Draw the Experience Before You Draw the System Most executives starting an ERP journey begin with a list. Modules to buy. Vendors to shortlist. A budget to defend. They start in the middle of the story and wonder later why the ending never arrives.I've sat across the...
Most Value is not Built. It is Allowed. Someone showed me a formula once. Investment equals capital. Capital equals people, plus assets, plus materials, plus process. Add them up, and you get the value of an organisation. It sounds right. It isn't complete. I have...
Before You Sign That ERP Contract, Ask Where Your Vendor Sits on This Ladder Every person and every team your ERP program depends on sits somewhere on a four-rung ladder. Most executives never ask where. They find out at go-live, when it's too expensive to do anything...
Yes, you are funding problems! There's a version of busy that feels productive but isn't going anywhere. You're spending time. You're spending money. Your team is working hard. Meetings are happening, fixes are being applied, progress is being reported. And yet,...
You are Solving the Wrong Problem You've approved the budget. You've hired the consultants. You've commissioned the change management strategy — the stakeholder analysis, the communication plan, the training schedule, the engagement workshops. And somewhere in the...
The Problem is not the ERP. It's the Blindness. Most problems have simple solutions. Health: eat less, move more, rest. Money: earn more, spend less, invest. Family: listen more, say less, change yourself before you try to change anyone else. We know this. We have...
You are Spending Energy on the Wrong Problem Most organisations chasing growth are working the wrong side of the equation. They hire business development people. They attend networking events. They build relationships with decision-makers, impress them at the right...
You would never appoint your IT Manager to run a civil construction project. They're technically capable. They understand contracts. They can read a schedule. But the moment you picture them on site — managing subcontractors, reading soil reports, making structural...