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What is the magic behind UiPath? How was it possible to grow from a local Romanian company into a global unicorn in spite of the pandemic? What role did the culture of togetherness play in it? In this #LeadershipDeepDive interview Hendrik Deckers discusses with Andreea Baciu, Chief Culture Officer at UiPath, their transition from a dynamic, yet local start-up to a global IPO organisation with arou...

How is Carrefour going to realise their ambition to become a digital retail company by 2026? Is implementing an in-house-built point of sale for the entire Group a good strategy? Are fully automated stores and instant delivery service - Bringo - the future of Carrefour? In this #LeadershipDeepDive interview Hendrik Deckers discussed with Gabriela Stanica, CIO & CDO at Carrefour Romania, their jour...

Meet Paolo De Rosa, CTO - Italian Government - Department of Digital Transformation, who has been nominated for our prestigious European Digital Leader of the Year 2023 Award! Register here 👉 https://www.cionext.com/ to meet all finalists at #CIONEXT on the 26th of October, where the winners in the Finance & Government categories will be announced! In this Leadership Deep Dive interview Paolo tal...

Axel Schell, CTO at @Allianz Technology, is nominated to the #EDLOTY Award in the Finance category! Join us on 26th October at #CIONEXT! Register here: https://www.linkedin.com/events/6963770877372968960 to find out how the finalists of the European Digital Leader of the Year 2023 are navigating the Perfect Storm! In this #LeadershipDeepDive interview @Hendrik Deckers asked Axel how to transform a...

Meet Lourens Visser, CIO at the Dutch Central Government, who is a Finalist in the 2023 European Digital Leader of the Year Awards in the Government category! Register here: https://www.cionext.com/14 & join Lourens at the panel discussion on 26th October at CIONEXT: Navigating the Perfect Storm! In the meantime watch this insightful interview in which Lourens speaks with Hendrik Deckers about IT...

Jan Dobbenie, CIO at VDAB is nominated for the European Digital Leader of the Year Awards! Register here: https://www.cionext.com/14 to meet Jan and other finalists at #CIONEXT on 26th October, where the winners in the Finance & Government categories will be announced! How did VDAB navigate the major transformation, where it shifted from helping 200 000 unemployed find a new job to serving 4 milli...

Meet Raúl Jiménez, Managing Director of Agencia Digital de Andalucía, who has been nominated for our prestigious European Digital Leader of the Year Award! Register here 👉 https://www.cionext.com/ to meet all finalists at #CIONEXT on the 26th of October, where the winners in the Finance & Government categories will be announced! Agencia Digital de Andalucía was born with one sole objective: to fa...

“Pragmatic problem solver. Passionate customer advocate. Collaborative creator and curious learner”, this is how Ilona Simpson, CIO EMEA of Netskope describes herself. In this Leadership Deep Dive interview Ilona talks with Hendrik Deckers about business agility and culture as two key aspects of digital transformation and the role cloud plays in it. “Business agility drives the digital transformat...

Meet Natasha Davydova, Head of Infrastructure and Information Security at Allianz Technology who has been nominated for our prestigious European Digital Leader of the Year Award! Register here: https://www.cionext.com/14 to meet all finalists at #CIONEXT on the 26th of October, where the winners in the Finance & Government categories will be announced! Allianz is a well-known brand which provides...

Johan Kestens, Head of Information Security International at Bank of New York Mellon is nominated to the European Digital Leader of the Year Awards! Register here: https://www.cionext.com/14 to meet Johan and other finalists at #CIONEXT on 26th October, where the winners in the Finance & Government categories will be announced! BNY Mellon is one of the oldest banks in the world with a total staff...

How to transform an institution with a well-known and respectable brand into an agile organization while maintaining great customer experience? In this #LeadershipDeepDive interview Hendrik Deckers discusses with Sławomir Soszyński, Board Member & CIO at ING Bank Śląski, how to "rebuild a car on the go": change the architecture of one of the biggest banks in Poland while staying customer-centric,...

Take a deep dive into interview with Piotr Słomianny, CIO & CFO of MPWiK Wrocław S.A. and learn how technology enabled Piotr and his team to implement an extensive water loss reduction program. “I am worried that our civilization is developing at a very different pace. For example, in some places like Wroclaw, we implement wire wireless water metering system using IoT, but we have to remember, and...

