• Executive leadership - see below • Chronic under staffing in key areas • Benefit availability is unreliable. Retirement, education benefits, and professional development opportunities have been unstable. • Investment in people and processes has slowed significantly. Limited appetite for investment that doesn’t have a very rapid ROI. Are they looking to sell? Only time will tell. • Did I mention chronic under staffing! • Executive leadership... where do I start - Churn at the top makes it difficult to do day to day work consistently. CEO Jurasek has left after less than three years. Other top discipline leaders in certain disciplines have cycled excessively in the last few years. - Some significant blind spots and lack of experience in key leadership position with limited curiosity to learn from those who have that experience. - Limited accountability related to product quality - many products aren't tested before being released to users. - Excessive focus on short term gains - Leadership messaging often rings hollow as interest in developing sustainable and scalable practices wanes.