I&O leaders are increasingly facing resistance to the adoption of cloud computing in their teams. Here’s how to overcome their objections.
Cloud computing initiatives enable organizations to achieve their digital business objectives, introducing technical and cultural changes that often require behavioral and mindset shifts in Infrastructure & Operations (I&O) teams. The shifts required can often lead I&O team members toward resistance to the adoption of cloud, for reasons ranging from a misunderstanding of objectives and benefits to worries about diminished roles or job loss. As a result, I&O leaders are faced with questions from their team members about job security, potential irrelevance and what might happen if they’re unable to adapt to the new skills required. Failure to address these concerns can undermine cloud initiatives and, ultimately, the organization’s digital business ambitions and ability to compete with competitors. To address this, consider the following four ways to overcome resistance to cloud adoption. An organization’s cloud strategy provides an overview of how it will use, consume, manage, and operate cloud services. Without this, the organization is unable to effectively communicate to staff the goals and benefits of cloud. However, more than one-third of organizations start their cloud journey without a clear cloud strategy and another third of them with cloud migration plans misaligned to business goals. To help staff better understand the goals and benefits of their cloud initiative, outline the benefits of cloud computing with the organization’s wider business objectives and explain how the organization will provision, integrate, and manage services from different cloud providers.
