All along, TRANSFORMATION has always been [wrongly] thought as the buzzword ONLY either in business OR at the workplace. NO sirrrrrrrrrrrs. It is as relevant as well in our daily life because we CAN'T compartmentalize life itself and bury it deep in each different silo. To simplify this misconception about TRANSFORMATION, it can be spelled into C-H-A-N-G-E because, to piggy-back on an age-old cliche, CHANGE is the only permanent thing!!!
In the shortest words, everyone of us need to TRANSFORM [likely NOT just once OR twice in our life] BUT the bigger ASK is: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO TRANSFORM someone? YES, that is a question that does spark a thousand thoughts. Again, WHAT's quite seem to be daunting here is that TRANSFORMATION sounds something grandiose OR complex BUT IT'S NOT. There are those small, tiny-whiny TRANSFORMATIONS that can take considerably less time than we [wrongly perceive]❎❎❎
BUT to set expectations, "EPIC TRANSFORMATIONS" really take more time. Through the years, I did bear witness on first hand quite a zillion TRANSFORMATIONS that got initiated. Simply put, there are two scenarios that trigger such and a big chunk of it is triggered OUT OF NECESSITY. Practical and real life examples are inefficient processes, bungled processings, a process flaw OR error causing a process to bog down. In our personal life, TRANSFORMATIONS arising out of need may be triggered by very common scenarios such as:
- A problem arises and TRANSFORMATION is the best option
- A situation is acceptable BUT it needs to be improved
- A mindset that embodies proactiveness for TRANSFORMATION
- A TRANSFORMATION is mandated by the organization
Our takeaway: In the simplest terms, we have simplified TRANSFORMATION to instead call it as CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. WHICH meant that regardless if there are hiccups OR none at all, it makes sense to get this best practice embedded within ourselves because we CAN'T and SHOULDN'T be complacent with WHAT or WHO we are because there will always be rooms for improvement. Can we have that TRANSFORMATION mindset embedded in our life, dude๐๐๐