{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Construction Hot Takes","title":"Changing Software in Construction: Early Adopters, Fence Sitters & Resistors","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1285,"description":"When a company invests in a major technology transformation, buys the new system, and spends the money, but nothing actually changes, the problem may never have been the software at all. More often than not, the real issue is people or process, and the company ended up changing the wrong thing.\nIn this episode of Construction Hot Takes, Adam Cooper, Greg Gorman, and Jeff Robertson react to Greg's recent LinkedIn post on what it really takes to transform a business, along with the thoughtful comments it sparked. The conversation centers on a simple idea: transformation is rarely about one thing. It is the work of untangling people, processes, and technology that have drifted out of alignment over time, and a change to any one of them ripples through the rest of the organization.\nThe hosts talk through why transformation is never really finished, what companies like Kodak and Nokia teach us about the cost of standing still, and why so many software rollouts fail even when the implementation itself goes smoothly. They also break down the three camps you'll find in almost every company (the early adopters, the fence sitters, and the resistors) and explain why choosing the right champions early can make or break a change effort.\nLater in the episode, they respond to a listener who challenges the premise entirely, arguing that transformation should start with what the organization is trying to achieve. They also discuss how workarounds and homegrown tools quietly become the real process when nobody designs it on purpose. As one of the hosts puts it, your system works exactly the way it was designed, whether you meant it to or not, so it pays to turn the light on before you start moving the furniture.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7tnRBSxyvUnj2LLrko3735SpgUxrQORJqJk70KMFAmQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNjc2/YmMxMWY1ZmY0Njhl/ZGYyM2E5ZTAzOGJk/OGU1Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}