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According to a recent study by the Corporate Executive Board in Washington DC, the most common causes of organizational growth stalls and failures are not due to external economic factors.  Over 70% of corporate failures were due to strategic factors within management's control and were predictable and preventable.  Of the 70%, nearly 35% were a result of under or over investment in R&D and technology.  Investing in, maintaining and managing the right technology at the right time, determines the ability of an organization to maintain a competitive edge.  All IT investments are critical business investments.  No organization can operate profitably without them. 

Technology is often the key ingredient to achieving market opportunity, differentiation, enhancing strategic flexibility, compliance and in the facilitation of a cost leadership strategy.  As with any strategy, technology and operational strategies benefit from an independent lens.   We, at eKp, will provide that lens.  Our team includes corporate leaders who have walked in your shoes.  We are former CIOs, CTOs, and IT savvy CEOs with the proven ability to develop holistic, sound, realistic, and pragmatic strategies in a cost effective manner.

We know that most strategy implementations often require cultural change.   Traditional consulting approaches focus only on value creation and ignore your organization's capability and maturity to change.  Creating an unrealistic approach de-motivates staff as they have little emotional commitment.  We focus on a realistic agenda for change, adapted to your organization's unique requirements.  In addition, we tap into your staff's ability to be innovative and then motivate them so they can 'see' how their role contributes toward the success of the organization.



   Experienced People, Proven Methodologies
 
 

A good strategy ensures information technology and  other business investments are properly aligned with business vision, goals and initiatives.  A significant portion of any technology strategy is the understanding of the difference between needed technology enhancements and non-technology business process inefficiencies.  

In the course of developing an overall information technology strategy plan and architecture, we focus on minimizing organizational fatigue, maximizing quality of input, and diffusing political barriers. 

  • Design cultural and organizational client specific approaches to achieve business owner input (workshops, focus groups, Delphi studies, anchored rating scales, etc.)
  • Asses current information technology expenditures, contract arrangements (establish ROI, TCO )
  • Evaluate and benchmark performance levels of  IT services at the application / infrastructure process level
  • Address overall business processes for operational efficiency and effectiveness
  • Design Roadmaps to achieve organizational goals and objectives

“[They] dissected our strategies into actionable and measurable activities for IT to yield strategic and operational goals ... “

 

COO, Fortune 1000 Retail Firm

 


 

 

 

 
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