The digital transformation has been accelerating since the pandemic began in 2020, from fully remote to hybrid, working to the digitization of products and services. Efforts are underway to integrate digital technology into all areas of business, fundamentally changing how businesses operate and deliver value to customers. To help guide us through this transformation Oscar is joined by Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm, a firm that has helped develop technologies that make the smartphone in your pocket, the computer that it is today, and that is now taking those same technologies and putting them into everything else from the auto industry to the Metaverse.

Sources: World Economic Forum GDP estimates

Getting Ahead Of The Digital Transformation ft. Cristiano Amon CEO and President of Qualcomm

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