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GU303: Making Transformation Visible: How EA and Change Management Turn Strategy into Execution
Enterprise Architecture (EA) is one of the most misunderstood disciplines in business, often mistaken for designing buildings rather than shaping digital infrastructure, data flows, and how work actually gets done. In reality, EA paired with effective change management (CM) is essential to aligning people, process, and technology to realize digital transformation, because without clarity there is only the semblance of progress.
This half-day session is built for utility business leaders, technical professionals, and change agents responsible for turning digital transformation from concept into reality. You will learn how to apply EA (process) and CM (people) to enable digital initiatives (technology) using practical, lightweight approaches that deliver immediate value without requiring a formal EA or CM function.
Most transformation efforts slow down not because of strategy, but because of misalignment. Complex, cross-functional challenges cannot be solved through conversation alone, and each stakeholder leaves with a different interpretation. This course shows how to make complexity visible. When systems, processes, data, and dependencies can be seen, not imagined, teams align faster, decisions improve, and execution accelerates.
Through real-world utility examples, the course focuses on three critical domains: Digital Transformation, Grid Modernization, and Artificial Intelligence. Participants will explore key concepts, review real visual models, and engage in guided discussions and hands-on exercises tied directly to their own challenges. Each segment follows a clear progression from seeing, to aligning, to applying so that ideas translate into action.
Prosci-based change management and TOGAF-aligned EA principles are integrated throughout, demonstrating how visualization strengthens awareness, builds buy-in, and increases adoption success.
Attendees will leave with practical tools and a clear approach to align stakeholders, simplify complexity, and move initiatives forward, immediately applicable within their own utility organizations.
