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Issue 01Tumblehill Holdings Ltd2022
Issue 01
2022·18 min readWorkforce &
Capability:
The Execution Variable
Process redesign changes what an institution needs from its people. It does not automatically change the people at the same pace.
In This Issue
01
The Capacity Illusion
Why institutions assume the workforce that runs the current model can run the redesigned one.
02
Forced-Pace Change & Readiness Failure
Why institutions fail when external mandates arrive before operational infrastructure is ready.
03
Retention as Transformation Risk
Why the staff most valuable to transformation programmes are also the most likely to leave.
“Transformation changes what the institution needs. It does not automatically change what it has. The gap between those two things is where programmes stall.”
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