What is the Difference between Organizational Change and Business Transformation?

Organizational Change and Business Transformation are terms Project Managers encounter a lot. And it can be tricky to distinguish between what we mean by change and transformation. Let’s have a go.
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00:00 - What’s the difference between change and transformation?
00:20 - Do we know the difference?
01:00 - Scale
01:13 - Depth
01:28 - Significance
01:40 - Ambition
02:03 - Origination
02:27 - Hierarchy
02:43 - Completion
03:06 - Differing Skillsets for delivering change and transformation
03:18 - Change Manager skillset
03:52 - Transformation Leader skillset
04:28 - Summing up the comparison between change and transformation
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Continuing our series on unravelling fine distinctions, heres one that confuses a lot of people: the difference between change and transformation. What do you think?

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[@nicolabenjamin2661]

This is a great video Mike. One of the best explanations that I’ve come across. I’ve been both a Change Leader and a transformation Lead. They were indeed very different roles, requiring very different tools and skillsets for success. As a change Manager I worked at a tactical level mostly with those within the business. Whereas when I was working on Major transformation it required mainly strategic activities with far more interaction with senior leadership and then translating to actions at a tactical level.
Both are great technical roles. 🙌👍

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Thank you very much, Nicola. I think you highlight nicely how many options are available as part of a project professional's career. And, if we stay flexible and grab opportunities, we can get a very broad experience that allows us a very broad professional perspective.

[@jamesdecross1035]

Great definitions, here. I simply assumed 'transformation' is the process of 'change'. So many aspects.

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Thank you.
Yes transformation is the process of change. But, is it something more? Does a caterpillar *just change into a butterfly? We say it transforms. A celebrity might change their style, but transform their persona. I could change my car or transform my lifestyle by abandoning it. As I say in the video, there is no absolute right answer to this. Thank you for your comment.