ServiceNow or Service Not?
ServiceNow is a cloud-based workflow solutions software platform designed to help organizations function efficiently. It can provide efficiencies for multiple areas such as IT, HR, security operations and customer service management. Currently this public company has a high valuation on Wall Street with about a 1,300% jump from its initial public offering price of $18 […]
People are the Heart of Digital Transformation in Africa
As companies around the world reap the benefits of ERP implementations and digital transformations, the focus on developing areas remains a mixed bag. Digital successes enjoyed by countries like China and India have allowed them to compete on the global stage in new ways. I find Africa to be an equally intriguing center for this […]
How ERP Software Industry Hoaxes Lead to ERP Failure
Big ERP vendors can sell software and services like nobody’s business. Companies such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Infor, and others have created monstrous machines capable of turning even the biggest skeptics into converts. But it all comes at a cost. In their quest for technology dominance, the vendors and their respective ecosystems have – presumably […]
How Better Change Management Could Have Saved the Boeing 737 MAX
Organizational Change Management (OCM) is not a one size fits all concept, but I couldn’t’ help from wondering if it could have made a difference with the major issues Boeing is encountering with its 737 MAX airliners. Boeing’s problems center around a Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), which is safety software installed in these new […]
How to Stay Educated on Changing Digital Technologies
Digital technology improves every single day, offering new functionality, advanced capabilities around automation and the ability to access and analyze endless amounts of data. Data forensics and what we learned about AI just a couple years ago is pretty much outdated. So how does one stay current? There are technology conferences and meetings in every […]
Welcome to the Machine of Digital Transformation
As Pink Floyd once said: “Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.” For all we know, they could have been talking about the future of digital transformation when they released the song 40 years ago. The dark side of digital transformation As a recovering Big 5 SAP consultant, I have seen the dark side of […]
Agile + ERP Implementations: Why It’s a Terrible Idea
Trends in the ERP software space are a lot like politics. One minute a certain political party is firmly in control – then a few years later things change, and a new party is in control. With each shift comes hope and promise that the not-so-new answer will solve the problems of the “old” way […]
There is No Such Thing as “ERP Failure”
Deep down we all know this, but ERP systems don’t “fail”. They don’t wear out, they don’t miscalculate and they don’t decide one day that they don’t like you or your company. They do what they are programmed to do and that’s it. And that is the problem. Eric Kimberling has been writing about “ERP […]
IBM + Red Hat: What it Means to Cloud Digital Transformations
IBM recently completed its $34B acquisition of Red Hat, the cloud provider. Recently, one of our team members found an article regarding this new acquisition and it sparked a conversation about what this means for the greater cloud digital transformation space and what it means for longer trends. This article outlines what it means to […]
Fatal Flaws in the Digital Transformation and ERP Software Industry
Earlier this week, I met with the CFO of a client that we recently helped select ERP software for and are about to start implementation with. He mentioned that he is generally excited about his upcoming transformation – until he reads one of my blogs or watches one of my videos on my YouTube channel. […]
EPILOGUE SYSTEMS AND THIRD STAGE CONSULTING GROUP PARTNER TO DRIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SUCCESS THROUGH IMPROVED DIGITAL ADOPTION
Epilogue Systems, the leader in workforce productivity acceleration and business process documentation, today announced they have partnered with Third Stage Consulting Group, the leading technology-agnostic digital transformation and ERP software consulting firm, led by industry veteran and digital transformation expert Eric Kimberling. This new partnership will help drive digital transformation success for high performing organizations […]
Beavis and Butt-Head Do ERP Implementations
Beavis and Butt-Head, America’s favorite delinquents, are all grown up now and seem to have found their way into the technology workforce. For anyone unfamiliar with these two, they are the 1990s MTV-era definition of anti-social behavior and generally what not to do. For just a minute, try to imagine an ERP implementation led by […]