Building organisational change maturity is a topic relevant for all organisational units initiating change, the Strategic PMO is no exception. An organisation’s change maturity will greatly impact its ability to transform at the speeds needed to stay relevant in these fast-moving times. By assessing an organisation’s Change maturity with a model gaging level of Change maturity ‘as is’ factors related to levels in the organisation and actionable growth areas, we can support organisations to understand their Change maturity level, and how to develop this alongside tailoring the approach to value creation for increased return on investment. Further still, a model that can be extended into a framework will be even more supportive to organisations seeking to effectively reaching strategic goals and outcomes.
From recent research, there are two main types of maturity we should consider. The first is the actual ability of an organisation to change, to agilely move with the needs of the time. By creating a holistic picture of different types of change in an organisation, we open up options for strategic choice and best transformation path development. The second is the maturity of key disciplines that both initiate change and need to remain adaptable, often calling for a higher level of maturity. examples of these disciplines could be project management, data or quality management.
The outcome of this research was a model to manage the change capability and a framework prototype that could unite the various types of discipline maturity in one overview for gathering insights and diagnosing next steps.
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen
PDUs for this Course: 1.25
ISOLDE KANIKANI
Isolde Kanikani is a Transformation & OCM Delivery lead at Plat4mation, working with decision makers on a daily basis to realise their Digital strategy and transformation stories. As a seasoned professional, Isolde is known to be a driving force and initiator who gets a lot of satisfaction from seeing a job well done. In the last years she worked on complex global projects focused on organisational development and Governance, often working with HR or ERP implementations. In her early consulting years, there was a focus on small and medium businesses, quickly moving onto large global projects working with everything from digital transformation to change maturity building and organizational design.
In the last 4 years Isolde has carried out many speaking engagements, research and has started publish some of her papers including:
– A White paper on Change maturity published in October 2022
– A Chapter Building Change Maturity in the book Change Management During Unprecedented Times published in May 2023
– A Chapter Diagnosing Organisations in the Book Measuring the Effectiveness of Organizational Development Strategies During Unprecedented Times published in July
As an entrepreneur she has founded two successful businesses and considers herself a world citizen after many years of extensive professional travel meeting new cultures and ways of viewing the World. Sparked by mixed roots in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, she has lived in Argentina and Spain, finally putting down roots with her partner Fred in the Netherlands. She loves to learn, create community and grow things. Everything from Governance structures during an M&A transition to the jungle of plants in her home or the network she has been attentively building with Change professionals globally. The search for knowledge and growing through new experiences has lead to an MBA, a masters in Human resources management and pro bono consultancy in the non-profit sector. Isolde has written her first book to be published in December, founded the Change management co-create group FUTURE:CM and organises a regular program of Change related discussions and webinars. She has the privilege to sit on the ACMP Global board of Directors working with this great team to further the strategic goals of ACMP.
Passionate about helping new people enter the change profession and innovating current best practice with experienced peers. A true believer of building community and the idea that we are stronger together.
