How Forum Solutions Partnered with Rainier Valley Food Bank (RVFB) to Increase Trust in Data, Efficiency, and Collaboration

Successful change managers are empathetic, curious, versatile, and strategic. They are the organizers, connectors, challengers, and facilitators who bring structure to complex human dynamics during organizational change.

The most successful businesses do not just adapt to change — they drive it. While innovation styles vary across personalities, leadership approaches, and organizational structures, one element remains constant: the need for fearlessness. However, this fearlessness must be strategic, not reckless.

Successful product innovation hinges on prioritizing real customer needs over novelty for novelty’s sake, emphasizing direct user engagement, co-creation with the customer, agile development, and usability to ensure meaningful impact.

Forum Solutions partnered with a global technology and e-commerce leader to support a safe, compliant, and employee-centered return-to-office (RTO) experience. We brought a data-driven mindset to the project through the implementation of an inspection tool, dynamic dashboards, and an agile reporting framework.

In this case study, we discuss how we helped our client reorganize their newly combined company following an acquisition. By leveraging each entity's core strengths, unifying operations, and managing changes, we enabled them to achieve their strategic goals and foster a cohesive organizational culture.

Agile project management has revolutionized the way businesses deliver solutions by emphasizing iterative development, collaboration, and flexibility. As a result, businesses can respond more swiftly to market changes and customer needs, significantly reducing the time to market.

Inclusion is not just a moral imperative; it is a business strategy that leads to better employee engagement, innovation, and resilience. As organizations navigate the complexities of the modern world, those who embrace and actively foster an inclusive culture are better positioned to thrive.

A small number of simple and customizable tools and principles can be used to accomplish most critical aspects of project management, without a ton of formal training.

Whatever your role in a project, whether you hold the title or credentials of a Project Manager or some other role, any business effort can benefit by applying a handful of simple, intuitive, and customizable principles and tools.

Consolidating multiple information technology teams into a shared service organization.

All organizations have limited resources, so it is critical to determine the objectives and initiatives that are most important to the organization and say “no” to those that are not a priority. To develop an effective strategy, leaders must prioritize goals and objectives, requiring due diligence, prioritization, and planning to make the best use of scarce resources. In part two of a two-part series, Arkan Kayihan shares Expanded Functions for Strategy Planning & Strategy Development teams.

All organizations have limited resources, so it is critical to determine the objectives and initiatives that are most important to the organization and say “no” to those that are not a priority. To develop an effective strategy, leaders must prioritize goals and objectives, requiring due diligence, prioritization, and planning to make the best use of scarce resources. In part one of a two-part series, Arkan Kayihan shares Core Functions for Strategy Planning & Strategy Development teams.

Strategic planning is a key function of all enterprises. Whether running a Fortune 50 company or a non-profit organization, it is critical to prioritize resources and activities to maximize organizational objectives and align employees around a common vision. Despite being such a critical function, many organizations struggle to realize their strategic objectives. In this four-part series, Forum Solutions’ senior associate, Arkan Kayihan provides an approach to developing and deploying a robust Enterprise Planning Lifecycle to maximize strategy development and realization.

Strategic planning is a key function of all enterprises. Whether running a Fortune 50 company or a non-profit organization, it is critical to prioritize resources and activities to maximize organizational objectives and align employees around a common vision. Despite being such a critical function, many organizations struggle to realize their strategic objectives. In this four-part series, Forum Solutions’ senior associate, Arkan Kayihan provides an approach to developing and deploying a robust Enterprise Planning Lifecycle to maximize strategy development and realization.

Strategic planning is a key function of all enterprises. Whether running a Fortune 50 company or a non-profit organization, it is critical to prioritize resources and activities to maximize organizational objectives and align employees around a common vision. Despite being such a critical function, many organizations struggle to realize their strategic objectives. In this four-part series, Forum Solutions’ senior associate, Arkan Kayihan provides an approach to developing and deploying a robust Enterprise Planning Lifecycle to maximize strategy development and realization.

Strategic planning is a key function of all enterprises. Whether running a Fortune 50 company or a non-profit organization, it is critical to prioritize resources and activities to maximize organizational objectives and align employees around a common vision. Despite being such a critical function, many organizations struggle to realize their strategic objectives. In this four-part series, Forum Solutions’ senior associate, Arkan Kayihan provides an approach to developing and deploying a robust Enterprise Planning Lifecycle to maximize strategy development and realization.

Forum Solution’s Associate Arkan Kayihan shares A Best Practice Framework for Launching an Enterprise Shared Service

Launching a new shared service can be exciting and rewarding. Be sure to architect and vet the appropriate phases of the ESS development framework with key stakeholders.

Inhouse Enterprise Shared Services functions can establish and promote best practices across an organization. It is important to thoroughly plan and get executive buy-in before designing, let alone deploying, a new shared service function.