to-day of the pandemic , but actually also on a separate track start to think beyond the pandemic and how we come out stronger and more stabilised .
“ We knew everyone would come out of the pandemic at the same time , but some would be worse off than others . For us , our goal was to be stronger and have corrected systems and processes and different people capability .”
ACR ’ s transformation As DeSandre describes , ACR ’ s transformation began with the transformation of its leadership team , with an end goal of creating a solid bedrock upon which to build .
“ I had to make sure that the foundation was right . That meant no noise , and making sure the table stakes worked ,” DeSandre explains . “ It ’ s like the gutters on a house . No one notices them if you put new gutters on , but they do notice if they don ’ t work .”
As a result , ACR worked with OpenSystems on a fully-managed , SASE ( secure access service edge ) SD-WAN solution . “ That was a foundation , and was one less piece of noise that I had to worry about ,” DeSandre explains . “ This technical foundation afforded us time to focus on
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