Kim Ehrman and Michael Daehne share questions to ask in connecting the dots between four key digital topics and their people implications. We can increase the effectiveness of technology efforts by designing them around their impact on people.

Michael Daehne argues that teaching -- rather than explaining -- big technology concepts drives more long-term success. He shares five tactics to teach ideas, including being clear on why the topic matters, identifying learning objectives, and more.

A project kickoff meeting can be boring, or it can be helpful. Kim Ehrman shares why it’s good to embrace pointed feedback plus how the FlexPoint Consulting team creates the conditions for productive heat in project kickoff meetings.

Kim Ehrman uses vacation coverage examples to illustrate how we can use the “five whys” approach to understand the root causes of a challenge and address them in a proactive manner.

Many of us feel like we spend a lot of time talking about work but not actually making progress toward our goals. Kim Ehrman shares how to shake up your typical ways of working and set up an almost-no-meetings week, focused on making progress.

Kim Ehrman digs in on two key elements from a recent podcast with Biron Pickens: change leadership is leadership, and change management frameworks are a starting point, not the final answer.

Kim Ehrman reflects on research and personal experience that commends the powerful combination of generosity and leadership, particularly important in addressing the challenges inherent in business transformation.

Business Transformation Consultant, Henry Howard, shares stories from his rewarding experience volunteering with Habitat for Humanity on Saturdays and many lessons learned on the construction site that translate to consulting and vice versa.

Business readiness experts, Liz Pryor and Pedro Cortez, share thoughts on prepping your org for transformation. They share questions to ask, guidance, and examples around prioritization, work management, alignment, and more.

Building on our podcast from last week, Kim Ehrman applies the hero's journey restorying intervention that Ben Rogers and fellow researchers to developed to find meaning in our work (and life!).

As Halloween approaches and costume plans come together, Rachel Rubin shares some common disguises masking business and technology challenges. These include low adoption, perfect metric attainment, and immediate agreement.

Kim Ehrman shares five targeted investments for CIOs to include in the 2024 budget, focused on helping teams deliver better and setting IT up for long-term success. These include an IT Strategy Workshop, a Demand Management Optimization effort, and more.

Kim Ehrman describes four practical steps for team members to cover each other well during time away from work. These include sharing transparent lists and resources, early practice and intentional overlap, as well as setting clear expectations and authority.

Pedro Cortez shares an edge-of-your-seat story from his son's Ninja Warrior world championship competition, along with the business transformation lessons it reminded him of.

Aarushi Gupta describes her spring internship with FlexPoint, including the process of getting to know a new team, contributing to client and internal efforts, and learning a lot along the way!

Kim Ehrman shares how guidance given on writing an important email relates to several powerful business concepts that come in unlikely pairs, including paradoxical leadership skills and featured pairings in the Agile manifesto.

Henry Howard shares lessons learned from his time at FlexPoint, starting with joining as a new team member last summer, finding a sense of belonging, and enjoying the collective growth of his team, company, and personal perspective.

Aarushi Gupta shares the benefits of employee engagement, proven methods for fostering it, and how she’s experienced these topics through her internships with Apple and FlexPoint Consulting.

Kim Ehrman shares how to build -- and rebuild -- trust within professional teams, leveraging Brené Brown’s BRAVING framework from Dare to Lead and Charles Feltman’s four distinctions of trust from The Thin Book of Trust.

Kim Ehrman connects her middle school band experience to talent management principles. She concludes that their success stemmed from having an inspiring leader who encouraged them to have a growth mindset, along with exemplifying GRPI.