Cognizant Podcasts

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.

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 two-part 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.

Artificial Intelligence is an inescapable reality that businesses and individuals must come to terms with. It is becoming a pervasive force, simultaneously promising productivity gains and operational challenges for us all. AI can help ensure that businesses stay ahead of market changes, anticipate customer desires, and forecast faster and more accurately than competitors. However, if businesses are not technologically grounded, getting started with AI can be a frightening endeavor.

The content of this episode is a reproduction of Daniel Faggella’s Apple Podcast episode titled ‘How to Think About and Lead AI Projects in Business - With Bret Greenstein of Cognizant.’ This podcast track was originally posted on https://emerj.com and can be accessed by following the link: https://player.fm/series/artificial-intelligence-in-industry-with-daniel-faggella/how-to-think-about-and-lead-ai-projects-in-business-with-bret-greenstein-of-cognizant.

Data modernization is the fastest way to achieve an AI-driven foundation with a proven method and platform, to source all data that matters to the business and deliver enterprise-wide intelligence. This episode reveals ways established organizations can rethink how they can modernize data. Our conversation is moderated by former Computerworld Editor, Paul Gillin, with expert insights provided by Lead MIT researcher, Barbara Wixom, Anurag Sehgal, who heads Data Analytics and Machine Learning/AI at Credit Suisse, and Alex Rosenthal, Head of Enterprise Data & Insights at Guardian Life.

The future of our modern society currently swings in the balance. With rising carbon emissions and diminishing global forests we are currently facing a new reality as global temperatures continue to increase. Through this shift, oceans around the world will begin to rise and seaside cities such as Osaka, Shanghai and Rio De Janeiro will be vulnerable to flooding. In our recent 21 More Jobs of the Future report, the Center for the Future of Work proposed the idea of Tidewater Architect, a professional that will help mitigate cities such as these against rising sea levels.

For this the 13th episode in our CFoW podcast series we’ll be looking at another example of our now 42 jobs of the future coming to life, or as we call it “Spotted in the Wild”. To discuss this today we have Marta Kephart and Cognizant’s Rob Brown.

Digital technologies are fundamentally changing the way we live, socialize and work. Blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning and connected devices are supercharging industry at an astonishing rate. Ultimately, our future of work is shaping up to be vastly different to the work we’ve done in the past. And in the Center for the Future of Work, these topics are our bread and butter.

So for the 12th episode in our CFoW podcast series we’re going to be tackling this topic with Cognizant’s Rob Brown and Guy Nadivi.

Businesses can more effectively pivot to a fully integrated digital infrastructure, and establish a cloud strategy that works for them. Learn how from today's conversation between Bill Martorelli, Principal Analyst, Forrester, Venu Lambu, Vice President of Cognizant Cloud Services and Baiju Panicker, Chief Technology Officer, Comerica Bank.