How to remain successful in the era of digital challenges? Watch the #LeadershipDeepDive interview with Anna Maria Ricco, COO at AXA Italia to find out! “If you really want to transform your company, you need to change its DNA,” says Anna Maria. COO of AXA talks with Hendrik Deckers about the company's digital transformation journey: replacing legacy systems, migration to cloud, and successful dat...

Dive deep into interview with Claudia Plattner, Director General for Information Systems of the European Central Bank and learn how ECB is retaining talents. “Most people are there for exactly the same reason that I'm there, which is we want to give something back. We strongly believe that there are big problems to be solved and we want to be part of the solution”, says Claudia In this #Leadership...

We are sharing our exclusive interview with Andrew Wilson, CDO at Microsoft, who was a keynote speaker at #CIOFEST - our annual members-only event. Andrew was interviewed by Louisa Perry, Head of Technology & Digital Practice at Savannah Group on the data-centricity at Microsoft and beyond. He also shared his view on innovative digital leadership and provided the audience with interesting tangible...

In this #LadershipDeepDive episode in which Gunnar Hellekson, Vice President and General Manager for Linux Red Hat talks with Hendrik Deckers about his ERP strategy and Open Source as a way of maximising options. “ERP is the central nervous system of every company. Changing ERP platform into open technology is an opportunity for digital transformation, which gives companies more flexibility and ef...

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Breno Gentil of Heineken talks with Hendrik Deckers about his #ERP and #cloud strategies. “We believe that ERP is still a super important part of any digital backbone of any organisation. It carries a foundational role, it’s the heart of the company,” says Breno. He also reveals why IT should be involved in business decisions and why networking is essential for...

“I think one of the most important things for executives is: don’t be afraid to fail and be open to the best idea which can come from anywhere”. In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode in which Paul Cormier - President & CEO of Red Hat - tells Hendrik Deckers his story of a successful transition from an engineer to a leader of a 20 000 employee company. He discusses open source software (OSS) and how...

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Ignacio Cea Fornies of Prosegur Cash, talks with Hendrik Deckers about the reasons of the Great Resignation and explains why automating boring, repetitive tasks, removing silos and bringing employees closer to clients could help to retain and attract talent. People are wired to be motivated by what’s meaningful to them. Not only does purpose bolster employees'...

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Remco Brouwer, Senior Vice President Digital Transformation at Randstad talks with Hendrik Deckers about new trends in HR, the ongoing war for talent in the IT industry and the ways to win it. People are willing to earn less money to do more meaningful work. Provide them with an assignment that has a purpose rather than a repetitive task that anyone in the offic...

“Robots let people focus on high-value tasks: strategic decisions, creative thinking, networking and customer interaction.” How to scale up from a startup to a global enterprise with over $890 million in revenue? Is automation the way to retain talent in the organisation? How can RPA be used in a data-driven enterprise to generate value from data assets? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Daniel...

How to organise the finance department and IT collaboration to get the best results? What role do data and data governance play in a successful transformation? How to implement robotic process automation to maintain high satisfaction levels among employees? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Xavier Baraton, CAO of Carrefour France tells Hendrik Deckers about 4 main pillars of transformation in th...

"The more we can automate menial tasks, the more we can free up our employees to do more of the value adding tasks." In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Christa Koenen, CIO, CDO & Member of the Management Board of DB Schenker, talks with Hendrik Deckers about the ways to automate business processes. Christa talks not only about the strategy and challenges of DB Schenker, but also about the benefi...

„Innovation needs to be built on open foundations. It's only if we're working together to build off of one another, we can meet the challenges of tomorrow.” In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Melissa Evers, Vice President - Software and Advanced Technology Group, General Manager of Strategy to Execution at @Intel, talks with Hendrik Deckers about effective ways to leverage data to shape business...

„The more successful I was at connecting with people as a business leader, not just a technology leader, the faster we made progress and the more we got trust and budget support.” In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Stuart McGuigan, former CIO of the Department of State, talks with Hendrik Deckers about the art and science of marrying a company's mission to the technology strategy and explains wh...