Driving Technology Adoption Through Strategic Communication and Change Enablement at Chick-fil-A

Driving Technology Adoption Through Strategic Communication and Change Enablement at Chick-fil-A

Situation

The Director of Chick-fil-A’s automation enablement department was tasked with branding the department’s capabilities and vision to Executive Leadership and departments across the company. The challenge extended beyond simple communication—the team needed to build excitement among staff and educate them on how automation can help make work more efficient and rewarding.

Chick-fil-A required a comprehensive approach to raising awareness about the automation enablement department while demonstrating its value in a way that fit with the company’s culture and values. Success would require reaching diverse stakeholders across technology services, cross-functional leadership, and staff at all levels.

Our Solution

Thought Logic partnered with Chick-fil-A’s automation enablement team to create streamlined templates, storyboards, and communication strategies that would resonate across the organization. We developed “Journey Map” templates for each capability that could be easily shared with leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, providing clear pathways for automation adoption.

Our team produced a branding video featuring Chick-fil-A staff success stories that showcased how automation makes jobs more efficient while opening more opportunities for growth. We created storyboards and leader scripts for both Spring and Fall EC Showcases, ensuring consistent messaging at key organizational moments. To sustain engagement, we developed communications to create awareness and excitement for the Automation 101 quarterly Lunch and Learn trainings open to all staff.

Stakeholders

Our Clients
  • Technology Services

  • Cross-functional leadership

Our Solution Team
  • Change Management consultants

  • Communication strategists

  • Organizational Effectiveness specialists

Achievements

Thought Logic equipped Chick-fil-A’s automation enablement team with scalable communication tools and strategies that reached hundreds of staff members while establishing the department’s credibility with executive leadership. Our culturally-aligned approach created sustainable infrastructure for ongoing automation adoption and education across the organization.

Content Creation and Reach
  • Created 27 Journey Maps designed for continuous use by the IA department and sharing with cross-functional partners

  • Executed 4 quarterly optional Automation 101 Lunch and Learns resulting in 215 attendees from across all Chick-fil-A Staff departments

  • Produced showcase presentation delivered in recurring hour-long meeting with the CFO where the department’s vision and capabilities were communicated in a 1:1 setting

Strategic Communication
  • Developed comprehensive branding and communication materials aligned with Chick-fil-A’s culture and values

  • Created templated approach enabling ongoing capability communication without requiring continued external support

  • Produced staff success stories video demonstrating real-world efficiency gains and career growth opportunities

Organizational Impact
  • Built excitement and education around automation capabilities across technology services and cross-functional teams

  • Established sustainable communication infrastructure for quarterly training programs and executive engagement

  • Enabled automation enablement department to effectively articulate vision and value to executive leadership and staff

  • This established Atlanta-based financial services company faced a critical strategic challenge as fintech disruptors were rapidly attracting consumers away from traditional banking relationships.

  • This global Fortune 500 consumer packaged goods company was experiencing market share erosion to competitors and struggling with poor visibility into the key performance factors driving their business success.