1. MANAGING/DESIGNING FOR POLARITIES ERP SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATIONS CHUCK PAPAGEORGIOU WWW.IDEASPHERE.COM If you only make left turns you’ll just go in circles

2. Managing polarities Polarities do not have “a solution” – If you only make left turns, you’ll keep going in circles – If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail Polarities are in a constant state of transition – When the wind changes, adjust your sails – Holding two apparently contradicting thoughts in your head at the same time without going crazy is the characteristic of maturity Transitions are the process to a solution Transitions have a beginning and an end

3. An example of Polarities Resource: Polarity Management by Barry Johnson

4. Focus on Team Upside – _________________ Downside – __________________

5. Focus on Individual Upside – _________________ Downside – __________________

6. Bad Management of Polarities Resource: Polarity Management by Barry Johnson

7. Actively Managing Polarities Resource: Polarity Management by Barry Johnson

8. Natural Polarities to Manage at Your Company List at least five polarities that are most likely to be present at Your Company that an ERP implementation must be able to accommodate – _______________________________________________

9. Practice Session Identify the two most common sets of polarities your company has to perpetually manage – Discuss the Pluses and Minuses – Identify ways to stay on the Plus side – Discuss ways to manage the transition from one to the other Identify the changes and their associated transitions – Discuss the start and end – Discuss the transition strategies – Discuss the capabilities an ERP system must have to handle