Cognizant Podcasts

Anil Nagaraj, Head of Data Engineering, Cognizant, and Kevin Miller, VP Global Systems Integrators, Snowflake, look at how the two companies are collaborating to enable businesses to enhance their data maturity and make better decisions—faster, repeatedly, and more predictably. They explore how the Cognizant-Snowflake partnership is empowering businesses to modernize while maximizing their efficiency gains. And they discuss the Center of Excellence that’s helping organizations successfully and safely use third-party data. Listen now to learn how your business can achieve the outcomes you expect from the cloud and your digital transformation journey.

The Future Starts Now book is designed to get us thinking about the futures we don’t want to live in, as well as those that we do we want to create – and to suggest some actionable solutions we can implement today to make sure we end up in the future we want for ourselves and our future generations. In this podcast, you will hear expert views on the future of business, technology and society. We encourage you to visit https://thefuturestartsnowbook.com and develop ideas about the future trajectory of your life, work and everything in between.

We are witnessing an unprecedented eagerness to go digital across industries accelerated by the pandemic. As a result, the gap between degrees and required skills is widening, traditional white-collar roles are getting outdated, and education as we know it needs to be overhauled, calling for a greater collaboration between corporate and educational sectors. Tune into our final installment of the ‘Timeline of Next’ podcast series where Vinnie Mirchandani, acclaimed author, blogger and tech watcher, Beth Porter, CEO of Riff Analytics and Managing Partner of Esme Learning, Manish Bahl, an AVP in the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work and Clay Griffith, Director of Product Marketing, Cognizant Softvision, discuss skills versus degrees, the need to go beyond traditional white-collar roles, the return of apprenticeships and how to fill the skills gap.

In the post-pandemic world, we can anticipate new workplace innovations, technology-driven office-space strategies, likeminded communities coming together to ideate and innovate, on-demand onsite collaboration and a machine-augmented workforce. Tune into part two of our three-part ‘Timeline of Next’ podcast series where Vinnie Mirchandani, acclaimed author, blogger and tech watcher, Beth Porter, CEO of Riff Analytics and Managing Partner of Esme Learning, Manish Bahl, an AVP in the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work and Clay Griffith, Director of Product Marketing, Cognizant Softvision, discuss the post-covid future of the office, learning to cohabit with machines and what to expect when we get back to the office.

In the next decade, the world will be a very different place. Accelerated by the pandemic, new intriguing ideas are emerging on the future of work. Technologies like AI, machine learning and automation are already bringing radical changes that will spawn further out into the future. Tune into our three-part podcast series ‘Timeline of Next’ where Vinnie Mirchandani, acclaimed author, blogger and tech watcher, Beth Porter, CEO of Riff Analytics and Managing Partner of Esme Learning, Manish Bahl, an AVP in the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work and Clay Griffith, Director of Product Marketing, Cognizant Softvision, discuss the impact of “now” on the future of education, work, economies and life itself.

Remote work may have been the norm during the COVID-19 pandemic, but has its limitations when it comes to innovating through collaboration. Tune into part three of our three-part podcast series ‘Redesigning Work for the Post-pandemic Age’ where Oxford University’s Carl Benedikt Frey, acclaimed author and economist joins Ben Pring, Co-founder and Director of Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work and Mariesa Coughanour, AVP & Head of Cognizant’s Intelligent Automation Advisory practice, discuss the difference between onsite and distributed IT development, the demise of traditional offices and the upcoming automation wave.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a skill-based technology bias where work that could be done remotely remained unhindered during lockdowns while a few others were at a disadvantage. Tune into part two of our three-part podcast series ‘Redesigning Work for the Post-pandemic Age’ where Oxford University’s Carl Benedikt Frey, acclaimed author and economist joins Ben Pring, Co-founder and Director of Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work and Mariesa Coughanour, AVP & Head of Cognizant’s Intelligent Automation Advisory practice, discuss the technology-induced inequalities in the labor market, the upcoming productivity boost from automation and its impact on IT innovation.

The definition of work has completely changed since the COVID-19 mainstreamed remote working. The emergence of automation, AI, robotics and machine learning has also redefined work, efficiency, innovation and what it will take for businesses to thrive in future. Tune into part one of our three-part podcast series ‘Redesigning Work for the Post-pandemic Age’ where Oxford University’s Carl Benedikt Frey, acclaimed author and economist joins Ben Pring, who leads Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work and Mariesa Coughanour, AVP & Head of Cognizant’s Intelligent Automation Advisory practice, discuss the need for humans to effectively and productively co-exist with software robots and how the widespread deployment of automation technologies will help businesses succeed in the post-pandemic era.

In this episode of Lev's podcast ‘In the Clouds,’ we cover all things SFMC and Sports. Lev Managing Director, Ryan McCambridge, and Account Director, Abbey Sullivan, join our hosts to discuss how teams are scoring big with Salesforce Marketing Cloud. In their past time, sports teams historically have been the last to adapt to digital trends but these organizations have quickly realized they are being left behind. Hear what the industry leaders like the NBA and XFL leagues are doing to stay relevant and optimize the fan experience. Learn how teams are using Salesforce to develop a 360 view of the customer and the most critical pieces to streamline the brand experience.

The COVID-19 pandemic has mainstreamed concepts like work from home (WFH) and remote working that were once thought to be a future construct. As technology, space and work intersect rapidly, accelerated by the coronavirus crisis, industry practitioners look for answers on where the future of work is heading and places that will become next destinations of innovation and ideation. Tune into our podcast ‘Changing Dynamics of the Future of Work’ where Jessie Feller Hahn, Executive Director at Meeting of the Minds talks to Robert Hoyle Brown, VP at the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work on future workforce dynamics and where work is headed next. This is a reproduction of the webinar titled ‘How Cities Are Preparing for the Future of Work’ that originally appeared on www.meetingoftheminds.org.