 –> 00:30:05,080
to hear what is the

960
00:30:05,080 –> 00:30:07,780
new normal to you? Yeah.

961
00:30:08,400 –> 00:30:09,560
I mean personally, I think

962
00:30:09,560 –> 00:30:10,730
the new normal for me

963
00:30:10,730 –> 00:30:11,950
is working from home. I

964
00:30:13,720 –> 00:30:15,010
kind of like this environment.

965
00:30:15,010 –> 00:30:16,410
I know others don’t and

966
00:30:16,860 –> 00:30:18,670
it’s just not conducive to

967
00:30:18,670 –> 00:30:23,080
them, but… yeah, the cloud and

968
00:30:23,240 –> 00:30:29,160
the internet connectivity has really

969
00:30:29,160 –> 00:30:30,780
played into this, right? I

970
00:30:30,780 –> 00:30:33,450
mean, it’s all what we’re doing now

971
00:30:33,450 –> 00:30:36,830
for work. Okay. So as we start

972
00:30:36,890 –> 00:30:38,430
to wrap up this conversation

973
00:30:38,430 –> 00:30:39,780
of change management as we

974
00:30:39,780 –> 00:30:41,700
see, it’s broad in many

975
00:30:41,700 –> 00:30:43,510
different things, not just technology

976
00:30:43,510 –> 00:30:44,700
but just what the new

977
00:30:44,700 –> 00:30:47,220
normal is. Julie, any final

978
00:30:47,220 –> 00:30:49,020
thoughts or recommendations that you

979
00:30:49,020 –> 00:30:50,900
want to reiterate and emphasize?

980
00:30:50,940 –> 00:30:52,310
Because you and your team

981
00:30:52,310 –> 00:30:54,770
just did such remarkable things

982
00:30:54,770 –> 00:30:56,240
that at times, I can just

983
00:30:56,240 –> 00:30:57,610
think you’re like, ” Well that’s

984
00:30:57,610 –> 00:30:58,950
just business as usual.” But

985
00:30:58,950 –> 00:31:00,000
it was incredible that the

986
00:31:01,040 –> 00:31:02,680
accomplishments that you did with

987
00:31:02,680 –> 00:31:05,650
the languages, getting people to

988
00:31:05,650 –> 00:31:07,710
let things go, so please

989
00:31:07,710 –> 00:31:09,530
share with us any final…

990
00:31:10,280 –> 00:31:11,990
recommendations and sing the praises

991
00:31:11,990 –> 00:31:14,750
of your team. Well yeah,

992
00:31:15,380 –> 00:31:17,270
it was definitely a team

993
00:31:17,270 –> 00:31:18,210
event, right? It takes a

994
00:31:18,210 –> 00:31:20,750
great team, but I would

995
00:31:20,750 –> 00:31:22,330
just say from a recommendation

996
00:31:22,330 –> 00:31:25,120
is to develop that organizational

997
00:31:25,120 –> 00:31:27,230
change framework and those guardrails

998
00:31:27,230 –> 00:31:28,730
that we talked about, and

999
00:31:28,730 –> 00:31:29,580
then tune it as you

1000
00:31:29,580 –> 00:31:30,860
apply the model to your

1001
00:31:30,870 –> 00:31:33,290
projects and your changes. You’re

1002
00:31:33,350 –> 00:31:33,980
not going to get it

1003
00:31:33,980 –> 00:31:35,440
right the first time, right?

1004
00:31:35,480 –> 00:31:39,440
And it’s okay. it’s okay.

