What does it take to implement technology successfully in a fast moving, competitive business with high pressures?
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Winning businesses have a proven approach to make technology work within their cultures - generating higher returns than the benchmark - and increasing their competitive advantage as a result.
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Join us for each episode of our podcast which will feature leading executives who share with you their techniques and experiences for delivering success.
ep 1: Bill Baumann, experienced CxO at REI, Total Wine&More, Tower Records
Legendary executive Bill Baumann provides his insights across a wealth of CIO/CTO/CMO/COO experiences in some of the best known brands in the world, including Tower Records, REI, Total Wine&More, and others.
Bill and I discussed:
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Courageous leadership
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Decision making at speed and under pressure
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The power of saying no
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Being "in it" with AI to drive a personal and organizational learning discipline.
ep 2: Pete Charette, The Hershey Company
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Pete Charette discusses his journey combining his studies in Food Marketing, analytics, and international marketing with the opportunities he has had to leverage new systems and AI to attain business results. Pete has experienced the forefront of the intersection of AI, machine learning, high volume systems, data analysis and people - leading to bigger and better opportunities.
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We discussed:
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His playbook for focusing on discrete business problems
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How to communicate the power of AI
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Driving a fabric and culture of innovation by staying rooted in the business.
ep 3: Kerry Pauling, former global CTO, Walmart and CEO, KP4Solutions
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Kerry ("KP") recaps his amazing career at Walmart, encompassing industrial and systems engineering through to leading global CIOs to deliver advanced systems capability tightly connected to measurable business value - at speed and scale.
With his success in leading technology adoption at Walmart, and his continuing advocacy through his consulting practice, KP4Solutions, KP share his unique insights into the elements of success for enterprises as they adopt technology.
Highlights include:
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Organizational willingness
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How to prepare for AI
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The importance of being a 360 degree leader
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How to ensure your strategy will survive leadership changes
ep 4: Karolis Lesickas, Founder and CEO, Goalnetic, former CEO Franmax
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In this episode, Karolis Lesickas discusses his career spanning many business and IT functions within Retail. Karolis is founder and CEO of Goalnetic, a specialized technology and advisory firm to power innovations at speed and scale for his clients.
Previously, Karolis was CEO of Franmax, where he and his team were responsible for delivering technology innovation for all of the companies in the Maxima GrupÄ—, spanning grocery and e-grocery in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria, and Poland.
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Highlights include:
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his 4 pillars of success,
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the value of simplicity in program and project approaches
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how to organize and scale for the speed of AI
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how to properly balance rapid milestones for value delivery with business and program discipline.