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To leverage the insights in the data spread across your organisation and to drive a modern digital experience in a world of exponentially growing data in a sustainable way, you have to engage with what is going on in your data plumbing. Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to Rick Houlihan, Field CTO for Strategic Accounts, MongoDB to get a view on database history and technology and how understanding thi...

It should be a no brainer that more diverse teams deliver better and more customer appropriate outcomes and solutions.  The significance of this is very much demonstrated in the realm of data - a space where ensuring that no bias is introduced into the data set is critical! Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to Roisin McCarthy, Founder at Women in Data® about the founding and mission of Women in Data®,...

The automotive industry is going through a period of unparalleled disruption.  How people want to buy cars, the experience of using one and how a car is powered are all under going massive transformational change. Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to James Speer, Global Partner Development Manager - Automotive and Manufacturing, AWS about the disruption in the automotive industry, the electrification r...

Fashion is an industry where customer experience is critical, it has to represent your brand values very accurately.  Additionally, the experience is becoming more and more complex as it needs to deliver "phygital" high quality and consistent omni-channel experiences. Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to Manyana Schmitz, Director Digital Optimization and Transformation at PVH, a fashion company in Euro...

Much like any new technology release, AI is currently going through its hype-cycle, meaning, that for all of the noise and conversation happening, there is currently a lot of experimentation, rather than Enterprise scale implementation.  Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to Christopher Wells, VP R&D, Indico Data and host of the Unstructured Unlocked podcast, about where we are on the AI hype-cycle,...

Alongside the huge potential advantages AI will bring, there are implications to its usage that we need to take seriously, right from the outset.  Security and privacy are critical, not only to ensure the safe use of AI in coming years, both in society and commercially, but also how do we prevent AI from being abused or creating new Cyber attack surfaces? Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to Bill Reid,...

Quantum is coming. Over the next 10 years Quantum computers will become more stable, powerful and mainstream, with a different approach to processing, they unlock the potential to solve some of the worlds biggest problems. Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to Alexander Del Toro Barba, Quantum & AI Practice Lead, and Catherine Vollgraff Heidweiller, Quantum AI Product Manager, about what makes Quant...

The speed at which businesses need to change to keep pace with ever-accelerating innovation continues to increase.  Leaders today need to deal with this while balancing the shock of the change on customers and staff and the challenges of legacy modernisation. Live from SPARK, a CxO Forum in Paris, Dave talks to a CxO panel, including: Kemal Cetin, Global Chief Information Officer at FrieslandCampi...

Being a data-driven organisation means culturally treating data as a strategic asset and then building capabilities to put that asset to use not just for big decisions but also for everyday action on the frontline.  In this second of a two part mini-series looking at becoming a data driven organisation, Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to Mark Jones, Head of Engineering for Data & Analytics at Rea...

Being a data-driven organisation means culturally treating data as a strategic asset and then building capabilities to put that asset to use not just for big decisions but also for everyday action on the frontline.  It can deliver huge additional business value as well as drive your customer experience, but it requires significant effort to fully achieve. Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk with Wessel I...

LEGO is one of the world's best-loved and most familiar brands, adored by generations of children (and podcast hosts and listeners).  What is less well known, perhaps, is its journey over the last 20 years which has required significant innovation.  Granted unprecedented access to every part of the LEGO Group, David Robertson, for his book 'Brick by Brick', not only charted each twist in the compa...

Quantum is coming.  A new generation of computers with the potential to change life on Earth, including fixing the M25 problem! Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk with James Cruise, Head of Quantum Algorithms at Cambridge Consultants, about what Quantum actually is, how it differs from 'classical' computing, how it might be applied and the current state of Quantum development. Finally, in this weeks Tre...

With the economic conditions in 2023 calling for great attention to be paid to costs, along with cloud hitting a point of adoption maturity, FinOps is central to the cloud conversation right now.  Whilst Cloud should not predominantly be seen as cost saving exercise, there are often opportunities and even if cost saving is not top priority, ensuring your Cloud footprint is optimised is always crit...

Conversations around the short and long term risks and potentially significant unintended consequences of AI are increasing in volume.  This has culminated recently in a controversial open letter, coordinated by Future of Life institute, from hundreds of leading figures in this space, including Elon Musk, asking for development and AI learning to be paused, until it is better understood.  “Advance...

Digital organisations work in new ways that require us all to adapt and develop new skills and framing and making sense of the world.  How to tackle this is one of the more difficult challenges requiring addressing in a digital transformation. Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk with Micheal Hamman, Teacher and Coach, about different styles of organisation and about how our beliefs can impact how we act....

Digitalisation in an inherently complex activity, with unknowns being very high and experimentation required on an ongoing basis - there is no 'once and done'.  The changes in leadership framing, decision making and ways of working required are hugely under estimated in discussions and planning of 'transformation' and failure to engage with that could risk your success. Dave, Sjoukje & Rob tal...

AI usability and adoption continues to rapidly accelerate in 2023, but it is important to understand the risks to your business from mis-using AI and best practices for evaluating the right AI tools for the right jobs. Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk with Michelle Zhou, Founder and CEO of Juji, about her history and take on the progression of AI over the last 20 years, why democratisation of AI is bo...

Platform engineering is a core part of modern digital operating models.  The discipline has been developing over the last 10 years and provides underlying safe, secure and optimised platforms, essential for creative and customer centric innovation. Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk with Jennifer Riggins, Tech Culture Author about what good platform engineering looks like, why conditions today could lea...

Legacy modernisation is one of the most difficult, and often misunderstood, elements of digital transformation.  It can be expensive and very disruptive.  It has more in common with business transformation than cloud migration and can lend itself to risky large scale implementations. Dave, Sjoukje & Rob are joined by John Kodumal, CTO and Co-Founder of LaunchDarkly, they talk about how greenfi...

"Digital transformation" a phrase that has been used for years, often thought to be overused and perhaps hollow, maybe coming of age.  This week we look into this phrase and what its meant over the years, but also try to understand what's changed to make it more material. Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk with Jeff DeVerter, Tech Evangelist from Rackspace about what has made this real in 2023 and what...

TelCo is a Sector where Cloud based software defined networks are driving customer expectations combined with potentially providing huge operational efficiencies.  Telcos are increasingly moving their networks to the cloud, recognizing the significant advantages this can provide – 31% of global network capacity is being serviced by cloud today, and this is expected to increase to 46% in the next 3...

Each year Capgemini publishes TechnoVision - a comprehensive prediction of the year to come, along with useful principles that guided both its prediction and use.  It seeks to bring some fresh thinking to the technology business issues of today.  In this special two part episode Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk in detail with the reports leader Ron Tolido and get a special insight into the creation of...

Each year Capgemini publishes TechnoVision - a comprehensive prediction of the year to come, along with useful principles that guide both its prediction and use.  It seeks to bring some fresh thinking to the technology business issues of today.  In this special two part episode Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk in detail with the reports leader Ron Tolido and get a special insight into the creation of...

Artificial intelligence seems to be being talked about everywhere this year, but is really being leveraged as much as that suggests, and do we really understand what it is, its limitations and its dangers? Dave, Sjoukje & Rob are joined by Tom Godden, Director of Enterprise Strategy at AWS about the uptake of AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning in businesses today.  They also set out some d...

Modern ways of working require significant engagement from everyone involved to ensure the right things are getting done and the right time and the levels of creativity are sustained for innovation.  How do we get the balance right? Dave, Sjoukje & Rob are joined by Duena Blomstrom, CEO of PeopleNotTech, author and influencer to discuss what drives a teams performance is it process, technology...