Storytelling – the superpower that unlocks investment and transformation
It’s not always the best idea that wins. Often, it all depends who has the best told story that captures the hearts and minds of stakeholders. Brooke Bainbridge, Business Development & Digital Transformation Manager at Castrol, shares her own story from growing up in the public bar in regional Victoria to leading digital transformation programs, and the key elements of a story that enable visionary human centred leadership.
From Start-up to Scale-up Part 2 - How Xero reimagined its ways of working to enable hyper-growth
Part 2 of 2 in a series on organisational design. When start-up’s mature they experience the growing pains of success. Those who successfully achieve hyper-growth realise what got them this far won’t scale, and so they adapt. Xero is one such organisation. Founded in Wellington NZ in 2006, it is now global powerhouse. John Railton, GM of Customer Platforms at Xero gives us some insight into how he’s transformed their Salesforce platform practice to enable the next phase of business growth.
FROM START-UP TO SCALE-UP PART 1 – ENGINEERING FOR SUCCESS, HOW PLATFORM TEAMS PLAY THEIR PART IN A LARGE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS
Part 1 of 2 in a series on organisational design. Jason van Lint, Head of Delivery at Flybuys (Loyalty Pacific) knows the struggle and satisfaction of building high performing platform teams in large technology businesses. We discuss the recent changes being introduced at Flybuys and Jason’s insights into how to successfully transform teams to an agile delivery model.
Mergers and Acquisitions – What does it mean for platforms and teams?
M&A activity creates both uncertainty and opportunity for businesses and platform teams. Nadia Herriott, Separation Stream Lead at Trustpower, shares some of the lessons from the trenches as she and her team navigate their way through a project to separate and then merge their retail business with the new parent company.
Data driven decisions and predictive analytics - how do we make it a reality?
Many organisations attempt to drive value through data visualisation and reporting and yet end up never getting away from their individual spreadsheets. Mark Tossell, CIO and Principal Consultant at Visioneer360 share’s his insights into what it takes to unlock data insights and truly drive transformational change with analytics platform implementations.
Standing of the Shoulders of Giants
"[The] reason we buy off the shelf is that we want to build for customers ... we don't want to build for our own internal problems.” Rolf Krolke of Nuix is hyper-focussed on solving customer problems and delivering value - we recently discussed this on Platform Diaries Podcast.
Getting the most from your partner relationship - Part 4
Philip Moon, Senior Manager of ERP at REA Group shares his experience in selecting platforms and partners as well as his insights into blending your partner and internal teams, being clear on expectations and metrics around value, and how to leverage your partner to unlock innovation (even on an ERP).
Getting the most from your partner relationship - Part 3
This is third of a multipart series on selecting and working with System Integration Partners. Matt Owens, Director of Sales & Marketing at Annexa shares a boutique partners perspective on how to approach potential partners and how to minimise effort but maximise value from the RFP process.
Getting the most from your partner relationship – Part 2
This is the second of a multipart series on selecting and working with System Integration Partners. Brendan Connolly, Head of Technology Sales @ Accenture ANZ shares a fresh approach to an RFP process, some tips on empowering your procurement team, and the benefits of collaborating on commercials.
Getting the most from your partner relationship – Part 1
The first of a multipart series on selecting and working with System Integration Partners. Lee Tsiamis, associate partner at IBM, shares a rare insight into the SI’s perspective on partnership. We discuss the RFP process, how SI’s juggle client objectives with their sales targets, new approaches to engaging partners, and the importance of trust in a partnership.
Life at the top - becoming a Salesforce Celebrity
Platform vendors have millions of customers but only a handful become their keynote clients. Rudi Khoury and Fisher & Paykel appliances are one such success story. Rudi discusses their journey from a small platform investment to a multi-cloud platform play serving customers globally across multiple channels. Rudi also lets us in on the secret to getting the most value from your platform and implementation partners.
Sustaining high-performance in platform teams
Frank strives for excellence in all aspects of life, his commitment to holistic wellbeing is what he believes is the key to success. Instead of purely pursuing innovation, which can become the tunnel-visioned goal of many in the tech space, Frank asked how he could leverage innovation, but in a matter that serves humanity.
They’re going to find you out! – Tackling Imposter Syndrome
“That person is capable of so much more”, “I just got lucky”, or “I shouldn’t be here” - These are the manifestations of the Imposter Complex; that voice in your head that lets you believe you aren’t good enough. Jen Brown shares her expertise on how the imposter complex plays out in both individual and team contexts and how leaders can achieve high-performance by tackling it in their organisation.
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