WEBVTT 00:00:00.291 --> 00:00:03.294 It's been almost two decades that I've been at BCG. 00:00:03.294 --> 00:00:07.632 I am Regional Practice Lead for Operations in North America. 00:00:08.550 --> 00:00:11.845 Often so much benefit can be gained just from utilizing 00:00:11.845 --> 00:00:13.638 what we already have in a better way. 00:00:13.638 --> 00:00:16.641 That's what's so exciting to me about operations. 00:00:16.641 --> 00:00:18.935 You're able to do more with less. 00:00:18.935 --> 00:00:22.188 You're able to make people's jobs more impactful. 00:00:22.188 --> 00:00:25.483 That’s what is addicting in my view about operations. 00:00:25.817 --> 00:00:30.447 A challenge is an opportunity to change the way an organization works. 00:00:30.697 --> 00:00:34.200 It's an opportunity to define the vision for the future 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:37.996 that you might not have had the motivation to do if the challenge hadn’t popped up. 00:00:37.996 --> 00:00:42.083 The ability to have those near term wins, you can be proud of, 00:00:42.083 --> 00:00:46.296 that start to make a difference, creates that momentum for the future. 00:00:46.629 --> 00:00:49.299 That's the balance of a transformation plan, 00:00:49.299 --> 00:00:52.302 is figuring out how we achieve those near term goals 00:00:52.302 --> 00:00:55.263 that also put us on the right path to the mid and long term. 00:00:55.263 --> 00:01:00.018 The level of knowledge I have across our offering, across our people, the expertise 00:01:00.018 --> 00:01:03.980 they have, and the value that we can drive for our clients, encourages me 00:01:03.980 --> 00:01:08.443 to continue to push ourselves and our team to deepen that expertise.