Transformation Launchpad® an easy-to-use, coherent, consistent and repeatable methodology for enabling transformational change.
Change isn’t easy; it never has!
The Transformation Launchpad® is an easy-to-use methodology of principles, tools and practices, enabling a coherent, consistent, accountable, and repeatable way to discover, assess, design, execute and realise value from business transformation and organisational change initiatives.
The Transformation Launchpad is a one stop location to find frameworks, online assessment tools, and downloadable templates.
- Structured Change Management framework
- Online assessment tools and calculators
- Downloadable templates
- Access to North Sakara's expert Transformation Change Practitioners
The Transformation Launchpad is designed for use by anyone tasked with leading or contributing to realising the expected benefits of a technology change. For maximum effect, you should use the Transformation Launched in conjunction with solid project management —without these elements, change management is likely to fail.
Typical users of the Transformation Launchpad will include:
- Transformation Sponsors
- Transformation Directors
- Change Management Consultants
- Programme and Project Managers
- Line Managers and Supervisors
Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu
Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.
Change Champions drive engagement in business and user adoption of change. In a technology rollout, change champions focus on driving adoption and proficiency of usage of the new technology. Champions help reduce the pressure on the adoption and change team. This guide will help you through process of building a change champions community.
Creating a Change Champions community requires clear thinking and a methodological approach to ensure buy-in at all levels of the organisation.
In this guide, you will find:
- A step-by-step framework
- List of specific activities to be completed
- List of deliverables
- Links to related online tools and frameworks
- Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates
Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:
- Transformation Sponsors
- Transformation Directors
- Change Management Consultants
- Programme and Project Managers
- Line Managers and Supervisors
Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.
When managing change, it is crucial to appreciate that the success or failure of your change initiative hinges on the successful adoption of the change. More often than not, to achieve adoption, people impacted by the change may require new knowledge and the right skills to successfully transition from the old to new ways of working. A training plan that defines how users will be trained is therefore required.
In this guide, you will find:
- A step-by-step framework
- List of specific activities to be completed
- List of deliverables
- Links to related online tools and frameworks
- Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates
Anyone tasked with designing or supervising the creation of a training plan for a transformation change initiative.
This may include any of the following people:
- Transformation Sponsors
- Transformation Directors
- Change Management Consultants
- Programme and Project Managers
- Line Managers and Supervisors
Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu
Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.
Communications is a crucial process embedded into every stage of an organisation's major transformation's life cycle. From start up, through implementation, until and even after closure of a transformation programme, communications plays a key role in its success. This step by step guide starts from identifying impact audience to defining key messages to creating the appropriate content to accompany the key messages, and ends at the drafting and launching of the communications plan.
The Change Practitioner Toolkit (CCT) is an easy to use toolkit packed with online tools, playbooks, assessments, templates, presentations, tutorials, research insights and many more.
- Technology Adoption Launchpad®
- Go-No-Go Readiness Assessment Framework & Calculator (coming soon)
- Transformation Launchpad®Master Workbook (80 plus slide deck)
- 8-point guide to creating a comms plan
- 7-point guide to managing resistance to change
- 6-pont guide to developing a change champions community
- 5-point guide to creating a training plan
- Change team role profiles
- Downloadable templates including, stakeholder register, change impact and risk assessment, resources planning workbook, change champions community development workbook)
This toolkit provides change practitioners with online and downloadable tools, frameworks, and thought-leadership articles that supports the role of a Change Management Practitioner.
Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:
- Transformation Sponsors
- Transformation Directors
- Change Management Consultants
- Programme and Project Managers
- Line Managers and Supervisors
Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.
Today, organisations are undergoing unpreceded change – from the impacts of COVID-19 to the recent cost of living crisis. For organisations to adapt to these changes and realise value, people need to adopt new ways of working, including subtle and significant organisational changes. Intentionally managing resistance to change is crucial to success. But what we know for sure is that resistance to change is a normal behaviour. This guide looks at some of the techniques you can deploy to manage change resistance.
In this guide, you will find:
- A step-by-step framework
- List of specific activities to be completed
- List of deliverables
- Links to related online tools and frameworks
- Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates
Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:
- Transformation Sponsors
- Transformation Directors
- Change Management Consultants
- Programme and Project Managers
- Line Managers and Supervisors
Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu
Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.
Purpose
Change Management Practitioners plan, implement and successfully manage the impact of change. The toolkit offers online tools, assessments, templates, presentations, tutorials, research insights and more.
Who should use the CPT
This toolkit provides change practitioners with online and downloadable tools, frameworks, and thought-leadership articles that supports the role of a Change Management Practitioner.
