Challenges of Bringing Citizen Development Into an Organization

Citizen development is a disruptive technology with the potential to transform an organization and deliver powerful outcomes that delight investors and CEOs. Like all disruptive technologies, the change management risks are significant, and consequently, many organizations may not take the plunge to take citizen development beyond the early quick-win points. This is a massive opportunity lost. We provide guidance with the hope that large organizations will stay the course and not miss the significant value creation opportunities that citizen development can bring.

The challenge for adopting and scaling citizen development is not a technical or technological challenge. The challenge ...

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