Joris Beckers, co-founder of Picnic Technologies, speaks about how data is used to improve the online supermarket’s customer proposition, reduce waste, and make employees’ lives easier.

He shares how Picnic is becoming the best milkman on earth by:

• Offering minute-precise delivery
• Eliminating food waste
• Refunding customers without asking questions
• Testing first and asking for “permission” later
• Selling only products that customers really want

Join us for the latest episode in our CEO stories series, as SparkOptimus’ Co-Founder and Managing Partner Alexandra Jankovich sits down with As Tempelman, CEO of Eneco. Eneco is a leader in the energy transition, dedicated to achieving carbon neutrality by 2035 across all scopes, involving their own emissions as well as those of their suppliers and clients.

In this exclusive interview, the discussion centers on Eneco’s ambitious climate objectives, the role of digital advancements in reaching net-zero, and the strategies for transforming the energy landscape through innovation and sustainability.

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:

Join us for an exciting episode of our CEO stories series, as Alexandra Jankovich sits down with two remarkable leaders from PostNL: Herna Verhagen, one of the few women CEOs on the Dutch Stock Exchange, and Jennifer Crites, the first woman CIO on the Stock Exchange. In this exclusive interview, they delve into PostNL's remarkable digital transformation journey, their ambitious sustainability goals, and the invaluable lessons they've gained along the way.

Since taking the helm as CEO at Henkel in 2020, Carsten Knobel has been a driving force behind the company’s Purposeful Growth agenda. In this Interview with managing partner and co-founder of SparkOptimus, Alexandra Jankovich, he discusses the progress made over the last two years, the five key elements behind the agenda and what the future holds.

Key topics in this interview:

Nancy McKinstry, CEO of Wolters Kluwer shares her key insights from 18 years at the top. How did she lead the company from the print age into the digital era while growing the share of digital revenue from ~30% to ~90%?

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How did Just Eat Takeaway.com become Europe's #1 food delivery marketplace? Founder and CEO Jitse Groen speaks about his approach to conquering new markets, how he adapts his leadership style over time, and he reveals the two key performance indicators he looks at every day

Heineken’s former CEO, Jean-François van Boxmeer and Alexandra Jankovich, Co-founder & Managing Partner of SparkOptimus are looking back on the past 5 years of global partnership. Together they discuss digital initiatives, transformation strategies and innovative start-ups and what it takes to lead in digital as one of the world’s largest brewers.

Hanneke Faber, President Global Foods & Refreshment at Unilever, is transforming the global food system by getting out on the edge with sustainability, technology and cultural change. She talks with Alexandra Jankovich about winning markets by doing good, and how IT and data are moving to the heart of how Unilever does business.