Getting started with Digital
Transformation in your Charity
Ian J Seath
Breakfast Briefing 22/06/17
3 reasons to transform digitally
Digital Transformation
Key themes: Enablers and Results
Leadership
People
Strategy
Processes
Digital Transformation
Beneficiary impacts
Income generation
Internal efficiencies
Start with “why?”
Why?
How?
What?
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Strategy
Processes
Capabilities
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Why focus on processes?
“Process: it’s what we used to call work before you
consultants got involved”.
Digital Transformation
• 100% of your organisation’s
performance is a result of how well
your people design, operate and
continuously improve its processes
Digital Transformation
Two typical starting points…
• We don’t really
understand our current
processes
• We need to get our
processes “in order”
before we think about
investing in new
technology
• We know we need to fix
some problems
• We need to make a step-
change in performance in
a few key areas and we
believe new technology
can help
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As Is To Be
Digital Transformation
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Input Output
Procedure Policy ProcedureStandardProcedure
Policy Standard
Process
Maps
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Digital
Input Output
Webform Self-service E-mailWorkflowOCR/Voice
Database Dashboard
Process
Maps
22/06/17
Assess eligibility for support
Digital Transformation
Elements.cloud - demo
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Process re-design choices
• Streamlining – e.g. eliminate non-value steps
• Simplification – e.g. triage, RRS
• Moving decision points – e.g. early Go/No-go
• Parallel vs. sequence – e.g. approvals
• More extrinsic activities – e.g. provide templates
• Multi-skilling – e.g. reduce hand-offs
• Standardisation – e.g. reduce the cause of errors
• Automation…
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Success factors
• Identify the right projects (processes) to work on
• Think process, not function – end-to-end & starting with
the beneficiary/donor/customer
• Do it with the process experts – the staff who operate
the processes
• Measure the right things – defined by your improvement
objectives
• Understand what a “good” process looks like – Lean
thinking helps
• Management of change – applying sound principles in
ways that work for the organisation
Register for elements software
• https://app.q9elements.com/signup?partner=IA1048
Digital Transformation
Finally…
“If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get
what you always got”
- Joseph Juran, Quality Guru
Digital Transformation
Improvement Skills Consulting Ltd.
ian.seath@improvement-skills.co.uk
07850 728506
@ianjseath
Digital Transformation

Getting started with Digital Transformation in your Charity

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    Getting started withDigital Transformation in your Charity Ian J Seath Breakfast Briefing 22/06/17
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    3 reasons totransform digitally Digital Transformation
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    Key themes: Enablersand Results Leadership People Strategy Processes Digital Transformation Beneficiary impacts Income generation Internal efficiencies
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    Why focus onprocesses? “Process: it’s what we used to call work before you consultants got involved”. Digital Transformation
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    • 100% ofyour organisation’s performance is a result of how well your people design, operate and continuously improve its processes Digital Transformation
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    Two typical startingpoints… • We don’t really understand our current processes • We need to get our processes “in order” before we think about investing in new technology • We know we need to fix some problems • We need to make a step- change in performance in a few key areas and we believe new technology can help 8 As Is To Be
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    Digital Transformation Text Input Output ProcedurePolicy ProcedureStandardProcedure Policy Standard Process Maps
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    Digital Transformation Digital Input Output WebformSelf-service E-mailWorkflowOCR/Voice Database Dashboard Process Maps
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    22/06/17 Assess eligibility forsupport Digital Transformation
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    Process re-design choices •Streamlining – e.g. eliminate non-value steps • Simplification – e.g. triage, RRS • Moving decision points – e.g. early Go/No-go • Parallel vs. sequence – e.g. approvals • More extrinsic activities – e.g. provide templates • Multi-skilling – e.g. reduce hand-offs • Standardisation – e.g. reduce the cause of errors • Automation… Digital Transformation
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    Success factors • Identifythe right projects (processes) to work on • Think process, not function – end-to-end & starting with the beneficiary/donor/customer • Do it with the process experts – the staff who operate the processes • Measure the right things – defined by your improvement objectives • Understand what a “good” process looks like – Lean thinking helps • Management of change – applying sound principles in ways that work for the organisation
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    Register for elementssoftware • https://app.q9elements.com/signup?partner=IA1048 Digital Transformation
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    Finally… “If you alwaysdo what you always did, you’ll always get what you always got” - Joseph Juran, Quality Guru Digital Transformation
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    Improvement Skills ConsultingLtd. ian.seath@improvement-skills.co.uk 07850 728506 @ianjseath Digital Transformation