FWD: Technology

Technology is changing how brands create, scale, and connect with customers. But the most interesting stories are not about replacing human creativity, they are about amplifying it. In this episode of FWD: Technology, Deloitte's Bill Briggs (US Chief Technology Officer), Brett Davis (US Chief Innovation Officer), and Simona Spelman (US Chief Human Officer) sit down with Marla Aaron, CEO and Founde...

Sports is becoming much more than a game-day business. Teams are building always-on experiences that blend media, commerce, community, and culture across physical and digital worlds. In this episode of FWD: Technology, Deloitte's Bill Briggs (US Chief Technology Officer), Brett Davis (US Chief Innovation Officer), and Simona Spelman (US Chief Human Officer) continue their conversation with Joey Gr...

Sports organizations are not just competing on the field anymore, they are competing for attention, loyalty, and relevance across every screen, every platform, and every moment between games. In this episode of FWD: Technology, Deloitte's Bill Briggs (US Chief Technology Officer), Brett Davis (US Chief Innovation Officer), and Simona Spelman (US Chief Human Officer) sit down with Joey Graziano, th...

AT&T is modernizing a network built over decades, while expectations for speed, reliability, and simplicity keep rising. In this episode of FWD: Technology, Bill Briggs (US Chief Technology Officer) and Simona Spelman (US Chief Human Officer), sit down with Susan Johnson (Senior Executive Vice President – Transformation & Supply Chain) to talk about what it really takes to "cloudify" a network at...

Air travel hasn't changed much in decades, but the next leap may look nothing like a tube with wings. Deloitte's Brett Davis (US Chief Innovation Officer), Simona Spelman (US Chief Human Officer), and Bill Briggs (US Chief Technology Officer) sit down with Tom O'Leary, Co-Founder and CEO of JetZero, to unpack the blended-wing aircraft design that could dramatically improve efficiency while reshapi...

AI is accelerating again, but the real shift is happening in how leaders design work, build skills, scale human edge, and make decisions. In this episode of FWD: Technology, Deloitte's Brett Davis (US Chief Innovation Officer), Bill Briggs (US Chief Technology Officer), and Simona Spelman (US Chief Human Officer) connect the dots between our Tech Trends 2026 report and 2026 Global Human Capital Tr...

AI investment is exploding, but most organizations are still treating transformation like a technology project instead of a people-and-culture shift. In this episode, Brett Davis, Deloitte's US Chief Innovation Officer, Simona Spelman, Deloitte's US Chief Human Officer, and Bill Briggs, Deloitte's US Chief Technology Officer, sit down with Karenann "Kat" Terrell, former CDTO GSK & CIO (Walmart, Ba...

AI agents are already shopping—and the brands that win won't be the loudest; they'll be the most trusted and have the most "more value for the price." In Deloitte's FWD: Technology podcast, Bill Briggs, Brett Davis, and Simona Spelman sit down with Rob Pace, founder and CEO of HundredX, to dissect agentic commerce, the GO score "headlights" that can spot inflection points 6–9 months out, and why r...

AI is everywhere, but separating real progress from hype has never been harder. Recorded from CES 2026 in Las Vegas, this conversation zooms out to where we are in the AI wave and what that means for enterprise leaders. Brett Davis, Deloitte's' Chief Innovation Officer, Simona Spelman, Deloitte's Chief Human Officer, and Bill Briggs, Deloitte's' Chief Technology Officer, sit down with Dr. Shawn Du...

Every technological advancement promises to transform how we live and work.  Automation will speed us up. AI will help us see further.  But inside businesses, progress depends on something harder to scale: human judgment.  FWD: Technology explores what happens when technology meets human decision-making. Hosted by Bill Briggs (Chief Technology Officer of Deloitte), Brett Davis (Chief Innovation Of...