Two related articles caught my eye recently. One from Supply Management (CIPS) and one from McKinsey.

Their specific focus is on the procurement function and the source/purchase to pay process, but the lessons are clear across all business and data …

Organisations are always seeking to improve employee productivity.

There are countless approaches and training courses to help us prioritize what is urgent and important, to “manage the inbox”, and share other tricks that tantalize us with promises of peak productivity…

“Fail Fast” we are told. 

This drives learning, innovation and continuous improvement.

The worst thing to do is to fail SLOWLY!

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70% of Digital Transformations Fail …

“Be brave, be focused, be curious”

We are still in challenging times.

We navigated the first 12 months of the pandemic with surprising agility, business-wise, but the second order impacts are proving to be tricky challenges in their own right, …

It is nearly 2022.

Our organizations have, by now, developed risk management mechanisms, processes, protocols and better visibility than ever.

But COVID-19 was/is one of those “Black Swan” risk events that took us all by surprise.

Business-wise, we reacted with …

You all know the story and have read the articles.

You understand that data is the lifeblood of business.  

We are constantly reminded that lack of timely, relevant data about processes slows us down and results in poor decision making …

The vision of common, standardized, centralized business services has come a long way, as has the value delivered for global businesses.

But you could argue there has been some soul searching for “identity”, mission and purpose.

Framing the capability as …

Education and many workplace experiences tend to encourage a focus on having the “right” answers. 

But, much of our workday is spent asking others for information.

Yet unlike professionals such as lawyers, journalists, and doctors, who are taught how to …

As little as 10 or 20 percent of available operational process data is currently leveraged to drive decision-making and action.

Why?

With the vast quantities of data at our disposal, and tools that can turn information into valuable insights, we …

Thirteen years ago we had the global financial crisis. 

THIRTEEN YEARS! It seems like yesterday. 

We are clearly in another period of heightened risk awareness globally.

Every business is very aware of uncertainties that have grown across our field of …