Deloitte Insights Podcast

When contending with a rapidly changing marketplace, focus is key. Four imperatives are on the minds of todays chief marketing officers: making every dollar count, seamlessly incorporating digital media into their portfolios, cutting through the proliferation of marketing messages and leveraging customer analytics and insights

The latest episode of Deloitte Insights features a conversation amoung Sean OGrady, moderator, Christine Cutten, principal, and Jennifer MacMillan, senior manager, both with the Marketing Transformation practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP. Tune in to learn more about these marketing imperatives.

According to a new study from Deloitte and Oracle, talent management initiatives are both a priority and a pain point. Siloed departments and broken technology prevent the flow of information that is required for management to make talent deployment and development decisions.

The latest episode of Deloitte Insights features Oracles Tracy Martin, senior director, Human Capital Management, HCM, Strategy, and Deloitte Consulting LLPs Laura Garbacz, principal and leader of the Human Capital Oracle practice. Tune in to learn more about the study and how an integrated approach to enabling technologies can help align human resources and business strategies.

In the grip of economic uncertainty, many executives are holding their breath, trying to improve short term productivity and hoping things will go back to normal. But according to the Shift Index, an annual study conducted by Deloitte LLPs Center for the Edge, normal no longer exists. Forces such as digital technology and public policy have changed the way organizations will achieve long term growth and profitability.

The latest episode of Deloitte Insights features a conversation among Sean OGrady, Insights moderator, John Hagel, co chairman of the Deloitte LLP Center for the Edge, and Carl Steidtmann, chief economist and director of Consumer Business, Deloitte Research, Deloitte Services LP. Tune in to learn more about the Shift Index and economic outlook.

The pervasiveness of smart devices, social media, mobility, and the proliferation of data, are making agencies more vulnerable to privacy breaches, fraud, and espionage from Cyber criminals, hackers, nation states, and insiders. Today, it may not be a question of if, but rather when your network and or data will be compromised. Creating a more secure environment is more challenging and rewarding. Federal agencies are taking steps to be more proactive in detecting and deterring threats, and be more resilient to the many faces of risk. Tune in to learn more about Cybersecurity in the era of friends, allies, and invisible enemies.

In Roman mythology, Janus is the god with two faces. One face looks backward, the other into the future, a duality that neatly serves our consideration of the range of views expressed about the Dodd Frank Act passed one year ago. In this episode of Deloitte Insights, we use the Janus principle. We look back over the last year and forward into the future. In this video presentation, Deloitte professionals are playing roles, and the views expressed are not actual quotes from actual market participants. We are not attributing any single view to any particular institution or individual. By sampling various opinions and views and framing them in this hypothetical way, we aim to set forth in very general terms how the public debate over Dodd Frank might be characterized.

Tune in to this podcast to hear more about the Dodd Frank Act.

The human resources landscape is changing, and along with it, the role of HR professionals. To better understand the trends that are transforming how human capital leaders and professionals create value for the organizations they serve, their people, and their communities, both inside HR and across the broader business, Deloitte commissioned the study, Human Capital Trends 2011. On this latest episode of Insights, Barbara Adachi, the national managing director of human capital in Deloitte Consulting LLP, and Jason Geller, Global and U.S. HR Transformation Leader and principal in Deloitte Consulting LLP, outline the reports findings and suggest measures and means for adapting to them with moderator Sean OGrady. Tune in this podcast to learn more about human capital trends.

Nothing impacts business performance like a focus on pricing. Acting as a lever, small pricing improvements can realize big bottom line benefits. Yet fewer than 3 percent of businesses effectively manage, execute or communicate prices. A successful improvement initiative requires a holistic, cross functional approach.

The latest episode of Deloitte Insights features a conversation among moderator Sean OGrady, and principals Julie Meehan and Mike Simonetto, both of Deloitte Consulting LLP. Tune in to learn more about how companies can increase profitability through an effective pricing strategy.

From instant messaging and Wikis to blogs and online discussion forums, the term social software has become a virtual grab bag of emerging technologies designed to help people connect and communicate. But one technology does not fit all users. Companies that take a more strategic, rather than check the box approach, will get the most value from investments. Tune into the latest episode of Insights to learn about pros and cons of applying social software to your business.

With a global market that is exceeding 1 trillion dollars and projections over the next five years of double digit growth, it is an exciting time for life sciences companies. Emerging markets provide attractive growth opportunities for life sciences companies. But life sciences companies should proceed with caution. While emerging markets may represent incredible growth opportunities, they are still developing, and many have reputations for seemingly pervasive corruption in their business practices and processes. It is critical for companies to know the risks to effectively capitalize on opportunities for growth.

Of all the technology trends that are shaping the landscape today, mobility, the ability of a business to interact with stakeholders or assets without being tethered to a specific place or infrastructure, is the most accessible. Businesses can easily understand the benefits, and it is driving emerging technology adoption, pulling technologies such as cloud computing, social computing and analytics along with it.