CIONET

eObuwie.pl offers over 50,000 models of shoes and they are selling most of them in fully digital brick-and-mortar stores with no merchandise exposition and 4 to 24 hour delivery time.

This biggest online footwear retailer in Poland decided to fix all the problems of online shopping (inability to try on selected shoes) and offline shopping (difficulty to search and incomplete stock) by creating a completely unique omnichannel experience.

In this episode of #LeadershipDeepDive Hendrik Deckers talks to Jarosław Hoffmann, former CIO of eObuwie and the company's Head of Retail, Konrad Jezierski.

Table of Contents:

01:00 - Konrad Jezierski, Head of Retail at eObuwie.pl

01:44 - Digital physical stores

16:10 - The results of the project

19:09 - How business and IT collaborated

21:01 - What makes your IT department exceptional?

22:54 - What drives you in your job?

26:35 - What's unique in your organisation to make it successful?

28:21 - esize.me - 3D scanner for shoe size measurement and generating custom insoles

27:28 - Jarosław Hoffmann, former CIO of eObuwie.pl

34:56 - How IT is organised at eObuwie

36:46 - What is your management style?

38:39 - What makes your team follow your lead?

39:45 - Jaroslaw's MBTI profile

44:06 - What values do you want to pass on to your children?

45:51 - Jaroslaw's advice to future digital leaders

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CIONET

CIONET connects over 8000 ambitious digital leaders and businesses in 15 countries around the globe. Our community is built by CIOs from hundreds of global brands like Coca-Cola, Renault, Maersk, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Bulgari, Daimler, Randstad, GE, Roche, as well as leading local companies in EU, South America and Asia.

https://www.cionet.com/

Geert Standaert is the CTO of Belgian telecom company Proximus and the next ECOTY finalist in our Leadership Deep Dive series.

In this episode, Geert talks about the ambitious transformation projects he has led at Proximus, but perhaps even more interestingly - about his very open philosophy on learning, teaching, creativity and motivating people.

Before his IT career took off, Geert took lessons in acting and played in a rock band. He has also taken up carpentry and he relates that to leadership, management and happiness.

Table of contents

01:40 - Transformation project #1: Proximus TV

14:31 - Transformation project #2: Mass market transformation / unifying the customer journey

17:09 - How IT is organised at Proximus

19:21 - Agile transformation at a large organisation

22:23 - The ROI of agile transformation

23:32 - How to attract the best people in IT

24:55 - Geert's management style

Book recommendation: Employees first, customers second

27:44 - Diversity in IT at Proximus

30:05 - CTO's role and priorities at Proximus

32:52 - Geert's leadership style

34:02 - Geert's MBTI profile

36:46 - His personal mantra

38:44 - How do you manage stress?

40:02 - The Zen of Carpentry

41:26 - What acting lessons can teach you about leadership

45:07 - Advice to future digital leaders

47:09 - Care-frontation: how to give and get feedback

50:16 - Geert's most important values in life

52:21 - Geert's mentors

57:30 - Trust-based knowledge communities

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No one, independent of the size or the market background will survive in the future without strong collaborations.

- Nino Messaoud

In the 5th episode of Leadership Deep Dive, Hendrik talks to Nino Messaoud, CDO of manufacturing company Barry-Wehmiller. This conversation is a must-watch if you needed inspiration on how a CIO or CDO can disrupt not only the status quo of their industry, but even their own mindset - and do it continuously.

Nino has a very direct way of talking about questioning everything, about authentic leadership, being realistic regarding your own market position, as well as his personal approach to work-life balance, human relations and life values in general.

Nino has 27 years of experience in managing IT at national and international level. As CIO, his driving force is developing, creating and implementing new / old digital business models to show that IT can do so much more than only being a cost center. He has worked in various industries, from diamonds and furniture to machine manufacturing. Nino is also one of the German finalists of this year's ECOTY Awards.

Table of Contents:

01:45 Nino's ecosystem project at BW Papersystems. - for minimizing unnecessary operational cost

02:06 No one, independent of the size, of the market background will survive in the future without strong collaborations.

10:20 Processes of the future

12:06 What "customer-centric" can really be

15:04 Evolving business models with the customer.

15:47 How are IT/Digital systems organised at BW Papersystems?

23:39 Where are you in the global structures?

25:19 Your current fundamental role in the organisation and How IT evolved in the last years?

