Due Diligence Investigations

Driven by merger, acquisition plans, or strategic supplier considerations due diligence investigations can help avoid costly mistakes and help ensure the anticipated benefits are quickly achieved. In performing a proper due diligence investigation it first necessary to clearly understand the goals/expectations of the client in undertaking the acquisition. A positive working relationship must quickly be established with the subject of the investigation - time is always of the essence. While information cannot be taken at face value and must be cross checked, it is important to maintain a positive working relationship - the goal is to understand and report on both strengths and weaknesses. No organisation is perfect and focussing too much on the potential problems can obscure real strengths.

Collecting a large amount of data is inherent in a due diligence investigation, it must not however end there. All data (however acquired) must be cross checked for both internal and external consistency. While deliberate mis-statement of data may be rare, the presentation of incorrect or mis-interpreted data is common. All the information gained must be evaluated within the context of the client's overall goals. The final outcome must be communicated (written and in presentation form) to the parties involved clearly identifying any risks, issues or opportunities uncovered, along with pertinent recommendations as to how best to mitigate risk or exploit opportunity.

All engagements are pursued under the strictest confidentiality.

Strategic Consulting

Business conditions change continuously, threats and opportunities evolve - sometimes slowly and sometimes rapidly. No company is immune to these changes, nor can the challenges always be avoided by planning and foresight. However, an effective strategy gives a company the ability to influence the ground rules and conditions under which the challenges will be met and opportunities pursued.

Strategic planning can be an extremely valuable process for any company. It can also be resource intensive and prone to generate data and information without insight or understanding.

E-insights can assist in establishing the process and guide the effort to best ensure a timely generation of insightful and actionable results.

Training & Mentoring

While the worlds of business and technology are different, a successful enterprise must be capable of bridging the differences. This does not mean trying to turn business people into technologists, or visa versa, but rather ensuring that there is sufficient overlap between the practitioners to allow effective communication.

Senior technical management roles such as that of CTO or CIO reequire a range expertise that is normally associated with several distinct disciplines - along with a high level of general management, interpersonal and communications skills. Mentoring has traditionally been an effective way to augment someone's basic expertise and experience to provide the additional 'finishing' necessary to excel.

E-insights can assist in ensuring that management and staff are cognizant of the technologies that are of importance to them, and are equipped to make use of these technologies in a value-adding way.