Posts by Adrian Amore
Taking the Leap into the Modern Workplace and Flexible Working
One of the Joys of The Modern Workplace – Working From Home Working from home: it is without a doubt one of the joys that the flexibility of the modern workplace gives us as individuals. It allows us to run errands, pick up and drop off the kids, attend medical appointments, let people in to…
Read MoreAttention Executives: Lead the Change Charge or Risk Failure
While many things have evolved in the world of change management over the past few decades, one thing has remained constant – executives must be the ones leading the charge. When undergoing any organisational change initiative, key contributors to the success of the change is the executive level. Given their influential role in making a…
Read MoreTaking on Negativity Bias in Change Management
What causes us to resist change? Besides the fact that change means something new; something that we may have to learn; something that may interfere with our day to day; something we have to build it in to our schedule. We can’t deny that as individuals we would think all these things and more. Even if deep…
Read MoreThe Importance of Avoiding Project Failure – The FIRST Time Around!
“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” ―Albert Einstein While research has shown that organisational project failures have been drastically reduced by 20 percent across the board in recent years[1], the fact remains that project failures still have the power to prove very…
Read MoreHalcyon is Helping Anglicare Victoria
Helping Them Better Service The Community Anglicare Victoria went through a due diligence process to find a unified communications solution that would best fit how they work. They also needed to ensure that the not-for-profit organisation was being fiscally smart: multiple employees spread out across the state over 35 sites, needing access to work remotely…
Read MoreListen With Both Ears
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak” Epictetus People are social creatures and tend to share stories to connect with others. We draw on experiences, express feelings and opinions and generally find common ground to encourage conversation. But while we’re great at sharing, listening is…
Read MoreHalcyon: Ensuring Successful Change Management
When it comes to adopting new ways of working, both tech-related and not, organisations can go through numerous struggles to get changes fully adopted by all users, and this can lead to failure of change. Halcyon aims to revolutionise change in order to help organisations adopt new ways of work, with or without technology. Halcyon…
Read MoreHow Can You Maximise Your Unified Communications System?
For all the value that unified communications systems can deliver, a quick, positive return on investment is not always guaranteed. While the vast majority of companies that embrace unified communications see significant gains almost immediately, some are disappointed by the short-term results. There are a number of reasons why organisations may experience these shortcomings, and…
Read MoreWhy Do Most Organisational Change Efforts Fail?
And WHAT Can We Do About It? After helping many organisations achieve their change objectives I have spent considerable time talking with HR managers and IT departments about previous change management efforts. Through this process I have heard about all the failed attempts and the general consensus has been that previous change failed because of…
Read MoreUnfreezing, Changing, and Refreezing: Lewin’s Change Model in IT Projects
Lewin’s change model is arguably the most influential work in the field of organisational change management. Created in the 1940’s, Lewin’s change model consists of three key phases; unfreezing, changing and refreezing. These stages can also be labelled as before, during and after the change. The first stage involves preparing an organisation to accept a…
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