Insights

Digital transformation in an enterprise environment: is your strategy agile enough to overcome every challenge?

An important calculation organisations need to make before implementing a digital transformation strategy in an enterprise environment is whether the rigour and flexibility of that strategy is suff...

Getting re-connected: bridging the divide between management and employees is about choosing the right change to make

​In the current climate of uncertainty, you might expect to see less of a focus on growth and fewer programmes of change. In truth, I have seen some positivity in the market around growth, despite ...

Spotlight on... Angela Docherty

​What is your role at ECMS?Business Analyst - ConsultantWhat has been your biggest challenge in your career so far and how have you overcome it?I got stuck in a job I hated and didn’t have the rig...

On the right path: A focus on enthusing your team for a successful return to the office

A recent survey by KPMG found that two-thirds of the 1300+ CEOs surveyed anticipated a full return to the office by 2026, with 87% of global respondents suggesting that both remuneration and career...

The dynamic duo: How culture and communication shape project outcomes

​What is behind the success of certain projects and the failure of others? During my involvement with technology and business transformation programmes in the Hong Kong market, this is a topic that...

Welcome: Angela Docherty, Business Analyst at ECMS

​​We are very excited to welcome Angela Docherty to our BA Centre of Excellence team.Angela joined the CoE team as a Business Analyst last month, and really hit the ground running. She brings with ...

The social responsibility of insurance: Insights from enriched data solutions

The world is becoming ever more complicated. Who would have anticipated devastating wildfires in Maui this year, or the sheer speed and devastation of Hurricane Idalia which, with an estimated insu...

Avoiding the white elephants: balancing workbenches and user experience in transformation projects

​Everything seems to be about optimisation at the moment. Across many different business sectors, and particularly in insurance, everywhere you go people are talking about workbenches.For organisat...

Optimisation through AI: a call to arms

​In my last blog ‘Outsourcing: Has the pendulum swung too far?’, I suggested some organisations may have risked throwing the baby out with the bathwater by outsourcing and offshoring too many of th...

Streamlining IFRS 17 Compliance for enhanced control and risk mitigation

Implementing Mitratech ClusterSeven EUC Management ToolAs part of a larger finance transformation programme, our client, a leading insurance company, embarked on a journey to implement the new Inte...