Episode 16! As guest, I had the pleasure to have a talk with Tobias Cronenberg. He is the operations lead for North & Central Europe, Package Based Services, for Capgemini. We touch the following topics in relation to career boosting:

-> How to build a career in consulting
-> What you should and shouldn't do in consultancy
-> Added value of talents in consulting
-> Latest expectations of clients related to consultancy 
-> Suggestions how to get more knowledgeable about personal development
-> How Capgemini ensures that talents stay ahead of the market

Have fun!

For the 15th episode, my guest is Guus van Honschoten. He is the lead for SAP Digital Manufacturing within Capgemini. We discuss the following questions:

-> What is happening in the Intelligent Industry lately?
-> What is your definition of a smart factory?
-> How does a smart factory look like in the practice?
-> Why are we transitioning from the art of manufacturing to the science of manufacturing? 
-> Why are you passioned about the Intelligent Industry?
-> What does Capgemini bring related to smart factories? 
-> How to implement the smart factory?
-> What to expect in the near future for the Intelligent Industry?

Enjoy!

For the 14th episode, my guest is Stijn Kole. Stijn is the Strategy Alliance Lead within Capgemini Netherlands. He will talk about how Strategy Execution Charts meet the principles of the A3 method. 

Stijn covers the below questions: 
-> What are strategy execution charts ?
-> What are the principles of the A3 approach?
-> What is the background of the A3 approach?
-> In what cases can you use the A3 method ?
-> What are potential pitfalls implementing the A3 approach?
-> How important is commitment of the leadership while implementing A3?
-> What is the impact of the A3 approach for clients?
-> What is your dream to achieve with A3?

Enjoy 20 minutes deep dive into strategy!

For the 13th episode I interviewed Sander van Lingen. Sander is director of the Applied Innovation Exchange (AIE) within Capgemini. No surprise, innovation is the main topic. We discuss the following questions:

- What are the three focus areas of the AIE?

- What drives you as director of the AIE?

- What are you most proud of looking back at 2023?

- How do you collaborate with the ecosystem?

- How will AI develop in 2024?

- How does Capgemini act in the area of AI?

- What is important for innovations to be successful?

And to finish Sander suggests reading three books:

- "The Phoenix Project" by Kim Gene

- "The innovator's dilemma" by Clayton Christensen

- "How to make it personal?, by Dr. Cara Antoine

If you have a brilliant idea and if you want to see if Capgemini can help you, reach out to Sander. Tune in and have fun!

Within this episode Jelle van Waveren, ERP Advisory lead for Capgemini, is my guest. He shares his view on the Dutch public market. For that reason, the episode is in the Dutch language. We discuss the following questions: 

- What are the primary challenges faced by public clients?

- How do stakeholders navigate in the public market?

- What is the cloud strategy of public clients?

- How does Capgemini act in the public market?

- How does SAP anticipate on the challenges in the public market?

- What is the maturity level of the SAP cloud?

- What impact is AI having on the public sector?

Enjoy the episode!

I am happy to announce  Episode 11 of the Podcast "Future Technology Talk". Shreyas MN talks about Industrial and Financial Systems (IFS) . An ERP package mostly used in the manufacturing industry.  Shreyas covers the below topics:

- What is IFS about
- Development of IFS the past years
- A project example of an IFS implementation
- Reasons to choose for IFS
- Future plans with IFS
- Integrations with IFS 
- Size of IFS projects 
- The dream with IFS 

Enjoy listening!

For episode number 10 of this Postcast, SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) and innovation are the topics on the agenda. Michael Noordijk is my guest, an innovator in supply chain processes and an expert in SAP EWM. 

A summary of the topics: 
- Business related issues covered by EWM
- Added value of EWM compared to WM
- Pitfalls of EWM implementations
- Latest features of EWM
- Reliability of EWM
- Innovative capabilities of SAP 
- Practical examples of applied innovations by Michael

The episode was recorded right before the start of the Capgemini Innovation Days, where I collected many new topics for future episodes. Stay tuned for at least another 10 episodes!

For the ninth episode, Linda Naber is my guest. Linda will share her thoughts about several topics related to her role as SAP Alliance Manager within Capgemini. All topics relate to what extend SAP delivers value towards clients. 
 
Some more detailed insights about the discussed topics:
- The most important developments in SAP the last period
- The additional value of hyperscalers
- The importance of a solid cloud strategy
- The importance of a value driven approach within SAP
- The reasons to go for SAP RISE as a client
- Latest developments of SAP in the area of sustainability
- The latest developments of SAP in the area of the intelligent industry
- Obviously, the collaboration between SAP and Capgemini

And to conclude, Linda shares her opinion towards what direction the SAP market will develop.

Tune in and have fun!

For the 8th episode of this Podcast series my guest is Stefan Stoutmeijer, Oracle Lead within Capgemini Netherlands. Oracle is traditionally strong in on premise. How did Oracle anticipate on the increasing demand for cloud solutions in de market?  

Topics discussed within this episode:  
- The competitive advantage of Oracle
- Oracle cloud solutions in Formula 1 Racing
- Collaboration between Oracle and Capgemini
- Market segments with strong presence of Oracle products
- Business to Business vs Business to Customer in relation to Oracle products
- Investments of Oracle in cloud infrastructure

Let me know what you think! Enjoy!

For the seventh episode, the topic is SAP Technology.  Happy to have as my guest Maarten Stam, SAP Technology lead within Capgemini. For the first time, the recording was done from the Capgemini Podcast Studio, enjoy the sound quality! 

During the episode, Maarten explains how his background in studying languages has more similarities with technology as you might expect. Other topics:
- The passion of Maarten in technology
- Most impactful innovation in technology so far
- Where to put your money on as client when you want to invest in a particular innovative technology
- Comparison of technological developments five years ago versus now
- A recent technological implementation that Maarten is proud of
- Suggestions how to stay on track with your knowledge on technological level

And of course, a book recommendation. Curious about why Maarten describes technology as magic? Listen to the episode and you will find out.

Enjoy!