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The constant advancement in technology has raised the expectations of customers in terms of their interaction with companies. This digital disruption is also forcing businesses to develop new capabilities and explore innovative ways and means to deliver improved Customer Experiences.

Organizations can overhaul their Customer Journeys by embracing latest digital insights and practices. To develop a truly exceptional, breakthrough Customer Experience, organizations should work towards adopting 7 ke

Two weeks ago I blogged that influencing is not about you, it’s about them. And last weekI gave another example and a link to the Persuasion Pyramid, my favourite tool for understanding those you wish to influence. Today I want to highlight another favourite tool that is excellent for answering the question, “If it is all about them, what are they thinking and feeling right now?” That is, getting in a position to empathise with their situation. Why is it a good idea to empathise when influencing

Audit management can be a messy business because audit managers do not have the right tools. Most audit managers must use general-purpose software like Excel and Word to accomplish the task, which further complicated the matter. There are many strategies which can be used to streamline the audit management process and it is important for all audit managers to be aware of these strategies and tools. 

Getting the right tools  

The biggest problem being faced by audit managers is that they do not hav

Digital-savvy startups are disrupting markets and threatening conventional businesses.  They are doing this by utilizing technology to offer new products and services and providing tailored yet uncomplicated experiences for their customers.

Likewise, large traditionally-run firms will have to keep evolving their Customer Experience approaches to secure additional avenues of revenue and to stay competitive.  To accomplish this, they will need to develop capabilities to effectively utilize insights

Quest Diagnostics is a US-based company that provides medical testing services, and announced that it used third-party billing collection companies that were hit by a severe data breach. In fact, about 11.9 million Quest customers were affected.

The compromised information could include personal data of the patients, including Social Security numbers, as well as medical and financial information. However, laboratory test results aren’t included in the breach.

What Happened?

The AMCA (American Medic

Managing innovation is an important process only a few organization can master very well.  It is because the innovation process is not fully understood or implemented and the innovation culture is still immature.

While Innovation Management is recognized to bring in results, excellence has not been achieved in terms of managing innovation.  Highly successful companies do not possess a silver innovation bullet.  They do not achieve their results by just doing one of a few things better than others

When organizations go into Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), its future operating state changes. A fundamental question will arise as to what the Target Operating Model (TOM) of the resultant organization will look like.

What is TOM?

The Target Operating Model (TOM) represents a clearly defined target structure in which the relevant unit should operate in the future. It consists of the structural and process organization as well as the assets needed and the contractual regulation required both interna

Forming a team takes time. Companies cannot expect a new team to perform well when it first comes together. Members often go through stages as they change from being a collection of strangers to a united group with common goals.

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. – Henry Ford”

Team formation needs to take recognizable stages of development. A team’s internal processes usually change over time. Team functioning generally improves after the te

According to Charles Coonradt, a Management Consultant, “The failure to give appropriate and timely feedback is the most extreme cruelty that we can inflict on any human being."

The feedback project can be stressful. Many people feel fear to ask about their performance. Yet, there are strategies leaders can take on to defuse the stress.

The SKS Model

Leaders often focus only on recent events or talk of things that go wrong. As a result, the opportunity to provide a balanced feedback is lost. As lea

Operating a Matrix Organization can be a challenging task. Complex geographical structures, cultural barriers, functional divides, conflicting barriers, and management silos abound.

Matrices are often necessary though this may create uncomfortable ambiguity for employees. Most employees in Matrix Organizations are found to be not terribly engaged with their jobs. Engagement is defined as involvement in and enthusiasm for work. When there are less involvement and enthusiasm, this could have a sign

Document digitization has become more dominant with the emergence of virtualization, cloud computing, and mobile technologies. This trend is specifically noticeable across the insurance industry that has forever been dominated by the prevalence of paper documents. Insurance organizations have a never-ending chain of documents that flow in and across the organizations via a network of agents, channels, and systems.

What is optical character recognition?

Optical character recognition (OCR) deploys t

Nope! It’s not bad grammar. Last week I wrote about your message not being about what you want, it's about what they want. This is another blog emphasising the point.

I recently received another example of the importance of your message not being about you. This time via a blog by international bestselling author and famous blogger Seth Godin. In it he gives a list of things to do if you want to change the mind of ten different types of people such as a scientist, a bureaucrat, a nerd … For examp

Managing regulatory change has long been a headache for businesses in heavily regulated industries. Managing this change requires quite an investment. The business must hire regulatory experts who can interpret the regulations and tell the business how it will need to change itself to comply with the changes. The problem is that this process can be rather slow and is error prone because it is being handled manually. 

The Profound Nature of Regulatory Change   

Before we get into the perils of regu

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Managing audits is tougher than one would think. While audits themselves are tough, managing them all throughout the organization can be even tougher. There are solutions which help make the process more efficient, but before we look at how to improve audits it is important that we understand the problems that plague audits. 

Obstacles to efficient audit management  

There are many obstacles and challenges which keep the process from being efficient. Some of the problems commonly faced by audit ma

In short, yes. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you sit in an organization, EVERYONE is responsible and accountable for risk-based thinking.

Businesses today face increasing levels of complexity and risk. Organizations are under pressure to deliver profitable business outcomes while operating in a socially and environmental responsible way. 

According to a study conducted in 2019 by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 59% of respondents perceived a significant increase in

When SAI Global founded Compliance Officer Day in 2016, we were in the midst of significant changes to the compliance discipline and the roles of the professionals dedicated to it. The speed the industry has evolved since can be surprising even to those closest to it. 

With changing regulatory obligations and shifting societal expectations, the role of the compliance officer has become a multi-dimensional challenge. Not only has the skillset of compliance officers grown in tandem with the velocit