1005
00:31:39,590 –> 00:31:41,870
It’s ever evolving, it’s ever

1006
00:31:41,970 –> 00:31:43,750
changing what we’re having to

1007
00:31:43,750 –> 00:31:45,590
do now, right? So create

1008
00:31:45,590 –> 00:31:46,990
a safe environment for your

1009
00:31:46,990 –> 00:31:48,960
customers and your stakeholders to

1010
00:31:48,960 –> 00:31:51,710
give feedback. After, during your

1011
00:31:51,710 –> 00:31:54,850
projects, right? Constant feedback, we

1012
00:31:54,850 –> 00:31:56,770
need that feedback and then

1013
00:31:56,770 –> 00:31:57,980
we need the agility to

1014
00:31:57,980 –> 00:31:59,430
make those changes as we’re

1015
00:31:59,430 –> 00:32:00,940
going through the process, and

1016
00:32:00,940 –> 00:32:03,210
then apply that feedback and

1017
00:32:04,070 –> 00:32:05,270
often times when we start

1018
00:32:05,270 –> 00:32:06,290
a new project, we don’t

1019
00:32:06,380 –> 00:32:07,620
stop and go, ” Okay, what

1020
00:32:07,620 –> 00:32:08,960
lessons did we learn from

1021
00:32:09,000 –> 00:32:10,990
other projects that we can

1022
00:32:10,990 –> 00:32:12,670
apply to this new project

1023
00:32:12,670 –> 00:32:14,860
or change, right?” So just

1024
00:32:15,250 –> 00:32:18,330
be flexible, be adaptable and

1025
00:32:18,850 –> 00:32:20,430
maybe our organization is so

1026
00:32:20,430 –> 00:32:21,580
large and complex that you

1027
00:32:21,580 –> 00:32:24,580
need to create a group

1028
00:32:24,590 –> 00:32:26,440
of individuals to take on

1029
00:32:26,440 –> 00:32:28,330
this responsibility. We are lucky

1030
00:32:28,330 –> 00:32:29,370
enough at Coke to have

1031
00:32:29,370 –> 00:32:32,220
an organizational change management team

1032
00:32:32,680 –> 00:32:34,090
that helps us out in

1033
00:32:34,090 –> 00:32:37,010
this area. So yeah, look

1034
00:32:37,010 –> 00:32:39,960
at that complexity and adapt.

1035
00:32:39,960 –> 00:32:43,450
And- So that’s my- Dean,

1036
00:32:43,450 –> 00:32:45,640
I think it’s finding talent like Julie

1037
00:32:46,360 –> 00:32:48,140
really brings it home on

1038
00:32:48,140 –> 00:32:48,930
what needs to be done

1039
00:32:48,930 –> 00:32:52,780
for change management. Oh absolutely

1040
00:32:52,780 –> 00:32:54,450
yeah, and in the adapt

1041
00:32:54,530 –> 00:32:56,220
piece really hits home with

1042
00:32:56,220 –> 00:32:58,160
me. I think with a

1043
00:32:58,160 –> 00:32:59,700
project that goes on for

1044
00:32:59,700 –> 00:33:02,650
weeks or months, within a

1045
00:33:02,650 –> 00:33:03,900
program that goes on for

1046
00:33:04,060 –> 00:33:05,700
that long things are going

1047
00:33:05,700 –> 00:33:06,630
to go wrong. You’re not

1048
00:33:06,630 –> 00:33:07,650
going to get everything right

1049
00:33:07,700 –> 00:33:08,780
100% of the time, things

1050
00:33:08,780 –> 00:33:08,900
are going to go wrong.

1051
00:33:08,900 –> 00:33:10,380
You’re not going to get everything right 100% of the time. It’s a good sports

1052
00:33:10,380 –> 00:33:13,300
or football metaphor, Tom Brady’s

1053
00:33:13,300 –> 00:33:14,800
won a lot of Super

1054
00:33:14,800 –> 00:33:16,190
Bowls, but he doesn’t get

1055
00:33:17,140 –> 00:33:18,920
touchdown on every play. There’s…

1056
00:33:19,200 –> 00:33:20,060
he turns the ball over every

1057
00:33:20,250 –> 00:33:20,850
once in a while, there’s

1058
00:33:20,850 –> 00:33:22,990
fumbles and that kind of stuff, but

1059
00:33:22,990 –> 00:33:24,330
you got to keep looking

1060
00:33:24,330 –> 00:33:26,070
downfield and keep driving towards

1061
00:33:26,070 –> 00:33:27,690
that goal and adapt and adjust.

1062
00:33:28,510 –> 00:33:31,700
Okay. Laurie, you’ve talked very

1063
00:33:31,700 –> 00:33:34,410
passionately about resiliency and planning,

1064
00:33:34,410 –> 00:33:35,830
so any final thoughts or

1065
00:33:35,830 –> 00:33:39,120
recommendations on changing change management?

