Innovation Vista ® is a Technology consultancy transforming IT departments into Profit Centers via Digital capabilities. Our expert C-level consultants offer a variety of IT leadership & advisory services:
In all of these services, our unique approach to Innovation starts with Stabilizing and Optimizing an organization’s Technology services and systems; then we Innovate Beyond Efficiency to help our clients Monetize their IT and data, growing revenue and market-share with differentiated Tech capabilities, Data & Analytics.
Our Founder Jeff Roberts developed this framework and the core principles of our practice in five tenures as CIO/CTO for midsize companies. Leading technology projects and Digital transformations since 1996, Jeff has achieved over $1B revenue from tech initiatives, has transformed multiple IT departments into profit centers, and been a Houston finalist for Enterprise CIO of the Year. 15 of his former subordinates have gone on to C-level roles in IT leadership.
They say “Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast“, but Jeff dislikes framing it as a choice between the two. A focus on both Culture and Strategy is critical for success in IT and Innovation, just as in business overall.
Jeff believes the “Culture Eats Strategy” quote resonates with so many because Culture is the more challenging of the two, and more frequently missed. He advocates a low-ego high-trust Servant Leadership approach with high performance expectations while nurturing a supportive, collaborative, coaching culture. Trust isn’t built with plaques on the wall but by everyday leadership and team behaviors. This environment encourages personal growth and engages everyone’s creativity and innovation. Everyone in IT not only succeeds or fails together, they succeed or fail as the entire organization performs; this is why it’s critical for IT leaders to have a business mindset. Optimizing IT involves finding a balance of the myriad cost vs. service-level trade-offs that is ideal for that organization; this is only possible if one analyzes all the options from the CEO perspective.
Strategy is equally important, because a healthy thriving culture absent strategy can morph into a laboratory or country-club kind of environment. A well-communicated Strategy ensures that an organization’s limited resource are utilized to bring about a shared vision. Whereas a healthy Culture ensures that everyone wants to row in the same direction, a clear Strategy ensures that everyone knows in which direction they should row, and that it’s an intelligent route. Jeff sees companies often overlooking IT Systems, Data, and Innovation in their corporate strategies, and he founded Innovation Vista to help more organizations fully engage the technologies that have come to maturity in recent years – not just to “keep the lights on” but to grow companies’ top lines.
Based in Houston, Jeff is a recognized IT Leadership thought leader; he frequently speaks at industry conferences and has been interviewed for many articles and podcasts, including these:
- Broadening Minds about the Business Potential of IT
- Leading IT is about Leading People
- The Roadmap to Digital Transformation
- Innovating in a Pandemic Without Going Broke
- The Power of Mentors in IT Leadership
- Strategies for IT Career Advancement
- If IT Ain’t Broke, Fix it Anyway
- Tech Strategy for Relationship Businesses
- Lifeblood-Provider, not Bridge-Builder
What is Technology Consulting?
Technology Consulting (IT Consulting) is a specialized form of management consulting in which 3rd party technology expertise is sought by an organization to help it improve the performance, stability, and/or capabilities of its IT platform. The best IT consultants help their clients apply the optimal combination of currently available technologies to solve business problems and take advantage of business opportunities.
What is Innovation Consulting?
Innovation Consulting is a specialized form of management consulting in which 3rd party expertise is sought by an organization to help it discover and develop new ideas for products, services, supply/delivery chain, and/or its entire business model. The best innovation consultants synergize their own creative ideas with the most promising ideas drawn out from their client’s staff and leadership.
What type of consulting firm is Innovation Vista?
Innovation Vista combines capabilities of Innovation Consulting and Technology Consulting. Leveraging IT and Digital capabilities, we empower our clients’ IT departments to generate revenue and become profit centers. These capabilities enable some clients to transform their business models and disrupt their industries.
Operating globally, on a project-by-project and client-by-client basis we engage expert C-level IT consultants with specific skillsets and industry expertise to bring the right talent to bear on our client’s Innovation and Technology needs and opportunities. Different engagements have different specific goals, and different organizations have different needs; but on behalf of all our clients, Innovation Vista is constantly seeking ways to INNOVATE BEYOND EFFICIENCY.