I’ve been working on an upcoming deck on the role of organizational culture in digital transformation. I thought of Edgar Schein’s class book Organizational Culture and Leadership, and it reminded me of this review I wrote some years ago. Schein’s book is timeless, and well worth reading. Here’s some food for thought: In Organizational Culture and […]
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Jim Kofalt has spent over two decades working with ERP and CRM software for companies of all sizes. He spent 16 years at SAP working with SME business applications. Prior to that, he was a product manager for integration technology at Microsoft's Business Solutions division and has managed numerous ERP implementations. He operates a consulting business specializing in business IT. He has a bachelor's from Georgetown University and an MBA from Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management.
NEW REPORT: Agility Beats Planning
DOWNLOAD THE FREE REPORT HERE The events of 2020 have prompted an increased focus on business agility. The capacity to assess situations quickly and respond intelligently is no longer merely important. In the so-called “new normal”, agility has become an essential ingredient to business success. In the world of supply chain management, agility requires a […]
Leaders & Laggards
Before COVID-19, digital transformation was already on the radar screen for many business leaders. Six months later, it has moved to center stage, as the vast majority of C-level managers now understand that digital transformation may be a life-and-death matter for their organizations. Digital transformation = agility and efficiency. Those are no longer just “nice-to-have” […]
To Succeed in the 2020s, Focus on Agility
OpsVeda CEO Sanjiv Gupta posted a great article on LinkedIn. With his permission, I’m sharing it here: Disruption is nothing new; it’s just happening a lot faster and with greater impact than ever before. The good news, though, is that it’s not only possible to survive under such circumstances; great companies can even succeed and […]
Digital Transformation: Substance vs. Hype
In the late 1990s I worked for an ERP services company that made an all-out strategic shift toward hosting business applications. The founder believed that someday (presumably in the not-too-distant future), software would be deployed in the cloud and delivered on a pay-as-you-go utility model. Unfortunately, he arrived at that conclusion about a decade too […]