Author Archives: Jim Wadella
October 2025
Why Don’t Management Consultants Push Back on Your Ideas?
After more than 30 years in management consulting—with firms like AT Kearney (back when it was owned by EDS), Ernst & Young, Jefferson Wells (now Experis), and Core Catalysts (which I founded in 2011)—I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the indifferent. Recently, I’ve been reflecting on a question that keeps surfacing: Why don’t more […]
September 2025
Challenges CEOs face in Finance and Accounting
Challenges CEOs face in Finance and Accounting CEOs of all industries and company sizes face challenges in finance and accounting. After decades of experience as a senior leaders in several organizations, and as a consultant offering change management and process improvement to C-level executives, I’ve outlined some of my observations below. One thing to remember […]
July 2025
ERP Customization: Achieving the Right Balance
Balancing Flexibility, Cost, and Strategic Value in Enterprise Resource Planning Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platforms form the technological backbone of modern organizations, integrating core business processes across finance, operations, human resources, supply chain, and more. When implementing an ERP solution, organizations face a critical decision: should they adopt the system “out of the box” (OOTB), […]
May 2025
Implementing a CRM: Benefits for a Mid-Sized Company
The Benefits of Implementing a CRM System for a Mid-Sized Company In today’s competitive business landscape, mid-sized companies are constantly seeking ways to enhance their operations, improve customer relationships, and drive growth. One powerful tool that can help achieve these goals is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. Implementing a CRM system offers numerous benefits […]
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 […]