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Managing/Designing for polarities ERP System Implementations Chuck Papageorgiou ideasphere

If you only make left turns you’ll just go in circles. Managing/Designing for polarities ERP System Implementations Chuck Papageorgiou www.ideasphere.com. Managing polarities. Polarities do not have “a solution” If you only make left turns, you’ll keep going in circles

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Managing/Designing for polarities ERP System Implementations Chuck Papageorgiou ideasphere

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  1. If you only make left turns you’ll just go in circles Managing/Designing for polaritiesERP System ImplementationsChuck Papageorgiouwww.ideasphere.com

  2. Managing polarities • Polarities do not have “a solution” • If you only make left turns, you’ll keep going in circles • If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail • Polarities are in a constant state of transition • When the wind changes, adjust your sails • Holding two apparently contradicting thoughts in your head at the same time without going crazy is the characteristic of maturity • Transitions are the process to a solution • Transitions have a beginning and an end

  3. An example of Polarities Individual Team Resource: Polarity Management by Barry Johnson

  4. Focus on Team • Upside • _________________ • _________________ • _________________ • _________________ • Downside • __________________ • __________________ • __________________ • __________________

  5. Focus on Individual • Upside • _________________ • _________________ • _________________ • _________________ • Downside • __________________ • __________________ • __________________ • __________________

  6. Bad Management of Polarities Individual Team Resource: Polarity Management by Barry Johnson

  7. Actively Managing Polarities Individual Team Resource: Polarity Management by Barry Johnson

  8. Natural Polarities to Manage at Your Company • List at least five polarities that are most likely to be present at Your Company that an ERP implementation must be able to accommodate • _______________________________________________ • _______________________________________________ • _______________________________________________ • _______________________________________________ • _______________________________________________

  9. Practice Session • Identify the two most common sets of polarities your company has to perpetually manage • Discuss the Pluses and Minuses • Identify ways to stay on the Plus side • Discuss ways to manage the transition from one to the other • Identify the changes and their associated transitions • Discuss the start and end • Discuss the transition strategies • Discuss the capabilities an ERP system must have to handle

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