Strategy and Digital Transformation

When we embarked on the journey of creating Kinetic and developing the Trackboard.app, our vision was clear – to build a platform that truly catered to the needs of our customers. From the outset, we understood the importance of aligning our product with the real-world challenges faced by businesses. Our Minimum Viable Product (MVP) wasn't just a prototype; it was piloted with a paying customer. Initially, our goal was ambitious: to integrate program management, performance management, and talent management into one cohesive platform. However, the reality of being a bootstrapped company hit home, and we had to confront the luxury of time. Recognizing the need to prioritize and deliver value sooner, I engaged with potential customers and partners to identify where the pain points were most acute. To my surprise, and perhaps not-so-surprisingly, given my prior experience as a consultant, we uncovered a substantial gap in corporate strategy planning, programming, and execution. It was...

I have been asked why organizations should take strategic mission alignment seriously. Here is my answer. Photo by Edz Norton Strategic mission alignment is a crucial aspect of organizational management. It involves aligning the organization's mission and goals with the actions and decisions of its employees. This alignment is vital because it ensures that everyone in the organization is working towards the same goals and objectives. This, in turn, can lead to several benefits for the organization, including increased productivity, improved efficiency, and tremendous success in achieving its strategic goals. Photo by Arjan de Jong One of the key benefits of strategic mission alignment is that it helps ensure that all employees work towards the same goals. It means increased collaboration and teamwork, directly or indirectly improving productivity and efficiency. Additionally, when employees work towards common goals, they are more likely to be motivated and engaged, leading to bett...

Before COVID-19, the remote working discussion was on the increase. Exponential research inferences were that people could do much more by working from home or anywhere other than their workplace. In fact, in countries like France (1) and Australia (2,3) , there is legislation that has evaluated the pragmatic and general policies guiding a daily 8hrs work hours (38-40hours per week) as people continue to respond to work-related assignments at home outside their work hours and are not paid for it. Fast forward to the Covid-19 pandemic era, where businesses are forced to take the stand on a contactless or remote approach to work if they are to survive. People are beginning to report getting overworked (4). Many say their organizations are sticking to the same daily productivity measures as if they were meeting physically, even working from home (5) . For many business leaders, it is working as usual, but it should not be . Clocking In, more meetings, more emails, more chats, more pr...