The Silverline Blog
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Financial Services
Insurtech Trends Uncovered at ITC Vegas 2023
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I had the privilege of attending ITC 2023 in Las Vegas last, gathering with insurance leaders, tech entrepreneurs, investors, and clients to learn about the latest insurtech trends and how technology is helping insurers navigate industry shifts. There was amazing networking, insightful thought leadership, new technology capabilities that can be leveraged to help insurers, and...
Digital Transformation
Why Organizational Change Management is All About People
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Everyone tends to react differently when they hear that changes are happening in their organization. It could be a relief that a more efficient way of doing tasks is coming soon. Or it could be a roll of the eyes that yet another change is happening with doubt that it will improve processes. In the...
Digital Transformation
7 Steps to Prep: Project Kickoff for Salesforce Implementation
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As an Account Executive at Silverline, one of the most common questions I receive from project sponsors at my clients is: “What can our team do before kick off to get a head start on our project?” Where to start before you start After the selection process for Salesforce and an implementation partner is complete,...
Financial Services
3 Ways to Increase Financial Services Cloud Adoption with Change Management
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The secret ingredient to a successful financial services cloud implementation? It’s a critical success factor that is independent of the tools and technology being implemented: organizational change management. When you implement a new system like Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, your team needs more support. Even though it’s likely making your team’s life significantly easier —...
Digital Transformation
Ongoing Change Management: How to Sustain Momentum
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This is part four in a series on unlocking change management mysteries. Check out the first, second, and third pieces. Silverline developed our change management framework based on a combination of industry best practices, the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) Standard, and the Prosci methodology that accelerates and maximizes user adoption. The framework comes down to three...
Digital Transformation
Understanding the Importance of Change Management
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If we’ve learned anything after 10 years in business, it’s that change is the only constant. But as you probably know, there’s usually a “Who moved my cheese?” moment in any fast-paced and changing organization. The tendency for most people is to resist change kicking and screaming. While that’s a natural reaction to change, anticipating,...
Managed Services
Change Management as a Constant in the New Normal
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To say that this global pandemic changed our ways of working seems like a bit of an understatement. The popular Change Management book, Switch, by Chip and Dan Health, dives into many topics surrounding people’s ability to manage change, but a key theme that resonates during this pandemic is that willpower (i.e. ability to deal...
Help & Training
3 Critical Steps to Facilitating a Successful Move to Lightning
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For businesses that have invested heavily in Salesforce, the move from Classic to Lightning can be daunting… and frankly, a bit scary. It’s clear that all of the new features on the Salesforce Platform are being developed for Lightning, and as each new release passes, the need to migrate your organization to Lightning remains ever...