Getting People to Care: The Case for Organizational Change to Support Digital Transformations

A Complimentary CIMdata Educational Webinar with John MacKrell, Chairman, CIMdata

20 January 2022
11:00 EST | 08:00 PST | 17:00 CET

Do any of the following statements sound familiar?

People resist using new solutions.
Process changes are difficult to implement, and people frequently work around them.
It is hard to “sell” new technologies and processes to our people.

Change is a challenging, often scary event. Many people don’t like change, and some don’t trust change. When you want to change how people work, you must help the community where you are imposing the change to accept it. Gaining acceptance for any new initiative, such as the digital transformation of a business, is a process that requires active planning and ongoing support, no matter what technology and process changes are being undertaken. Without user acceptance of your initiative, it is bound to fail or, at least, not deliver the expected results and return on investment.

This webinar will present the importance of helping organizations embrace change—particularly when related to any major digitalization initiative. CIMdata will present its view based on helping our clients through their digitalization journeys.

What will I learn?

You will learn why organizational change management is critical for change.
You will learn how best to prepare for change.
You will learn about a time-proven model to help drive organizational acceptance of new initiatives such as product development digitalization.
You will gain a better understanding of how your business can get the most out of its digitalization and other initiatives.

Who should attend?

Attendees can come from every part of the organization since digitalization produces cross-functional impacts on product design, manufacturing, service, and other downstream product processes and product operations. People from multiple levels will find the information pertinent and valuable: senior and middle managers, PLM team participants, PLM users (engineers, manufacturing planners, installation and services practitioners, and others), IT—anyone impacted by how an organization adopts new digital initiatives.

During the webinar you’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions about the topics discussed.