1066
00:33:40,130 –> 00:33:41,040
Yeah, I guess I would

1067
00:33:41,040 –> 00:33:42,870
just emphasize what I’ve seen

1068
00:33:42,870 –> 00:33:44,080
in the past, so pre-

1069
00:33:44,080 –> 00:33:47,290
COVID, both change management and

1070
00:33:47,290 –> 00:33:48,770
resiliency planning, what used to

1071
00:33:48,770 –> 00:33:50,760
be business continuity, disaster recovery

1072
00:33:50,760 –> 00:33:52,090
was one of those things

1073
00:33:52,090 –> 00:33:53,410
everybody probably thought, ” Oh, we

1074
00:33:53,410 –> 00:33:54,460
should do that.” But they

1075
00:33:54,480 –> 00:33:56,540
didn’t prioritize it. They didn’t

1076
00:33:56,770 –> 00:33:58,960
invest in it. I call

1077
00:33:58,960 –> 00:34:00,330
it insurance policies. It’s the

1078
00:34:00,330 –> 00:34:01,060
kind of thing that you

1079
00:34:01,060 –> 00:34:02,230
don’t like spending money on,

1080
00:34:02,230 –> 00:34:03,100
but boy are you glad

1081
00:34:03,100 –> 00:34:03,820
you have it when you

1082
00:34:03,820 –> 00:34:05,820
need it. I think we’ve

1083
00:34:05,820 –> 00:34:06,940
all learned, ” Boy, do we

1084
00:34:06,940 –> 00:34:08,700
need it.” Right? So I

1085
00:34:08,700 –> 00:34:10,300
think going forward, I hope

1086
00:34:10,300 –> 00:34:11,320
that everybody will have a

1087
00:34:11,320 –> 00:34:14,000
new prioritization of that both

1088
00:34:14,050 –> 00:34:15,990
applying change management to help

1089
00:34:15,990 –> 00:34:18,220
people, this is a difficult

1090
00:34:18,220 –> 00:34:19,450
time, it’s a scary time

1091
00:34:19,450 –> 00:34:20,790
and we got more ahead,

1092
00:34:20,790 –> 00:34:21,860
right? Nobody thinks this is

1093
00:34:21,860 –> 00:34:23,150
a short little path we’re

1094
00:34:23,150 –> 00:34:25,210
on and companies will continue

1095
00:34:25,210 –> 00:34:26,290
to adjust in ways they

1096
00:34:26,290 –> 00:34:28,550
can’t foresee right now. So

1097
00:34:28,550 –> 00:34:30,200
I think prioritizing that and

1098
00:34:30,200 –> 00:34:32,070
using the tools of change

1099
00:34:32,070 –> 00:34:33,580
management like they do project

1100
00:34:33,580 –> 00:34:36,180
management and putting some emphasis

1101
00:34:36,180 –> 00:34:38,400
on the resiliency planning, so

1102
00:34:38,400 –> 00:34:40,490
that they can… like Julia

1103
00:34:40,490 –> 00:34:41,440
was saying, learn from the

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last time and do the

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things a little bit better.

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I’m sure there’s a lot

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of people working from home

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going, ” This is not ideal.

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I don’t have the screen”

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IT departments going, ” We don’t

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have exactly the security we

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need.” There’s all kinds of

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things you can think about,

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right? So hopefully learns from

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it, takes it forward and

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gets it right, and helps

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people adapt to the changes

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that are inevitably ahead on

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projects or things that get

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thrown at us that we

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have to react to. Well

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it’s been a pleasure to

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hear everybody, because out in

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the field and it’s actually

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applied, really think it’s the

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best story. What we’ve heard

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today from all of you

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is that you decide what

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the best practice was for

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you in your organization. You

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leverage lessons learned, I love

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the message, ” It’s okay to

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make mistakes.” I think it’s

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fair to say that too

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often change management has always

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been seen as a nonessential

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and a nice to have,

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but it is actually extremely

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important and an essential component

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to not only increase the

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adoption, but make it a

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reality. Whatever that new normal

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is and to simply achieve

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your vision. So with that,

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I’d like to thank all

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of you for sharing your

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insight, your stories, which I

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really love and your personal

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experiences. Last chance for any

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final comments and messages you

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want to share. If not,

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I’ll hand everything back over

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to Josh. Thank you. cue

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to Josh. Sounds good. Well thanks everybody

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on the panel. Absolutely awesome

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discussion. Everybody in the audience

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who are watching this on

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demand, be sure to check

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out the resource list below,

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the Q& A window, clicking

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those links will open up

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in a new tab in

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your browser and truly expand

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on today’s topic of change

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management. And on behalf of

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the entire team and all

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of our presenters on the

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panel today, I want to thank you for

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your time in attending this

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on demand webinar, and until

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next time, have a good

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one. you. Thanks.

Meet the Speakers

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Jodi Thompson
Sir Principal Business Consultant,
Genesys

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Lori Bocklund
President,
Strategic Contact

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Dean Thames
Platform Architect,
Koch Global Services

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Julie Hopkins
Project Manager,
Koch Global Services