Operations refers to making things consistent, usable, monitorable, repeatable, and improvable while enablement refers to equipping, educating, empowering, supporting, inspiring, and facilitating individuals or groups.
The primary focus of operations and enablement is to optimize and enhance the specific activities, processes, and competencies inherent to that functional domain.
Operations and enablement are themselves functional domains, each with specific but overlapping skills.
Functional domains within an organization have their unique operational and enablement needs which involve inputs and outputs from other functional groups.
Companies maintain a layer of general operations and enablement, responsible for ensuring cohesiveness in strategy and execution and fostering a culture of continuous learning.
Operations, enablement, product thinking, service design, and organizational effectiveness are interconnected and contribute to building and maintaining the best organization possible.
Operations and enablement leaders need to codify principles like happy teams, working with partners, seeking self-awareness, challenging the need for consistency, and finding leverage to maximize outcomes.