Author: Dr. Scott Janke

Scott Janke, Ph.D., is a Director and senior Subject Matter Expert at Third Stage Consulting with over 30 years of experience in consulting and operations across technology, public sector, telecommunications, and corporate real estate. He has led multi-million-dollar initiatives in system selection and implementation, strategic roadmapping, organizational change management, and process improvement for organizations such as Dell/EMC, FedEx, Starbucks, T-Mobile, 7-Eleven, and multiple government agencies. Scott specializes in complex program and project management, executive-ready reporting, and business case development that ties technology investments to measurable outcomes. He is known for blending process redesign with practical, reinforcement-focused change management to drive user adoption and long-term transformation success. A recognized expert in business intelligence and operational alignment, Scott wrote his dissertation on BI in commercial real estate, earned a Meritorious Service Award while working for the White House, and holds both PMP and Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) credentials.

The Framework That Makes—or Breaks—Digital Transformation

Every transformation starts with momentum: a clear vision, energized teams, and vendors promising that success is just a matter of execution. Then reality hits. Priorities drift. Decisions stall. Communication frays. What looked straightforward becomes reactive and expensive. From years of assessments across industries, the difference is almost always the same: organizations that establish governance and […]

When the Fire’s Already Burning: Why Mid-Project Interventions Cost More Than Early Alignment

By the time my team and I are called into a digital transformation, it’s usually not because things are going well. The symptoms are familiar: project fatigue, missed milestones, frustrated vendors, and executives wondering how something that looked so promising has become so difficult to manage. It’s a story we see across industries, from manufacturing […]

California Just Raised the Bar on AI: What It Means for Manufacturing

This week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, creating one of the strongest AI safety frameworks in the U.S. so far. It got me thinking about what it means for our clients, so I wanted to write down some of my thoughts in case it might help […]