LEAD · TRANSFORM · GROW
We drive transformation and accelerate growth
Approach
ANALYSIS & INSIGHTS
We believe analysis and insight gathering is critical to transformation efforts because it’s the foundation and vision from which strategy operates.
The formula is simple: come up with key questions and answer them with a mix of numbers, market knowledge and customer experiences.
The insights that follow paint a clear customer value proposition, identify opportunities, and outline the changes needed within the business.
BUILD & DRIVE
Critical initiatives go to top executives.
What comes with it is a sea of materials, communication needs, cross-functional engagement, and follow-ups…all on a timeline of “ASAP”…on top of the daily management of the business.
Organizations tend to forget: Management capacity is a finite resource.
Our work focuses on leading cross-functional programs powered by a small, agile team of talented individuals who work alongside existing teams.
MEASURE
Business management pioneer, Peter Drucker, often said “You can’t manage what you can’t measure” and we firmly believe in this idea. With a transformation a weekly email or pulse check just does not cut it.
If a company’s vision will be realized, it needs the organization engaged and measuring “engagement” is tricky.
Recent blog posts
Pumping up the talent strategy (Part 2 of 2)
So, the follow-up becomes how can leaders think through the approach to talent and create a strategy to execute against and build company value? We identified three key ways leaders and organizations can address to build a sustainable advantage. As Michael Scott from The Office says, “You need to play to win. But you also have to win to play.”
Transformations: wrapping an old fish in a piece of paper called change
Originally posted on Loup Ventures Written by Carlos Castelán with Andrew Murphy In recent years, companies in the retail and consumer goods space have touted “business transformations” – a cue to analysts and Wall Street that they were launching innovative products and…
The ghosts of talent passed (Part 1 of 2)
A common question asked of many sr. level executives today is, “What keeps you up at night?” It evokes an image of a haggard executive bolting up in bed at night or a tortured manager haunted by a recurring, bad…
The (Abercrombie) air we breathe
Retail is now digital. With over 210 million people in the USA having placed an order through ecommerce in 2017 and forecasts of $523B in online sales by 2020, it is clear this “fad” is here to stay. Retailers have…
Three takeaways from Shoptalk 2018
Contributors: Carlos Castelán and Charlie Wärendh With the abundance of buzzwords – customers, personalization, AI, machine learning– still fresh and the ringing of slot machines gradually fading away, we thought it would be helpful to capture takeaways from Shoptalk 2018 in…
Three observations from Day 2 of Shoptalk
Innovation and technology are common themes…but limited appetite for risk exists. A common theme so far amongst retailers has been around better understanding their customer, building innovation for them and then becoming nimble as an organization going forward. That said,…