She was the best planner on the team. Give her a process, a deadline, and a clear goal, and she delivered every time. Then the team got restructured and got an added expectation to spend a fair share of their time on innovation: loose scope, fast iteration, figure it out as you go. Within a … Continued

Where do our dependencies limit our room to act? Geopolitical tensions are increasing. AI is rapidly becoming embedded in business processes. Regulatory requirements continue to expand. At the same time, many organizations choose to use the AI solutions from the limited number of technology providers that they have already selected in their technology stack (like … Continued

For most organizations, 2027 still feels a long way off. There’s always something more urgent competing for attention: quarterly targets, transformation programs, cloud migrations, daily operational demands. But for any organization still running SAP ECC, a real deadline is approaching: mainstream maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7, which includes SAP ERP 6.0 / ECC, ends … Continued

Recently, I renovated my house. That actually involved a collection of projects, some of which involved the foundation: electricity, heating, plumbing and lighting. The choice of what and how was mainly made together, as a family. But we deliberately kept some subprojects out of the central group process. For example, the home office in the … Continued

Discussions on digital sovereignty are often centered around technology choices. Which cloud platform do we use? Where is our data stored? Which partners do we depend on? Technology choices matter, especially in a world where geopolitical tension, concentrated platform markets and new regulations have made it more likely that dependencies influence business continuity. However, technology … Continued

Interim Management often still evokes the wrong image: that of a temporary substitute who “keeps things running” until a permanent replacement is found. Someone who keeps a seat warm, guards processes, and above all, must not break anything. The reality is exactly the opposite. Robert van der Plas, Interim Manager and Management Consultant at Anderson … Continued

The topic of data governance does not seem to excite many when you want to invite them for a conversation about it. And frankly, at Anderson MacGyver we kind of agree, especially our pragmatic, passionate MacGyver heart disengages when we hear ‘data governance’. The topic has gradually moved into a corner that interests few, and … Continued

The energy transition poses major challenges for grid operator TenneT. Data is crucial for enabling business units to work together more efficiently and to optimally respond to rapidly changing circumstances. The integration of data within TenneT is elaborated in the developed data strategy. Patrick Piepers, Head of Asset Data Management at TenneT, Marnick Huijsman, Lead … Continued