Legacy systems can sometimes be fine for now. And sometimes they create frustration for staff, limit innovation, and slow growth. In this webinar, business and technology leaders explore how organisations can determine when it’s necessary to make a change and how CEOs can prepare their business for the future.
Highlights
The commercial friction of legacy systems (06:59)
How ageing systems introduce silent friction that damages a company’s commercial growth, creating back-office frustration and making life harder for sales teams.
Evaluating risk and performance with the GRIP framework (08:15)
A Board-level model called GRIP (Growth, Risk, Innovation, Performance) to help CEOs evaluate whether an old system must be left alone or completely replaced.
Compliance and cyber insurance vulnerabilities (09:36)
How outdated technology directly threatens commercial compliance. Corporate clients increasingly demand international security standards such as ISO 27001 or Cyber Essentials, and cyber insurance policies may be invalid without them.
Breaking executive paralysis (14:45)
How CEOs can calculate the hidden costs of inaction. To build a bulletproof business case for change, executives must track the precise opportunity cost of staff wasting hours duplicating data across disconnected spreadsheets.
Operational dilemmas: ‘keep or kill’ (22:47)
A lightning-round discussion that evaluates specific systems and whether they can be left along for the time being or killed.
Modernisation as a growth opportunity (29:41)
Modernisation is often seen as a painful expense, when in reality it is an opportunity to rethink your business and create new opportunities.
Migrating via the Minimum Lovable Product (MLP) (36:28)
Why it’s best to avoid ‘Big Bang’ system rollouts that attempt to change everything overnight. Instead, CEOs should implement an evolutionary approach focused on a Minimum Lovable Product (MLP).
The CEO’s role in modernisation (43:34)
Technology transformation is ultimately a cultural challenge that requires joint endeavor across the boardroom, rather than a siloed IT roadmap. This shared accountability ensures the organisation creates an agile culture where continuous evolution becomes normal.
Case study: Neom Organics (48:08)
A real-world success story featuring Neom Organics, a prominent UK wellness brand that successfully shifted their legacy systems from burden to business growth.
The true baseline for future AI strategies (49:50)
Why sorting out legacy systems is the mandatory first step before any business can successfully implement Artificial Intelligence.
The traps of building in-house systems with AI (53:06)
AI can generate code with astonishing ease. But it’s inadvisable for mid-market businesses to build completely bespoke internal systems from scratch.
Want to know more about how to transform your legacy systems from burden to business growth? Book an IT assessment for growth. It’s a brief, efficient conversation about your systems and processes – including your legacy systems – with an eye on creating a platform for growth. More information here.