Organization
Barriers to Digital Transformations
Travel bans this year have freed up several days a month previously spent in transit to now work with a larger variety of clients, resulting in a greater…
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Scalability and technology consulting advice for SaaS and technology companies — from the AKF Partners team.
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Why tech and product leaders need to think about gross margins
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Leadership
Cloud Software – Will I save costs? It’s all about Optionality and Time to Market
When we work with CEOs, CTOs, and CIOs, we frequently get asked these questions:
Leadership
Safely Paying Down Technical Debt for CIOs
Synopsis: This is a post focused on technical debt for traditional IT, or for teams focused on solutions for internal employees. This post helps CIOs (leaders…
Organization
Four Types of Organization Cancer
I’m a cancer survivor. Not the kind of biological cancer that took both my grandfathers and has affected many of my friends and family, but the evil and…
Leadership
Effective Team Communications – Speak with Precision and Accuracy (and Avoid Mouth Turds)
There are many reasons why startups represent the vast majority (virtually all) of the disruptive innovation in the US specifically and the world broadly. The…
Organization
AKF Partners Announces European Expansion
AKF Partners started its life nearly 13 years ago with a focus, passion and construction unlike any other consulting firm.
Organization
The 5-95 Rule
The Problem – Too Much Planning, Too Little Execution
Organization
Hiring the Right Employees
Running a technology company is a challenging endeavor. Not only are consumers demands changing daily, the technology to deliver upon those demands is…
Organization
Normalization of Deviance and Software...Oh and Nasa
It’s funny how clearly you can remember some events from your childhood. I remember exactly where I was on Jan 28th, 1986. All the kids in Modoc Elementary…
Organization
Top 3 Failures in Digital Transformations
Attempting to transform a company to compete effectively in the Digital Economy is difficult to say the least. In the experience of AKF Partners, it is easier…
Leadership
If You Are Not Measuring, You Are Not Managing
We are surprised at how often we go into a client and find that management does not have any metrics for their teams. The managers respond that they don’t want…