Getting to know you: the psychology of information management
1. Getting to know you:
the psychology of information management
creating a positive, relevant and sustainable Information
Governance culture
IRMS Scotland
Tues 24th July 2018
Heather Jack
HJBS Ltd
@akaIRMbigyin
#irmsscot
Unlocking the value
of your information
The Dodo
Digital
Obsolescence
Destroys
Opportunity
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1980s and 1990s
Information Technology:
the magic wand
It does
what it
says on
the tin
4. Technology
the dream
Short-termism
&
instant gratification
Digital was easy….
too easy
Digital literacy: YE
WHIT????
The ostrich
syndrome
Governance &
Creativity:
mutually exclusive
21st century tools
20th century
mindsets
Regulators and
policy makers in
the same boat
Information &
communication
Technology
Where did it all go wrong?
Hindsight is a wonderful thing
5. And has anything changed?
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6.
7. Mark Diamond, MER conference 2018
S28. KEYNOTE: THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR FILES WHERE? INFORMATION
GOVERNANCE IN A WORLD OF DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY
8. • Freedom of information
• Public Records Scotland Act
• Property rationalisation
• Impact of recession
• Bad things happening
– Fire – Flood – Failed litigation
• Digital transformation
• GDPR
Getting initial buy-in in the 21st century digital
world ………… actually not so hard!
9. • Freedom of information
• Public Records Scotland Act
• Property rationalisation
• Impact of recession
• Bad things happening
– fire – flood – failed litigation
• GDPR
Short termist, reactive, tick-box approach
getting buy-in is easy, keeping that buy-in … not so much
Digital
transformation
10. The AC+erm Project – Accelerating positive
change in electronic records management’ 2007-2010
Key “people” findings
• people issues are predominant, fundamental
and challenging as they concern culture,
philosophical attitudes, awareness of RM and
ERM issues, preferences, knowledge & skills
Lack of insight
• there are few published in-depth critical case
studies of success or failure,
or post-implementation evaluation
11. AIIM: The state of Intelligent
Information Management 2017/18
1. Every organization is on — or should be on — a Digital
Transformation journey. The heart of this Transformation
journey is understanding, anticipating, and redefining
internal and external customer experiences.
2. Digital Transformation effectiveness is imperilled by a rising
tide of information chaos and confusion
“Our technology and business divisions have
poor communication, leading to repeated
failures in new initiatives. Things have stayed
the same over the last few years and we keep
working in this never ending cycle.”
12. The missing ingredient:
ignore the people at your peril !
The shelves
are perfect
… do we
really need
to let the
users in?
14. Change
… and when presented with change
they will adopt an information change
attitude ….
15. Information Change Attitudes
Individuals
• Bertha Bored-out-of-her-head
• Ivan Irrelevant
• Scarlet Awfy-scared*
• Cyd Cynical
• Edward Enthusiastic
Teams
• We’re special and different
• We’re too busy*Awfy = awfully
17. Talk overview
Strategies and tactics for creating a
positive, relevant and sustainable IG
culture
What, why,
how
18. Organisational needs
• Support longer term needs
• Management and control
– current
– complete
– trustworthy
– sustainable
– secure
Individual/Team needs
• Support immediate
working
• Filed, found & used
– quickly
– easily
– when needed
– regardless of its or
worker’s location
– …even if they don’t
know it exists!
Good information governance is a
balancing act! Holistic approach
19. Information Governance Framework
– Holistic policy, rules, tools, controls
– Dictated by organisational and stakeholder
needs
– Mainstreamed in business processes
– Enabled by technology
– Embedded in corporate governance
• Embraced by organisational
culture
What are we trying to achieve?
Information
Governance
Framework
Governance
structures &
resourcing
Policy, strategy
& priorities
Rules, tools
& controls
Change, risk and
performance
Engagement
education & support
21. Information risks & impacts
Risk to asset
• Not created
• Can’t file
• Can’t find
• Can’t open
• Can’t work with
• Can’t share
• Can’t trust
• Not protected
Risk to organisation – so what!
• Financial
• Operational
• Legal
• Compliance
• Reputational
22. Putting a value on information
• Realistic measure of Information Value
– lack of cost benefit baseline measures for IM??
• Societal/human value
• Economic value - infonomics
– Getting info assets on the balance sheet
– Cost (loss) of poor IM
– Value (profit) of good IM
• Historic and cultural value
23. Gaining and keeping buy in
• Baseline and benchmark
– Measure and celebrate your failures – the only
way is up
• Re-measure and celebrate your improvements
– Or if its oops – actually things are worse – be
flexible and change
– Project orienteering
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24. Before
• Current total volume on X drive/ERM system
– equivalent of 10,000 x 4 drawer filing cabinets
– equivalent of paper from 70,000 trees
– 50 – 70% content held in uncontrolled network drives is
ROT
After
• New volume on X drive/ERM system
– equivalent of 3000 x 4 drawer filing cabinets
– equivalent of paper from 15,000 trees
– 10% content held in controlled network drives is ROT
– still room for improvement
Quantitative
25. Practice and issues survey
• Enables you to quantify the “soft stuff”
– Baselines
– Set targets for improvement
• Helps people turn on their own
lightbulbs
Qualitative
26. Q7. What kinds of information systems and records management training and support have you received during your time with the organisation?
Procedures and
guidance
Internal training External training I work it out for myself
I ask others to help
me
Using "desktop" applications e.g. MS Word, Excel,
Power point, Outlook
8% 29% 37% 69% 29%
Using corporate and "line of business" systems e.g.
case management, finance, HR
20% 10% 1% 43% 29%
Using scanners, printers and photocopiers 6% 5% 0% 87% 32%
Using business desktop computers, laptops, tablets
and smartphones
10% 10% 3% 81% 30%
How and where to create and store electronic
documents
13% 5% 6% 80% 37%
What records you should create to provide evidence
of your actions and decisions
23% 7% 5% 60% 36%
Using search tools and viewing options on network
shared drives and the intranet
11% 5% 4% 78% 30%
27. Deferred gratification: stay the course
• Policies – show that you mean it
– Implement, monitor and take action
• Actually translate corporate into local
– Interpretation of corporate retention rule at local level
• Business as usual
– not just a bullet point, just business
• Re-measure those baselines – revisit compelling
stories
– Including “soft” improvement – how have
users/patients lives improved???
28. Training & Support
• SPEND TO SAVE
• Role-based
• Humour
• Floor walking
• Trainers who are users
• At the right time
• Agree targets
to measure success of
training
• Follow up training
• Power-users
29. Trust
• Listen
• Manage expectations
• Communicate
• Empathise
• Negotiate
• Local champions
30. User engagement: what’s in it for me?
That’ll save
us time
That’ll improve service
quality/my life
That’s pretty
scary –
I’ll do it!
That’ll save
us money
That’ll make the
Regulator
happy
I’m inspired -
I’ll do it!
34. Getting to know you:
the psychology of information management
creating a positive, relevant and sustainable Information Governance
culture
Heather Jack, HJBS Limited
heather@hjbs.com
www.hjbs.com
@akaIRMbigyin
Thanks for
listening ….
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