APM Programme Management SIG Conference

1. And Now for Something
Completely Different
Bob Carter
Programme, Transformation and Sales
Director
Wannabe poet, author and rock star

2. CV

3. Transformation
• Google it!
– About 1,480,000,000 results
• Go to Oxford, Collins or Webster
– Definitions for
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Biology
• Linguistics
• The only truth
– It means different things to different people in different
circumstances

4. In Business Terms
It is changing an existing ‘thing’ into a new
‘thing’
Where the thing could be a process,
method, organisation, strategy, etc…
Hopefully the new ‘thing’ is better than the
‘thing it has been transformed from

5. A Quick Quiz

6. Innovation
• An example of transformation is innovation
– The introduction of something new that adds
value
– Turning an idea into reality

7. Strategic Change, CI and Innovation
It’s all transformation

8. An example

9. Success Needs Balance
WHY
HOWWHAT

10. However
What
Why
How
What
Why
How
A B

11. So What?
Oh Yes
Amazon
Ebay
Disney
Southwest
Cirque du Soleil
Hmmm
Mail order mags
Christies/Sotherby’s
Alton Towers
Laker
Most traditional circuses
Think about mountain bikes
Think about great leaders in history
Think about …