IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS
Open the door to improved performance and organisational capability.
Get it right the first time and keep getting it right - always!
Remember we said we will help you do the following:
- Understand where you are
- Understand where you need to be,
- Work out how to get there, and finally
- Help you get there.
This page focus on this approach in an existing operational context!
Don't underestimate the importance of starting well - we never engage without a proper baseline.
Baselines makes things measurable - we love it that Peter Drucker said "what's measured, gets done."
It is not enough to do your best - you must know what to do, and then do your best.
W Edwards Deming
And that is why we always begin with understanding improvement requirements, defining a baseline, creating an current state baseline so that we can help you determine what needs to be done to close the gap!
Both internal and external factors determine improvement requirements, and industry best-practice may inform improvement efforts. However, never let best-practice be the goal. That privilege belongs to your organisation's needs.
Once the improvement gap is known, we can help you draft an improvement roadmap. A high-level roadmap is enough to determine priorities and resource requirements, see who will do what and in what sequence.
Leave detailed planning to whoever takes ownership of work to be done -they are accountable, therefore they must be in control!
If you don't have sufficient resources to do all the work, we can help, but all work must be owned internally! Thats the only way to guarantee long-tern sustainability.
Our main task is to enable internal resources to take ownership and maintain the momentum when we finish the project. Skills transfer is our primary internal metric.
We leave organisations in a better state when done - and, they remain better after we leave also!
What customer say about working with us...
Johann has a depth of knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge to any range of companies, industries and contexts. Companies looking to achieve real Services Management benefits will definitely not go wrong with this consultant. What's more is that his business acumen goes beyond the superficial and obvious.
He puts effort into every engagement to ensure a positive and comprehensive result.
Neal Sutherland / Lead Technical Project Manager – Nokia, Bærum SW
His ideas on strategy and governance were second to none, and his ability to incorporate the multitude of ideas and opinions was fabulous. He had a ready ear to listen and, even better, an open mind to challenge the status quo and develop a new view. One of the best outcomes I can say about his work is that I learned a lot in the process. He is definitely a critical thinker offering innovative yet pragmatic solutions.
Dr Suzanne van Hove / Author & retired Business School Professor, Louisville US
This serves as a testament to the knowledge, professionalism and ability of Johann to identify gaps and finding (new) ways to bridge them… (with) technology, innovation, transformation and digital business strategy… consolidating multiple disciplines into one cohesive solution.
Suzanne Galletly / Digital Skills Director - EXIN, Utrecht NL
We have now helped more than 100 organisations do better!
JOHANN BOTHA
The Principal Consultant
Johann is a consultant, coach, and author, who helped more that a hundred organisations, on four continents, improve and excel. He received numerous accolades for his work, including being named as a Top 100 (overall) Thought Leaders in the EMEA region (2024), top 100 or 50 rankings for strategy, innovation, Lean, DevOps, business continuity management, etc. and Top 10 global Thought Leader on Agile (now for five years running), by Thinkers360.
Johann studied electronics, marketing, organisational behaviour, data-science, business management and digital strategy with masters degrees in data management and analytics (MBDBI), marketing and business management (MCom.MM. & MBA). He also holds a score of professional and industry certifications - e.g. He is a Fellow of Service Management (FSM), a Chartered IT Professional (MBCS-CIPT), is Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), is Executive Master Coach (MC-SA), ISO/IEC27001 Lead Implementer & Auditor and is a Lean IT Professional and Lean Master-Blackbelt (LMBB).
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