I recently read an article about how to do more with less, in the context of inflation, and realized how this applies perfectly to the organizational context, if we also consider the scarcity of manpower and the obligatory move to cloud computing. One of the main challenges for decision-makers and managers is to manage the capacities of people who are already heavily solicited on various fronts, while maintaining their commitment.

Here is a short list of practices where change management and capacity management come together in these tumultuous times:

• Review and align priorities regularly: This are mostly about governance, leadership and political courage. An example? One director, among many others, raises a red flag that it is literally impossible to allocate resources to two projects simultaneously. He’s got his point. His proposal: Put identity and access management on top of the pile where there is real chaos. In short, kill two birds with one stone. After evaluation: accepted!