For many years, The Lean Startup has been a favorite book of our podcast guest for Navigate Academy Module 11, Brian James, Director of Sales and Engineering at Neurilink. The chapters on testing are particularly relevant for this new time and age we are living through. Are there small, lightweight
On this episode of The AV Profession, Brad Malone joins Tim Albright to discuss the importance of project reporting. What are the fundamentals of project reporting? “What I find in a lot of integration companies, especially immature organizations, is they are measuring the wrong thing,” says Malone. “Integrators
There is a lot of drama and myths around finances, and this is largely because people do not understand the meaning of the numbers. On this episode of The AV Profession, Tim Albright and Brad Malone discuss how financial metrics can give your integration business the power of knowledge.
With 2,500 people, and 7,800 installations in 2019, how does AVI-SPL work through standards, process and accountability? There is a lot of growth in the AV industry, and 2020 could be the first year an integration firm hits $1 billion. Some of this growth can be attributed to the rampant
When we follow standards, it allows us to establish, measure and assure a level of quality, and predictability to our clients, and to one another. These days, many people have a hard time understanding why some people don’t seem to know how or care about doing the “right things” the
One of the things Navigate often hears from integrators is that they focus on putting quality into commissioning. Today, Brad is joined by Jim Maltese, Vice President of Quality Standards with Level 3 AV, to discuss why you should also build quality and metrics into the design process. “It’s like
Metrics drive behavior, but what behavior are we trying to drive? The goal should be to have the right people, with the right skills, doing the right things for the company to meet today’s and tomorrow’s business strategy. Navigate works with integrators to set up key performance indicators,
It’s no secret that at Navigate, we love metrics! Performance metrics are critical for the success of your integration business. Without the ability to measure performance, management cannot be effective. And you can’t determine what constitutes a good performance without having good metrics. One of the buzzwords we are hearing
How do you keep score in your integration business, and who is responsible for it? A lot of organizations have goals, but they’re soft like, “We’re going to increase sales.” That’s good, but based on what? Is it based on revenue? Profit? Market share? And how do you measure your progress?
Do you lack the information you need to properly run your integration business? Most integrators unfortunately answer ‘yes’ to this question. Without the right data, you take the risk of running into trouble within your company.
On this episode of The AV Profession, David McNutt and Tim Albright continue the conversation of risk management. How should you use metrics and information to make the right decisions? What information systems are critical to running a successful integration business? How can you use data to circumvent risks?
Listen to find out!
