As global energy companies reshape trading and commercial strategies in response to portfolio shifts, divestitures, and evolving market conditions, a critical question emerges: what level of commercial, operational, and financial integration is actually required? This has become a recurring post-merger and acquisition challenge for commodity organizations as they reshape trading and commercial strategy. Following divestitures and restructuring, the IT implications are signif

Imagine walking into your refinery's control center and seeing a single, concise dashboard that proves AI is delivering real operational value. Unplanned downtime has declined. Engineers spend more time on improvement work and less on daily block and tackling. Leaders see hot spots and opportunities at a glance and can focus on people rather than paperwork. This vision is achievable, but there's a significant obstacle in the way. 95% of AI pilots fail to deliver a return on i

Let me start by saying, boundaries are hard. Establishing them to align with your values to support relationships, decision making, and work ethic is a challenge for skilled leaders, and even more difficult for new leaders - particularly those that don't or haven't had good examples ahead of them. Boundaries establish permissions for how others are invited to treat us or behave in our presence, and how we will respond when someone meets or perhaps disregards them. We develop

Do you believe in Kismet? Fate? The destiny that each of us has? Perhaps this isn't something you've given a lot of thought to among your five-year plan, your business' ten-year strategy, getting married, having babies, your children growing, more weddings, many holidays, and your grandchildren being born. Life whips by fast. I'm looking in the rear view mirror right now and the trail of life I've blazed is some kind of beautiful. I love the scenery; some of it is full of bea

Every SAP transformation begins with optimism. There is a sense of momentum, a vision of modernized systems, streamlined processes, and better business outcomes. Yet too often, companies find themselves deep into an S/4HANA program realizing that the chosen System Integrator (SI) was not the right fit. When that happens, the results can be costly and frustrating: timelines slip, budgets expand, users lose confidence, and the solution fails to meet business needs. According to

There are so many benefits associated with continuous learning, and now, more than ever it is becoming more important with economic uncertainty. Opening your mind to new concepts and information can give you a competitive advantage in a job search or making good business decisions. I've made it my goal to pursue higher education on an ongoing basis, and to that end, to make sure I'm learning in a way that suits my learning needs. I recently embarked on a Mini MBA from UBC Sau