Change Management Practitioners plan, implement and successfully manage the impact of change. This toolkit offers online tools, assessments, templates, presentations, tutorials, research insights, and more to support the Change Management Practitioner's role.
Purpose of this framework
The Transformation Launchpad® is an easy-to-use framework for enabling user adoption of transformation change.
Parked with tens of online resources, including step-by-step guides, online assessment tools and calculators, and downloadable templates, it is designed and accessed in four phases, accessible online in a bite-sized and easy-to-digest workflow. When you access the Transformation Launchpad®, you also receive a free copy of the 80-plus slide deck and templated workbook that you can complete as you walk through each phase of the launchpad.
The Transformation Launchpad® is your definitive guide to completing the discovery, design, execution, and value realisation phases of your transformation change and user adoption journey.
Purpose of this guide
A complex communication process requires careful planning and implementation.
The 8-step process of creating a communications plan is the perfect guide that sets you on a journey of identifying the target audience, defining the key messages, and creating the appropriate communication content. Also in the 8-step process is how to draft and launch a communications plan.
How this guide supports your role as a Change Management Practitioner
As a Change Management practitioner, you will communicate to end users that change is coming, why the change is coming, when the change is coming, and who will be impacted by the change. This guide will be a valuable addition to the primary resources you will need as a Change Management practitioner.
Why a 10-point plan
Today, organizations are undergoing unpreceded change – from the impacts of COVID 19 to Brexit and to evolving consumer preferences. For organizations to adapt to these changes, and realise value from these changes, people need to adopt new ways of working. This may include subtle and/or major organizational changes, from implementing and adopting new operating models, systems, and tools to introducing new roles and business functions.
However, what we know for sure is that people do not automatically change; as a matter of fact, resisting change is normal behaviour.
It is for this reason that Resistance Management to change is central to success. This top-10 tips to management resistance to change is expected to be a guide to refer to when leading change.
How this guide supports your role as a Change Management Practitioner
Today, organisations are undergoing unpreceded change – from the impacts of COVID 19 to Brexit and evolving consumer preferences. For organisations to adapt to these changes and realise value from these changes, people need to adopt new ways of working. This may include subtle and significant organisational changes, from implementing and adopting new operating models, systems, and tools to introducing new roles and business functions.
However, we know for sure that people do not automatically change; as a matter of fact, resisting change is normal behaviour.
For this reason, Resistance Management to change is central to success. Therefore, these top-10 tips for managing resistance to change will serve as a guide when leading change.
Why this 6-point plan
Change Champions drive engagement business and user adoption of change. In a technology rollout, change champions focus on driving adoption and proficiency of the new technology. They also help reduce the pressure on the adoption and change team throughout the technology rollout. This six-point guide provides a structured approach to setting up your change champions community.
How this guide supports your role as a Change Management Practitioner
One of a Change Management Practitioner's crucial duties is to enable change adoption. While there are many ways to enable change adoption, building a Change Champions community can be one of the impactful ways to achieve adoption. However, building a Change Champions community requires careful planning and execution. You will have to consider how to generate buy-in for the community, who would be a suitable champion, and, most importantly, how to enable and energise the community to drive user adoption.
This point guide will provide step-by-step guidance on where to start and create your Change Champions community to excel.
Why a 5-step guide
This guide leverages on the 5-phased Instructional System Design (ISD) approach. It provides a structured approach to creating a Training Plan.
Purpose of this guide.
This guide leverages the 5-phased Instructional System Design (ISD) approach. It provides a structured approach to creating a Training Plan.
When managing change, it is crucial to appreciate that the success or failure of your change initiative hinges on the successful adoption of the change. In addition, for successful adoption to happen, the right environment needs to be created to allow people going through change to acquire knowledge and learn the right skills that will enable a successful transition from the old to new ways of working.
Why this guide is useful to your role as a Change Management practitioner.
During and after transformation change, users may need to learn new ways of doing things, which may include, learnning how to use a new technology or apply new processes and procedures. As a Change Management practitioner it is your responsibility to support end users learn these new skills. This guide will provide you with what you need to get started.
Why the master workbook
This workbook is a template and workbook with close to 100 standardised and customised slides in one Microsoft PowerPoint deck. We've put it together by adopting the Transformation Launchpad framework. What it means is that when you use the Transformation Launchpad you will also have a workbook where you can record the results of the activities recommended in the Transformation Launchpad.
Where and how to use the masterwork
Read our collection of thought leadership articles on the North Sakara Blog Page.
Do you need support on to how deploy the Change Practitioner Toolkit (CPT) across your organisation? Do you need support on how to integrate elements of the CPT into a wider transformation programme?
North Sakara, creators and authors of the Change Portal - is here to help. Talk to our team of Change Execution Consultants.