Sixhills Consulting
Bridging the business and technology divide
Sixhills helps clients to develop and improve the management and application of technology within their businesses, deploying eclectic, hybridised commercial and technology skills and experience.
What we do
Strategy & Investment Decision Support
Developing business-aligned IT strategy and holistic business architectures (people, process, technology) to support business objectives; business planning and financial analysis; investigating options to support technology investment decisions; IT/commercial due diligence and market/competitive analysis on M&A targets.
Customer Analytics & Revenue Enhancement
Applying technology (e.g. analytics, business intelligence, data warehousing) to provide customer insights that support the growth and development of markets and enhance business revenues.
Business Agility & Transformation
Transforming IT and business organisations to make them more innovative and responsive to the market; improving the productivity of service and systems development; leading and supporting transformation programmes.
Performance Improvement & Cost Management
Helping clients use their technology to support the business more efficiently, and to manage and reduce technology costs.
Latest from the blog
- Pushing back the pendulum
Technology service costs have oscillated between clients and providers, creating a rollercoaster of headaches. Early outsourcing was like throwing pennies down a wishing well, until clients reclaimed control in the 2010s. Now, with AI and cloud services complicating things, clients face costly in-sourcing challenges. Solution? Think innovation, avoid dinosaur models! - When “Smart” is Stupid
As a technology descriptor, “Smart” waxes and wanes in the various cycles of hype and marketing overreach, but looking at “Smart Home”, some of the real life examples are pretty Stupid…[read on] - Hunting for Buried Treasure
There’s hidden treasure in tracking and capturing business benefits from change but it is not always easy and often neglected
How we work
Today, more than ever, clients want value for money from their consulting partners and advisors. We offer effective thought leadership and an independent external view, combined with our top-quality consulting ethic and delivered through our low-overhead operating model, to give real value: working together with our clients to make a real difference.
We are visionary, yet pragmatic, with a results-focused orientation to action, dedicating our efforts to bring a tangible improvement to any situation.
Resources
Articles & Whitepapers
Twelve articles from our occasional series, from B2B e-commerce to technology investment.
Presentations
Eleven presentations on IT strategy, governance, sourcing, agility and business relationships.
Sixhills Principals
The experience and credentials behind Sixhills Consulting.