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Business Model Transformation at Apple, Google, Facebook, Coca Cola, Deloitte, Lowes, Pfizer, Abbott, GlaxoSmithKline, and Target
Business Model Transformation at Apple, Google, Facebook, Coca Cola, Deloitte, Lowes, Pfizer, Abbott, GlaxoSmithKline, and Target

Business Model Transformation at Apple, Google, Facebook, Coca Cola, Deloitte, Lowes, Pfizer, Abbott, GlaxoSmithKline, and Target

By Bill Wood|January 29th, 2019|

As a McKinsey CEO survey showed, 80% of CEO's see their business models at risk from competitors [FN1]. Changing your business to compete requires transformation of business models for "growing the core, expanding geographically, diversifying into adjacencies, and taking opportunities that arise from value-chain disruptions and integrations." [FN1] Because of this, delaying needed change is no longer an option. Accelerating and Incubating Organizational Transformation Many organizations are [...]

Transform Your Enterprise with Digital Business
Transform Your Enterprise with Digital Business

Transform Your Enterprise with Digital Business

By Bill Wood|January 25th, 2019|

Research shows that "need seeker" business cultures are high on the innovation scale. By focusing on customer needs, or solving their problems, you create an innovation culture. Need Seekers and Innovation A Need Seeker is a term that PwC's Strategy& uses in their innovation research. Need Seeker organizations gain deep insight through direct customer engagement. They develop new products and services through that end-user need awareness. Of the customers evaluated for the study referenc [...]

People and Technology Collaboration and Integration
People and Technology Collaboration and Integration

People and Technology Collaboration and Integration

By Bill Wood|January 23rd, 2019|

Technology integration can take you a long way, but you need people integration for long-term success. Challenging the Status Quo with New Business Models and Technology Integration X-as-a-Service models are the future. Whether you are a manufacturer, service provider, content provider, or any other type of business, recurring revenue models are here to stay. As noted by Harvard Business Review (HBR): Today many industrial companies are beginning to offer their products as services—a move th [...]

SAP IT Governance – Achieve Business IT Engagement
SAP IT Governance – Achieve Business IT Engagement

SAP IT Governance – Achieve Business IT Engagement

By Bill Wood|October 24th, 2011|

Proper SAP project governance is a function of the business in partnership with IT. With the exception of a few of SAP’s technical applications (such as parts of Solution Manager, HANA, etc.), the entire application suite is about business-- business transaction processing and business processes. If key business resources are not directly engaged in SAP project governance, you may never realize the SAP benefits you expect. This leads me to ask: What benefits you expect from an SAP implementatio [...]

SAP CEO Leo Apotheker’s Departure – What is SAP’s Future?
SAP CEO Leo Apotheker’s Departure – What is SAP’s Future?

SAP CEO Leo Apotheker’s Departure – What is SAP’s Future?

By Bill Wood|February 8th, 2010|

Even though the timing of Apotheker's departure was unusual, I cannot say that I am surprised. If I look over the landscape of a CEO's job responsibilities (sales, strategy, etc.) and compare that to Leo's short tenure at SAP, I do not see any direction coming from the top. Leo Apotheker came in at a difficult time, but even in the midst of a global economic downturn, it is still possible to succeed. Setting aside SAP's maintenance few missteps, SAP lacked at forward-looking vision in 2010. SAP [...]