Based on your responses, your organization is well-prepared to design and implement the best applicable solutions for your most complex organizational problems.
Wow. Your organization—like all organizations, big or small—routinely faces complex problems that must be solved. Fortunately, your team is comprised of experienced solution designers who are up to the task.
However, it is important to recognize that your achievements are the result of diligence and dedication. Throughout the design of your solutions, you burn lots of energy convincing stakeholders, negotiating with hesitant parties, and reprioritizing scarce resources to ensure that your solutions are successfully implemented.
Unfortunately, situations change. Business environments change. In truth, after a while, people tend to forget the initial compelling reasons your solution was implemented, stakeholder enthusiasm recedes, and resources—including people—are redirected to newer, more-pressing issues due to organizational changes or brand-new complex problems that have arisen.
Solution designers must remain vigilant to ensure that their solutions stick in the long term. To do so, consider these three helpful tips from our book From Problem Solving to Solution Design.