Better change™
We help your business utilize applications more effectively, improve operations, and achieve real change—but not just any change: Better Change!
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Our name explains us
Whether following a formalized program or reacting to an ad-hoc circumstance, every organization is (or should be) constantly planning. The plans might be in response to growth, competitive pressure, customer requirements, or other business needs.
But regardless of type, every plan requires a change or pivot in the business. Some pivots might be small; for example, introducing a variant of an existing product. Others are HUGE, such as implementing a new business application like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
It's critical to your business’s continued good health to keep a constant eye on what pivots are going to happen, when they're going to happen, and who in the organization should work on them to ensure their success. We've developed an exclusive way to identify, understand, and track the pivots taking place in your business.
what makes us different
We call it Better Change™. It’s an amazing set of proprietary tools, techniques, and methodologies that tracks and monitors pivots, showing you how and where your business is changing over time. This gives your organization the ability to maximize efficiency by identifying and working on the right things at the right time with the right people. You’ll have the insight you need to adjust, focus, and fine-tune your efforts and resources to better reach your organizational GOALS.
Why it works
We translate. There can often be communication / understanding disconnects between organizational parts; for example, the business side to the technical side and vice-versa. We bridge those gaps, so that everyone has a common understanding of the company’s goals and objectives, as well as knowledge of the best organizational resources to address any issue.
We create value. Value is lost when the technical personnel (accountants, engineers, IT teams, programmers, application functional specialists, etc.) can’t successfully explain to the business personnel what they're trying to accomplish, and vice-versa.
We focus on people. Unlike traditional business models, we believe that the “Business Process + People” gives an organization its competitive advantage, not necessarily its product.
Who we work with
Our clients include manufacturers, distributors, contractors, property managers, professional service providers, and other businesses. Whether your organization is large, medium-sized, or small, we specialize in working well with the business people at every level. After all, we’re business people at heart, so we understand business people.
Our capabilities
All “capabilities” are not created equal. It’s imperative to fully understand what impact a capability will have on your business and whether you should develop it in-house or bring in a subject matter expert from the outside.
Many firms offer Project Management. Their resources are likely to be well-qualified and highly credentialed. But how much experience do they have in your industry working with diverse teams like yours? Do they understand the business ramifications of the pivots—the changes—they're managing? Or are they simply monitoring tasks, schedules, and budgets?
Pivot Point goes far beyond the bare-bones, "technical" aspects of a particular role. Our consultants are seasoned veterans with industry experience. We possess the perfect balance of business acumen and thought leadership, and we can effectively communicate the vision and purpose of the pivot to your entire organization—from its Board of Directors all the way to the staff on the manufacturing floor.
The pinnacle of our capabilities is our proprietary Better Change™ tool. Powered by the innovative Darwin Awareness Engine, it allows you to “see” real-time change as it happens in your organization. It’s an exclusive and invaluable tool to ensure that change is happening the way you need it to: for the Better!
Recent Projects
Manufacturing
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financial services
PBM
Distribution
Wholesale
Distribution
Wholesale
Financial Services
PBM
Financial Services
PBM
Distribution
Retail
manufacturing
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Manufacturing
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service
Break/fix, consulting, Other
What our clients say
Jon was instrumental in helping us drive the ERP selection process in a way that allowed our primary stakeholders to participate in the evaluation and gain their buy in for the final decision. Jon worked with our teams to help document, prioritize, and articulate complex requirements to the various ERP vendors so that they could demonstrate their ability to meet our needs. His role as an objective third-party liaison/solution architect saved us time and made us more confident in our final decision. We have been on Dynamics AX for 2 years, incurred our largest sales to date, and we are very pleased with the results we have achieved.
Sally Prinson Director IT
Jon brings a unique blend of skills that come from various disciplines – IT, finance, and general business acumen/best business practices. This rare combination of talents creates a distinctive perspective that adds value throughout the company. I had the opportunity to work with Jon for approximately 18 months and cannot begin to explain the numerous ways he benefited our organization and myself personally.
Don Heidemann CFO
While working with Jon, I valued his inquisitiveness, professional skepticism, independent thought (centered on fact-based reasoning), his ability to transition smoothly between heavy analytical thinking & lighthearted banter (in other words, Jon doesn’t get caught up in the “work” of the task at hand at the expense of taking joy in the company of the people around him) and a conviction that doing/advocating for the right thing has value in and of itself.
This comes from my experience of Jon as a problem solver at his core. He has a love of solutions of all kinds, not necessarily system or process based.
Chris Howie Business Architect
