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’We can liberate hours and allow our employees to do what they were primarily hired to do. And that's why I think in the era of great resignation automation should be the number one priority for all CIOs and CFOs’’. Does automation allow enterprises to scale up their businesses? Who is a leader of this process: CFO or CIO? Where and how to implement automation? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode,...

‘’The key strength is to keep this startup mindset in the sense of constantly looking, how to be more efficient,’’ How to deal with the pressure of becoming more digital? How to adapt to become a sustainable business? How to win the best talents? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Eulalia Nadal, CCO and CIO at GBfoods, talks with Hendrik Deckers about constant pressure to adapt business to chang...

Do we have to be afraid of technology in our daily lives in the future? How the way we work is changing and what does ‘’the workplace of the future’’ mean? Watch the interview and find out. In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, CarstenTrapp, Head of Corporate IT of Zeiss Group talks with Hendrik Deckers about (i) adapting to new technology trends, (ii) implementing a workforce transformation and (i...

How do you transform a ship into a hospital in one week? What is “Control Tower Program” and how did it transform the GNV business model? Watch the interview and find out! In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Barbara Poli, CIO & CTO of GNV Grandi Navi Veloci talks with Hendrik Deckers about the dramatic transformation of the organisation’s business model, challenges they faced when the Covid pandem...

“I think technology is becoming a key part of strategy. I simply don't see how you're going to define a strategy without thinking how your technology is going to help or not help that strategy” In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Javier Cabrerizo, Global Managing Director at Prosegur talks with Hendrik Deckers about the organisation’s digital transformation, new approach towards innovation and dat...

“When you don't have confidence, all you need is a healthy dose of courage” How do you help people to reach their best? How do you become a true change maker? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Cindy Hoots, Chief Digital Officer and CIO of AstraZeneca talks with Hendrik Deckers about joining the organization at the eve of Covid-19 pandemic and managing change in the most turbulent times. Cindy em...

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Thomas Mannmeusel, Executive VP Process Optimization & Group CIO of Webasto talks with Hendrik Deckers about the Global Process Organization, unique program that helps Webasto to break the silos. Thomas explains why he is a big fan of decentralization and building networks and how meeting a basketball mentor helped him to understand the business world better. He...

“I love IOT, but not because I love IOT is because we love what we can do with IOT. We love what we can do with APIs. We love what we can do with the different pieces of technology.” How is digital immersion leveraging innovation? What is more important: inclusion or diversity? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Marina Bellini, CIO & CDO of BAT talks with Hendrik Deckers about the organisation’s...

What is Stefanini’s Innovation ecosystem and how does it relate to company’s success? How do you combine true entrepreneurship with servant leadership? What is the secret ingredient of talent retention at Stefanini? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Marco Stefanini, the CEO and founder of Stefanini Group, talks with Hendrik Deckers about growing as a leader and contributing to a better, more inc...

What is PSP and why is it critical for Nik and FedEx? What is the real value of servant leadership? Is FedEx's federation model more centralized or decentralized and how does it affect the organisation’s operating model? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Nik Puri, Senior VP IT of FedEx Express, talks with Hendrik Deckers about the organisation’s transformation journey, the need to simplify proce...

How is SEAT:CODE different to Seat & Cupra? Can a car industry organization become a profitable digital business? Why is it so important to keep the control of a digital product in-house? What is Fast Lane and how does it respond to changing customer needs? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Sebastian Grams, CEO of Audi Sport (former CIO of Seat & Cupra) talks with Hendrik Deckers about the trans...

How to create the right environment in your organization? Did Software AG prove more agile or fragile during the pandemic? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Sanjay Brahmawar, CEO of Software AG, talks with Hendrik Deckers about becoming more agile and the new age CIO, who should support growth through technology and create competitive advantage. Sanjay elaborates on the importance of creating th...

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Tarun Kohli, Managing Director & Head of New Propositions of Swiss Re, talks with Hendrik Deckers about the problems with managing the data, challenges of digital transformation in the insurance industry and the Reconnection Program, which solved a huge industry challenge in 3 months. “The collective output of the team is far better than the single output of any...

