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EA as the Digital Catalyst Oct 25, 2019

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Traditionally, the enterprise architecture (EA) function was considered an overhead by many organizations. But it can prove to be a catalyst if reimagined and used to drive strategy and execution for digital transformation. How are progressive leaders adopting EA for digital success?

Guest: Praveen Moturu, Vice President and Chief Enterprise Architect, Mars Inc.

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IT Leaders as Catalysts Oct 09, 2019

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Armed with knowledge about the whole organization and deep expertise in using technology for innovation and growth, how are IT leaders elevating themselves into catalysts and unleashing energy that maximizes business outcomes? How are they connecting people within the organization and help them see the link between personal motivations and the company vision? How are they cheering the business unit officers and executive management to stay enthusiastic and continue to champion the change? How are they fostering an authentic work environment where everyone brings their best self to work?

Guest: Dr. Jonathan Vester, Vice President of Technology and Chief Information Officer, Nash Community College

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Syncing Organizational Change and Leadership Development Oct 03, 2019

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While you invest in developing leaders, are you evolving the way work gets done in the company? You need to engage the entire system for organizational effectiveness. What's the road to syncing organizational change and leadership development for maximum impact?

Guest: Jeff Cann, Chief Strategist & CIO, Encore Electric

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Future-proofing Leadership Strategy and Culture Sep 25, 2019

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Disruptive change is becoming the normal. Instead of tweaking leadership strategy and culture to handle only the current challenges, how do you future-proof them, so the organization stands the tests of time and stay relevant, resilient, and reliable?

Guest 1: Helen Norris, Chief Information Officer, Chapman University

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Guest 2: Samuel Sudhakar, Chief Information Officer and Vice President for Information Technology Services, California State University, San Bernardino

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Guest 3: James MacLennan, Chief Information Officer, IDEX Corporation

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Handling dark data perils Sep 13, 2019

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Dark data is information we are collecting but not using. It can cause leakage of proprietary knowledge and reputational damage. It increases future compliance challenges and legacy costs. It hinders making good use of data and is unnecessarily increase resource usage without any productive outcome. What are organizations doing to handle these dark data perils?

Guest: Prosenjit Sengupta, Executive Vice President & Chief Digital Officer, Thermax Limited

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Staying Relevant and Competitive through EPM Sep 07, 2019

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Due to increased market volatility and changing global landscape, stakeholders are demanding visibility into cost reduction and value creation opportunities with near real-time planning and reporting. How well are you keeping your enterprise performance management (EPM) strategies, practices, analytics, and technologies in alignment to stay relevant and competitive?

Guest: Hilton Sturisky, Global Chief Information Officer, Crawford & Company

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Running a Tight, Digital Ship Aug 22, 2019

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Cloud is foundational for enabling digital, but cost overruns are rampant. Building data and analytics capability to support digital is resource-intensive. Shadow IT is inevitable with digital, leading to significant cost leakages. Finding, keeping, retaining, and repurposing digital talent is an ongoing and expensive struggle. Security risks are enormous but so are the costs of managing them. How are leaders optimizing costs and running a tight, digital ship?

Guest: Viren Shah, Chief Digital Officer, GE Appliances, a Haier company

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Acing the Security Leadership Recipe for Digital Aug 16, 2019

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Digital has forced security leaders to rethink their department's strategy, people, processes, tools, governance, budgets, and culture. With the dynamic and volatile nature of digital, it isn't easy to build a standardized, unified, and cohesive approach to making security forethought and implementing it in the very DNA of the organization. With unique organizational needs and constraints, how are security leaders developing their unique recipes and acing it?

Guest: Brandon Champion, Chief Information Security Officer, Syneos Health

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Displacing competition through Digital Aug 08, 2019

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Digital has the potential to uncover new and hidden markets. What about the existing market full of competition? How are companies leveraging digital to establish higher value-based positioning, increase mindshare, proactively prospect, and enhance delivery to displace competition?

Guest 1: Samuli Savo, Chief Digital Officer, Stora Enso

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Guest 2: Edward W Marx, Chief Information Officer, Cleveland Clinic

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Guest 3: Thomas Barnett, Chief Information Officer, University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center

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Conversations that deliver results Jul 25, 2019

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People have conversations as part of doing their job to exchange information or data. They also interact to pitch ideas and persuade others. But how can leaders foster a transformational level of conversations that would lead to real change and desired results?

Guest: Rekha Ramesh, Chief Information Officer, Advantage Solutions

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