As businesses of all sizes increasingly adopt hybrid or mobile work, teams that collaborate are often distributed around town—or around the globe. Although many organizations are relying on mobile devices to improve productivity and collaboration, project management teams often must juggle a broad range of tools, apps, and online services to perform all their work […]
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The state of security is highly adrenalized these days — more so than usual. Years into the deadly and disruptive global pandemic, not only are we still seeing more attacks, we’re also seeing more breaches, as the way many of us work continues to evolve. New global research conducted by Splunk and the Enterprise Strategy […]
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Stepping into the CFO role is both exciting and daunting. The first 30 days set the tone for long-term success – but with complex entities, global operations, and fragmented AP workflows, the challenges can feel overwhelming. That’s why we created Your First 30 Days as CFO: A Tactical Playbook. Inside, you’ll learn how to:• Diagnose […]
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Every IT organization maintains a backlog of requests for small applications and workflow improvements that never quite rise to the top of the priority list. Low-code platforms offer a way to address that backlog by allowing people outside IT, often called citizen developers, to build workflows and simple applications themselves. The opportunity is considerable. So, […]
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I used to be one of those people who cleaned the entire house the night before guests arrived. Dishes, laundry, vacuuming, the junk drawer, all crammed into a frantic few hours. It worked, technically. But I was exhausted, and something always got missed. These days I tidy a little every day, and when company comes, […]
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Few conversations make marketing leaders more uneasy than defending a martech budget to the CFO. Marketing talks about engagement, MQLs and brand lift. Finance talks about payback periods, cost of capital and margin. When the two sides don’t share a language, technology investments look like discretionary spending, and they’re the first line items cut when […]
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Some years ago, I was asked to examine why a mid-sized organization took nearly three weeks to provide a new employee with a working laptop and system access. Each department involved insisted that its own part of the process took only a day or two. They were correct. The problem was not the work itself. […]
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My grandmother balanced her checkbook to the penny every single month. She’d sit at the kitchen table with her bank statement, a pencil and a cup of coffee, ticking off each check one by one. If she was off by even a dime, she’d go back through the whole thing until she found it. I […]
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The demo was polished, the references were glowing, and the price looks reasonable. Then the contract arrives, and the details that decide whether this purchase pays off or becomes a problem are buried in the fine print. Before you sign, press on these seven questions. 1. What is the true total cost? Start with the […]
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Once an organization commits to workflow automation, an immediate question arises: where should it begin? Nearly every department can produce a list of processes it would like automated, and the combined list quickly exceeds any reasonable capacity. Choosing poorly can consume a year of effort on a process that delivers little value. Choosing well builds […]
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I once sat in on an audit committee meeting where a finance leader proudly described a new AI tool that was speeding up the close. The committee chair listened politely, then asked three questions: Who checks its work? What happens when it’s wrong? And how would we know? The room got very quiet. Those three […]
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