Agile Interim Management© The methods used by EPUNTO IM in its executive management processes, along with its extensive experience in the field of digitalization, have proven to be essential in digital transformation processes.
May 6th 2022
All companies that market Interim Management services have specialists in different areas. These are interim managers or directors in transition with extensive experience in a specific industry and in certain management positions. Faced with the global challenge of digitalization, some Interim Management companies have an advantage over others because they have been incorporating digital technologies into their processes for years, both in executive selection and in their transition management services. This is the case with... EPUNTO Interim Management® which, in addition to being a pioneer in Digital Management, is supported by LIQUID Smart Technologies®, belonging to the same corporate group (Global Manager Spain). It is an organization specializing in digitization services for companies and public entities, with four areas of expertise: data economy; organization and processes; flexible systems integration; and Industry 4.0. A strong team of managers and technicians distributed across several countries represents LIQUID ST's professional structure for EPUNTO IM
Recently, Emilio del Prado, Managing Partner of EPUNTO Interim Management® and specialist in digital transformation processes, stated in a interview:
“Digitalization is 10% technology, 40% data, and 50% philosophy and methodology. It has been shown that conventional management is less effective than transitional management, designed to bring new philosophies and working methods, something that digital disruption demands.”
Agile Interim Management©
One of the main distinguishing features of Interim Management is that interim managers possess extensive experience in specific professional disciplines. In the case of executive management applied to digitalization processes, this isn't always the case, as Digital Enabling Technologies (DETs) are relatively new. In this context, executives typically have between 15 and 20 years of experience executing digital projects, combined with solid training and the use of methodologies such as those derived from the Agile philosophy. From this fusion of experience and digital capabilities emerged the new model created by EPUNTO Interim Management® for this type of service: “Agile Interim Management.” This executive management format involves leading a combination of work teams. Scrum, with the management of these through interim managers, both in the functions of scrum master as in product-related ones ownerThe Agile philosophy, which has proven to be a highly effective tool, originated in the USA in the 90s as a disruptive force against traditional management methods, in response to the technological challenges that began to emerge strongly during those years. This management model gained traction in the market as an essential part of the Third Industrial Revolution (TIR), proposed by sociologist and economist Jeremy Rifkin in the European Parliament in 2006 as a possible global solution to the energy and economic crisis. The essence of the Agile philosophy is flexibility in working methods, and Interim Management represents flexibility at the management level; therefore, both EPUNTO Interim Management® and its Spin-offLIQUID Smart Technologies® uses it in its executive management services.
Interim Management and the Next Generation EU Funds
We are facing the historic challenge of implementing projects linked to the “Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan"and the Funds Next Generation USThese funds, totaling €140.000 billion for Spain, have been allocated to Interim Management companies, proving invaluable for managing the projects to which this funding will be applied. Of the three pillars supporting this aid—Ecological Transformation and the Green Deal, Reindustrialization, and Digital Transformation—EPUNTO Interim Management® holds a clear leadership position in the latter, thanks to its high level of specialization in executing projects related to the technological and digital sectors.
Having funds to carry out the digital transformation of companies is useless if there isn't sufficient capacity to execute the projects that make it possible. In this sense, Interim Management companies and their transition management services become strategic allies, both for the public administrations that must manage European Funds, and for the companies that must take advantage of this unique and, probably, unrepeatable opportunity.
Digital transformation at an international level
EPUNTO Interim Management®'s membership in the international Alliance Globalise – The Global Interim Management GroupThis allows the company to execute projects related to digital transformation processes in any country in the world. It's important to remember that the technology industry is global, its connections are supranational, and the teams formed through LIQUID Smart Technologies® are distributed worldwide.