Podcasts Archive - Page 47 of 98

510: IBM President and former Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst discusses

The differences in IBM and Red Hat’s culture
Why they are looking to inject cultural elements from each other into their own operating models
The three cultural characteristics IBM wants to drive: entrepreneurial spirit, growth mindset, and radical candor
Why IBM decided to spin out the managed services business
Why Red Hat is separate from IBM
The importance and potential of AI
How IBM thinks about where it’s going to invest versus where it’s going to rely on open source

Among a variety of other topics.

509: Domino’s Pizza SVP & Chief Innovation Officer Dennis Maloney

Domino’s remarkable transformation over the past decade focused on product, technology, and customer experience.
The advantages the company gained by insourcing talent that was once outsourced
Why Domino’s considers itself an e-commerce company that sells pizza rather than a pizza company that sells online.
The steps Domino’s has taken to create a memorable customer experience both in-store and online
How recent innovations positioned Domino’s to quickly become a consumer safety leader during the pandemic
Why the company is filling in potholes in every state in the US
How Domino’s is preparing for autonomous delivery
The consumer preference changes that are here to stay post-pandemic

Among a variety of other topics.

508: MIT CISR Executive Director Peter Weill discusses

The two roles of a technology leader: To manage technology and to help differentiate their enterprises.
Some of the education programs CISR has for management teams to increase digital savviness
Some of the long-term implications the pandemic will have on the world
The results and implications from several of the machine learning based studies done by CISR that show that less than half of CIOs or CTOs and less than a quarter of boards are digitally savvy
The importance of having at least three digital savvy directors on a board
The three major aspects of a board
The value of having CIOs on boards

Among a variety of other topics.

507: Honeywell Chief Digital Technology Officer Sheila Jordan discusses

Why data is the currency of any digital transformation
How the IT organization moved from being 69% outsourced, to much more heavily insource
How the pandemic has supplied the market with a significant amount of world class talent
How Honeywell has successfully identified, hired, and onboarded new employees during the pandemic
Why video is here to stay
The increasing importance of security in a remote workforce
An overview of Honeywell’s connected enterprise
The state of the union of women in IT
Sheila’s take on AI

Among a variety of other topics.

506: ThoughtTrace CEO Nick Vandivere

The problems ThoughtTrace solves for its customers
How the company uses AI to create extraordinarily detailed models for natural language processing for highly specific use cases
Why some people miss the progress made in the realm of AI due to the future promise of artificial general intelligence
Why we should embrace incrementalism with AI
Why you do not need a degree from a top technology school to be effective with AI and data science tools
The right and wrong way to approach AI when first starting out
Why companies should ask if they have the requisite data in-house to build a durable AI model, rather than if they have a large enough quantity of data
Nick’s path from being an Army officer to a CEO

Among a variety of other topics.

505: Duke Energy CIO Bonnie Titone discusses

How Duke Energy uses data
An overview of Lighthouse, the company’s enterprise digital transformation program.
How Duke Energy’s people-focused approach towards digital transformation helped set the company up well to deal with COVID
How the pandemic has accelerated the digital and technology transformation for many companies
We discuss Bonnie’s view on the state of women in technology
How AI and other technologies can be used to modernize the energy sector

Among a variety of other topics.

504: Allstate CTO Chris Gates & Tenet Healthcare CIO Paola Arbour discuss

How Allstate matured its approach to AI
How the company introduced voice technology and machine learning in its claims process
How Paola and Tenant Healthcare view technology’s role in healthcare
How the company engages external partners to help it think differently about the speed at which it makes decisions

Among a variety of other topics.

503: SAS Institute CIO Jay Upchurch discusses

How Jay differentiates the IT department in a company where technologists are everywhere
How SAS uses its own products internally. We discuss the company’s response to COVID
How Jay looked to coach his team through the isolation of working from home and keep them engaged
The COVID-19 dashboards the company created to make the analytics available to anybody
The company’s partnership with Microsoft
SAS’ cloud strategy

Among a variety of other topics.

502: Diversified Search CEO Dale Jones discusses

Dale’s work as the CEO of Diversified Search
How COVID has accelerated changes around transformation and innovation
His thoughts on how the pandemic has underscored racial disparities in the United States
The importance of listening before taking a stand against racial injustice
How diverse teams add value to companies in terms of thinking and processing

Among a variety of other topics.

501: Aflac Chief Digital Information Officer Rich Gilbert

The digital transformation the company has undertaken, including what he refers to as “One Digital Aflac” and how the transformation has impacted the customer experience.
Rich’s thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic, including how it forced Aflac to reinvent and double down on digital as well as the changes here to stay post-pandemic.
How the company shifted from a waterfall to an agile approach
Why one’s ability to adapt to more than coming up with new technologies is the most important thing for the company

Among a variety of other topics.