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Kristin Lindmark, CIO of SPP, the leading insurance company in the Nordics, talks with Hendrik Deckers about the Future Core, a core renewal program whose implementation might be compared to a heart transplant. Kristin talks about the transformation that has been implemented at SPP since 2016: ✅ migrating 90% of the data into the new platform ✅ cost savings of...

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Elena Liria, CEO of Digital Madrid, talks to Hendrik Deckers about crisis management, the innovation that happens now, and the importance of being open to change. Elena talks about building field hospitals, creating infrastructure for them, and the role of the IT department in the public sector. We can find out about Plan Continua & Impulsa and the Digital Innov...

What is a digital twin and how does it help A2A to optimize the maintenance and increase efficiency? How digital relates to sustainability? Why women are better managers than men in the Digital Transformation journey? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Marco Moretti, CIO of A2A, talks with Hendrik Deckers about the future of A2A and the impact technology can have on sustainability. Marco explains...

Can a highly regulated public institution deliver an MVP in 24 hours? Is it possible to prevent humanitarian crisis by managing data? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Sven Egyedy, CIO & CTO of Federal Foreign Office of Germany talks with Hendrik Deckers about his efforts to bring home over 200,000 German citizens home when the first wave of Coronavirus hit the entire world. Sven’s team implemen...

How to complete #DigitalTransformation in five months? How to convert one of the world’s oldest banking institutions into a new innovative and digital native bank? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Tomasz Motyl, co-founder and CIO of Aion Bank, talks with Hendrik Deckers about doing the impossible. In just over five months the team of Aion Bank successfully completed a deep transformation projec...

In this #LeadershipDeepDive, Stuart Birrell, CDO & CIO at easyJet, talks with Hendrik Deckers about the competitive market of aviation and how the Covid crisis affected easyJet. Stuart says and explains how easyJet is changing under his leadership to keep up with competitors. Stuart shares his insights on: ✅ Innovation at easyJet ✅ New operation model ✅ How sustainability has an increasing impa...

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Melanie Kehr, CIO & COO of KfW, talks with Hendrik Deckers about the challenges she and her team had to face when the Corona hit in 2020 and how the digital agenda they had introduced earlier helped to implement the Corona Support Program. Melanie talks about agile transformation and the three success factors: ✅ Platform ✅ Agile way of working ✅ Cloud technol...

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Filipe Teixeira, CIO of illimity, talks with Hendrik Deckers about how in November 2018 he entered an empty office to start a digital bank of the future and he completed the task in less than one year. Filipe talks about his role as CIO - the dream of many CIOs – starting in a greenfield scenario and challenges it brought to him and his team: ✅ Having all the s...

How to reinvent food business with long tradition? What does it take to eliminate manual work and to have as much workflow as possible? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Sanjay Patel, CIO of Tate & Lyle, talks with Hendrik Deckers about how to reorganize the way we work. Big evangelist of technology and automation, Sanjay believes that pandemic was a great change catalyst that enabled huge tran...

How to find the right balance between the traditional model of a company and empowering the employees? How to break the silos without compromising the security in a platform for capital markets? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Michał Paprocki, CTO of Euroclear, talks with Hendrik Deckers about challenges of #DigitalTransformation in a highly sensitive Finance sector. “We are the Facebook of c...

Can RPA ‘take the robot out of the human’? Are FinTech companies and startups a competition or rather an opportunity? In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Mark Foulsham, COO of Kensington Mortgages, talks with Hendrik Deckers about his journey from CIO to COO and how the boundaries between functions are becoming blurry. Reflecting on the changing role of a leader, Mark believes that digital leader...

What is the new style of leadership and why does it challenge you? In what way is smoking similar to changing culture in a big company? Why is Open Source default choice at Orange? Watch this interview and find out 👉🏼 In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Koen Vermeulen, Group CIO of Orange, talks with Hendrik Deckers about his strategy and view on Open Innovation: “It's a worldwide movement that...