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.

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...
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...
Comparing Collective Insights and The Big Consulting Firms
When I first started taking business classes during my freshman year at the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!), I had no idea what I wanted to do after I graduated. I was pretty sure I wanted a business-related job, such as an accountant or financial adviser, but...
Can your supply chain weather any storm? How to optimize your supply chain for the future
Your supply chain is more than just moving goods and services from point A to point B. It’s also a reflection of how well your internal business goals and processes are aligned and your level of commitment to delivering value to your customers – today, tomorrow and 20...
Transitioning Agile to a Remote Environment
Working in consulting, we apply the agile methodology frequently to enable our clients to be nimble in addressing threats and elastic in intaking new opportunities. We are often faced with complex organizational environments where many different groups are required to...
What to Consider during a Merger and Acquisition
2020. What else do we have to say. No one has gone unscathed by the impacts of COVID-19: From Social distancing, to government-mandated mask wearing, not to mention the devastating blows to the world economy. Businesses, big and small, are faced with making strategic,...