27:50 How easy is IT for you to attract and build successful teams?

28:11 Employee branding - transparency vs bullshit

28:36 Leadership style: truly human leadership

32:08 The challenges of finding and retaining talent

34:47 On not taking yourself too seriously

38:20 How the role of IT has changed over the years

39:15 Your MBTI profile / what kind of leader you are.

41:25 Work-life balance

46:30 What values are the most important for you?

50:22 Nino's most brilliant failure

53:05 Nino's advice to future digital leaders

LEADERSHIP DEEP DIVE

In the Leadership Deep Dive series we meet with the top CIOs in Europe. We are exploring what makes great digital leaders tick: how they lead and manage people, how they approach the intersection of business and technology, how they make decisions. What are their personality types and management styles? How do they manage the demands of their complex and challenging role?

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CIONET

CIONET connects over 8000 ambitious digital leaders and businesses in 15 countries around the globe. Our community is built by CIOs from hundreds of global brands like Coca-Cola, Renault, Maersk, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Bulgari, Daimler, Randstad, GE, Roche, as well as leading local companies in EU, South America and Asia.

https://www.cionet.com/

Miguel Teixeira has been at Renault Cacia for the past 14 years, having advanced from Business Unit Manager to head of Information Systems, Technologies and Digital Manufacturing.

In the 4th episode of Leadership Deep Dive, Miguel and Hendrik Deckers talk about Miguel's impressive accomplishment integrating multiple data and application ecosystems across the Renault IT organisation, about blockchain-based project for managing the supply chain and production. They also talk about attracting young talent to a company that's been operating for over 120 years, being an introverted leader and values that guide Miguel in work and in life.

Table of contents:

00:01:05 - Introduction

00:02:17 - Miguel's digital transformation program at Renault

00:02:17 - Integrating all digital bricks for all business units

00:09:37 - Results of the transformation

00:11:32 - Second project: geolocalised info for logistics

00:18:24 - Why use blockchain for a project like this?

00:20:27 - Filling the talent gap for advanced technologies

00:22:34 - How easy is it to attract top talent in manufacturing?

00:23:30 - What makes people want to work for you?

00:24:35 - How is IT and digital organised at Renault?

00:27:12 - Where are you on the hype curve regarding Agile and new ways of working?

00:28:12 - What is your main role and focus as head of IT?

00:31:48 - What is your management style?

00:31:50 - Keeping the young talent engaged.

00:33:22 - Your role as a CIO at Renault

00:34:32 - How would your co-workers describe your leadership style?

00:35:39 - Your MBTI profile

00:38:59 - Work-life balance

00:40:19 - What is the most important thing you want for your children?

00:41:35 - Who do you look up to? Who are your mentors?

00:42:16 - Your personal mantra

00:42:44 - Advice to future CIOs

00:44:01 - What have you learned from your mistakes?

LEADERSHIP DEEP DIVE

In the Leadership Deep Dive series we meet with the top CIOs in Europe. We are exploring what makes great digital leaders tick: how they lead and manage people, how they approach the intersection of business and technology, how they make decisions. What are their personality types and management styles? How do they manage the demands of their complex and challenging role?

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CIONET

CIONET connects over 8000 ambitious digital leaders and businesses in 15 countries around the globe. Our community is built by CIOs from hundreds of global brands like Coca-Cola, Renault, Maersk, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Bulgari, Daimler, Randstad, GE, Roche, as well as leading local companies in EU, South America and Asia.

https://www.cionet.com/

Günther Ghijsels is the CIO and CDO of Randstad Group Belgium. He is a member of the Executive Committee as of January 2018. He is also this year's finalist of the European CIO of The Year Awards 2020.

In this episode of Leadership Deep Dive, Günther talks to Hendrik Deckers about his philosophy as a business-oriented CIO, his experience with Agile transformation of a company whose motto is "Striving for Perfection", about painful events that made him become a better leader and what future CIOs must learn to thrive in the ever-changing business landscape.

Table of contents:

1:00 - Introduction

01:58 - Gunther's project: Customer segmentation (Signal? Signature?)

5:38 - How Gunther approached the development of the consultant app

7:43 - Where was the biggest challenge with change management?

