Advisory

An expert perspective alongside your IT leadership.

DROBS supports IT departments and their teams on the decisions that shape their transformation: strategy, organisation, Data and AI, talent. Without taking your teams’ place, so they stay in control of their transformation.

Services

Four levers to align strategy and IT

Depending on your needs, DROBS works on one or more of these levers. Flip a card to see the service and a concrete example.

  • Diagnose

    An objective assessment of your IT department or one of its divisions.

    Service

    Rapid assessment: organisation, budget, project portfolio, Data & AI maturity, with prioritised recommendations.

    Example

    Led a 135-person IT Data & AI division at a major telecom operator.

  • Transform

    IT master plan, agile organisation and IT-business alignment.

    Service

    Building the IT master plan, supporting the move to feature teams, setting up IT-business governance.

    Example

    Omnichannel CRM rolled out in 5 months for 8,000 advisors.

  • Accelerate with Data and AI

    A Data & AI strategy that moves from experiments to scale.

    Service

    Data & AI roadmap, AI Factory scoping, AI governance, upskilling programmes.

    Example

    1,000+ AI agents deployed and 3,500 employees trained.

  • Develop talent

    Attract, develop and retain your experts.

    Service

    Designing an expert career track, attracting scarce Data & AI profiles, career paths, retention plans.

    Example

    Created a company-wide Expert track at a major telecom operator.

Approach

Structured support, at your teams’ pace

  1. 1. Frame

    Clarify the question, the scope, the expected deliverables and the timeline.

  2. 2. Analyse

    Meet the teams and business units, study the current state, benchmark against best practice.

  3. 3. Recommend

    Set out clear options to decide on, with their costs, risks and a roadmap.

  4. 4. Support implementation

    Support the teams through the first steps, adjust, transfer the method.

Formats

  • Fixed-price engagement (assessment, IT master plan)
  • Day-rate support over several months

The goal: to leave a leadership team and staff satisfied with their transformation, for the long term.

Portrait of Didier Drobecq

Founded by Didier Drobecq

25 years leading IT, Digital and Data teams, including as Director of IT Data & AI and Chief AI Officer at a major telecom operator. Every advisory engagement is led by him personally, never delegated to junior consultants.

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