Cognizant Podcasts

The looming concerns on safe buildings have garnered a new level of attention since the coronavirus pandemic hit our shores. Some of the obvious questions around monitoring, tuning-up, and maintaining indoor air quality have been the key discussion points. What's even more important is to ensure that indoor air remains clean and healthy consistently over years to come. In this Part 3 of the Safe Buildings podcast series, our experts Euan Davis, AVP from the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work and Joseph Allen, acclaimed author and Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science at the Harvard School of Public Health, as well as a leading expert on urban resilience, discuss simple ways to ensure healthy indoor air and the benefits of creating healthy buildings.

Data is moving from the IT department into the business units and the heavy lifting of digital transformation going forward is really going to be around creating a culture that is data driven and that treats data as a first class citizen. In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with Phil Le-Brun, former CIO of McDonalds and now Enterprise Strategist at AWS, and Bret Greenstein, SVP and Global Head of AI and Analytics at Cognizant, on how companies can create a data centered and driven culture, and why treating data as a first class citizen is important to this process. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai. The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘Creating a Data Driven Culture’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

As restrictions around COVID-19 ease, employees and customers will look up to businesses for ensuring their safety indoors. Key focus will be given to factors, such as health performance indicators in buildings, mitigation of risk exposure, identifying leadership responsible for healthy buildings, and making a business case for healthy buildings. In Part 2 of the Safe Buildings podcast series, our experts Euan Davis, AVP from the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work and Joseph Allen, acclaimed author and Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science at the Harvard School of Public Health, as well as a leading expert on urban resilience, talk about the nitty-gritties around the creation of safe and healthy buildings.

Face masks? Check. Distancing? Check. Floor markers and acrylic dividers? Check and check. But as businesses reopen post-pandemic, more comprehensive safety measures are needed to inspire lasting trust and confidence in employees and customers. We bring you a 4-part podcast series featuring Euan Davis, AVP from the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work and Joseph Allen, acclaimed author and Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science at the Harvard School of Public Health, as well as a leading expert on urban resilience, who go at length to discuss smarter and safe ways to reopen and manage a healthy workplace.

As companies increasingly look to leverage data in their business processes, and as data has moved from the IT department to the business units, the need to understand the value of data, set up processes and build a culture to include business partners in the use of data has become critical to a company's success. In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with Pallab Deb, Head of Partner Solutions and AI Partnerships at Google Cloud and Bret Greenstein, SVP and Global Head of the AI and Analytics Practice at Cognizant, about the value of data. These two thought leaders offer insights, advice and real world examples. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai. The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘What is the Value of Data?’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

In the new world, historical data models have been made obsolete by the disruption caused by COVID-19; leaders are trying to figure out how to navigate the new world. In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with JG Chirapurath, VP Azure Data, Artificial Intelligence & Edge and Bret Greenstein, SVP and Global Head of the AI and Analytics Practice at Cognizant, on how business leaders can use data in times of rapid change. These two thought leaders also offer insights, advice and real world examples to help you address this challenge and thrive. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai. The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘Using Data in Times of Rapid Change’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

Data perishability is always an issue but it gains significance in times of rapid change. The COVID-19 has shown just how volatile the world can be, and of course volatility wreaks havoc on historical data models. As business leaders accelerate their focus on data, they are realizing that they need to take different approaches to derive maximum value from their data. In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with two executives from Cognizant - Bret Greenstein, SVP and Global Head of the AI and Analytics practice and Babak Hodjat, VP of Evolutionary AI, on how companies should be looking at their data in times of rapid change. They further dig down into the issues around data perishability, explore ways leaders should be adjusting to a volatile world and how Cognizant’s approach using Evolutionary AI helps solve this problem. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai. The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘Combating Data Perishability in a Volatile World’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

Countries are rushing to create national AI strategies that will ensure they dominate the field of AI for the foreseeable future. This involves investing in research, fostering and encouraging partnerships between government, academia and business; and training our current workers as well as our young people in the skills they need to fill well-paying jobs of the future. AI is built on data, so we also need to find a responsible way to collect and use data which respects the privacy of US citizens while allowing breakthroughs in AI technologies. In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with Congressman Fred Lucas (R-OK) and Bret Greenstein of Cognizant, on creating a national AI strategy. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai. The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘Creating a National AI Strategy’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

The concept of remote work had already taken root before COVID-19, as a result of the benefits it delivered. The pandemic has only accelerated the transition. Now that a majority of work has moved to ‘work from anywhere’, what is next? Where is the future of work? What are some the real-life challenges we need to account for? Welcome to the Part 2 of the Remotopia podcast series where our experts, moderator Desmond Dickerson, a Futurist within Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work, Suzanne George, the Chief Architect of Cognizant Digital Business’s Virtual Workspace and Amanda Sabreah, Founder & CEO of Staat, discuss a range of subjects around the billowing virtual workplace – from questions to ask when the workplace goes virtual, through tapping new talent pools, reallocating savings from virtualization, to finding discipline and work-life balance.

COVID-19 has redefined the future of work by relocating work from offices to homes and other settings. Even before COVID-19, Remotopia—work from home and from third spaces—was emerging as a place of the future. But now is the time for your organization to experiment and fine-tune remote working because, in a post-COVID world, Remotopia is where people will want to be. We bring you a 2-part podcast series that features moderator, Desmond Dickerson, a Futurist within Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work, Suzanne George, the Chief Architect of Cognizant Digital Business’s Virtual Workspace and Amanda Sabreah, Founder & CEO of Staat, who deliver practical tips and draw on real-world examples of how some organizations are building their very own Remotopias today to excel tomorrow.