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481: Marstercard President of Operations & Technology Ed McLaughlin discusses

How Ed balances innovation with risk mitigation
How security can be used as a strategic weapon
Ed’s thoughts on the current pandemic, including how it will result in a permanent shift in certain behaviors
Why bold pronouncements about the future of work can’t be made just yet.
Ed’s view on blockchain
Mastercard’s lab group, whose job is to investigate new technologies

Among a variety of other topics.

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480: Former Cisco CEO John Chambers discusses:

John’s experience with previous financial crises
The playbook he is running with his 18 startups through the current pandemic.
Why John went into venture capital after his time at Cisco
Why John is partnering with 18 startups, rather than just one
How the current crisis has impacted John’s investment theses.
The playbook John ran when making acquisitions at Cisco
The successes and failures he has experienced with digital transformations
The impact COVID is going to have long-term including how
- COVID has and will continue to accelerate the shift to digital
- Why the top ten companies in each industry will be shuffled, and
- Why we won’t have an environment where everyone works from home

Among a variety of other topics.

This episode was recorded live at the 2020 Metis Strategy Digital Symposium.

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479: Ocean Spray Cranberries Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Jamie Head, discusses:

Jamie’s purview as Chief Digital and Technology Officer
Ocean Spray’s five-year plan to transform from a cranberry business to a health and wellness business
The company’s innovation plan, the digital hub his team is building
The company’s relationship with the farmers who grow the cranberries
How the company approaches external partnerships
Jamie’s interest in the health and wellness space

Among a variety of other topics.

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478: Reid Hoffman is an iconic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. Perhaps best known as the co-founder and former CEO of LinkedIn, he is currently a partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners, where he focuses on early-stage investing. He hosts the podcast, Masters of Scale. In this interview, we discuss:

The current pandemic and the economic crisis
How one must lean on one’s ecosystem for insights and support while offering the same back into the ecosystem
How the pandemic has caused previous market failures to move to market readiness
The importance of entrepreneurs co-designing their go-to-market strategy
The precise definition of blitzscaling and its application to large companies

Among a variety of other topics.

This episode was recorded live at the 2020 Metis Strategy Digital Symposium.

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477: Yum! Brands Chief Digital and Technology Officer Clay Johnson discusses:

An overview of Yum! Brands ecosystem
Clay’s four key priorities around redefining the customer, team member, and employee experience
How COVID has accelerated the company’s digital journey
How the company delivers an excellent customer experience
How the company has implemented customer feedback to deliver contactless payments
The innovation lab at Yum! Brands
Clay’s view on the future of the mobile workforce post-pandemic
Clay’s take on the evolution of the CIO role
How switching from a project to a product mindset can accelerate product development and delivery
How agile thinking applies to operations

Among a variety of other topics.

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476: Unqork CEO Gary Hoberman discusses:

An overview of no code
Why Gary left the CIO rank
Why the metrics that gauge success or lack thereof for IT departments are flawed
How companies need to reward their technologists based on the value they achieve, rather than being on time and on budget
Why Gary believes that you can always improve a big company,
Advice Gary has for others looking to leave large companies and start their own
Some of the groundbreaking things Unqork has done with large enterprises

Among a variety of other topics.

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475: Commonwealth Bank of Australia CIO Pascal Boillat discusses:

Pascal’s 6-pillared IT strategy
Advantages Pascal gains having technology and operations disciplines under his purview
Some of the innovation efforts Commonwealth Bank is undergoing.
Why working remotely due to COVID-19 was even more of a transition for Australians than other parts of the world
The tech landscape in Australia
How the company works with other FinTechs
Pascal’s take on quantum computing, AI, and the cloud

Among a variety of other topics.

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In this interview, Woven CEO Tim Campos discusses:

The genesis story of Woven
The most successful go to market model for productivity software
Why Woven decided not to directly compete with Apple, Microsoft, and Google
How Tim has built his team at Woven
How the CIO role prepared Tim for the CEO role
Three elements that are needed to start a company successfully
How Tim has managed during this time of crisis
Tim’s experience on boards

Among a variety of other topics.

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In this interview, Intel CIO Archana Deskus discusses,

Archana’s purview as the global CIO of Intel
Archana’s experience coming up to speed in the role
Intel’s response to COVID-19
How COVID-19 will impact the future of work
How her team has been enabling the shift to remote work.
The company’s data-first mindset and their Corporate Data Office
How the company is using artificial intelligence
How the CIO role has evolved in Archana’s 17+ years in the post

Among a variety of other topics.

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In this interview, we discuss

COVID’s impact on enterprise
How COVID has impacted the amount of Slack users positively and negatively
The potential challenges a hybrid model of working will present.
How people are more attracted to new features versus core improvement to the existing features
The main difference between Slack and Microsoft Teams and how they can be used together
How the demand for synchronous communication can be disruptive to people’s time management and their ability to focus

Among a variety of other topics.

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