 
  by Mark DiGirolamo | Apr 26, 2020 | Food For Thought, How-to, Strategy Execution
  Cost optimization is a continual effort that aligns the need for cost reduction with the broader goal of maximizing business value. The additional pressures created by worldwide economic difficulties only increase the value of cost optimization. As an example,...   
  by Mark DiGirolamo | Feb 13, 2020 | Food For Thought, Goal Setting, How-to
Business transformation in 2020 is inextricably linked to our modern appetite for information. Consumers crave transparency and in response, businesses are deploying innovations to facilitate access to information. Those that fail to keep up may be consigned to the...   
  by Mark DiGirolamo | Jan 29, 2020 | Food For Thought
The goal of every merger or acquisition is to grow company profits and and cut costs with a strategically aligned entity. For many mergers and acquisitions, however, those goals are lost in the Post Merger Integration process. In a survey commissioned by the Merrill...   
  by Mark DiGirolamo | Jan 13, 2020 | Food For Thought
The collection of data has become a constant. That means that businesses are presented with endless information regarding their operations, their output, and their profits. Much of this data go to waste, however – Businesses find themselves at a loss for organizing...   
  by Corey Glass | Dec 2, 2019 | Advisory Partners, Food For Thought
70% of all transformation programs fail to deliver on their expected outcomes, with the cost of failure often in the millions of dollars. Why is that? The reality is the number 1 reason programs fail is execution. Just having the strategic vision is not enough; many...   
  by Mark DiGirolamo | Nov 27, 2019 | Food For Thought
Project Portfolio Management tools (PPM) are commonly used within organizations worldwide, but these tools can only address a fraction of the strategic needs of those businesses. Where PPM tools fall short, strategy execution management software like Shibumi closes...