CCC Talks

Gen Z will be a quarter of the workforce in about 6 years. This generation is coming with demands and requests that the current labor community needs to apprehend in an open-minded way. The technological advancements contributed to a blast of speed in communication over the world which enabled this generation to speak up on their needs and dreams. That also covers the work environment.

And that is what our guest Raven Solomon is here in this episode to talk about. She walks us through the differences and similarities of Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, and Baby Boomers and how to make sure to communicate and collaborate in respect, honesty, and transparency for a successful future of work.

We are in an industrial revolution that’s going very fast for organizations and for the generations going through it. IT professionals and digital leaders have to make hard decisions and choices on a daily basis.

In this episode, Tina Frey Clements walks us through the challenges organizations face being multi-layered, differs from the leader's generation to the newer ones, and how listening and opening the conversation will lead to a successful transformation.

Living between disruptions and abnormal is something we are starting to get used to. The pandemic has pushed us to new ways of living but we’re only speaking for ourselves, our generation. Thousands of years ago, disruptions happened, hundreds of years ago, they happened as well. For humankind, disruption is not new but the rise of technology has now a central place.

In this episode, Ade McCormack shows us how to stay grounded and explains that digital is at the core of our lives and we, as a society, need to make a change in the way we behave in order to strive in this digital chaos.

Over the past years, many industries have taken a strong interest in IoT with the implementation of 5G, connected hardware, and all. But what are the foundations of building an IoT solution? Nobody ever asks for an IoT solution right away.

In this episode, Gayatri Sirure walks us through the building blocks of IoT with her experience in exposing the problem before the solution, with her view on what are the first pillars to have before enabling IoT in an organization.

Digital Transformation is the term of the decade. Anyone can find a tremendous amount of articles, news, and other forms of content on the topic, and eventually, get lost in this overwhelming subject. But what is it really about? Can we really pinpoint the definition of Digital Transformation?

We decided to open the discussion and ask David Jones, who is a very experienced marketer who specialized in IT Vendors and digital organizations.  He tells us more than the cryptic steps and processes of digital transformation.

In this episode, David Jones explores the inner workings of IT organizations, he takes us through what it means to go through organizational change and phases of adaptation with new technology advancements. More than that, he brings us back to reality with tangible examples and anecdotes.

As technology advances, we are losing sight of who it should be benefiting from. Indeed, we humans have started to fall behind in caring for one another. In many ways, the pandemic has had a great impact on our society, one of the few which is positive is people coming together even remotely to care for one another. In organizations, this phenomenon is unknown but starting to make a hit as the old ways are not accepted anymore.

Elaine Montilla, our guest, says no to the old ways. In this episode, she tells us about her journey as a woman from a minority, as a respected professional, as a leader, and above all as a human. Explaining that inclusivity and diversity are how to make individuals and therefore teams and organizations on the way to a successful future. She is with us, now more than ever, spreading the word on self-acceptance, positivity, and equity for better leadership.

In a world where data is king, the digitalization of our society makes us surrounded and even overwhelmed by it. However, data sets are a language made for computers to communicate with other computers, and being able to understand how it works is not enough. It is, now more than ever, necessary to comprehend and decipher data in a way the human brain can process it.

The pandemic of COVID19 has forced many organizations to fasten their digital transformation efforts. In the sector of higher education, the stakes are high. The efforts are multiple dimensions, considering the staff, the professors who, more than teaching, also need to be at the forefront of research and being able to prepare the future workforce filling their classrooms. 

From virtual campuses to maintaining a competitive advantage facing the easiness of finding information online, opportunities and challenges are facing higher education. Alain Goudey, Chief Digital Officer at Neoma Business School will describe in detail the initiatives that were taken and the various aspects that are inherent to the momentum of disruption we are currently living.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way companies develop products. The demand has changed, the lifecycle of products needs to be longer, it needs to be able to be updated,  mobile, and more than anything, it needs to be connected. The internet and the rise of connected products are not only changing the consumption behavior of society but companies need to adapt to this change by thinking differently about how their product will behave and with the help of IoT, companies can now understand how their products are used by retrieving the data of their sold devices instantly. Robert Heerekpp is an Internet of Things consultant who has bathed in the world of IoT since the beginning and made it his mission to help organizations with their IoT challenges. In this new episode of CCC Talks, he helped us understand the impact on business, but also on society as it moves forward in the digital era.

Digital transformation is about how companies can adopt technology to become faster, more efficient, and more innovative. An organization that is going through this type of change needs a clear perspective and a lot of guidance.

In our CCC Talks episode of today, we talk with Arnaud van Rietschoten, Head of Information Technology Operations at SEBA Bank AG, about the importance of digital transformation, DevOps, and organizational efficiency. We touch upon subjects such as the culture of changing, ShuHaRi way of working, IT knowledge and much more.