Digital society expects its citizens to “speak data”; to have data literacy. Unless data and analytics leaders treat information as the new second language of business, government and communities, they will not be able to deliver the competitive advantage and agility demanded by their enterprises – Valerie Logan, Gartner Research Director Do you know what […]
LINQ’s Cost Allocation is an important new capability which establishes an economic baseline for your information ecosystem. The Problem Imagine a factory where the Directors have no idea what the Cost of Goods Sold is. Imagine a shop where everything has a price – but the shop owner has no idea what the wholesale cost […]
Why Business Transformation is Difficult What does Business Transformation look like? Furthermore, what does the journey to a transformed business look like? How do you measure success; how do you know you ‘got there’? These questions are fundamental yet incredibly challenging to answer in business terms. As a result, the journey to Business Transformation is […]
It was just over three years ago when we realised that the idea of Information Flow Modelling was resonating with our consulting customers. That marked the start of LINQ’s SaaS adventure. When I look back at the early prototypes and slide decks, I’m amazed at how well formed the idea was; but equally shocked at […]
Any change or business transformation is based on a cascade of decisions from the most strategic level all the way down to the ultra-tactical “what am I working on today”. When there’s a decision disconnect between strategic vision and tactical activity, it’s little wonder change falters. The more strategic the change aspiration, the more the […]
So you’re in your business, applying your efficient process which delivers results for your organisation. You create targeted marketing material based on the data you have available to you and this brings people through the door to buy your product. Life is good. Then one day, the marketing still goes out, but the result isn’t […]
I was reading Seth Godin’s latest blog post last night, and he made a really interesting comment about the urgency with which we should all reflect on our place in the future world, where Artificial Intelligence has enabled many things that we do today to be automated. If you consider the confluence [ref. Gartner’s Hype Cycle […]
The Brown Paper session is a common way for many people to contribute to the future strategy of their business. It is intended to examine a process that exists, document it to an appropriate level of detail and allow everyone to see the Big Picture providing the momentum for improvement.
When was the last time your business celebrated an enterprise IT success? I don’t mean the ‘phew, thank goodness that project’s over’ survivor-style beer. I mean real celebration: ‘ wow, this is amazing, our customers are delighted and profitability is soaring’ It could be like this. If your IT experts and non-technical executives could communicate […]
2015 was a big year for LINQ Ltd. We made some big decisions the most important one being the transition from a Services company to a Product company. That required a number of changes. This pivot was going to require capital which led to a lengthy search for investment. Concurrent to this we used what […]