Spotlight: October 14, 2025


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October brings fresh transformation insights from enterprise leaders. Ryan Pollyniak's extensive Microsoft Dynamics expertise challenges industry failure rates. Mark Andrews tackles AI adoption fears with human-first methodology. Chason Hecht achieves 90%+ turnover prediction accuracy within 90 days.

These aren't just impressive numbers—they're proof points. Pollyniak's proactive approach prevents costly ERP disasters before they start. Andrews transforms AI anxiety into competitive advantage through behavioral change. Hecht turns workforce disruption into predictive power.

This week's three articles reveal why transformation succeeds when others fail.

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Your Enterprise ERP Project Is Failing Before It Starts - Expert Insights from Ryan Pollyniak

ERP transformation strategist Ryan Pollyniak, Solutions Architect at Western Computer, reveals why most enterprise ERP projects fail before they start and shares his battle-tested methodology from extensive experience with successful Microsoft Dynamics implementations to ensure your organization gets ROI from its technology investment. "ERP projects are notoriously complex. There is a reasonably high failure rate out there industry wide and being proactive and making sure that you've done the things internally that will drive success are going to be extremely important." — Ryan Pollyniak, Solutions Architect

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Your Employee Retention Crisis Started at the Interview - Expert Insights from Chason Hecht

Employee retention expert Chason Hecht, founder of Retensa, reveals why traditional retention strategies fail and shares his proven framework that achieves 90%+ turnover prediction accuracy within 90 days, helping organizations transform workforce disruption into competitive advantage. "I realized that number one, we should probably not be using paper. There's probably a better way to do this, using technology. And just how much easier it would be if we knew if there was some connection to what people thought and felt at an organization." — Chason Hecht, Founder & CEO

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Building a Culture for AI Adoption and AI Enablement - Expert Insights from Mark Andrews

AI transformation expert Mark Andrews, founder of AI Prophets, reveals his human-first methodology for enterprise AI adoption, helping organizations overcome the fear factor and drive behavioral change that transforms repetitive tasks into strategic competitive advantages. "It all starts with the behavioral change. A behavioral change from how we used to work into how we could be working. A behavioral change into how we used to operate and react to certain messages or items and how that change is moving forward." — Mark Andrews, Founder & CEO

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Enterprise transformation requires methodical expertise, not wishful thinking. These leaders prove success through systematic approaches: proactive ERP planning, human-centered AI adoption, and predictive retention modeling. Their combined wisdom transforms organizational challenges into measurable competitive advantages.

 

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These experts prove failure isn't inevitable with the right methodology. Ryan's comment about ERP complexity resonates deeply. Proactive planning truly makes the difference.

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