Is your tech stack giving you more grey hair than coffee?
Is your company struggling with outdated technology that hinders innovation and increases costs? You’re not alone. Many businesses are burdened by legacy systems that no longer meet their evolving needs. Understand the challenges of managing a complex tech stack Recognising this prevalent issue, Solitaire Consulting aims to shed light on the complexities of managing outdated […]
Verify by Tiller Meets PlainSail: A Tax-Incentivised Integration
PlainSail, the Jersey based provider of trust and corporate services administration software has announced its integration with Verify by Tiller, an electronic identity verification (eIDV) tool. In this article I am going to dive deeper into this integration, exploring additional aspects and implications for the trust and corporate services industry. For Jersey based businesses I […]
Diamonds in the Rough: How AI Can Help Offshore Professional Services Unearth Tech Treasures
Imagine a vault overflowing with uncut diamonds, their potential brilliance hidden beneath layers of dust and grime. That, unfortunately, is the reality for many in the offshore finance industry when it comes to technology. We hoard expensive systems, yet their true value remains buried, leaving us with a collection of underutilised pebbles instead of a […]
Testing from the front lines: myths and reality
My colleague Paul Every’s blog on the impact of delayed decisions has got me thinking about the entire cradle-to-grave journey of implementing systems. The decision to implement a new system is often the beginning of the journey, rather than the end. It seems to me that, in common with the typical ending of Hollywood films, […]
Leveraging AI for professional services firms: The benefits of a virtual CIO
In the dynamic landscape of modern business operations, businesses face a myriad of challenges in navigating regulatory compliance, client management, and technological advancements. Amidst this complexity, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents an unparalleled opportunity for these businesses to streamline processes, enhance decision-making, and fortify their competitive edge in an evolving market. At […]
Managing risk is everyone’s responsibility
For all of our vCOO engagements, in one way or another, there has been one constant thread: a desire, by our clients to address operational and enterprise risk. For many of our clients, the management of their risks has been something that has been left to client-facing or compliance colleagues to manage “off the edge […]
Simplifying your work tools to improve productivity
With time and accumulated experience, we’ve observed the benefits of standardization in our approach, especially in terms of efficiency, productivity and consistency. What are the ‘tools’ you can use to simplify your life during a project and work management? Whether you are using Excel, many of the cloud-based productivity apps, or struggling with Microsoft Project, […]
Improving your Governance through technology
Whilst many of the vCOO engagements we’ve had have involved a very diverse and broad set of deliverables and objectives, they all have one common trait: they have been focussed, in some way or another, on improving operational governance and risk management. This has taken many forms, but essentially the Clients have engaged Soitaire’s vCOO […]
A Christmas Message 2023
As the year comes to a close, I want to thank you all for being part of our Solitaire journey, and for trusting us with your business needs. All our clients and partners have shown remarkable adaptability and creativity in facing the challenges and opportunities that this year has brought. We are honoured to work […]
Driving Change Effectively
The following example comes from a recent case study where, through the vCOO service, we’ve helped a client re-energise, re-prioritise and more effectively communicate a change programme which had stalled and “lost its mojo”. Through time, it had lost some direction, focus and the Business had forgotten what was driving the programme in the first […]
