The first step of the companies' digital transformation

SafeValue must use [property]=binding: The communication gap was a serious issue before the COVID age, but most companies coped quite well with them using traditional communication channels. 2020 has changed everything. If the companies, whose main products were intangible, only lengthened communication channels they already used, then the conventional office life was demolished. If the 2019 polls showed that only 19% of respondents expected to work from home, then at the end of 2020, votes showed that more than 50% of employees agreed on the need to change office life to remote work. And this tendency will be saved in further decades as a minimum. The remote management of the value stream in new reality became critical. So, how to start the digital transformation of your company? First of all, you have to understand that a global upheaval that will inevitably result from a fast and complete transformation will bring a sharp drop in productivity and disorganization. That's why step by step policy will be the best choice. You should start small and take the first step by identifying a pilot product value stream. It has to low risk but can be visible and impactful to the business. You should select, identify and promote early adopters who will be part of the change agents. They should be the dualistic nature carriers; as the team members, they should carry on the team's interests; as the change agents, they must have enough responsibility to provide remote discipline. It would be best if you empowered them to lead and participate in establishing the setting of shared goals and corresponding execution plans. They also carry a significant role in understanding the value streamflow. It is crucial to create, implement and use tools that provide not only visual collaboration but discover waste and help to improve the working process remotely. They must obey the goal of planning in short horizons, which in turn provides possibilities to achieve continuous value flow. This stage is impossible without a robust software development department or reliable offshore software development partner. The chosen pilot has to show the main communication channels and makes visible executives' participation, teamwork, and success story road map. In priority also, you should consider the happiness of the team. Notice that the employee who is sharply detached from the office's usual work rhythm has difficulty surviving the separation from the office team's social connections. The tools should provide the ability to establish communication between employees, celebrate success, primarily when significant business results are achieved. (see http://g.co/ng/security#xss)