Pedro Cortez reflects what we can learn from his son’s (temporary!) set-backs in Ninja competitions, including tenacity, preparing thoroughly, and resisting reacting in panic when things go wrong.

What is one of the most important elements of a discovery session? Keen insights? Not quite. A bingo on the consulting jargon card? Nope. Kim Ehrman argues that it is silence, so we can give space for everyone to think and truly learn from the discussion.

Kim Ehrman describes four key elements of FlexPoint discovery sessions, semi-structured conversations where we know the topic of interest but we truly don’t know what we’ll find out along the way.

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.

Kim Ehrman and Michael Daehne share reframed -- and sometimes counterintuitive -- perspectives on critical business topics like integration, work-life balance, and career advancement.

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.

The FlexPoint team was fortunate to work with the Girl Scouts of Central Texas leadership and board to craft a three-year strategic plan and roadmap. Paula Bookidis, CEO of GSCTX, shares a bit about her experience, and Kim Ehrman summarizes the effort.

If everything is a priority, how do you choose what to do first? Product management expert Pedro Cortez shares four ways to pick the next focus area, when finite resources leave more priorities than can be addressed right now.

When the choices ahead of you aren’t worthy of a business case or an Eisenhower Box (urgency compared with importance), Kim Ehrman shares three questions to ask as prioritization shortcuts.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Michael Daehne describes the framework we use when working with new executives to set their team up for long-term success. Using a structured approach helps to make sure we don’t miss an important element among the many details of navigating a new role.

Rachel Rubin reflects on how to avoid workarounds in architecture and code based on her experience in consulting and technology firms. She recommends fostering a culture that prioritizes clean coding and building in safeguards like tech debt clean-up sprints.

Kim Ehrman draws lessons learned from how Carousel Motor Group built a great team to roll out their pre-owned car-buying experience, Carousel Online. Key to success were customer-centric vision, thoughtfully applied skillsets, and realistic expectations.

Kim Ehrman shares techniques to see the forest for the trees across transformation programs, and ultimately to drive transformational success. These include welcoming and heeding various perspectives, minding the gaps between workstreams, and more.

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.