Support to Strategy Workshop Transitioning technical employees perspective from Support to Strategy and IT Departments from a Cost Center to a Profit Center. Shifting an Information Technology (IT) group from Support to Strategy does not have to be as challenging as it may seem. Information Technology (IT) departments have [...]
Data is the New Technology. Take a listen to this March 10, 2020 episode as Rick Francart, Founder & CEO of Five Opportunities discusses data and your business with Laura Steward. Laura Steward, often referred to as the Queen of Questions, is a Master Strategist, an International Speaker, and an Award [...]
The First Step to Becoming a Data-Driven Organization. Take the First-Step towards Digital Transformation. Have you always wanted to know what being “data-driven” would mean to your organization? What would a “data-driven initiative” look like in your company? What kind of immediate impact a data initiative might have on your current [...]
1-Mph is Always Better than Standing Still If your Digital Transformation initiatives are currently standing still, consider moving at 1-mph to take you in a positive direction. Advancing forward at any speed is the next step to becoming a data-driven decision-making organization. Moving at 1-mph you can... Walk 1 mile in [...]
Components of a Digital Transformation Plan "It is a proven fact that companies embracing Digital Transformation are outperforming their competitors across the board. Data is the technology of the future, so why not leverage the world’s most valuable resource to its fullest extent." Data has become one of the highest profile assets within [...]
Who is the Most Logical Leader to Spearhead your Digital Transformation Journey?
The Matchstick Challenge A Five Opportunities sales skill exercise. Part of my initial professional sales training was learning and memorizing as much as we could about the products and solutions we sold. One important segment was centered on Feature, Advantage and Benefit statements, or FAB’s. You could leverage a FAB for general responses relating to [...]
Digital Transformation and Why Should You Care Digital Transformation is something different to everyone. Answers will vary greatly depending on who you are speaking with and their individual background. The question of Digital Transformation returns similar results when asking about “the cloud.” Everyone has a different answer but the same parallel can be applied, [...]
When Technology and Nature Clash! Another exciting way to leverage technology(data) to entertain ourselves. There is a small bird that decided to nest in the gas fireplace vent on my patio. My wife made numerous attempts to remove the nest, but the bird was having none of it and continued to rebuild. We decided [...]
Digital Transformation Education Series Digital Transformation is here to stay and data has become one of the highest profile assets we own. How we leverage this continual influx of data is critical as it relates to the future growth of our data-driven businesses. The Digital Transformation Education Series from Five [...]