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The Time Billing Paradox

What is the best way to get your team to buy in to the importance of time tracking? On this episode of the Navigator, Brad Dempsey and Brad Malone talk through the time billing paradox, and the struggle people have … Read More

CFO Perspectives on Liquidity and Cash Flow for MSPs

CFOs Say Cash is King!  At NSCA’s 2020 Pivot to Profit Virtual (P2Pv), Solutions360 CEO, along with three leading integration firm CFOs, offered their perspectives on understanding liquidity and cash flow for MSPs. 2020 P2Pv Session Presenters: Brad Dempsey, CEO … Read More

Best Practices for Building Recurring Revenue

In order to build recurring revenue, integrators are making the shift from a reactive to a proactive support model. There has been a lot of discussion in the integrator community about best practices for developing services and support revenue, and … Read More

Does Everyone Understand the Purpose of Your Processes?

What is the purpose of your processes? And does everyone understand the value? If an integrator is engaging in an activity on a daily basis, people need to know why. Everyone should understand why processes are in place. Mature companies … Read More

How Good Are You at Predicting the Past?

The better you are at predicting the future, the better decisions you will make.   One of the things I like about The Economist magazine is that, unlike most publications at this time of year, it doesn’t simply forecast what lies … Read More

Building Accountability in Your Integration Business

Today, we’re talking about project accountability, or count-on-ability. Welcome to another episode of The Navigator, with Brad Malone, Managing Partner at Navigate Management Consulting, and Brad Dempsey, CEO of Solutions 360. Project accountability means that we all have our roles, … Read More

Make Your Integration Business Stronger During Ups and Downs

There is no such thing as perfect, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t strive for incremental improvements. That’s what continuous improvement is all about. It’s understanding that there is always room to better a process or structure and taking defined … Read More

3 Ways Integrators Can Build Quality into Projects

Navigate has worked with hundreds of AV and Systems Integration companies, and one thing that continues to amaze us is the difference in process maturity between companies – and the results. There are several areas where you can distinguish mature … Read More

Organizational Change Management Drives Adoption of the New Revenue Recognition Standard

How Can Integrators Engage, Enable and Execute Change? Integrators are learning that the new Revenue Recognition standard can have company-wide impacts that affect core business functions and their associated systems and data. Because so many parts of a business are … Read More

strategic planning pitfalls

Strategic Planning Pitfalls to Avoid

Tis the season! No, not the holiday season, although that will soon be here! For business owners and leaders, it’s time to reflect on the past year, examine the competitive landscape, explore possible initiatives and set goals.   A good … Read More