At Perficient, you’re given the opportunity to work with and make an impact on the world’s largest brands and leading enterprises. Our colleagues are key to our success, and our people-oriented culture challenges, champions, and celebrates our people and their work through our six core values: integrity, innovation, clients, collaboration, people, and pride. We want […]
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The value of listening in your consulting strategy
If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, then listening is worth $500,000 The value of listening in your consulting strategy In the late spring of 2002, I took a consulting assignment to help a company, who provided parts to Ford Motor company’s assembly line. Little did I know that this project would soon show […]
Unveiling the New Perficient People Promise
After a year unlike any other, I sat down with Perficient’s Vice President of People Andrea Lampert, to learn more about the inspiration behind the work Perficient recently invested in refining our People Promise, a meaningful and aspirational statement that captures the essence of who we are and who we aspire to be. Andrea, thank […]
Do you want a more engaged team? Here is an approach
How To Increase Team Engagement If you are reading this, you are most likely a leader that sees value in teams with a high level of engagement. Personally, I have been passionate about employee engagement throughout my entire career, but I have had varying levels of success mobilizing efforts that really move the needle. Gartner […]
The Most Important Thing in Consulting: People, People, People
Our Perficient colleagues share how they live and breathe our core values. Here, John DeSue, general manager of delivery excellence for our Microsoft business unit, writes about the importance people have on building a successful company and workplace. “Location, location, location.” A decades-old real estate adage about the importance of a property’s location to its […]
Align Your Business Model with Millennial Values
Build trust by aligning your business model with what Millennial investors value. Millennial investors tend to be confident and independent. They want an adviser to do something they can’t do themselves. Business models – supported by appropriate technologies that include taking the time to understand where Millennial investors are getting their information, what influences their […]
Delivering Values Over Targets – Not Only in Office, at Home as Well
I recently wrote about Synergizing Agile Projects – the moment I realized the benefits of understanding Values over Targets. To my surprise, I had already applied it in certain home instances as well. It occurred when I had a second baby after my 6-year-old daughter, and she was expecting a sister but it turned out to be […]
Orchestras, Onions, and Organizational Culture – A Primer
Have you ever watched an orchestra before they perform a concert? You will see an interesting ritual where musicians individually warm up their instruments as the audience arrives to find their seats. Next, without a visible external cue – and before the conductor steps on stage, the musicians begin their tuning process. The principal violinist (also known as the concertmaster) will play a tuning note. Fellow violinists seated next […]