Identified Expertise

  1. Talent Management & Performance0
  2. Culture & Values0
  3. Business Applications0
  4. Customer Relationship Management (CRM)0
  5. Enterprise Applications0

Content Mike is Following

How soon after someone leaves your organization is their user account deprovisioned?

CloudApplications & Platforms

Immediately

Within a day

Within a week

More than a week

View Results
5.5k viewscircle icon3 Comments

Which SASE vendors are you currently assessing?

CloudNetwork

Cato

Cisco

Cloudflare

Forcepoint

Fortinet

Open Systems

Palo Alto Networks

Versa

VMWare

ZScaler

None of these

View Results
2k views

I fear that we have lost some things in the industry. Innovative spirit, risk taking, digital evangelism, passion for real transformation to help the business. Now, seems like there is more carefulness, fear of AI, acquiescing to the business leaders and letting them lead us to avoid conflict. Do you agree, and if so, can you share examples of leading like we used to when we were younger (80s, 90s, 00s)?

People & LeadershipRelationship Management
Mike ButmanCIO at FORGOTTEN HARVEST-US-MI-EU in Services (non-Government)2 months ago
I completely agree. As a survivor of the first DotCom boom, I see a trend to very, VERY narrow specialization in various tech fields, and a lack of experienced people with a broad view of the entirety of the field. This has ...read more
Lightbulb on2
877 viewscircle iconLightbulb on1 Upvotecircle icon1 Comment

Getting ready to take the plunge into low code/no code arena with Creatio. We don't have a large development team and we must execute quick turn wins for smaller operational projects working along side user areas. Would welcome any advice on the platform or your experiences.

Business ApplicationsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)
Mike ButmanCIO at FORGOTTEN HARVEST-US-MI-EU in Services (non-Government)6 months ago
Hi,

The best approach is focus on customer facing processes that will show immediate value on customer satisfaction. This is more important that cost-saving at the early stages as it positions the systems/processes ...read more
Read More Comments
1.6k viewscircle icon2 Comments

Can you share a successful method you've used to effectively advocate for your team's needs (e.g., budget, staffing, resources) to your leadership? What lessons can others learn from your approach?

Mike ButmanCIO at FORGOTTEN HARVEST-US-MI-EU in Services (non-Government)6 months ago
I focus on understanding the "love language" of the leadership group I'm reporting to. It's crucial to know whether they prioritize quick results, rely heavily on data, make decisions based on gut feelings, or are driven ...read more
1 Reply
Read More Comments
1.3k viewscircle icon3 Comments

Our university plans to deploy Microsoft Power Platform. To convince other leaders, we need to present data confirming the time-saving benefits. Does anyone have examples of measured benefits where manual processes were replaced by LCAP?

Applications & PlatformsProcess Management
Mike ButmanCIO at FORGOTTEN HARVEST-US-MI-EU in Services (non-Government)3 months ago
We implemented Microsoft Power Platform across several departments about 18 months ago, and I can share some concrete time-savings we measured. Our admissions processing workflow was previously taking 3.5 hours per application ...read more
Read More Comments
3.1k viewscircle icon3 Comments
Mike Butman, CIO at FORGOTTEN HARVEST-US-MI-EU at FORGOTTEN HARVEST-US-MI-EU | Gartner Peer Community