Organizational Transformation

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JMW is a transformation consultancy empowering leaders to shape the future

Mark Da Silva

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Our Expertise

High-Performance Projects
Organizational Assessments
Systemic Workability®
Team Performance
Mergers, Partnering & Collaboration

We help major capital projects reliably deliver on – and even beat – schedule, cost, and quality targets. And, we have almost 40 years of experience helping more than 75 major capital projects in a range of sectors – including oil and gas, mining, and economic infrastructure – do just that.

Our Approach to Project Success

  1. Assess mindsets: We assess the current landscape to gain an understanding of what existing mindsets may be helping or inhibiting project performance.
  2. Align on a unifying vision: From the bid phase to the turnaround of flagging projects, JMW helps project team members align on a unifying vision for moving forward, creating greater buy-in and a more inclusive team.
  3. Mobilize toward real commitments: Having established a shared vision and sense of ownership, we support project teams in making real commitments to exceptional performance and support progress acceleration through more effective coordination and collaboration.
  4. Intervene in roadblocks: As the project progresses, we work with our clients to identify key obstacles and develop innovative, collaborative interventions.

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Our organizational performance assessments uncover the often hidden mindsets that are unknowingly shaping action and hindering forward momentum. Getting at what people “really think” – of leadership, the organization’s strategy and future prospects and how they fit into that (or don’t), how the past is impacting current actions, and how senior management’s messages are being received – allows leaders to really see the inarguable link between people’s attitudes, organizational performance, and readiness for change.

Our Approach to Organizational Assessments

  1. Identify existing attitudes: Through confidential one-on-one interviews, we uncover the common themes among existing attitudes and mindsets that are holding the organization back.
  2. Build consensus: By building consensus regarding organizational and leadership issues hindering performance, we help restore confidence to confront the issues that matter.
  3. Make recommendations for the future: We provide custom-tailored recommendations for intervention in critical issues. As the assessment brings sensitive issues to the table, JMW provides bespoke interventions for how to establish new norms aimed at improving future performance.
  4. Provide bespoke support: If clients choose to work with us following an assessment, JMW assists our clients in implementing recommendations to drive a new culture of accountability and performance in the organization.

JMW’s organizational transformation program focused on restoring and revitalizing human systems.

Exposing diminished workability and restoring maximum workability is at the heart of Systemic Workability®.  One dictionary definition of “workable” is: “Capable of producing the desired effect or result; practicable; feasible.”  We use “workability” to describe the capacity to produce the desired result; 100% workability means full capacity to produce the desired result.  When applied to organizations, we believe that over time, the workability of the human systems invisibly erodes absent a conscious effort to restore and revitalize them.  Workability diminishes due to changes in the market or environment that the organization does not effectively respond to (external changes) and disruptions and tears in the human fabric caused by re-organizations, process re-design, and implementing new technology (internal changes).  Thus, Systemic Workability™ reveals the state of workability of an organization and identifies initiatives to enhance performance.

All organizations are comprised of an integrated set of Intrinsic and extrinsic systems.  Extrinsic systems are by their nature designed and installed, added to the organization, such as organization structure, reporting, operations processes, information systems, risk and safety protocols.  Extrinsic systems are easily identified by their physical manifestations and can be modified, redesigned and replaced.   Intrinsic systems are embedded in the organization, emerge from the very nature of human interactions, and are not easily observed.  Since they naturally emerge from human interactions and evolve and develop without intervention, they are less visible, and can be challenging to observe and diagnose.  We call these invisible intrinsic systems the “human systems” that limit or enhance performance in all organizations.

The intrinsic systems shape the assumptions and expectations of people working in an organization.  The actions people take in dealing with their work and one another are shaped by a broad array of assumptions about how the business works, what is more or less important, what can be achieved and what is impossible.  They also have beliefs about how to succeed and what will generate unwanted attention.  At the same time, they also have expectations about what others will (or should) do, and what is expected of them.  Expectations and assumptions are also intrinsic to human beings; they are not evident on the surface, and for the most part are not readily discernable. The dominant assumptions and expectations of the members of an organization are more or less aligned with the realities of the business environment and the organization itself.  When the alignment of assumptions and expectations with external and internal realities declines, workability (and the possible range of performance) declines with it.

Systemic Workability® focuses on the state of internal systems and alignment.  Our unique tools and methods quickly reveal the state of workability, the sources of diminished workability, and the interventions required to change the organizational environment to promote higher performance.

JMW has almost 40 years of experience helping to create high-performing teams and realigning individual agendas in service of a larger organizational purpose. True alignment, collaborative action, and exceptional results are built on a foundation of clarity around what is of fundamental importance to the organization and to the team—a common purpose.

Our Approach to Maximizing Team Performance

  1. Ask why: We help foster true alignment and effective action by building a foundation of clarity around a common purpose that fulfills what is fundamentally important to the individual members, the team, and the organization.
  2. Foster accountability and collaboration: Through our work sessions with clients, we foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance.
  3. Mobilize around values and purpose: Our development and alignment services help mobilize teams into targeted actions that unquestionably fulfill the purpose and values.
  4. Develop new ways of working: In order to support continued high performance, we work with our clients to create, commit to, and put into action new ways of working that support an open environment and constructive dialogue.

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JMW has almost 40 years of experience partnering with strategic alliances to tackle complex, high-stakes projects and collaborate to deliver amazing results. We’ve seen organizations who had never worked together before come together on a risky, top-dollar project and deliver award-winning performance. In our experience, what brings people together in a successful partnership or collaboration is a shared commitment to a larger possibility—an achievement never done before.

Our Approach to Successful Mergers, Partnering, & Collaboration

  1. Assess current mindsets: Before cultures and strategies can be integrated, it’s critical to reveal the current mindsets in each of the organizations involved that may hinder progress.
  2. Align around a common vision: We work with leaders to create and align around a common vision that represents a “win-win” for all parties involved, then support leaders to own the whole of the vision and be accountable for collaborating for success.
  3. Galvanize engagement and action: Having created a new common purpose and vision, we support leaders to engage others in their organizations to find themselves in that and take action toward fulfillment.
  4. Build a culture of collaboration: Aligning on a common vision is one thing; creating and implementing a culture of openness, collaboration, and true partnership is another. We support teams in developing the necessary culture to ensure success.

We help make organizational transformation attainable.

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Our Proven 5-Step Approach

01. Assess the current state

JMW assesses the pre-existing context and culture to uncover barriers to performance and transformation.

02. Define your purposE

Whether you create a new strategic purpose or refresh an existing one, aligning on a strategic expression of the organization’s common purpose is the foundation for shaping a new future.

03. Build your vision

Turn your purpose into a set of future strategic objectives, typically 3-5 years in the future.

04. Align on your plan

Work backward from the future vision fulfilled to design and commit to strategic milestones and “early wins,” leaving you with a detailed strategic plan.

05. Make it happen

JMW supports our clients in developing the leadership capabilities to implement the plan and build a high-performance culture to underpin it.

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