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"Servers are dead" ... excellent opening line by @matthew1000 ->
Of course, servers and home grown private clouds will hang on in some organisations for a long long time .... well beyond their "use by date : Oct 2015" ... you should expect 25+ years of mouldy toxic death at the heart of some businesses. The last punch card system was 2011.
I prefer the term toxic IT rather than legacy IT.

If you've ever worked in a bank, then you know there are systems with which you feel you ned to put on a full hazmat suit before approaching.
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X : We've transformed our company to holding meetings online. Any advice on what next?
Me : Sure. Realise that you are where many other companies were over a decade ago and given the transformations occurring today that you're probably falling further behind ...
... you need to ask

1) Why are you so behind?
2) Why did it take a crisis to help you start basic changes?
3) What are you going to do to fix these long running problems going forward.

... oh, and stop clapping yourself on the back for stuff you should have done long ago.
Personally, I'd start with looking at your company doctrine. Take the following table and colour it in (two examples given). If you're more red than green ... fix that doctrine fast.
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X : What is the connection between your new organisation characteristics and doctrine?
Me : Do you mean the connection between these two?
X : Yes. Are they related?
Me : Yes
Me : Ok, we start with a map and show how industrialisation of a space can lead to new practices, new needs being met, that we have inertia, that it causes capital flow etc. Is this familiar?
X : Yes
Me : Good.
Me : That this pattern is so common in macro and micro economic changes, I gave it a description of peace, war and wonder about a decade ago. Is this familiar?
X : Yes.
Me : Awesome.
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X : You have nanny?
Me : For the wee lad, yes. I sent her home just before the lockdown.
X : Are you using the furlough system?
Me : No. I'm paying full salary and not claiming anything back from Government. I am fortunate enough to be able to afford this.
X : Why not claim?
Me : I don't claim because whilst I might be entitled, it would be exploiting the public purse. That is our commonwealth. It's like taxes. I take no action to avoid paying as much as possible.
X : Off shore?
Me : No. It is our duty to pay into the system and not to exploit.
X : You probably don't like financial advisors?
Me : It depends upon what sort. Those helping to exploit systems and "minimise" taxation are ... well ... parasites. I have no time for them.
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