Peer Advice: 7 Steps Toward Change

Tips for financial institutions or others heading for digital transformation.

John Edwards, Technology Journalist & Author

August 4, 2017

1 Min Read

Accenture's Andy Young believes there are seven steps financial institutions should follow as they build a change program:

  1. Develop a clear narrative for the firm’s transformation, but be ready to adapt it continually.

  2. Prioritize investments in "the new" by ensuring sufficient funding for essential change to the core business, but allow space to develop new business opportunities.

  3. Innovate and scale for value by experimenting and then scaling for business and customer value.

  4. Make change more human by developing a culture that embraces change, stimulates innovation and fosters agility.

  5. Be open to change from outside by considering the firm's role in ecosystems and finding new partners.

  6. Build agility by balancing adaptability and responsiveness with stability.

  7. Enhance the enterprise change capability by developing organization-wide change leadership and building a professional change capability.

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About the Author(s)

John Edwards

Technology Journalist & Author

John Edwards is a veteran business technology journalist. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and numerous business and technology publications, including Computerworld, CFO Magazine, IBM Data Management Magazine, RFID Journal, and Electronic Design. He has also written columns for The Economist's Business Intelligence Unit and PricewaterhouseCoopers' Communications Direct. John has authored several books on business technology topics. His work began appearing online as early as 1983. Throughout the 1980s and 90s, he wrote daily news and feature articles for both the CompuServe and Prodigy online services. His "Behind the Screens" commentaries made him the world's first known professional blogger.

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