[Verse 1]
Before we build the perfect code
Before we choose our tech stack road
There's a question we must ask first
To avoid a transformation burst
What about our people, culture, ways?
Not the systems we'll deploy these days
The question that will guide us true
What must change in me and you?
[Chorus]
What would we need to be true
About our organization, not our tech
What would we need to be true
For transformation to succeed, what the heck
People first, systems second
Culture change must be reckoned
What would we need to be true
Before aligned systems come through?
[Verse 2]
Do we collaborate or work alone?
Is feedback welcomed or met with stone?
Can we admit when we are wrong?
Or do we blame and move along?
These human patterns run too deep
They're promises we need to keep
No framework fix or fancy tool
Can change our organizational rules
[Chorus]
What would we need to be true
About our organization, not our tech
What would we need to be true
For transformation to succeed, what the heck
People first, systems second
Culture change must be reckoned
What would we need to be true
Before aligned systems come through?
[Bridge]
Aligned thinking comes before
Aligned systems at our door
Ask the question, face the truth
About the way we work, forsooth
Communication, trust, and flow
These are things we need to grow
Not the databases or code
But the human episode
[Verse 3]
So when the transformation calls
And technology enthralls
Remember that the deepest change
Happens in our human range
What beliefs must we let go?
What new mindsets help us grow?
The question leads us to the light
Organization first, then systems right
[Chorus]
What would we need to be true
About our organization, not our tech
What would we need to be true
For transformation to succeed, what the heck
People first, systems second
Culture change must be reckoned
What would we need to be true
Before aligned systems come through?
[Outro]
Ask the question, find your way
Transform your culture first today
What would we need to be true?
That's the key for me and you