Better Leaders. Better Results.
“The purpose of a business is to create a customer.” – Peter Drucker So many people start with solutions, and then wonder where the customers are. It’s the proverbial, “When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” The truth is, if all you have is a hammer, then get better at …
“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” — Malcolm X One of the things I do, as a patterns and practices kind of guy, is research and share success patterns. One of my more interesting bodies of work is my set of patterns and practices for successful executive thinking. A while back, …
Your operating model is determined by your choices around how you handle integration and standardization for your business processes. Your choices around your operating model can dramatically influence and impact your ability to compete in the market. A clear operating model decision has a profound effect on how you implement your business processes and IT …
One of my new favorite books is, Enterprise Architecture as Strategy, by Jeanee W. Ross, Peter Weill, and David C. Robertson. A big focus of the book is on execution and how to build a strong foundation for execution. The key is an effective enterprise architecture. Improve Your Business Agility, Achieve Higher Profits, and Lower …
Your company’s foundation for execution will make or break your survival in the market for the long haul. How can you incrementally build and shape the foundation, while executing projects? How do you connect and align IT with your business vision, while shaping your foundation for execution? You can use three linking mechanisms to build …
