The Question Your Vendor Will Never Ask You Most technology programs begin with the wrong assumption. Here's how to find out if yours has. Before a single contract is signed, before a vendor is selected, before a project team is formed — there is one question that...
You Have a Choice — and Most Sponsors Don't Know It Let me be honest with you. Not corporate-honest, where everything is framed as an opportunity. Actually honest. You became an ERP project sponsor because someone decided you were senior enough, influential enough,...
ERP Blind Spots: When Every Stakeholder Plays a Different Game 1. The underlying pattern ERP programs rarely fail because people are careless. They underperform because: Each stakeholder is doing their job well Each is optimising for their own success But no one is...
ERP Project Updates Look Good. The Program Isn’t. Most ERP Steering Committees leave meetings feeling reassured.Status is “Green”. Risks are “managed”. Milestones are “on track”. That sense of control is often the first signal something is wrong. Because by the time...
Why do some organisations transform successfully while others keep failing? Yes — leadership matters.But what exactly within leadership? Why do some Executive Sponsors succeed while others struggle? Yes — capability matters.But which capability actually moves the...
When evaluating solutions, it is dangerously easy to fall in love with the outcome and ignore what it takes to get there. A gym membership is not $100 a week and a better physique.It is discipline, time, consistency, learning, setbacks, and persistence.The result is...
Why do business systems turn into a mess over time? When organisations keep investing in technology, one side effect is that their technology landscape becomes increasingly complex. Systems grow, integrations multiply, and processes evolve. Over time, what once looked...
Building assets and protecting them are two very different disciplines. Both are equally important. If we keep building assets but make no plan to maintain and protect them, it is only a matter of time before we lose them. When that happens, we also lose the effort...