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Insights and practical applications from the FlexPoint Consulting team around business transformation, technology modernization, process optimization, and more.
De-Risking Tool Selection and Implementation
Business Transformation Consultant, Henry Howard, shares tried-and-true techniques throughout a ten-stage process of selecting and implementing an enterprise platform. This comprehensive post covers everything from negotiating, scoping, migration, and celebrating after launch.
Planning Your Transformation
Business readiness experts, Pedro Cortez and Liz Pryor, describe key elements in planning a transformative effort. They share questions to ask, guidance, and examples around program structures, testing, defect management, training, and much more.
Defining the Transformation
Strategy and visioning expert Kim Ehrman shares thoughts on defining a business transformation, including success criteria, risk management, and more. Key outputs of this stage are a future state vision and a transformation roadmap.
Ready for Your Next Inflection Point?
Kim Ehrman shares a series of audit questions and tips for success around preparing for the next big turning point in your business, including how your team works together, how you deliver as promised, using strategic stretch roles, and prioritizing finances.
Ninja Warrior and Business Transformation
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.
Achieve Real Benefits without Scope Creep
Kim Ehrman shares four recommendations to realize lasting benefits without scope creep: specify a clear and compelling why, create an intuitive and accessible backlog, build in scalability, and embrace structured continuous improvement.
Navigating Transformation with Creativity and Courage
Fifty-four years later this month, FlexPoint Consulting Founder & CEO Michael Daehne reflects on the creativity and courage required to navigate a moment of crisis in Apollo 8 -- and how we can apply lessons learned to transformation challenges.
How to Fix Program Status Reports
Michael Daehne shares four things to include in a status report, focusing on what will actually predict project success. These include team dynamic & collaboration, customer engagement & alignment, solution clarity, and what’s keeping people awake at night.
Beating the Odds: Resolutions & Transformations
As a new year begins, FlexPoint Consulting Founder & CEO Michael Daehne shares tips for making your big transformation initiative (and your new year’s resolution) a resounding success.
Bringing Next-Gen Tech to Finance
In light of digital disruption all around us, Michael Daehne highlights opportunities to embrace next-generation technologies within four key areas of finance: recording, controlling, planning & analysis, and tax.
Business Transformation Lessons from the UTSA Roadrunners
FlexPoint Consulting Founder & CEO Michael Daehne applies lessons from the UT San Antonio Roadrunners to excelling through transformation. They start with “culture eats strategy for breakfast” and end with “don’t eat the cheese!”
Five Lessons for the Cloud ERP Journey
In light of the common difficulties in adopting a new platform, FlexPoint Consulting Founder & CEO Michael Daehne shares five key tactics to de-risk your Cloud ERP journey and increase the probability of an on-time, on-budget, high-quality implementation.
Don’t Ignore “Optional Add-Ons” in Transformation
Drawing from personal experience, FlexPoint Consulting Founder & CEO Michael Daehne likens optimizing the user experience and supporting user adoption to “optional add-ons” in cars that are actually crucial to success.