The exciting aspect of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is enabling leaders in an organization to view their business from a new perspective. This new perspective permits the organization to ask the right questions in the right forum to align the business plans with their business ambition. The challenge begins with the realization that many fundamentals are just not sufficiently in place and these can range from how the organization establishes a strategy to the limitation of systems or even if we have the right people capable of answering the right questions. These all manifest during implementation, as IBP has the extraordinary ability to shine the light into those well-hidden dark corners. For me, IBP is like art and my passion is working with a business as they learn to see.
I am experienced in leading and deploying IBP in a variety of different businesses in multiple regions around the globe. Accountable for IBP education, delivery of workshops, audits, coaching of teams, and leading reviews. With this experience, I have encountered many adversities that come with implementation and have accumulated a long list of common potential failure modes and how to resolve or avoid them altogether. An IBP leader role is definitely not for the faint of heart as confrontations are frequent and changing a culture is complicated. My purpose here is to offer advice, guidance, and even comradery to others that are on this journey that could gain insights from my experience.