CIO Talk Network Podcast

Cybercrime spans international boundaries and poses a formidable challenge which we can only address through collaborative efforts between governments and commercial enterprises globally. While this area is attracting a lot of press, attention, and even investment, what progress are we making? What measures are we deploying to deal with this menace effectively? Guest: Jake Margolis, Chief Informat...

Is just believing in your people and their ability to learn, grow, and prosper enough to unleash their passion? And how do you empower such a passionate bunch, so they become intentional and thoughtful in their actions and start painting outside the lines to drive meaningful impact? Guest 1: Kevin Jones, Chief Information Officer, Indiana Department of Child Services Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalk...

Organizations across industries are adopting automation to handle use cases including repetitive transactions to complex knowledge-based business processes. Focus is shifting from creating only operational efficiencies to revenue generation. Kofax, a new entrant in the crowded intelligent automation solutions category, claims that it's solution is designed from the ground up to help organizations...

Decades ago, CISOs started as the guardian of the firewall, defending a well-defined perimeter. But today, with anytime and anywhere data access imperative, such boundaries are blurred. Securing crown jewels in a cloud environment, with poor under the hood visibility, has been daunting. And, to tackle the daily fires while preparing for what's ahead, it has been challenging to build a next-gen sec...

We are now in the execution mode with digital. The top five issues reported include lack of overarching digital strategy, ineffective organizational structure, employee resistance, unavailability of the quality talent pool, and insufficient budget support. While most business and technology leaders have faced similar issues in the past, why do these issues seem daunting in the digital context? Wha...

Gaining competitive advantage, learning how humans think and make purchase decisions, and what's going to happen next in business are some of the practical reasons organizations are looking to exploit digital capabilities. But, not everything legal, which serves our business interests, is ethical. Privacy is at risk and trust levels are deteriorating. How are organizations rethinking and maintaini...

A significant shift like a merger in business or economic meltdown leaves employees wondering about their safety, what the future holds for them, how their roles will change, and how they should carry out their duties. How should a leader keep employees productive and effective during such transitional times, providing the structure, knowledge, and security, while adapting to the roadblocks and ch...

Manufacturing uses digital twins for physical product prototyping and innovation. How can leaders use digital to tackle analog problems, including organizational effectiveness, change management, workforce optimization, cultural relevance, and cost control? Guest: Lutz Beck, Chief Information Officer, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/lutz-be...

Digital is no longer just a cool idea or about only marketing and customer experience. From product development, production, service operation, supply chain, and employees' experience–you must re-imagine all. How should an organization go about defining a digital operating model and put it into action, so it enables consistent, meaningful, and high-quality execution across the enterprise at the sp...

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., an international player in gifting, wanted to offer a world-class experience to it's increasingly demanding customers. Beyond innovative use of retail technology, it required reimagining processes, removing siloed thinking, and building a conducive organizational culture. Learn how the Business and IT leaders, along with their partners and teams, stepped up to deliver smil...

Effectiveness feels like a fuzzy word; thus, many of us go after measuring and improving productivity. How a person thinks, manages time, prioritizes tasks, makes decisions, and gets up to speed with the job—all factors into effectiveness. How are organizations measuring and improving effectiveness at work? Guest 1: Matt Lamb, Chief Information Officer, Rosendin Electric Guest Bio: https://www.cio...

Users have left the premise and working outside the four walls of your organization. With the cloud as the new home, applications are leaving the data center. 5G is redefining network and connectivity. Delivering seamless and secure user experience, maintaining business agility, and boosting workforce productivity in this dynamically shifting business and IT landscape would require fundamentally r...

As a CISO, how are you grooming your team to understand the goals of your digital business, identify and assess the risks, and recommend effective yet cost-efficient solutions in business terms? How are you helping your team members to become effective communicators and problem solvers while you hone your leadership skills? Guest 1: Leon Ravenna, Chief Information Security Officer, KAR Global Gues...

With frequent external and organizational disruptions, shifting consumer demand, and cybersecurity risks higher than ever—how are the CIOs planning to support their businesses stay resilient, flexible, and agile and make the most of the year 2020? Guest 1: Nafees Ahmed, Chief Information Officer, India Bulls Housing Finance Ltd. Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/nafees-ahmed/ G...

Imagine a work environment brimming with excitement about how the future unfolds. People ready for fresh perspectives and willing to hone skill sets and organizational capabilities. A culture of innovation with data and analytics driving decisions. How to build such a future fluent organization that grows through constant change? Guest 1: Kirti Patil, Senior EVP & Chief Technology Officer, Kotak M...

With ever-increasing demands and changing preferences of customers, banks have to adapt and innovate to stay relevant. And, all along they have to manage macroeconomic and technology risks as well as comply with regulations to be sustainable. Are the banks able to maintain a healthy balance between relevance and sustainability? Guest: Daniele Tonella, Group CIO , Unicredit Guest Bio: https://www.c...

AI is going to have deep impact on human workforce performance, engagement, and growth. What changes in the people, processes, tools, culture, and leadership do we need within the HR department to gear up for this shift? How can IT help? Guest: Laura Owen, Chief Human Resources Officer, Maxim Integrated Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/laura-owen/ More on this Episode: https:/...

For your organization to stay fit to take on challenges as future unfolds, your strategy, cost and spend management, and talent development need to be in top shape. How are business and technology leaders teaming up to tackle this organizational fitness challenge? Guest: Sue B. Workman, Chief Information Officer, Case Western Reserve University Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor...

A well thought out digital strategy with poor or hasty execution doesn't deliver expected results. Nor does an amateur grade digital blueprint realized by implementation experts. With digital still evolving, how can organizations ace the whole process starting from the clean design of digital initiatives to immaculate execution for maximum impact? Guest: Anu Varma, CIO – Communications Solutions S...

Digital revolution, socio-economic and political shifts, and citizens demanding a value-centric experience requires government to become intuitive and integrated to better sense and respond to changes. How are government and IT reimagining their system, processes, people, and tools to get ready? Guest 1: Tarek Tomes, Commissioner and Chief Information Officer, State of Minnesota Guest Bio: https:/...

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. Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwo...

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 uni...

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 Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/jeff-cann/ More on this E...

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 Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/helen-norris/ Guest 2: Sa...

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...