Barbara Shannon explains why consultants and smaller businesses are poised to take advantage of the flow economy at the June 2013 Bay Area Consultants Network (BACN) meeting
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Barbara Shannon: Shift Happens--Getting Ready for Great Big Change
1. SHIFT Happens!
Including insights from John Hurley; John Seeley Brown; Lang Davison; Deloitte Center for the Edge; Robert J. Gordon; Tomas Sedlacek; Daniel Pink; Richard Florida
2. “What we’ve got at GM now is a general comprehension that
you can’t run this business by the left, intellectual, analytical
side of the brain. You have to have a lot of right side, creative
input. We are in the arts and entertainment business, and we’re
putting a huge emphasis on world-class design.”
GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz
“There is more competition now than ever before. We keep a laser
focus on our customers. We go beyond “process efficiencies”. Clear
goals, great people, empowerment and trust move faster and
better than too much process.”
Nike CIO – Roland Paanakker
Interviewee – The DNA of Great Big Change
7. Topple rate for companies with more than $100M in net sales
increased almost 40% over firms in the lower decile.
> 100M Sales
TOPPLE RATE (1965 – 2010)
Bigger is NOT
better…!
8. ROA for US Companies(1965 – 2010)
Houston, we have a
problem…!
10. WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE!
ROA of US companies = ¼ of what it was in 1965
Topple rate of largest companies is accelerating at three
times the rate of smaller firms
Average tenure in S&P 1965 = 50 -100 years
Average tenure in S&P 2011 = 10 – 20 years
Growth in per capita GDP has steadily declined since 1972
The long-term trend is toward higher short-term stock
price volatility
11.
12. Wave One Wave Two Wave Three
The Shift Index 2011
The Shift Index 2011
13. Wave One Wave Two Wave Three
The Shift Index 2011
Wave One: Foundation
20. Topple rate for companies with more than $100M in net sales
increased almost 40% over firms in the lower decile.
> 100M Sales
Topple Rate for US Companies 1965 – 2010
22. Flow, not productivity or size
is what matters most now
Wave One Wave Three
“As technology and culture change make sharing knowledge easier,
flows become increasingly important drivers of competition.”
Deloitte Passionate Workforce Study 2011
23. Worker PASSION drives FLOWS and can
significantly improve firm performance.
PASSION Drives FLOWS
“When people engage passionately with their
work, they seek ways to connect with others who
share their passion and who can help them
improve faster.”
Deloitte Passionate Workforce Study 2011
26. THEN
Size Matters
– Bigger is better
– Seeking Growth
– Acquire to Grow
Accelerate through efficiencies
– Structure to Scale Efficiency
– Product Driven Standardization
– Push
– Transactions
– Protecting IP
– Innovating on the Edge
– Hierarchies
– Performance Targets
Left Brain Centric
– Explicit Knowledge
– Pursuit of Excellence
– Performance Reviews
NOW
Size Kills
– Too big and too fast fails
– Seeking Sustainability
– Organic Growth + Thoughtful Acquisition
Accelerate through relationships
– Structure to Scale Talent
– Customer Driven Customization
– Pull
– Partnerships and Trust
– Sharing for Value
– Innovating from the Core
– Meritocracies
– Purpose/Mastery/Control
High Value Skills
– Tacit Knowledge
– Passionate quests
– Real Time Feedback
WHAT’S DIFFERENT
27. THEN
Size Matters
– Bigger is better
– Seeking Growth
– Acquire to Grow
Accelerate through efficiencies
– Structure to Scale Efficiency
– Product Driven Standardization
– Push
– Transactions
– Protecting IP
– Innovating on the Edge
– Hierarchies
– Performance Targets
Left Brain Centric
– Explicit Knowledge
– Pursuit of Excellence
– Performance Reviews
NOW
Size Kills
– Too big and too fast fails
– Seeking Sustainability
– Organic Growth + Thoughtful Acquisition
Accelerate through relationships
– Structure to Scale Talent
– Customer Driven Customization
– Pull
– Partnerships and Trust
– Sharing for Value
– Innovating from the Core
– Meritocracies
– Purpose/Mastery/Control
High Value Skills
– Tacit Knowledge
– Passionate quests
– Real Time Feedback
WHAT’S DIFFERENT
29. “Recovery from the economic downturn within the Management Consulting industry is
driven by human resources segments, niche consulting and the emergence of new
consultants acting flexibly as independent contractors.
Large consulting companies will face fierce competition from smaller, niche companies.”
Source: IBIS Management Consulting Market Research Report | NAICS 54161 | Apr 2013
Good News!
30. Left Brain Skills =
Commoditization
Right Brain Skills =
Differentiation
SHIFT to the Right
33. MARKET AND LABOR
FORCES
Clients PAY for integrated hands on CHANGE MANAGEMENT
designed to drive FLOW
STRATEGY
ALIGNED
BUDGETS AND
DEPARTMENT
PLANS
PRIORITIZED
PROJECT
PORTFOLIO
WELL POSITIONED
PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATIONS
COMPETITIVE
PERFORMANCE
Integrating FLOW
4. Agile
Project
Management
3. Now-Next-Later
Prioritization
2. Aligned Plans1. Voice of the Customer
Barbara’s Big SHIFT
36. WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE!
ROA of US companies = ¼ of what it was in 1965
Topple rate of largest companies is accelerating at three
times the rate of smaller firms
Average tenure in S&P 1965 = 50 -100 years
Average tenure in S&P 2011 = 10 – 20 years
Growth in per capita GDP has steadily declined since 1972
The long-term trend is toward higher short-term stock
price volatility
37. Wave One Wave Two Wave Three
The Shift Index 2011
The Shift Index 2011
The Shift Index is a data rich study by John Seeley Brown and John Hurley
suggesting that a wave of change in the foundations of our business and society
is expanding flows of knowledge which is affecting corporate performance.
38.
39. THEN
Size Matters
– Bigger is better
– Seeking Growth
– Acquire to Grow
Accelerate through efficiencies
– Structure to Scale Efficiency
– Product Driven Standardization
– Push
– Transactions
– Protecting IP
– Innovating on the Edge
– Hierarchies
– Performance Targets
Left Brain Centric
– Explicit Knowledge
– Pursuit of Excellence
– Performance Reviews
NOW
Size Kills
– Too big and too fast fails
– Seeking Sustainability
– Organic Growth + Thoughtful Acquisition
Accelerate through relationships
– Structure to Scale Talent
– Customer Driven Customization
– Pull
– Partnerships and Trust
– Sharing for Value
– Innovating from the Core
– Meritocracies
– Purpose/Mastery/Control
High Value Skills
– Tacit Knowledge
– Passionate quests
– Real Time Feedback
WHAT’S DIFFERENT