Ride the Wave? Why Not Be the Wave?

I’m not much for t-shirt slogans…I think like any other aphorism they leave way too much open to rash interpretation.?But what if they are true?

For a lot of hard working folks on this platform, they find themselves at low tide in their careers.?Reductions in force, being “impacted” by corporate missteps in an uncertain marketplace leave many wandering in the tidepools of their lives, looking carefully down at the parts and pieces left high and dry by their receding job prospects.?Children or dependent parents, mortgages and the other detritus of our daily lives that are usually covered by the calm waters of our day-to-day jobs are left exposed to view, leaving many desperate to jump into deeper and darker waters of immediate employment without care for themselves or their own needs/wants/health.

I’m also not one for overworked metaphors, so here’s what I’m getting at.?A rising tide lifts all boats.?Often deployed to explain macroeconomic concepts around governmental intervention in markets or the broader economy, it can also be applied to our responsibilities to our fellow man.?I’ve made a deliberate effort to be the lifting tide for many friends and acquaintances who have run aground in this economy, and I’d encourage us all to take a moment or two in our days to see how we can help.?I’m just a small drop in this industry, but together we can be a big wave!?Okay, I’ll stop…promise.

I've been in the consulting field for a loooong time, and in this time I've been fortunate to know many of the most talented technology and business solution individuals in the industry. I’ve thoughtfully gathered together several of these great resources who can be applied to immediate business problems within your enterprise.?I scour LinkedIn daily for opportunities to fashion teams to address some of the challenges I uncover within some of your companies, and my increased outreach to you recently on this platform is entirely driven by a need to help where I can.?So help me help them.?If you are fortunate enough to have a position of influence within your organization, and confronted by a reduced or non-existent budget, why not join me in looking at things a little differently??Human capital doesn’t have to be on the OpEx side of the ledger, which is where most of these cuts in staffing are occurring.

Do you have a business problem??Positioning the deployment of a project team or resource group as CapEx rather than OpEx on your depleted operating budget can bring numerous advantages, including a strategic investment mindset, the recognition of distinct project deliverables as a tangible asset, the facilitation of business transformation using current tools that Pivotal, as a Microsoft Cloud Partner and proven Management Consulting ally, can help deploy with the folks I am supporting, and improved alignment between the larger financial goals of your organization with the operational goals of your individual delivery teams.

Make friends with your accounting teams and let’s work together to think about things differently.?I know that Pivotal represents the delivery mechanism to get solutions architected and delivered quickly, ensuring immediate impacts in your still-aggressive 2023 plans.?I know that we have an experienced and tenured delivery team who has gathered incredibly talented “surplus” resources from recent reductions in force, resources who can be deployed immediately to help your remaining teams achieve their goals.?

And if you are standing in the tidepool yourself and we have worked together in the past, please don't hesitate to reach out. I will do everything I can to help.