#183 | Why “target operating models” fail without capability clarity - Capability Unboxed Mini Series (powered by CIAB+) Part 7

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Fatimah Abbouchi discusses the reasons behind the failure of Target Operating Model redesigns due to a lack of capability clarity.

Capability Unboxed Mini Series (powered by CIAB+) #7 Organisations invest heavily in Target Operating Model (TOM) design. New structures are defined. Governance is redesigned. Processes are mapped. So why do so many of the same problems still remain? In this final episode of Capability Unboxed, Fatimah Abbouchi explores why operating model redesign often fails to deliver real change — and why the missing piece is capability clarity. Most TOM exercises focus on what is visible: structures, rep...

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Host: Fatimah Abbouchi

Topics covered

• Target Operating Model
• capability clarity
• organizational design
• governance
• process mapping
• change management

Keywords

• Target Operating Model
• capability clarity
• organizational change
• governance redesign
• process mapping
• business strategy

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Organizations: CIAB+, Capability Unboxed

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