“...like a pent-up river unleashed down a thousand fathom gorge, sweeping aside linear, insular thinking ..." John Bolden, Thought Leadership Extract

“Arrange to have John meet with your internal delivery teams, consultants and vendors, ask them to share with John what they intend to do, how they intend to do it and with what expected result. Watch and listen as John asks questions and pay close attention to the answers – you will end up with a far better understanding of what lies down the road; whether you go down that road is up to you!”

Greg Gilhooly, Executive Vice President, CJE/Cinar Enterprises

Deciding WHAT to do and rationalizing WHY it makes sense is one thing, ensuring that HOW it will be done will Maximize ROI, will Minimize Risk and will Meet Objectives is another thing entirely!

Since 1977, John has specialized in helping Clients Worldwide Manage the Issues and Exploit the Opportunities Inherent in HOW!

Clients call upon John to undertake a wide variety of assignments such as...

Acquisition Integration Oversight & Intervention

Advise Board/CEO/Executives on Ways to Address Change Challenges

Align Outsourcing Intent with Outsourced Reality

Assess Business Improvement Proposals and Plans

Assess Global Information Systems & Processes

Assess New/Evolving Ways of Doing Business

Assess Outsourcing vs. Shared Services Value Propositions

Boost Receptivity for Change

Business / Process Reengineering – Identify, Recommend, Oversee

Business Restructuring – Interim Leadership

Centralized Business Functions – Compare, Assess, recommend, Deploy

Business Unit / Process Consolidation – Define Outcomes, Execute

Collaborative Software – Assess Enterprise Value, Define Waves of Change, Execute

Conceptual Design & Business Case Development

Conduct Pre-Execution Assessment – Informal Proposals, Response to RFP’s,

Correct Vendor/Consultant Mistakes & Miscues – Stop the Bleeding, Realign, Execute

Define Change Necessary to Meet Objectives – Strategic Cube, Sum of Change Assessment

Deliver Project Management Coaching & Advice – Individual, Group, Association

Design & Deploy New Systems/Processes and New Ways of Doing Business

Design Seamless Customer Service Roadmaps, Follow the Sun Call Centres

Design Web Based Business Realms - Retail, Commercial, Auction (Bid/Settlement)

Develop Business Case Rationale & Reasoning – Strengthening Case, Addressing Concerns

Divestiture – Review Plans & Oversee, Execute

Eliminate Information/Process Barriers & Silos – Establish Oversight, Deploy Faceted Search

Ensure Attainment of Cost Cutting Measures – Manage to Objectives 

Ensure Effective Corporate/Subsidiary Interlock – Global Push, Local Impediments, Coaching

Enterprise Knowledge Management - Define

ERP, CRM, PRM, Supply Chain – Identify Value, Obstacles and Delivery Pathways

Establish Alliance & Partnership Information Channels – Define & Deploy

Establish Change Management Protocols – PMO Set Up & Oversight

Establish Knowledge Management Practices – KMBOK

Establish Office of the Chief Change Officer – Set Up, Staff, Support

Establish Thought Leadership Forums – Seminars, Workshops

Establish Virtual Business Channels – Seamless Web, Telephone, Brick Interchange

Establish/Oversee Corporate PMO Capability.- Corporate Singularity Oversight

Green Field Start-Up’s – Map/Plan/Execute

Help Management Address Changing Business Dynamics - Advisory

Identify and Resolve Duplication between Projects – Assess, Recommend, Address

Identify and Resolve Web Site Proliferation Issues – Find, Quantify, Recommend, Execute

Identify when Ego, Dogma or a Miracle is Part of the Plan – Advisory

Interim Leadership - Post Acquisition Integration

Intervene & Recover Projects in Trouble – Step in, Stop Bleeding, Realign, Deliver

Lead Mission Critical Projects

Make Integrated Information Management a Reality

Manage/Oversee Business Improvement Projects

Matrix Management Gaps & Disconnects – Identify & Resolve

Maximize Business/Process Re-Engineering ROI

Mentor Those Challenged by Change – Personal, Private Coaching

Merger: Pre-Commitment Review – Assess, Advise, Oversee

Multi Business Channel Content/Context Review – Assess, Recommend, Oversee

New Economy (E-Commerce, E-Business) –Design/Build/Deploy

New IT Systems – Review/Assess

Pave the Way for Enterprise Wide Clarity & Cohesion – The Sum of Change

Place Based Systems and Presentation layers – Analyse, recommend, Lead, Oversee

PMO Set-Up

POS / Retail End-to-End Customer Life Cycle – Design, Oversee, Enhance

POS Real Time Analysis & Competitive Incentive Generation – Design & Deploy

Prepare and Present Key Note Addresses

Quell Internecine Warfare - Internal Factions & Cliques, External Resources

Realign Technology Centric Mindsets

Regulatory Imperatives – Assess/Plan/Execute

Resolve Business vs. IT Conflict

Resolve ERP Issues & Problems

Resolve Organization vs. Project Conflict

Review Business Improvement Plans

Shared Services – Assess, Compare, Recommend

Social Media – Corporate Channel Interaction – Assess, Design, Oversee

Strategic Cube Modelling & Simulation

Streamlining – Value Assessment & Oversight

Wireless & RFID R&D – Set Up, Oversight