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Each month, “Ammirati on Innovation” episodes will look at ways that the disruptive-startup mentality is spreading beyond young entrepreneurs to big established corporations. Serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and Carnegie Mellon B-school professor Sean Ammirati, who sits at the intersection of these high-change dynamics, provides insight.Episode 2In this episode, Sean and I celebrate big, legacy businesses taking innovation “moonshots.” What about the Disney+ strategy makes it a Netflix killer. Why SAP + Qualtrics is a killer idea. And how Satya Nadella just might be the killer CEO of the decade. Sean also talks us through his belief that grocery chains, manufacturers, automotive companies, and others need to figure out what their own version of Disney+ looks like—and get started on building it. Because as Sean says, we cannot relegate innovation to a subset of the economy and a subset of society. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here’s my conversation with Leighanne Levensaler, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Workday. This is also episode eight of “Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights.” As the tech companies in our Cloud Wars Top 10 rankings drive transformation not just in individual corporations but also in entire global industries, it’s essential for business executives to understand the strategic intentions of each of these vendors. That’s what this new limited series is all about.Episode 8: WorkdayAs Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Workday, Leighanne discusses how machine learning is sewn into the fabric of Workday, so that every feature can be more personalized and more predictive. Workday has a customer base that is 2,700 strong, and they have opened up their APIs to customers so they can extend their experience in a multi-cloud environment. Leighanne also talks about how Workday has always taken the harder, longer road, managing not for just the quarter – but for generations. And, she discusses how and why she frequents Workday customer Panera, which is not mobile-first, but mobile-only. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here’s my conversation with Juergen Mueller, CTO, and Christian Klein, COO. As the tech companies in our Cloud Wars Top 10 rankings drive transformation not just in individual corporations but also in entire global industries, it’s essential for business executives to understand the strategic intentions of each of these vendors. That’s what this new limited series is all about.Episode 7: SAPIn this episode, Juergen explains how Qualtrics was a game-changing acquisition – and a very simple integration. He also discusses how SAP is not competing with the hyperscalers – they’re in a “co-opetition.” Christian describes how SAP has the ability to connect the pieces of the Intelligent Enterprise. He also describes how all industries are undergoing a huge transformation – and how SAP can help them transform through new business models, data analytics, and AI. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Each month Tony Uphoff, visionary CEO of Thomasnet.com, joins Cloud Wars Live for a recurring segment. “Uphoff on Industry” will explore the innovations, upheavals, and breakthroughs reshaping the world of manufacturing and industrial markets. Join Tony and me as we discuss disruptive new trends in the digital-industrial world: not just how products are designed, sourced and manufactured, but also the new ways in which industrial companies are getting up to speed on marketing, sales and customer experience.Episode 2In this episode, Tony and I look at how additive manufacturing (3D printing) is providing factories with products from simple to complex, and how digital twinning – a digital representation of a physical asset – is a game-changer. We also discuss how a digital ledger, (blockchain) opens up “tons of opportunities” for manufacturers. Tony thinks that technological change precedes cultural change, and that industry is leading the way with robotics and automation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here’s my conversation with Oracle's Steve Daheb, and the latest episode of “Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights.” As the tech companies in our Cloud Wars Top 10 rankings drive transformation not just in individual corporations but also in entire global industries, it’s essential for business executives to understand the strategic intentions of each of these vendors. That’s what this new limited series is all about.Episode 6: OracleAs Senior Vice President of Oracle’s Cloud Business Group, Steve is bringing a strong business and customer orientation to the market. If he’s right, the TaylorMade Golf Company is seeing not a 40% improvement in performance – but a 40X improvement. And The Hertz Corporation, which used to provision a database in eight weeks, can now do it in eight minutes. He goes on to say how having an open platform gives customers a choice of hybrid, heterogenous, and multi-cloud – and how cloud flips the script from 20% innovation to 80% innovation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Wayne Sadin on Digital Strategy” episodes will explore the fast-changing and high-stakes world of digital business. We’ll focus on what CEOs and boards must do to lead their companies successfully into the Digital Age. Today, we talk about the relationship between boards and the C-suite, and the most important questions to ask an incoming CIO.Episode 5In this episode: Wayne and I discuss Wayne’s favorite subject: technical debt. Wayne, who has served as CIO, CTO, and CDO, laments the fact that most boards talk to their CIO maybe four times a year (not enough). He shares the first question he would ask, as a member of the board, to an incoming CIO (and what he’d want the answer to be). Plus, Wayne and Bob explore why IT shops tend to have an overabundance of technicians who want to turn the knobs and play with the dials, but not enough “human factors” people. Watch for all this and more, and to find out what Wayne means when he says that he never wants to be a Dilbert cartoon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cloud Wars caught up with TJ Graven, Under Armour's Senior Vice President of Global IT, at SAP Sapphire Now 2019 in Orlando. As a long-term customer of Qualtrics and now of SAP, Under Armour is already gaining an enhanced understanding of their own customers through the combination of operational data and experience data: the Xs and Os that make up experience management.TJ and Bob discuss how 21 years of innovation at Under Armour shapes how the company runs today. Plus, TJ shares his plans for increasing transparency throughout the organization, measuring success, and bringing on the right talent in a highly competitive environment.Highlights: ▪️ "Understanding our business deeply allows us to really be thoughtful and anticipate where things are going."