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Advisory Services
Get Clarity, Act Decisively.
Organizations and their leaders recognize the immense potential of technology solutions to drive significant business value. But to realize this value in the midst of all the complexity, requires clarity. Clarity on what it really takes, beyond the technology itself, to successfully integrate technology capabilities into the organization to generate value and to sustain it for the long term. We help organizations create this level of clarity and business value through technology strategy. We help leaders sustain the value-creation process created through leadership development. We believe that if you grow your leaders, you’ll grow the value for your organization.
Technology Strategy
Business strategy and transformation can be, and often is, greatly influenced by Information Technology strategy. Technology advancements are changing at a rapid pace and organizations can benefit from aligning their business and technology strategies through the following:
Business Strategy Review (Strategic Plan Review)
AI Business Integration Strategy
IT Assessment & Managed Services Provider Assessment
IT Modernization Strategy
IT Transformation Strategy
Leadership Advisory
The next generation of technology leaders require a vital blend of business, technology and leadership competencies that can be difficult to build without intentional focus and external facilitation. Consider growing your technology leaders and executives across the following dimensions:
Executive Engagement & Communication
Executive Coaching
Leadership Residency (actionable rotations, mentored oversight)
Organizational Change
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Business Integration Strategy
Most, if not all, of an organization’s business activities can benefit from a thoughtful integration of AI capabilities. Understanding which business activities and what AI capabilities will generate the most value with the minimum risks can be challenging. The AI advisory guide below outlines where to start and key strategy considerations to be successful.
3 Dimensions Of Technology Strategy: How We Frame The Challenge
Run The Business
This is a foundational operational dimension for organizations. The primary objective is to ensure that the IT function can run and sustain the current business functions. It’s about operational stability, optimization and efficiency.
Common operational problems addressed by this dimension include frequent and recurring service outages, poor employee IT experience, infrastructure capacity and talent capability and leadership problems. IT function is viewed as a reactive cost-center by the CEO. Our engagement approach:
Review The Corporate Strategic Plan
Conduct An IT Assessment
Develop IT Strategic Priorities/Plan
Grow The Business
Growth has a strategic focus with the central objective of proactive value creation. It’s about having a longer-term perspective of advancing the strategic direction of the organization. The IT function plants seeds for the future.
Common benefits from this dimension comprise of increased effectiveness, reduced “fire-fighting”, new business opportunities, talent retention, increased performance and new sources of competitive advantage. IT function is viewed as a strategic business enabler by the CEO. Our engagement approach:
Evaluate strategic direction against macro-economic and technology trends
Identify high-leverage opportunities for technology strategy to drive meaningful impact
Assess organization capabilities and absorption capacity for growth opportunities
Develop technology strategy/roadmap
Transform The Business
This is the largest scope of change of all 3 dimensions. Instead of merely advancing the strategic direction of the organization, this dimension actually seeks to reinvent and/or reshape it. The IT function plays a leading role in reimagining the future.
Potential benefits from this dimension can include, new value drivers and revenue streams, disruptive innovations, IT function is viewed as a transformation engine by the CEO. Our engagement approach:
Align with CEO and Org vision
Educate executive leaders on emerging trends and capabilities
Determine commitment levels and resources
Develop series of incubation pilots into a cohesive technology strategy
Insights & Client Stories
MSP Transition Strategy
Client Story: Board briefing on cyber risk audit solutions provider leverages cyber capabilities as brand differ
The CEO’s Dilemma
Insight: The why, when and how to develop technology fluency to survive today and build for tomorrow
Digital Twins
Insight: Board leadership, board chair and committee chair, or elevates its salesforce capabilities with cyber u
Executive Communication Principles For Technology Leaders
Technology leaders are often required to communicate with senior business executives and board directors as part of their leadership role. However, most technology leaders are not intentional about developing their executive communication capabilities and their communication is filled with technical details that are foreign to those they’re seeking to engage with. The defining principles in the guide below can help C-suite technology leaders elevate their executive communication and engagement
Assessing Managed Services Providers (MSPs): 3 Defining Principles
Alignment
Assess the alignment of MSP with the strategic goals of the business; demonstrable commitment to your expectations, service delivery standards, culture fit, partnership mindset
Start with alignment because if there’s misalignment it can influence how you proceed with the rest of the assessment
Capabilities
Evaluate the MSP capabilities; both technical and non-technical, resources, talent, processes, cyber, etc.
Ensure there’s an effective process for continuous learning, innovation as well as operational stability
Value
Total value should be carefully evaluated to include flexibility, business agility, cost, simplicity or ease of doing business, user experience, etc.
MSPs can serve as a strategic value driver for your organization through the combined total value delivered
