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Ian Webb

Jersey

Strengths are influencing and advising board level and business leaders with technology change.

Have an excellent understanding of IT architecture, replacing legacy systems and the implementation of technology to support organisational change.

Successful leadership of IT functions through significant internal changes ensuring they are ready for the challenges of moving to new technology, specifically through mergers, acquisitions, divestments and significant growth.

$1.67/min

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Digital Adoption and Change

Digital adoption is the process through which an individual acquires the ability to fully master new technology and successfully carry out digital processes for specific purposes.
Digital adoption is a mechanism to create change and learning for team members to understand the potential of digital resources, accept and utilise each technology to the fullest.
To meet the requirements of customers in this new digital era companies need to have a different mindset underpinned with good solid foundation of modern technology.
This starts with creating a culture where there is a digital workforce whose skillset is aligned with the company direction.
Now is the time for your organisation to prioritise activities that quickly induct new employees, help to skill-up existing employees, and then tackle the challenges of agility, data processing, customer journey and customer journey optimisation.
This journey needs to be carefully planned and the strategy developed. Your people will need to be mobilised, mentored and encouraged. This is where I can help.

Agile Mentoring and Coaching

Many organisations are looking at how to deliver change faster or more effectively. Some are looking to new project methodologies to do this and agile often comes up in the conversation.

I have found from experience that an organisation cannot transition to agile working overnight. If this is needed then it will be a case of changing the culture over time.

Also, there is no template that will apply to all businesses equally well. Often a blend of traditional waterfall and agile methods does work to fit in to the culture of the organisation, the “way we do things”.

I can help with the following areas if you are looking at agile as a way forward

Helping plan an agile development and training program, embed and reinforce over time, establishing good habits from the start and getting the transition moving in the right direction.
Helping to manage the transition backlog to transform to an Agile way of working, making improvements to the process, resourcing (hiring or designating key roles), defining teams, training needs and toolsets.
Counselling – listening to problems and helping to create a safe working environment for agile to work successfully.
Mentoring the Scrum Master and technology leadership.

IT Strategy

I have developed a number of technology strategies over the years in many different sectors - supply chain, manufacturing, government and defence.

With my experience of working across sectors, and within small and large organisations, I can quickly get to understand your issues and requirements, leading to less time wasted for you.

IT Strategies are still needed today to match the supply and delivery of technology services to the needs of an organisation. This can usually only be done by taking a top down approach.

Review Your Technology

Your business is reliant on information technology and if it goes wrong could you function using manual methods for long? This reliance has grown in many organisations over the last decade but their management and investment typically has not, leading to processes built on old systems.

Similarly, if you are looking at new technology such as artificial intelligence or robotics, these must be implemented appropriately and in the context of stable IT foundations. There is also a need to have a good understanding of where your data is and how it is used.

An IT review will deliver to your business a set of outcomes,

A recommendation plan based on business requirements and technology agnostic solutions, ensuring technology is appropriate and fit for purpose going forward.
Suitable technology platforms for your specific industry sectors
A report detailing observations, recommended actions, and plan, tailored to this business and its key drivers
Delivered to the senior leadership team or board of the organisation and agree next steps
A review can consist of –

Working with a sponsor in your business to understand business needs and drivers
Creating a set of success criteria
Reviewing the current IT provision against those criteria

Improving Cashflow

Business leaders will know the importance of cash flow for their success. As with other processes, technology can help massively improve the management of cash flow.
There are tools available, either standalone or as part of a financial software suite, that enable finance teams to have visibility of the cash through the business. Many of these apps are designed to be as frictionless as possible, and the evolution of mobile apps for small business make these processes very slick indeed. Larger businesses are often encumbered by their legacy finance systems, but this does not mean they cannot adopt mobile apps or agile ways of working – it just takes some thinking.
I can help you as a business improve your control over your cashflow through,
• Performing a Health check on finance systems and processes
• Automating steps and parameters to increase efficiency (utilising the technology you have already, or bringing in appropriate new tools)
• Reviewing and enhancing forecasting and budgeting tools and systems
• Integration of finance tools and systems to improve efficiency and reduce errors, and provide information as real-time as possible
• Review inventory management systems to ensure stock is accurate and up to date, automate processes with scanning and barcoding technology, and provide real-time information as far as is possible.

If any of these are of interest, I could help you through this process, please contact me to discuss.

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