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TRANSFORMATION

Salesforce EBITDA Assessment: Tying Transformation to Enterprise Value

Salesforce tech assessments in isolation are the wrong unit of measure—the only thing that matters is whether the platform is expanding cash-generating capability and defensible enterprise value. This value-first framework reframes Salesforce from a line item into a measurable EBITDA lever, prioritizing work that drives margin, growth, and valuation while ruthlessly reducing IT load.

Author Matt Francis

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TRANSFORMATION

Salesforce EBITDA Assessment: Tying Transformation to Enterprise Value

Stop asking "Is our org healthy?" and start asking "What EBITDA-impacting outcomes are we getting, at what cost and risk?" A value-first framework that reframes Salesforce as a measurable contributor to margin, growth, and valuation—proven across an $8B enterprise with 13+ business units.

Matt Francis

Matt Francis

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LEADERSHIP

The COO's 5 Imperatives for Thriving in the AI Work Era

COOs must orchestrate five critical imperatives: embedding AI into workflows, enabling rapid process changes, centralizing operations in a unified hub, building enterprise knowledge graphs, and creating resilience against organizational churn.

Matt Francis

Matt Francis

Dec 20, 2023

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AI STRATEGY

AI Pilots – Value Framework & Maturity Model

Enterprises are awash in promising AI demos but light on durable business impact. A 4-stage maturity model—Experiment, Orchestrate, Operationalize, Industrialize—shows how to move from cool demos to production-grade, scalable AI.

Matt Francis

Matt Francis

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SECURITY

Inside the Herd AI Trust Center: Security & Compliance, Demystified

SOC 2 Type 2, 25 security policies, and 35 continuously monitored controls, published in one place. What enterprise buyers actually ask for during security review.

Matt Francis

Matt Francis

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PRIVATE EQUITY

Private Equity Operating System: Transform Yourself and Your Portcos

Replace SaaS sprawl with one AI-powered operating system for PE and VC firms: deal flow, workflows, agents, and analytics. Built for speed at the firm and across the portfolio.

Matt Francis

Matt Francis

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