Agile Transformation is a Disruption for an company: Are you using full throttle to Takeoff/Landing?

A true transformation is disruptive. 

Transformation is a disruption for an organization. Which shakes the whole organizational way of working. A transformation is not for the faint of heart.

Disruption means disturbance which interrupts an event, activity or process. To prevent something especially a system, process or event from continuing as usual or as expected.

Flying aircraft is like a transformation. It is complex because of many parameters to deal with at the same time. It takes many team members to closely function collectively to move a flight from point A to Point B.

It takes 100% of all the team members to engage maneuvering the flight.

Like aircraft when the organization transforms from one way of working for others, it undergoes many transition states rapidly.

When the airplane takes off, the energy is provided by the engines, in which chemical energy (fuel) is being transformed into mechanical energy. The mechanical energy provides thrust, increase the speed of the airplane. As the speed of the airplane rises, the mechanical energy is converted into kinetic energy. As the airplane goes higher, the mechanical energy is changed into gravitational potential energy.

Which phase of flight is a crash most likely to occur?

Boeing released the following statistics for the worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet between 2005 – 2014.

Percentages of fatal accidents based on phase of flight:

• 13% Take-off
• 8% Climb
• 27% Cruise
• 17% Decent Initial Approach
• 38% Final Approach / Landing

Therefore, statistically, the most dangerous phase of flight is landing.

Statistics for the causes of aircraft crashes are not always clear. It is however widely accepted that the following statistics are a reasonable representation:

• 55% Pilot Error
• 17% Aircraft Mechanical Error
• 13% Weather
• 8% Sabotage
• 7% Other (ATC, Ground Handling, Unknown)

Examples of Pilot Error include “Loss of Control in Flight” and “CFIT” (Controlled Flight Into Terrain).

Swiss Cheese Model

Aircraft accidents never take place owing to one specific reason, there is always a multitude of factors which contribute towards an aircraft crash or incident. In the industry, this is called the “Swiss Cheese Model”.

If you imagine lots of different slices of Swiss Cheese, from different blocks of cheese, all lined up next to each other, the chances are that you won’t be able to see all the way through one of the holes, as the holes will all be in different places. Each slice of cheese represents an individual factor such as fatigue, poor weather or poor standard of training. On rare occasions all the holes line up together, that is to say, all the factors come together to cause an accident.

Transformation is a whole team exercise, where every team members work out their skills at their greatest level. 

We should not show up merely 50 %, we have to exhibit 100% of all.

While takeoff and landing it is important in our transformation journey that we give 100% throttle.

To Drive a transformation journey we require distinct type skill sets, the speed of execution, dedication and commitment.

Let us build a ecosystem which can guide us during our transformation journey.

Transformations require teams of professionals who bring their experiences in a way that will yield results significant beyond that of any particular contributor.

Are you giving 100%? Are you committed? As a leader, or change agents, are you helping aircraft not to crash?

How can we escape 70% transformation initiatives failure by choosing vigorous movement?

Transformation is here to stay.

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