Three Golden Keys to Unlock the Power of Your ITIL Qualification

These “Three Golden Keys” are powerful! They can unlock the power of your ITIL 4 Qualification and will accelerate your journey in the right direction as you achieve one goal after another!

Believe in Challenging the Status Quo With ITIL 4

Get out of the box. It is a new world. Leaders and teams will succeed by creating an environment to challenge the status quo. You are free, to give yourself permission to question the status quo of your organization and invite others to join you. We must stop doing the same thing over and over again and yet expect a different result. Use the idea of a Service Value System, Value Streams, and the four dimensions and apply the ITIL Guiding Principles as you “Challenge The Status Quo”. Real change begins with YOU!

Keep The Momentum Going!

Getting your ITIL 4 Qualification is a huge milestone in your learning and career path. Once there, the real journey begins. Be sure to get the most value from your accomplishment and the best practices that you have learned. Use it! Honor the past and leverage all the valuable work and effort that is in play today. Recognize that there will be some areas where we will have to radically rethink the way we do work. Things like security, regulatory, and legal requirements will always be there but when and how we accomplish this will need to be modernized and accelerated. So yes, honor the past but don’t be bound to it. To keep the momentum going set short simple goals at first, and use what you have learned to achieve them. Set the next short simple goal. Use the idea of systems thinking along with the ITIL 4 Practices and Principles you learned to “Keep the Momentum Going. Continue innovating and continue learning more. Watch for “Managing Professional Transition” and other follow-up courses that are available to you and others in your organization. Don’t Stop!

Shift the Culture – Change the way we Speak!

Words or terms are powerful. To change a culture, we must change the way we think. Once we change the way we think we can begin to get creative about the way we work. Be aware and be very intent to listen to how you and your colleagues talk. You will find that many speak a language of exclusion, a language about “what is not,” instead of “what is” or “what can be”. Using the proper terms that you learned in ITIL 4 certification classes can shift the way you and others think and help to trigger a change in culture. A culture that is energized and empowered to be dynamic.

Examples of how some organizations begin to change the way they speak:

Use the term Speed to Value vs. Time To Market.

(Focus on Outcomes and Customer Value) – Shift for engagement of all stakeholders

Engagement Plan vs. Communication Plan

(Focus on Co-Creation of service rather than silos) Learn how to collaborate rather than tell!

Us vs. Them

(Focus on integrated cross-functional collaboration) – Shatter the Silos!

Your journey does not end with the ITIL Qualification. Be empowered now. These Three Golden Keys are simple and yet, a very mighty way to begin the journey to unlock the power of your ITIL 4 Qualification.

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