▪️ "I don't have a separate technology strategy... Our success is all measured in the same way. It's making our consumers better, making our athletes better."▪️ "Technology's impact on the way we work and the way we live and the way we transact our business is something that you can't expect a single person to see."--Watch more Cloud Wars Live interviews: https://cloudwars.co/visit/podcast/ Read the latest Cloud Wars news and analysis: https://cloudwars.co/visit/articles/CategoryScience & Technology See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here’s my conversation with ServiceNow Chief Innovation Officer Dave Wright, the latest episode of “Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights.” As the tech companies in our Cloud Wars Top 10 rankings drive transformation not just in individual corporations but also in entire global industries, it’s essential for business executives to understand the strategic intentions of each of these vendors. That’s what this new limited series is all about.Episode 5: ServiceNowI sat down with Dave Wright, who is the Chief Innovation Officer at ServiceNow. In this episode, Dave discusses ServiceNow’s particular approach to keeping companies both as relevant and as agile as possible. We also talk trends in digital transformation, tectonic shifts in ways of working, and enterprise-wide workflows that mirror seamless customer experiences. And Dave shares some examples of ServiceNow’s “systems of action,” including how partners like Deloitte get creative not just in systems implementation – but also in building their own world-shaping applications. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Each month, “Christopher Lochhead on Different” episodes will explore the need to differentiate people, products, and services in a world that encourages a lot of imitation. A best-selling author, top podcaster, and former tech-industry CMO, Chris is a student of not only business and technology and marketing but also human nature, human folly, human genius, and very human joy.Episode 4In this episode, Chris and I discuss how Uber wants to be the Uber of everything, how Chris Hughes is a Facebook critic, and how the Wall Street Journal reports that we’re at the lowest level of entrepreneurship in history. We also discuss how instead of going to Disney’s Millennium Falcon, with their $400 French fries and $25 Cokes, you should take your kid for a walk in the woods. Oh, and we discuss how the fatal selfie is maybe what Darwin intended. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Wayne Sadin on Digital Strategy” episodes will explore the fast-changing and high-stakes world of digital business. We’ll focus on what CEOs and boards must do to lead their companies successfully into the Digital Age. Today, we talk about how hyperscalers enable you to not be in the server maintenance or virus patching business. Episode 5In this episode, Wayne and I discuss his favorite subject: technical debt. We also discuss how most boards talk to their CIO four times a year, how IT shops have an overabundance of technicians who want to turn the knobs and play with the dials, and how he never wants to be a Dilbert cartoon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of "Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights," Harish Grama, General Manager, IBM Public Cloud, and I discuss how IBM’s Hybrid Cloud is transforming customer strategies. Harish has worked with thousands of developers, and managed a budget of hundreds of millions to build out IBM’s Hybrid Cloud strategy – including SoftLayer, Bluemix, Cloud Managed Services, and OpenStack in public, dedicated, and local deployment models. He left IBM briefly for a two-year stint at JPMorgan Chase but returned in 2018. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights, Arpan Shah and I discuss how over 95% of the Fortune 500 are on Microsoft Cloud, how customers are now asking not why should I move to the cloud — but how should I move to the cloud, and how a hybrid model is what customers want today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cloud Wars caught up with Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith during SAP’s big Sapphire 2019 event in Orlando. About 6 months after agreeing to an acquisition by SAP and about 3 months after the deal was completed, the Qualtrics co-founder and Chief Executive had some compelling insights and stories to share.We discussed how SAP’s global presence is helping Qualtrics scale at a pace that would have otherwise been impossible. Ryan shared his unique expertise and insight into why experience management is the solution that businesses need today and will need even more tomorrow. And I got a look at how Ryan sees Qualtrics fitting into and strengthening the SAP cloud. Watch to get a look behind the curtain of a deal that has sparked transformation and innovation at one of the world’s top enterprise tech vendors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights, Will Grannis and I discuss how Google Cloud is helping drive innovation and growth for businesses and breakthrough experiences for customers – and, how to unlock the transformative power of the cloud with data analytics and machine learning. We also explore how the cloud can enable data-driven business models that would never have been feasible before. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of "Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights," Larry Socher and I discuss what Accenture's learned in 20,000 tech projects with clients, and how he manages to remain a trusted partner to hyperscalers AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud -- as well as to all the major SaaS vendors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.