Take it from a combat pilot … battlefield lessons also apply to your workplace.
“We knew that we would absolutely be there, period, because lives were on the line. And I believe that if we execute it that way in business, our relationship with our teams, our leadership, our timelines, our processes, our digital transformation would look quite different.” (Vernice “FlyGirl Armour, Combat Pioneer)
We’ve enlisted groundbreaking U.S. Marine Corps pilot Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour on a mission to empower you, your team and your company to be stronger and more effective. We also follow your money down potentially dangerous wrong paths.
THE CONVERSATION RUNDOWN
Dennis Gannon: Build Business-Finance Partnerships
01:52 – Financial pain points
03:50 – The staggering costs of poor decisions
05:34 – Flaws in the Business-Finance partnership model
08:24 – Hamstrung by the model
11:18 – Top changes to make
14:36 – Must-see Gartner Webinars
Dennis Gannon: Build Business-Finance Partnerships (continued)
15:48 – What Finance decision-makers must do
19:42 – Educating the Business
25:03 – Upcoming Gartner Conferences
Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour: Who Needs a Runway?
26:15 – What keeps us from taking off?
29:20 – Make a commitment to the commitment
31:21 – Helping yourself take off
35:51 – The need for urgency
38:11 – Be an Ambassador of Diversity
40:31 – How to manage diversity
42:30 – Building a diverse culture
44:22 – What can each of us do now?
47:00 – Ahead on Gartner ThinkCast
Bruce Robertson/Graham Waller: Hacking Your Culture
48:01 – What’s a culture hack?
51:18 – Make it personal
53:19 – If you have a minute …
55:18 – Try Carpool Karaoke
00:57:39 – Closing Thoughts
