Building Momentum for change in Enterprise
Driving change in Enterprise requires relatioinship building and thoughtful communication.
Driving engineering change in enterprise organisations requires building relationships and thoughtful communication. Credibility matters too, but without these two it doesn't matter how talented you are; you will find it difficult to gather momentum and make the scaled-up changes unique to enterprise organisations.
Difference in Enterprise
When it comes to enterprise, it's all about size. Rather than driving change across fifteen teams, you are driving change across five hundred teams. With size comes silos, and with silos come formal, often rigid processes and empire building. And, of course, the human glue—masses of it. The good news is that building relationships and communicating across channels will help you in all of these.
Building Momentum
In an enterprise, you need to build momentum—a wave of change that gradually builds over time. If you're lucky, after some ebb and flow, you'll hit a tipping point and people will begin to support your idea. You will know this has happened because people will talk if your ideas are the norm and totally obvious. They may even begin to adopt your idea in the belief it's their own.
When you get this level of buy-in, doors will begin to open, budgets will appear, and people will invite you to meetings. That doesn't mean the work is done, but a lot of the mental battle has been won. The rest is mostly tactical, managing rollout and delivery.
