Author Archives: Jim Wadella
April 2024
Still the Best Kept Secret in Kansas City…
We posted this several years ago and get reminded often from our clients and prospects that it is “spot on” with our message. This means it comes both from our experiences and our client feedback gathered over time – and you can check our work on that! Here is THE best kept secret in Kansas […]
August 2023
Communication: Finance and IT Groups
We have been supporting clients across many industries and sizes for as many years. Our group’s collective experience is estimated at over 150 years, in fact. Our team has worked at notable consulting companies including Ernst & Young, Deloitte, Alvarez and Marsal, Cognizant, and Cap Gemini to name just a few. This coupled with team […]
April 2021
Solving Cloud Sprawl: What Does It Mean?
Solving Cloud Sprawl is the term we have been using to describe the growing complexity of managing cloud access and spend. Before you solve it, you have to know what it is. Cloud services come from companies and services like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, and if you have these services then you know that […]
September 2020
The Gig Economy and Subject Matter Experts
The popularity of a “gig economy” is continuously increasing. According to the American Staffing Association, many Americans view this as a relatively new way to describe non-traditional work, but actually this concept has existed for a while. This term is often used with musicians, referring to a performance as a “gig.” A musician provides short-term, specialized […]
August 2020
Executive on Demand: Why and How
Many people have asked me why we started the Executive on Demand offering here at Core Catalysts. Executive on Demand provides talented executives with skill sets ranging from COO, CFO, CIO, Sales/Marketing, and HR on a fractional, retained, or project basis. The need for this service offering came about because of two major trends. The […]
May 2020
Consulting Services Delivered in Today’s Crazy World – Part 3 of 3
A frequent question with potential clients recently is the ability to deliver value in a virtual environment. While we are providing targeted value for all our current clients virtually today, we will explore some of the most demanded services with the current economic environment in the last part of our 3-part series. There are existing […]
May 2020
Consulting Services Delivered in Today’s Crazy World – Part 2 of 3
A frequent question with potential clients recently is the ability to deliver value in a virtual environment. While we are providing targeted value for all our current clients virtually today, we will explore some of the most demanded services with the current economic environment in this 3-part series. Cash management and forecasting services – These […]
May 2020
Consulting Services Delivered in Today’s Crazy World – Part 1 of 3
A frequent question with potential clients recently is the ability to deliver value in a virtual environment. While we are providing targeted value for all our current clients virtually today, we will explore some of the most demanded services with the current economic environment in this 3-part series. Assessments are typically quick hitting engagements where we […]
June 2019
A Short Primer on Process Improvement
Process Improvement (PI) or Business Process Improvement (BPI) is typically used by Industrial Engineers and Consultants to analyze an existing process to determine bottlenecks, waste, inefficiencies or areas of time delay and then develop possible solutions for improving the process. Examples of improvements could be things such as implementing a new application or system (i.e. […]
June 2019
What is Management Consulting, Anyway?
Ok, I have been in the ‘Management Consulting’ business for many years and with several companies. I have suffered for years at various family picnics and outings as my in-laws, as well as family members, still don’t quite know what I do. This also happens with many people and companies I talk to in a […]