CIO Talk Network Podcast

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Turning Weak Signals into Strong Competitive Advantage Aug 31, 2021

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An emerging trend may be missed or shunned as speculation when it emanates weak signals or looks like an anomaly. But, waiting for it to become a conspicuous trend could cost you the race with your proactive competitors. So, how can organizations build heightened sensing capabilities to discern promising trends even if the signals are weak and stay ready to execute timely to gain a significant competitive advantage?

Guest 1: Nashira Layade, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Realogy

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Guest 2: Borre Ulrichsen, Chief Information Officer, Gonzaga University

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Funding IT when Digital is the Default Aug 26, 2021

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With management looking to find ways to optimize operating costs leveraging digitalization while expecting clear and positive ROI from such technology investments, where should an organization invest in IT vs. scale back? What if investing in digital transformation is the only way left to desirable cost optimization?

Guest: Robert Ford, Chief Information Officer, Northwest University

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Assembling business and IT capabilities like a LEGO® puzzle Aug 10, 2021

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What if you could assemble your organization like LEGO® puzzles, where each product or service as a business block could be coupled with a compatible IT block. And do it in a way where you could build, buy, or lease these blocks to achieve a lean and on-demand setup that is scalable and extensible without compromising the quality of business operation and customer experience. What does it take to build such capability?

Guest: Daniel Blanchard, Chief Technology Officer, IHG Hotels & Resorts

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Are you a Daring Leader? Jul 28, 2021

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In light of recent global disruption, you are asked to step up, leaving your comfort zone. How well have you adapted to adversity without any judgment or avoidance? With the spotlight on you to deliver, have you stayed empathetic? Did you admit mistakes, took criticism, and did it all in stride, recognizing the risk and emotional exposure? If not, what held you back? Where do you need help?

Guest 1: Lungile Mginqi, Group Chief Information Officer, Sasol

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Guest 2: Michael Ruttledge, Chief Information Officer, Citizens Bank

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Road to Relevant, Profitable, and Future-ready Pharma Jul 26, 2021

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The pharma companies are juggling multiple priorities like improving R&D, establishing a presence in global markets, and investing in digital transformation initiatives to move beyond the pill, find new revenue streams, and handle changing customer's expectations for personalization. Pandemic further complicated the issues with delayed product launches, reduced in-person sales visit potential, supply chain disruption, and delays in drug commercialization. So how are the pharma industry players dealing with this perfect storm? What's the road to relevant, profitable, and future-ready pharma?

Guest : Minori Hara, Chief Information Officer and Head of Digital & IT Division, Santen Pharmaceutical

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Building Future Leaders for Hybrid Work Environment Jul 21, 2021

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A hybrid work environment is here to stay. How did you motivate and engage people and lead a team you can't see face-to-face all the time? How did you ensure effective communication, collaboration, trust-building, and ensuring accountability? What current leadership approaches and skills you used helped or hurt as you lead your troops in the hybrid work environment? How should we develop future leaders for this new paradigm?

Guest 1: Rajeev Ravindran, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ryder System

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Guest 2: John Kolb, Vice President for Information Services and Technology & Chief Information Officer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Building an Elastic, People-Centric Business, Focused on Now Jul 12, 2021

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Your business needs to be resilient that bounces back from disruptions and adversity. You also want to make sure that you are relevant now since the future is uncertain. Should you focus on automation, go remote, digitalize your offerings, promote self-service, and discard any people, processes, and technology that don't fit your current agenda? How to build an elastic, people-centric business that's focused on what's vital now while getting future-ready?

Guest 1: Bhavana Devulapally, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Office, Ventas

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Guest 2: Maurice Ferrell, Assistant Dean & CIO, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- School of Government

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Enabling an Environmentally and Socially Conscious Enterprise Jun 25, 2021

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Is your organization ensuring data security and privacy sufficiently and practicing race and gender diversity and inclusion effectively? Are your business practices ethical and transparent? Is worker health and safety getting the same focus and investment as product safety and quality? If such social and environmental issues are supported by a business properly, customers are willing to help, and employees are more likely to stay engaged. What is your organization doing to fulfill this increasing demand to become a more environmentally and socially conscious enterprise? How can IT help?

Guest 1: Todd Britton, Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice President, IT, University of La Verne

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Guest 2: Helen Norris, Chief Information Officer, Chapman University

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Building a Disruption-Proof Bottom-Up IT Culture Jun 24, 2021

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As an IT leader, you strive to create an environment where people can learn, grow, inspire, and innovate. But to deliver on this promise, how are you building and sustaining a bottom-up culture, where each member of your team has a voice, empowered to make decisions, and motivated to create innovative and practical solutions to solve challenges and exploit business growth opportunities? And, how are you embedding resilience, so it stands the tests of business and life-changing disruptions like the pandemic?

Guest 1: Faith Burn, Chief Information Officer, Eskom Holdings

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Guest 2: Michael Hites, Chief Information Officer, Southern Methodist University

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Guest 3: Kevin Gray, Chief Information Officer, City of Burbank

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Supporting Business Reinvention to Alleviate Global Disruptions Jun 03, 2021

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Business leaders are looking to lessen the impact of current global disruption while fortifying against future ones. They want to acquire new capabilities quickly through mergers and acquisitions, reimagine customer relationship building, and improve their cybersecurity posture to minimize risk while controlling costs. How well are IT and Security leaders supporting this business reinvention effort?

Guest : Ketan Pandit, Chief Information Officer, QBE North America

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