Tips for Managing Technology Change

Tip 4: Recruit champions, influencers and end users
While executive support is needed, it isn’t enough. People throughout the organization need to buy into the technology change for it to be successful. This means directly engaging people who will be affected by the change (try asking for their input and suggestions — you might be surprised by the ideas they have) and recruiting people to be champions for the change. Champions will be cheerleaders for your initiative and can help act as surrogate change leaders to get buy-in throughout the organization. An ideal champion is someone who has influence in the organization, whose opinions are respected and sought by others , and who can articulate what the technology change is and why it's important to the organization.