James Johnston

James is the CEO of Global Consulting Network Pty Ltd., with more than 30 years experience in business transformation. As a consultant, James has worked extensively in the Middle East, Asia, Central Asia and Australia, assisting major blue chip clients achieve significant business performance improvements.

A CEO of Global, James assists consulting partners worldwide in setting up successful their individual coaching and consulting businesses.

 Articles by this Author

Considering investing in an Enterprise Performance Management system? Using research from study of EPM implementation within fortune 500 companies, this article provides a brief overview of the critical success factors for successful implementation. Central to our argument is the need to consider your ROI both prior to, and during the implementation, and to take all necessary steps to build strong organizational foundations before making any major investment in technologies.

Fourth quarter 2009 - as we emerge from the perfect storm, now is the time of opportunity, for inventive and courageous leadership. This articles provides some immediate and possibly confronting actions for senior leaders as they prepare for post apocalyptic 2010.

This article provides some valuable guidelines for HR professionals on managing employees during the recession.

Dubai - Down but not Out

The econmic crisis has hit Dubai hard, but the Emirate is re-structuring. This article from the Economist offers an in depth look at the road to recovery.

Cloud Computing - Embrace it or Decay

Should governments embrace Cloud Computing? What are the risks? What are the gains. This brief article provides an insight into how governments might build their future architectures.

Outsourcing - growing demand

Cost cutting is likely to lead to organisations outsourcing more of their processes, driving growth in the IT and consulting outsourcing industry in the mid- to long-term. Within the region Australia's skill set makes it well-placed to capitalise on some of these opportunities. The findings are contained in the latest Market Insight from Frost & Sullivan, Contact Centre Outsourcing Trends In the Asia Pacific Market, 2008-2011.

The Next 100 Years - Review

George Friedman's new book, "the Next 100 years is reviewed in this article. Any strategist who takes on the notion of forecasting 100 years ahead has got to be courageous, or have a Nostradamus complex. These brief reviews give an idea of what the book is about. Buy it for those long flights, it makes compelling reading, or just might put you to sleep.