Freelance consultants : how to stop feeling isolated?

At FocusTribes, we are committed to creating a strong collective so that independent consultants can share their experiences and feel supported. Our quality label, based on the high level of expertise of its members, also places great emphasis on the collaborative aspect. The...

Sustainability & Performance: 3 key ideas

For several years now, environmental issues have been at the heart of corporate transformation projects. The major challenge of today and tomorrow is to put in place effective tools to measure and support these transformation projects as effectively as possible. A group of...

CSR and Business Transformation: 4 key ideas

In recent years, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a crucial issue for companies. Not only must they comply with new regulations, they must also meet the growing expectations of their stakeholders. Against this backdrop, FocusTribes brought together a group of...

IS Audit and Roadmap: Client Testimonial

Whatever their size, organizational transformation is a real challenge for top management. Finding the right experts to guide them and help them ask the right questions upstream is a real challenge for companies. And that's where FocusTribes' added value comes in! Chuck Walter,...

Successful Transformation Programmes: The Essential Guide

Transformation and optimization are fundamental concepts in the business world. Each transformation project has its own specificities, and it can sometimes seem like reinventing the wheel every time. However, it's essential to learn from the experiences of others, and to share...

ERP upgrade: how to federate the teams and lead the change

On international projects and in very specific human contexts, experience, mastery of the business and a sense of humour are key elements that really make the difference in bringing teams together and achieving objectives. This is what FocusTribes is sensitive to in its...

5 tips for successful Agile projects

The Agile approach, popularized in the early 2000s, rapidly replaced more traditional V-cycle project management. Initially designed to improve software development, it has since been applied to many other types of project. However, it can prove ineffective or even...

Towards a Data Driven Organisation: 3 key ideas

Data management has become a major challenge for companies wishing to understand the precise needs of their customers and improve their offering. Data analysis, particularly through process mining, offers a unique opportunity to examine the efficiency of internal processes in...

ERP Implementation in retail : Main points to watch out for

The implementation of an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) has become a necessity for many retailers, spurred on by changes in the sector, particularly with the arrival of giants such as Amazon and Ikea. These players have imposed new rules of the game, forcing retailers to...

What do we mean by digital transformation and what are the challenges?

What do we mean by digital transformation and what are the challenges? When we think of digital transformation, many notions come to mind: economies of scale, 0 Touch, service, mobility, strategy, outsourcing to the cloud, improving back office functions, dematerialization,...

Harmonisation and standardisation: The Tribe's expert opinion

Within our FocusTribes Expert Tribes, we regularly organize sharing and exchange sessions. In this context, we thought it appropriate to ask our members for their feedback on the harmonization and standardization projects implemented by our customers. So we asked ourselves: are...

Global/Local: 5 good practices for transformation programmes

Today, standardization is increasingly seen as a necessity to meet the demands of streamlined, efficient organizations. However, it is essential to qualify any "core model" approach in order to strike the right balance between the global and the local. With this in mind, a group...

Omni-channel Management in Retail: 6 key performance issues

The health crisis has accelerated the pace of digital transformation in the retail sector. The customer experience is now at the heart of retailers' concerns, and omnichannel management has become a key success factor in recent years. Are you looking for an expert consultant to...

Managing projects in a remote working context : 4 levers

For most of our clients, the pandemic has been a lever for accelerating transformation projects, particularly digital projects. For some, there was a need for new arbitration on the priorities to be dealt with, and sometimes even the simple stopping of minor projects. But the...

Leadership and Governance: what role for the Program Director

Leading transformation programs is far from an easy task. It requires expertise, strategic vision and the ability to mobilize teams. So what are the key success factors for this high-impact role? A group of decision-makers involved in major transformation programs met at the...

Covid, leading business transformation: 5 key ideas

The health crisis has turned our lives upside down and presented companies with unprecedented challenges. In this new, uncertain future, companies must be highly adaptable if they are to succeed. To help decision-makers engaged in major transformation programs, FocusTribes has...

Digital transformation of the pharmaceutical sector: Feedback

Servant Dovarganes, CIO and Director of Systems at Dermofarm (a reference in the Spanish cosmetic and pharmaceutical market), tells us about the benefits and what he liked most about working with an independent consultant from the FocusTribes community. We leave the video of his...

Managing a carve out: Christophe's testimonial

Bringing added value to clients through high-flying experts is what we do at FocusTribes! The community can both meet the need for highly specialized sectoral or business expertise and provide a global strategic vision to drive transformations. The interview with Christophe, who...

5 fundamentals for managing transformation projects

Alexandre Wajsblatt , Project Director, specialized in digital transformation of the Finance function, is an accredited expert consultant at FocusTribes, since October 2019.  After 10 years of experience in Finance at Danone, marked by a strong "Systems" dimension, Alexandre...

Move to cloud project management: Yannick's testimony

One of the added values that a community of freelance consultants can bring to its members is the fact of sharing between colleagues. Facilitating relationships, in a friendly but professional way, is a facet that freelance consultants appreciate the most. As the interview with...

Digital transformation at a major retailer: Nick's testimonial

Digital transformation, like any other transformation, is above all a question of people. The challenge is to have the right teams, in the right place, at the right time. Nick, independent consultant and community member, tells us here about his experience with FocusTribes for...