by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Nov 23, 2020 | Boards, C-Suite, CEO, CMO, COO, Corporate Culture, CSO, CTO, Culture, Digital Transformation, Entrepreneurship, Growth Strategy, Intelligent Enterprise, Kimberly Arnold, Leadership, Mission, Pivoting, Research, Small Business, Strategy, Value Proposition
STRATEGY IN A “VUCA” ENVIRONMENT CAN BE OVERWHELMING. FOCUS ON THE CONTROLLABLE…& THE OBVIOUS. 2020 will be looked back upon as one of the most disruptive VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) environments the business world has...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Oct 30, 2020 | CEO, Entrepreneurship, Government, Kimberly Arnold, Leadership, Small Business, Strategy, Women in Business
LOCAL STRATEGIC ADVISORY FIRM ANNOUNCES RENEWALS OF ITS WBE, SBE, EBE, EBE & ACDBE STATUS Escalate Solutions, a Denver-based advisory firm focused on leveraging the intersection of strategy, operations and technology, is proud to announce the renewal of its...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Oct 16, 2020 | CEO, Entrepreneurship, Kimberly Arnold, Leadership, Small Business, Women in Business
Escalate Solutions, a Denver-based advisory firm focused on leveraging the intersection of strategy, operations and technology, is proud to announce national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Women’s Business Enterprise Council –...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Sep 17, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Kimberly Arnold, Leadership, Strategy, Women in Business
ARNOLD AMONG PROMINENT DENVER-AREA ENTREPRENEURS LENDING SUPPORT THE RAPIDLY GROWING COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Escalate Solutions CEO Kimberly Arnold joined the Advisory Board for the Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Department of Management in 2018, and was...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Jun 30, 2020 | Agile, C-Suite, CEO, CMO, COO, Corporate Culture, CSO, CTO, Culture, Digital Transformation, Growth Strategy, Intelligent Enterprise, Kimberly Arnold, Leadership, Mission, Operations, Pivoting, Strategy, Value Proposition, Values, Vision
WHETHER CONDUCTING DUE DILIGENCE FOR POTENTIAL INVESTORS OR ADVISING ON STRATEGY FOR THE C-SUITE, ESCALATE SOLUTIONS AUDITS THE OPERATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH A MORE HOLISTIC, FUTURIST LENS Agile frameworks aren’t a new concept, although one might think...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | May 2, 2020 | Agile, C-Suite, CEO, CMO, COO, Corporate Culture, CSO, CTO, Culture, Digital Transformation, Disruption, Entrepreneurship, Growth Strategy, Intelligent Enterprise, Kimberly Arnold, Leadership, Machine Learning, Pivoting, Scaling, Small Business, Strategy, Technology
WHAT SOLUTIONS LIKE CONTAINERS & MICROSERVICES CAN TEACH BUSINESS LEADERS ABOUT NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC: WORKFLOWS, ADAPTATION, FILTERS & FOCUS Digital Transformation isn’t just about technologies like cloud computing,...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Apr 25, 2020 | Agile, C-Suite, CEO, Corporate Culture, Digital Transformation, Entrepreneurship, Growth Strategy, Kimberly Arnold, Leadership, Operations, Pivoting, Scaling, Small Business, Strategy, Sustainability, Technology
DENVER-BASED COLLABORATION REDIRECTS CONSULTING RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE 2020 FINANCIAL CRISIS. << DOWNLOAD THE BANK DECK HERE >> As the economic impact resulting from the coronavirus shutdown intensifies, Escalate Solutions CEO,...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Apr 12, 2020 | Agile, C-Suite, Corporate Culture, Digital Transformation, Growth Strategy, Leadership, Operations, Strategy, Value Proposition
IN THE DIGITAL AGE, COMPETITION HAD ALREADY TAKEN A BACK SEAT TO COLLABORATION. THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC IS TAKING THAT PRIORITIZATION TO A NEW LEVEL. Tech rivals Apple and Google announced a partnership last week aimed at addressing the Covid-19 pandemic. The concept...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Mar 25, 2020 | Agile, 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 | Mar 7, 2020 | Digital Transformation, Entrepreneurship, Government, International, Kimberly Arnold, Leadership, Operations, Small Business, Strategy, Technology, Women in Business
Escalate Solutions, a Denver-based advisory firm focused on leveraging the intersection of strategy, operations and technology, is proud to announce that it has achieved certification as a Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Dec 8, 2019 | Agile, 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 | Agile, 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 | Agile, 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 – DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, AGILE METHODOLOGIES ARE VITAL TO SUCCESS Senior executives are perpetually challenged to parallel their individual skill sets with the fundamentals of their organizations as...
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 | Agile, 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, Women in Business
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, Women in Business
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, Women in 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...
