Without even defining corporate adolescence, you can figure out what it means. Corporate adolescence is a term Navigate likes to use to describe that awkward stage in a company’s life when they are no longer small—but not yet large. You have some of the characteristics of each but are not quite one or the other. […]
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Use Your Data to Circumvent Risk
A blog entry based upon The AV Profession podcast with Tim Albright and guest David McNutt of Navigate Management Consulting. This podcast is part of a series from The AV Profession about risk management and risk assessment. Today is a deep dive, talking about the risks of not having enough information to make the right decisions in your […]
Revenue vs. Growth
We’re growing, but what does that really mean? We have heard so much over the past five or ten years about the concept of growth. Everybody talks about it, but does anybody really knows what it means? What does growth mean to you? That is the topic of this week’s video with Brad Malone and […]
From Service to Support
Service is the act of doing. While support is the act of doing with the interest of your customer’s success in mind. The evolution of service to support is a really hot topic with technology integrators these days. There is widespread acknowledgement that creating streams of revenue from managed services and support will help to create […]
What Should A Lessons Learned Process Focus On?
When working on an integration project, how often do we hear the words, “Didn’t this happen last time?” Remember, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result. You could say the same about many organizations’ lessons learned process — or more aptly named, their “lessons-re-learned” […]
NSCA Next-Generation Leadership Training
Is Your Next-Generation of Leadership Ready to Lead? Finding and retaining talent is a hot topic with systems integrators in 2019. NSCA commonly hears how many integrators are struggling with developing new leaders to better understand the business, enlarge their contribution, and add more value. NSCA and our partners at Navigate Management Consulting have listened to this […]
Culture Shapes the Future of Tempest Technologies
The following customer success story comes from our partners at Navigate Management Consulting. Helping audio visual and related technology companies achieve better business results. Work hard, play hard. Take time for your family. We invest in our employees on a personal level. We provide opportunities for them to grow, not just along a career path, but […]
How Many Types of Software Are You Using?
A common complaint from integrators is having too many different pieces of software that don’t talk to one another. “This is not uncommon, because the industry has grown up this way,” according to David McNutt. “There was never a really good piece of software to cover everything. So we use every other good piece of […]
Assessing the Value of Investing in ERP Software
How do you know when your technology integration business is ready to invest in ERP software? Calculating the return value of an investment can be daunting, even for the experienced executive, but one which includes new ERP Software may be at the top of the list. Say the word “Enterprise” and it means the whole business will […]
A Fresh Look at Your Accounting
Why you may (or may not) need to hire a new CFO / Accountant A blog entry based upon The AV Profession podcast with Tim Albright and guest David McNutt from NavigateManagement Consulting When we go into an organization to conduct an assessment, more times than not I end up saying, ‘You might need a new Accountant.’ Now I’m […]