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Winning Strategies For Exceeding Customer Expectations Aug 15, 2018

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In today's day of constant change, customer expectations are behaving like crazy creatures. They are growing and shrinking. They are changing shape and direction. Juggling priorities and resource constraints, organizations are finding it increasingly harder to deliver on morphing customer expectations. What strategies as well as changes in mindset, processes, and tools will help stay ahead and exceed customer expectations?

Guest: Shaveta Wadhera, CIO, GE Transportation

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Future - Focused Leadership Aug 08, 2018

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Leadership development must be future-focused to tackle the faster and complex future ahead. How do you identify individuals with the potential to lead the charge in the future? What skills and competencies do they need to address future challenges? What must change in training approaches to groom future-relevant leaders?

Guest: Lawanda Parnell, Chief Information Officer, Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC)

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Building Non-Positional Leaders Aug 01, 2018

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Do the members of your team cringe when you ask them to step up and lead? Is it due to lack of title? What are you doing to build non-positional leaders who focus on making a positive impact from any place in organizational hierarchy?

Guest: Sam Segran, CIO, Texas Tech University (TTU)

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Controlling Cloud Security Through Continuous Visibility Jul 27, 2018

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Cloud providers only go so far in sharing the responsibility of keeping your information assets secure. The onus of protecting data and managing threats in the cloud still lies with you. But, if you can't see what's going on across your entire cloud infrastructure at all times, how do you detect and respond to threats, cut vulnerabilities, and ensure ongoing compliance? What are the steps to gaining continuous visibility into the cloud environment and using it to control related security?

Guest 1: Tim Woods Title: Vice President, Technology Alliances, FireMon

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Transforming Employee Experience Jul 18, 2018

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Are your employees engaged in meaningful work? Are the managers devoted to employees' success by providing regular coaching and feedback? Do the teams feel empowered to make decisions and working with mutual trust? Are your organization's workplace policies and culture conducive to enhancing employee engagement? What are you doing to transforming employee experience, a critical step to getting ready for the daunting times ahead?

Guest: Lisa Kerns, Chief Information Officer, Fareway Stores

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Evolving to ONE Digital Supply Chain Jul 13, 2018

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Organizations recognize the value of going digital with their supply chains but, in many cases, have introduced the idea as point solutions to automate specific processes or functions. This fragmented and opportunistic approach undermines full potential. How can organizations define and adopt digital in ONE holistic approach to operating supply chains across the globe?

Guest 1: Jamie Bragg Title: Executive Vice President & Chief Supply Chain Officer, Tailored Brands, Inc.

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Getting the Right Things Done Jul 11, 2018

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Things can get busy, really busy for you and those you lead. As a leader, how do you rally everyone, from executive management to staff, to commit to getting the right things done? Besides the traditional rationalization and prioritization tactics, what are you doing to achieve this intended outcome?

Guest: Georgette Kiser, Chief Information Officer, The Carlyle Group

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Lean Back to Scale Innovation Jun 27, 2018

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Lack of systems leads to crisis. Overstaffing causes additional coordination. And improper organization results in excessive meetings. How are you preparing before launching innovation in your organization? Are you leaning back and rethinking people, processes, and tools to scale your efforts?

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

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Adopting AI and Machine Learning in Healthcare Jun 20, 2018

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AI and machine learning offer great promise for healthcare. Patient diagnosis, care delivery, claims processing, clinical decision support, population health, and security–all can be significantly improved. The adoption journey has already started, but the top reported challenges include lack of business and physician buy-in, adoption of new processes, staffing, and ethical issues. What would it take to harness most value out of these disruptive technologies and change health and lives for the better?

Guest: Ron Double, Chief Information Officer, Parkview Health

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Energy Transformation Through Imagination Jun 13, 2018

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There is increasing demand for clean energy along with better visibility and more control on consumption. How is Energy industry fundamentally rethinking its processes, systems and workforce to meet such demands?

Guest: Joseph Santamaria, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, PSEG Services Corporation

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