Cognizant Podcasts

As organizations are caught in the midst of Covid-19 across geographies, it is time to reflect on how the pandemic is impacting companies, their ongoing digital transformation efforts, and successful opportunities for innovation, while others are forced to play catch-up. In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, talks to Marco Iansiti, David Sarnoff professor of Business Administration and co-director of the Laboratory for Information Science at Harvard and of the Digital Initiative at Harvard Business School, and Bret Greenstein, Senior Vice President and Global Head of the AI & Analytics Practice at Cognizant. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai. The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘Digital Transformation: Covid-19 Changes Everything’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

As we move through a digital transformation revolution, there is a heightened need to make AI both understandable and actionable to unleash the power of data and AI in the enterprise. In this podcast, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, talks to Cognizant executives, Bret Greenstein who is the SVP and Global Head of the AI and Analytics Practice at Cognizant and Babak Hodjat who is the VP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant. Jason asks Bret and Babak about their AI journey, how Cognizant is focused on AI delivery, and more. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai. The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast titled ‘Unleashing the Power of Data and AI in the Enterprise’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

The future of work happening TODAY in Santa Fe, New Mexico at Meow Wolf. Never heard of it? Installed inside an old bowling alley (donated by George RR Martin of Game of Thrones fame), it’s a mind-blowing immersive experience that’s hard to describe. Disneyland it ain’t, but in its own way, light-years ahead in creativity (see our latest video, or the “origin story” of Meow Wolf on Amazon). Join Rob Brown from the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work as he and Meow Wolf’s XR Producer Kara Kittell engage in a fascinating discussion about the real reality of the role of Augmented Reality Journey Builder on the Experience Economy’s cutting edge.

Matt Simpson, Head of Consumer Goods at Cognizant, talks about the importance of content and storytelling at a time when consumers hold all the cards. A shopper in a store aisle can compare against online prices, read product reviews, and understand the provenance of goods and the background of the seller. The battle for attention goes even further. In a world of infinite touchpoints, as Pepsico’s CMO has said, brands are effectively competing against the latest Beyoncé song. Therefore, firms need to develop content that aligns with what they do, and their audience’s dreams and goals.

Matt O’Kane, Vice President and EMEA Head of AI & Analytics at Cognizant, discusses how companies can mimic the successes of digital and internet giants such as Google, Facebook and Uber, using AI and analytics. In this episode, as Matt says, Google is becoming a Machine Learning-first company, layering AI and ML into every area. But to succeed in optimizing for AI, firms must recognize that it needs a different set of criteria to prepare and curate data. By making AI a “first-class citizen” for data and creating a feature store to develop AI models, firms can accelerate and enter a new era where they can re-engineer their businesses by reimagining processes and rethinking challenges.

In this podcast episode, Emma Aiken-Klar, SVP Human Insights at Idea Couture, a Cognizant company, speaks with Marc Fonteijn from Service Design Show, on her experience of moving away from service design projects and embarking on a new type of engagement process. This installment is a reproduction of Marc Fonteijn’s podcast episode titled ‘Moving away from service design projects’ from Service Design Show.

Career fluidity is now a stable of the modern working world. Many of us entering the workforce will not have similar roles in years to come to what we do today. But herein lies the issue, how are organizations equipping this future workforce for ever changing roles? Not very well is the answer, as among US learners who have needed to upskill for their jobs in the last two years, 42% said they found information online and taught themselves. How do we make sure employees have meaningful and relevant upskilling and professional development opportunities? And how can looking at on the job learning through a prism of future jobs help start this journey today? For the 15th episode in our CFoW podcast series we’ll be looking at how to build the future of talent with Bruce Bergwall and Cognizant’s Rob Brown.

Cognizant is helping clients to adopt a digital first strategy with zero-based operations by combining digitization, machine learning and AI to automate end-to-end operational processes and deliver transformational efficiency gains. In the first of this series, Mike Cook from the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work, Sean Heshmat, and Elisabeth Olafsdottir discuss exactly what zero-based operations are in AI.

Just like our phones, watches and thermostats, so too our cities are becoming smart. These smart cities will utilize IoT, data analytics, quantum computing and artificial intelligence to drive new waves of convenience, safety, efficiency, sustainability and economic growth. Around the world these cities will become the nucleus of industry 4.0. CEO of ESI Thoughtlab, Lou Celi and Cognizant’s Rob Brown take a look at the future of smart cities, how they will be defined and what will make them a reality.

Though the future of work will always be in the future, the future of your work has never been closer. For nearly 10 years, Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work has cataloged and commented on these developments, as well as other extraordinary workplace dynamics. In this second part of the podcast series on the ever-morphing dynamics of work, we bring you insights into the powerful technological, business and societal trends that remaking work today and in tomorrow.