Category: Foci Business

Business updates from the Foci Solutions team.

Want to be a Digital Enterprise? Build More Software!

“COTS-first”, “Why build it when we can buy it?”, “Custom development is expensive”, “We’re not a software company” were all slogans that were hammered into my head during the first half of my career working for a large global consulting firm. They were and are still the prevailing wisdom in the IT industry and when […]

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Shan Gu Foci Business

A Realist’s Guide to Culture Change

The phrase “we need to change our culture to be successful” has become a punchline for any executive pitching ambitious visions and transformation initiatives, IT-related or otherwise. What is unfortunately less common is any mention of how such a change in culture will happen and how to know when this ideal future culture has been […]

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Announcing Foci Solutions

A little over three years ago, I had the great fortune to reconnect with an old friend from my university days. I lured him away from his well-paying and stable position at one of the Big 5 consulting firms to help me incubate an Integration practice focused on helping large enterprise clients connect their various […]

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