“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” — Gideon I. Gartner, founder of Giga Information Group and Gartner Group For better or for worse, strategy and culture are inextricably linked in the minds of business leaders. Strategy provides a framework to define a company’s goals and helps orient people around them. Culture expresses these goals through a […]
"What we're trying to do is help firms streamline the development process so they can create unique experiences at scale. Think of it as personalization at scale, not just for large firms, but leveling the playing field for smaller firms like RIAs to be able to create a unicorn experience. Paint the picture, if you […]
"We have an almost maniacal focus around making it easy to manage money, which means making our systems more convenient for advisors. If something is not convenient, why have it in there?" — Rob Pettman, LPL Financial "If we can get advisors really happy faster, why wouldn't we just reorganize things to do that?" — […]
"We were able to speed up our development and delivery of solutions to our advisors by not trying to be the center of the universe, which is where a lot of broker-dealers were spending a lot of money." — Aaron Spradlin Aaron Spradlin is the Chief Information Officer at United Planners Financial Services. He received […]