What you’ll take away.
A practical decision checklist for your next IT strategy review or workshop:
- Where are we today? Do we truly understand our IT landscape, maturity, pain points, risks and internal capacity, or are we reacting to symptoms and urgent tickets?
- What outcomes do we want from our IT strategy? Are we clear whether we’re prioritising cost optimisation, risk reduction, operational resilience, innovation, user experience, or a blend of all five?
- How will we measure success? Do we have concrete metrics - such as incident reduction, user satisfaction, project velocity, licensing efficiency or time-to-value, that we’ll review every 90 days?
- Who owns each part of the strategy? Have we broken the strategy into manageable workstreams with clear owners, rather than leaving everything with “IT” as a whole?
- Are we aligned with the business and the board? Does the strategy reflect where the business is heading over the next 12–24 months, including acquisitions, new services or market shifts, and is the board engaged in the story?
- Are we treating strategy as a journey, not an event? Do we have regular check-ins, review meetings and stakeholder sessions scheduled, or are we planning to revisit the strategy once a year?
- Are we choosing projects, not just products? Are we clear on the outcomes each initiative is meant to deliver, rather than just listing technologies to buy or platforms to implement?
- How will we keep feedback flowing? Do we have a way for users, IT teams and leaders to feed experience and learning back into the strategy so it can evolve?
#1 Merging Technology and Interior Design: A Blueprint for Modern Workspaces.
An office isn’t a postcode, it’s a product.
In this episode of Future Ready with Bechtle, Stephen Harley (Field CTO, UK) sits down with Michael Harley (Head of Bechtle Interiors) to unpack why an IT company runs an interiors practice, and how space, culture, and technology must be designed as one system.
#2 The True Cost of a Cyber Breach. Why the Board Must Lead.
Cybersecurity isn’t an IT problem, it’s a business risk.
In this episode of Future Ready, Bechtle’s Pre-Sales Security Consultant Kaylie Watts sits down with Alice Lee, Head of Security, to unpack what recent high-profile retail breaches reveal about today’s threat landscape, and what leadership teams must do next.
#3 Network-as-a-Service (NaaS). Faster, Leaner, Greener Networks That Just Work.
What if your network felt like a utility; always on, right-sized, and someone else’s problem?
In this episode of Future Ready, Niamh Burgess-Smith (Hybrid Infrastructure Leader & Strategist, Bechtle) and Lee Alesbrook (Hybrid Infrastructure BDM) unpack why Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) is quietly reshaping IT: from energy-hungry legacy kit and weekend callouts to an on-demand, fully managed network that scales with the business and improves user experience.
#4 Environmental IoT. From “Smart” Hype to Measurable Outcomes.
Your building is talking. Are you listening?
In this episode of Future Ready, Stephen Harley (Field CTO, Bechtle) sits down with Stuart Pass (CTO, Qolcom | Bechtle Group) to demystify environmental IoT: the sensors, networks and dashboards that turn real workplaces into data-driven, healthier, cheaper-to-run spaces.
#5 The Power of Partnership: Why Co-Managed IT Is Reshaping the Modern Technology Function
Outsourcing isn’t about replacing IT – it’s about amplifying it.
In this episode of Future Ready with Bechtle, Stephen Harley (Field CTO, UK) sits down with Connor Slasberg (Head of Service Pre-Sales) to unpack what managed and co-managed services really mean for modern organisations.
#6 Private AI Explained: Control, Compliance and Real-World ROI
Private AI: Why It’s Not Anti-Cloud, It’s Pro-Control
In this episode of Future Ready with Bechtle, Stephen Harley (Field CTO, UK) sits down with Neil King (Office of the CTO, UK) to demystify private AI and what it really means for organisations with sensitive, complex or regulation-bound data.