As we are wont to do at the turn of each year, January is a time when we humans attempt to prognosticate the trends or major events to come over the next 365 days. And with this year being the start of a new decade, we’re feeling that tendency ten-fold....
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Meet & Greet Adam Searles: Spinnaker’s Data Solutions Swashbuckler
Meet a valued member of our Spinnaker team of experts: Adam Searles. Adam brings an analytical rigor to organizational decision making, and while the numbers are a large piece of that story, he’s known most for his people-focused solutions. He’s the guy you turn to for operational efficiency, process development,...
Meet & Greet Samantha Bourne: Spinnaker’s Risk Wrangler
Meet a valued member of our Spinnaker team of experts: Samantha Bourne. Samantha brings to bear more than 15 years of experience and leadership in risk management, underwriting and total claim payment solutions. Samantha cut her risk and compliance chops through several roles at a Fortune 100 financial services company...
A lens into Spinnakerfest 2019
Organizational growth requires great intention and attention. It requires leaders who not only understand where they’re going, but how they’re going to get there. And luckily for Spinnaker, it favors organizations who set their stakes early and embody the analyst mindset of continual reevaluation and course correction. Earlier this month...
Preparing your organization for the consumer data protection age
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to protecting consumer data. It’s by far the most comprehensive regulatory guideline to date, and its reverberations are already being felt stateside. As consumers, we’re becoming habituated to privacy policy notifications on websites. ...
Spinnaker Featured in November Forbes Finance Council Expert Panel
Recently, I was invited to participate in Forbes Magazine’s Finance Council, which is a collection of senior-level financial services executives from across the country who’ve been tapped to share advice and resources. Last month, the editorial board asked council members for strategies to identify critical business metrics – and they...
Meet & Greet Jason Xie: Spinnaker’s Data Dynamo
Meet a valued member of our Spinnaker team of experts: Consultant Jason Xie. Spinnaker’s Data Dynamo, Jason has a passion for using data analysis to solve complicated business problems and leveraging data and analytics to empower informed business decisions. As part of the Spinnaker team, he applies that energy and...
Ask Spinnaker: What Are the Advantages of Working with a Smaller Consulting Firm?
Got questions about trends, insights, and challenges related to Spinnaker’s areas of expertise? In this regular blog, we tap into our Spinnaker team of experts and do what we do best: Roll up our sleeves to find you the answers you need. In this installment of “Ask Spinnaker,” we’re taking...
Growing a Startup: Top 7 Leadership Lessons in Spinnaker’s First 7 Years
In business as in life, it’s important to check your rearview mirror every now and then, even while you’re focusing your attention on the road ahead. When you’re growing a startup, you need to spend most of your time being proactive and looking forward. But don’t lose sight of the...
“Spinnaker Sails Onto Inc. 5000” Featured in Richmond Times-Dispatch
We recently sat down with Richmond Times-Dispatch’s John Reid Blackwell to talk about Spinnaker Consulting Group and what landed us at #516 on this year’s Inc. 5000 list — our 850 percent growth over the past three years. The Inc. 5000 is Inc. magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing...