by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Mar 25, 2020 | C-Suite, CEO, CMO, COO, Digital Transformation, Leadership, Operations, Pivoting, Small Business, Strategy, Sustainability
The other day, a global executive being interviewed on a business news channel described his company’s position as “teetering on the edge of a cliff”. I recognize that countless others feel as if they are in the same barrel. A few months ago, I...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Dec 8, 2019 | Alignment, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain, C-Suite, Corporate Culture, CTO, Culture, Digital Transformation, Disruption, Intelligent Enterprise, IoT, Leadership, Machine Learning, Operations, Pivoting, Strategy, Value Proposition
Internal silos are killing Digital Transformation initiatives, because c-suites are failing to collaborate between strategy, culture, operations and technology. In more ways that not, embarking on a Digital Transformation initiative is no different that any other...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Nov 29, 2019 | Brand, Corporate Culture, Digital Transformation, Intelligent Enterprise, Leadership, Small Business, Strategy
This post is an update to an article originally shared by Escalate Solutions in 2017. The Colorado Secretary of State’s office reports that nearly 2,000 businesses were launched in my home state every week throughout 2019. Nationally, according to the Small...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Oct 28, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain, Boards, C-Suite, CEO, CMO, COO, CSO, CTO, Digital Transformation, Disruption, Intelligent Enterprise, Kimberly Arnold, Leadership, Operations, Strategy
LEADERS ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP PACE IN INDUSTRY 4.0 Senior executives are perpetually challenged to parallel their individual skill sets with the fundamentals of their organizations as they evolve through the life cycles of launch, growth, scaling and sustainability....
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Aug 8, 2019 | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Disruption, Intelligent Enterprise, IoT, Kimberly Arnold, Machine Learning, SAP, Strategy, Technology
Escalate Solutions CEO Kimberly Arnold Invests in Advanced Training and Certifications Specific to Strategy, AI, ML, IoT, Cybersecurity Blockchain, Digital Transformation and Intelligent Enterprise Escalate Solutions has always been, and always will be, exclusively...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Jul 15, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, C-Suite, Digital Transformation, Disruption, Emerging Leaders, Entrepreneurship, Growth Strategy, Intelligent Enterprise, IoT, Leadership, Machine Learning, Robotics, Small Business, Strategy, Sustainability, Technology, Value Proposition, Vision
Followers of the Escalate Solutions blog know that we love to offer observations about conflicting dichotomies in business, truths that in theory shouldn’t co-exist but still manage to every day (see Birds of a Feather Flock Together vs Opposites Attract from...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Apr 1, 2019 | C-Suite, Corporate Culture, Delegation, Emerging Leaders, Entrepreneurship, Growth Strategy, Human Resources, Leadership, Millennials, Strategy, Sustainability
In early 2019, CNBC conducted a survey of CEO’s that defined the top three challenges facing organizations as:: Attracting & Retaining Top Talent Creating New Business Models to Address Disruptive Technologies Developing Next-Generation Leadership Specific...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Feb 27, 2019 | Boards, C-Suite, Corporate Culture, Entrepreneurship, Growth Strategy, Leadership, Scaling, Small Business, Strategy
Advisory boards continue to be an underutilized resource by emerging, growing and scaling businesses. Consider the following if your organization could benefit from outside guidance. Why Consider an Advisory Board? When structured properly, advisory boards bring...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Nov 1, 2018 | Government, Small Business
Escalate Solutions can add value as a strategic management consultant for a full-range of development opportunities, with particular emphasis on registrations associated with design, construction, reconstruction, remodeling, concessions and transportation industries...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Oct 8, 2018 | Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Disruption, IoT, Kimberly Arnold, Machine Learning, Strategy, Technology
The following is an excerpt from the publication “The Intuition Gap” by Kimberly Arnold & David Mayer The Highly-Trafficked Intersection of Science & Humanity We eternally find ourselves evaluating opportunities and challenges that stem from the...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Jun 9, 2018 | Compensation
I had significant response to my recent post, “The Ultimate Sucker Punch to Emerging Leaders: Expectations of Responsibility & Accountability Without the Empowerment of Authority”. The volume of interest was appropriate given that the topic...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | May 1, 2018 | Delegation, Leadership, Millennials
This post is a follow-up to a recent video episode I contributed to my YouTube channel, Three Minutes to Escalate, regarding the Culture of Delegation and its importance in creating sustainable businesses. To quickly summarize the takeaway of that discussion, my...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Apr 25, 2018 | Corporate Culture, Delegation, Leadership, Three Minutes to Escalate, YouTube
When formalizing our companies, entrepreneurs and business leaders find it easier to delegate functions and requirements where we don’t excel. We surround ourselves with those that help offset our gaps and weaknesses. As our strategies, products, and services...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Apr 22, 2018 | Brand, Leadership, Operations, Three Minutes to Escalate, YouTube
Part Two – Brand One of the subjects I am asking to address most frequently has to do with the characteristics. In this series, I take a deeper dive into the question, evaluating how expectations of leaders change as their business move through the life cycle of...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Apr 20, 2018 | Growth Strategy, Scaling, Strategy, Sustainability, Three Minutes to Escalate, YouTube
Every organization will likely tell you that they want to grow. Growth can be measured by a variety of measures, which means almost any organization can claim to grow in some capacity. Yet scaling and sustaining are two very different, far-more-difficult-to-achieve...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Apr 17, 2018 | Alignment, Analytics, Growth Strategy, Leadership, Pivoting, Strategy, Three Minutes to Escalate, YouTube
I repeatedly hear the phrase “Strategy is Dead” on various social media channels. I can only estimate that the individuals writing those articles don’t understand what the process of strategy entails. There are four steps to the Strategic Process:...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Apr 16, 2018 | Corporate Culture, Leadership, Operations, YouTube
Part One – Corporate Culture One of the subjects I am asking to address most frequently has to do with the characteristics. In this series, I take a deeper dive into the question, evaluating how expectations of leaders change as their business move...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Apr 14, 2018 | Cost Controls, Scaling, YouTube
Business fail primarily for two reasons (1) negative culture, and (2) an inability to control costs. This quick episode focuses on the latter. The definition of scaling is “achieving increases in revenues without corresponding increases in costs”. I...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Apr 12, 2018 | Growth Strategy, Leadership, Scaling, Strategy, YouTube
Escalating leaders are engaged in strategic conversations everyday. Difference makers know that asking the right questions is often more valuable than walking into the room with all the answers. As CEO of Escalate Solutions, I also fill roles as facilitator,...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Apr 11, 2018 | Big Data, CMO, CTO, Disruption, Marketing, Technology
We were all schooled in the traditional drivers of marketing – the pillars we all know as the “Four P’s”: “Product, Price, Place and Promotion” Consumer expectations and advancements in technology are pushing the limits and demanding a...
