Why is ENKI, LLC Success Unlocked® IT departments drive a lot of business change. Today they are pushing “Digital Transformation” which means they are moving software to the cloud and turning off internal systems including applications, integrations, hardware, data management, reporting, and other legacy technology.  Yesterday it was Big Data, AI, ML, CRM, IoT, BI, SaaS, ERP, and on and on… They always think “this” is an IT thing and business teams don’t need to be involved. Statistically, IT Projects fail to deliver the promised benefits 71% of the time (see our previous article on ..read more

This article is coauthored by Manoj Bhargaw (LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/manojbhargaw) and Lawrence Dillon (LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/lawrencedillon).   No.  Here is why… A fascinating, well-written article titled "Time To Accelerate Digital Capabilities In Life Sciences: Is Your Digital Strategy Road-Ready?” by Chris Zant, Principal at Deloitte Digital, Deloitte Consulting LLP, (full article can be found here: Deloitte's Article), shared by Dan Kinsella via LinkedIn, inspired us to share our take on what is “digitization” and “digital transformation”. Let’s begin b ..read more

This article is based on a real-life situation and a great example of strategic contract negotiation. Situation A company needed the best deal possible for a building lease big enough for a fitness center.  They located a good property with substantially more square feet than required but it is on the second floor of a shopping center and there is not enough parking in front of the shopping center for the expected 500+ customers.  Research shows that this property has a small discount on the price per square foot as it is on the second floor of the complex, which is not ideal for sho ..read more

Since its founding in 2006 ENKI, LLC has differentiated its Business Architecture offering through the extensive experience of our consultants, who are uniquely versed in the concepts of architecture vs. analysis.   ENKI is, in fact the only firm with both a certified building Architect that also teaches and certifies business architects as part of an MBA program and the inventor of the concept of Business Architecture (first publicly launched and discussed in March of 2000).   Coupled with practitioners having an average of 19 years of business architecture practice exper ..read more

Written by Lawrence Dillon. My rant on the pandemic, PPE, Vaccine, and the politics and corporate lack of leadership that lead to it all. How do you feel? I feel like crap. I am emotionally drained, worried for my family, friends, colleagues, and I am PISSED OFF at the continued lack of leadership in our country! As a country, we have lost our way and it is sad to watch in real-time.  This is the second article about the lack of leadership related to CoVid-19. The first article, “Rethinking our National Healthcare Supply Chain”, was originally posted on May 11, 2020. It is now April 28 ..read more

This article is coauthored by Lawrence Dillon (LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/lawrencedillon) and Manoj Bhargaw (LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/manojbhargaw).  We have reached Gartner’s "Peak of Inflated Expectations" stage of the Hype-Cycle for Digital Transformation. This article explores these unrealistic expectations and asks if you will have to endure the "Trough of Disillusionment" that we all experienced with e-commerce? In some ways, the current possibilities created by SaaS, Cloud, Big Data, IoT, AI, and the overarching disruption caused by Digital Transformation ar ..read more

ENKI's Definition: Business Architecture is about learning how a business needs to change, designing the change, communicating it to others in their own language, getting everyone on board, and leading the transition. As part of ENKI’s Business Architecture offering, we create and influence a range of business designs that tie to the business strategy and inform executives.  We design business systems that identify, link and consider the benefits, implications challenges, and realities of the higher-level strategy.   ENKI's Approach: ENKI delivers the smartly managed vision of the co ..read more

Enterprise Architecture (EA) The summation of governance, models, patterns, principles, and standards that dictate the design and development of business and technical enablers for improved business outcomes.  EA represents the alignment of business interactions (Business Architecture) and how they should best be supported with people, process, and technology.  Unfortunately, EA has been taken over by IT organizations to reflect the enterprise level technical architecture that companies need to consider for large systems or platforms. As a result, Business Architecture (see belo ..read more

This article below is the consolidation of a three part series we wrote in 2016 with Piematrix CEO, Paul Dandurand. I felt we needed to consolidate this for a single article and expand a little on the last 12 months of real client experiences that we can now share. In late 2016, we hosted an ITMPI webinar titled "70% OF YOUR PROJETS ARE LIKELY TO FAIL" to spearhead the conversation in our combined communities around what we keep doing wrong. In this article, we would like to engage you in the discussion and ask you how your organization does with project success versus failure rates. B ..read more

Planning for a K-12 Educational Future By Synthia Taylor, M.A., Ph.D. (candidate) Introduction ENKI, LLC is a global management consulting firm that focuses on transforming companies.  We recognize that education systems had priority work and projects in process prior to the pandemic and may find themselves with more on their plate then the system can handle.  So, we thought the approach we take with global companies might be helpful for K-12 leaders as you navigate these unprecedented times.  Here’s our take on the current state of affairs.   Historical System of Educ ..read more