10:14 - The next step for developing the program

11:10 - SAFe implementation - Scaled agile framework at Randstad Belgium

15:00 - Striving for Perfection vs. Agile

18:11 - Your role as a CIO/CDO - how it has changed, what is it now and where does it fit in the global organisation

23:03 - Your management style and strategy for IT

26:20 - How do you think your team perceive you as a leader?

27:15 - Your mentors

28:32 - Your MBTI profile

30:53 - How do you learn to say no?

32:42 - Personal mantras

33:14 - What challenges did you have to overcome in your life?

34:30 - Your advice to future CIOs

36:05 - What makes you happy?

40:20 - Your nearest future at Randstad

41:15 - Standarisation, discipline and entrepreneurial mindset

41:55 - How do you maintain entrepreneurship in a company of 39 000 employees?

42:52 - Your professional development in the nearest future

44:14 - Last remarks: Where is your digital transformation going?

LEADERSHIP DEEP DIVE

In the Leadership Deep Dive series we meet with the top CIOs in Europe. We are exploring what makes great digital leaders tick: how they lead and manage people, how they approach the intersection of business and technology, how they make decisions. What are their personality types and management styles? How do they manage the demands of their complex and challenging role?

Subscribe to our channel to watch in-depth conversations with Digital Leaders!

CIONET

CIONET connects over 8000 ambitious digital leaders and businesses in 15 countries around the globe. Our community is built by CIOs from hundreds of global brands like Coca-Cola, Renault, Maersk, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Bulgari, Daimler, Randstad, GE, Roche, as well as leading local companies in EU, South America and Asia.

https://www.cionet.com/

Rui Pedro Silva, Head of Technology Deployment at Maersk Logistics & Services, is the first finalist of The European CIO Of The Year contest that we have the pleasure of hosting on LEadership Deep Dive series.

Rui's background started with business and management education. He has gone through all the different levels inside of a technology organization and today he is talking with Hendrick Deckers about his journey of completely rebuilding IT processes at Maersk, using advanced analytics on every part of the delivery chain, about empathy and earning the trust of the IT team, about integrity, helping people find the best way to contribute to the success of an organisation, and about his philosophy of success, happiness and management.

Table of contents:

0:53 Introduction

1:52 His IT transformation program at Maersk

- Agile in a big organisation

- Empowering people to discover their best way to work

- Data and the role of IT in business success

9:06 The plan and values behind the transformation

11:00 Initiating difficult change, trust and empathy

13:28 How people's behaviour, thinking and achievements changed as a result of the organisational transformation

16:33 What's next for IT transformation at Maersk?

19:52 Rui's projects expanding logistics management to the whole delivery chain

- Building competitive advantage thanks to unique access to logistics data

- Stock forecasting and just-in-time delivery

25:27 How IT is organised at Maersk

28:11 Working together across 18 countries

29:45 Rui's fundamental role in the organisation

30:50 Combining business and IT knowledge

32:47 How to attract the right talent

35:48 Why do people want to work for you?

37:55 Rui's MBTI profile

42:16 What makes him happy

43:22 Life outside of work

44:28 The most important values to pass on to children

46:12 His guiding principles in life

52:40 Work-life balance

58:32 "On time is too late" and the most valuable resource we have

1:03:45 Final comments

🟧 LEADERSHIP DEEP DIVE

In the Leadership Deep Dive series we meet with the top CIOs in Europe. We are exploring what makes great digital leaders tick: how they lead and manage people, how they approach the intersection of business and technology, how they make decisions. What are their personality types and management styles? How do they manage the demands of their complex and challenging role?

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For the past 10 years, Sabine Everaet has been driving digital processes and innovation at Coca-Cola as CIO of the EMEA region. As the Chair of The Coca-Cola Company European Women Leadership Council, she is helping to bridge the gender gap in IT career opportunities and boost diversity in the board rooms.

Hendrik Deckers, founder and managing director of CIONET, is talking with Sabine about data-driven projects that she is leading at Coca-Cola, about the ROI of diversity and dialogue, and about all the things that helped Sabine become the leader she is today - from her mentors, management style, to meditation, family and the challenges of being a high-energy leader in a world that struggles with change.

▶ LEADERSHIP DEEP DIVE

In the Leadership Deep Dive series we meet with the top CIOs in Europe. We are exploring what makes great digital leaders tick: how they lead and manage people, how they approach the intersection of business and technology, how they make decisions. What are their personality types and management styles? How do they manage the demands of their complex and challenging role?