Insights and Outlooks
The key to coming up with what’s next is reflecting carefully on the situations you face now, in the present. Here’s what we’ve seen lately — both with clients and at the Collective Insights’ office.

How will COVID-19 Affect Corporate Real-Estate in the Future
How will COVID-19 Affect Corporate Real Estate in The Future When COVID hit the world, businesses had to make the very hard decision to close their buildings and allow employees to work remotely. Most thought that the change would be temporary, but we are now a full...
How will COVID-19 Affect Corporate Real-Estate in the Future
How will COVID-19 Affect Corporate Real Estate in The Future When COVID hit the world, businesses had to make the very hard decision to close their buildings and allow employees to work remotely. Most thought that the change would be temporary, but we are now a full...
Replacing Vendors Impacted by COVID-19
Replacing Vendors Impacted by COVID-19 The world is always changing, even though sometimes it goes unnoticed. In the last year, we can’t help but notice the occurrence of a significant amount of change. Historians will debate in the decades and centuries to come as to...
How will COVID-19 Affect Business Technology in the Future
How will COVID-19 Affect Business Technology in The Future When “the bottom fell out” in March, nobody thought that entire businesses would either cease operations, or close their offices and ask 100% of their employees to work remotely. Those businesses that had...
How will COVID-19 Affect Business Travel in the Future
How will COVID-19 Affect Business Travel In The Future I don’t think anybody would argue that 2020 was a challenging year. COVID has turned everything upside down including how we operate as consumers and businesses. In the end, things may change for the good and you...
Culture in the Time of Covid-19
Culture in the Time of Covid-19 When I began writing this entry on culture in the time of Covid-19, I initially had a doom and gloom outlook on the future of organizational culture. However, through deeper insight and conversations with colleagues and clients, I...
When Everything Changes: The Application of Change Management Principles Amid Crisis
When Everything Changes: The Application of Change Management Principles Amid Crisis Your company was moving along spectacularly until COVID-19 turned everything on its head. First came remote work, then layoffs, and perhaps a shift in your business model. The impact...
The Future of Finance Organizations
The Future of Finance Organizations As the world becomes increasingly digital, the business environment is characterized by constant innovation, rapid industry transformation, and evolving customer preferences. These changes are forcing the finance organization to...
How COVID-19 is Impacting FP&A and What We Can Learn for Next Time
As Covid-19 spreads, businesses are forced into uncertain and ambiguous economic positions and, in extreme cases, it results in a survival mode mentality. To deal with this uncertainly, leadership is increasingly looking to the financial department for insights and...
Ready Your Organization to Change
“Change is hard” – This is a common refrain after a tough project. Leaders must now explain going over budget and resistance bordering on rebellion based on the change that the organization just experienced. Change management professionals know these challenges are...
Stick the Landing: Using Change Management to Secure Long-Term Benefits of Initiatives
After a long, hard-fought implementation, you and your team celebrated a successful project completion. The new system promised to reduce costs and provide you with new insights that give your company a competitive advantage in the market. A few months after ending...