The Digital Edge

For de fleste danskere er Grønland ukendt land. Et sted hvor naturen er ubarmhjertig og barsk.
Men hvor Grønland kan virke kold og bar på overfladen er havene rundt om verdens største ø rige på liv.

Det ved Royal Greenland, der siden 1979 har leveret fisk og skaldyr af høj kvalitet. Men som kan spore sin historie helt tilbage til 1774.

I dag har Royal Greenland, der ejes af det grønlandske hjemmestyre, sin egen flåde af trawlere og egne fabrikker og eksportmarkeder over hele verden. Og står bag tusindvis af arbejdspladser i de lokale samfund. Samtidig løser Royal Greenland opgaver inden for bank, skat og naturmyndighed.

I spidsen for it-teamet, der binder Royal Greenland sammen fra Vestgrønland over Newfoundland til Canada, står CIO Lars Bo Hassinggard.

Lars er gæst i denne episode af The Digital Edge hvor vi blandt andet skal høre om hvordan man laver IT i Grønland – og om hvordan Royal Greenland har digitaliseret sin supply chain helt ud på den enkelte trawler så både myndigheder og de stadig mere kritiske forbrugere kan se at alt går rigtigt for sig.

Værter på episoden er Lars Jacobsen, chefredaktør på Computerworld og Jesper Schleimann, der er Chief Innovation Officer, i Nordeuropa hos SAP.

Velkommen til første episode af The Digital Edge i 2020.

Som noget nyt er podcasten nu på dansk. For vi må simpelthen konstatere at der er så mange gode historier og så mange dygtige mennesker herhjemme, at vi har indhold nok til at holde sæsonen rent dansk.

Dine værter er dog stadig Lars Jacobsen, chefredaktør på Computerworld og Jesper Schleimann, der er Chief Innovation Officer, i Nordeuropa hos SAP.

Vores mission er også fortsat den samme: Vi vil dele nogle af Danmarks dygtigste it- og digitaliseringsfolks erfaringer, tanker og gode ideer med dig. Kun sådan bliver Danmark klogere – og rigere.

En af de dygtige folk vi har herhjemme er Stig Lundbech direktør for Koncern IT i Københavns Kommune - og årets CIO 2019.

Stigs knapt 400 medarbejdere i Koncern IT står for alt fra store fagsystemer til ny teknologi. For Koncern ITs fornemmeste opgave er at hjælpe en af landets største arbejdspladser med 50.000 ansatte med at digitalisere.

Og det offentlige er interessant når det kommer til digitalisering. Projekter med machine learning, AI og softwarerobotter står nærmest i kø – og samtidig har mange offentlige myndigheder netop det fælles formål, det ”why” som private virksomheder ofte kæmper for at finde.

I dette afsnit kan du derfor høre Stig Lundbech fortælle om Københavns Kommunes strategi for machine learning - og hvordan kommunen har haft succes ved at fokusere på fordele frem for kontrol.

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With 37.000 employees, 1.050 shops and 36% share of the Danish market the 153-year-old retail chain COOP is one of the largest Danish companies.

But the core market is in decline: When it comes to food we Danes focus more on price than quality, we dine out more and we prefer to spend our money traveling the world or buying the latest iPhone.

COOP's response has been to make Coop more local, simpler and digital. The building blocks have so far been a hugely popular app, more self-service that lets you jump the line at the local supermarket and a whole makeover of the aging it-landscape.

And this is where our guest today CIO of COOP, Morten Holm comes in.

So please join us today as Morten Holm shares his view on the digital transformation at COOP, why he is looking to expand his it-department and what the future holds for the retail sector.

Hosts: Jesper Schleimann, Digital Transformation Officer, EMEA North at SAP and Lars Jacobsen, Editor-in-chief of Computerworld Denmark

Podcast website: Computerworld.dk/theedge

Every year the Danish collective pension insurance fund ATP pays out more than 250 billion Danish Kroner - around 38 billion US Dollars.

A vast sum all based on the contribution of almost all Danish citizens during their working lives.

Originally set up in 1964 ATP today also manages 2 out of 3 Danish welfare payments for the more than 5 million members.

Managing this complex, unique and highly regulated area would hardly be possible without a large scale it-operation. An operation that under CIO Per Kjersgaard Rasmussen's leadership has been moving away from traditional mainframes and toward a new and more standardized it-landscape.

So join us today as we together with CIO Per Kjersgaard Rasmussen explore how ATP is managing a highly regulated area while still investing in the development of ATP's it-platform.

In this episode:
- How ATP works with the intersection between business and it
- How CIO Per Kjersgaard Rasmussen have changed the focus and tasks for the it-department using outsourcing
- Per Kjersgaard Rasmussen’s advice on compliance and security

Hosts: Jesper Schleimann, Digital Transformation Officer, EMEA North at SAP and Lars Jacobsen, Editor-in-chief of Computerworld Denmark

Podcast website: Computerworld.dk/theedge

Since 2016 Mark Dajani has been the CIO and Senior VP for Global Business Services at Carlsberg Group. One of the world's best-known breweries.

Describing himself as one part Business Executive, one part People Champion and one part IT-Innovator Mark Dajani's job is to ensure that Carlsberg is ready for the digital future - in whatever shape or form it may arrive in.

This is no small task in a global company with 40.000 employees and with deep roots stretching back to 1847 - and in a world where shopping habits and beer consumption is rapidly changing.

So please join us as we, together with Mark Dajani, explore how Mark is leading Carlsberg's digital transformation.

In this episode:
- How American Mark Dajani came to lead this transformation in a storied Nordic company
- How Mark Dajani sees the difference in culture and management style between American and European organizations.
- Why the cloud is not just a technical undertaking for Carlsberg but a transformation that has lead to a whole new operation model

Hosts: Jesper Schleimann, Digital Transformation Officer, EMEA North at SAP and Lars Jacobsen, Editor-in-chief of Computerworld Denmark

Podcast website: Computerworld.dk/theedge

In 2002 Jan Amtoft - the global CIO at industry giant Rockwool - arrived at an important decision: He wanted to become a great manager.

Not just good. But great.

It was and still is a bold ambition. Especially so in the IT-industry were bits, bytes, shiny new hardware, and daring "take no prisoners" managers normally seize all the attention.

But none of the innovation we take for granted happens without the right employes. The same employees that most companies spend millions of dollars to recruit, train, and motivate.

So please join us as we together with Jan Amtoft explores what it means to be a great manager in the fast-moving it-industry - and what that vision means for the digitalization of Rockwool.

Hosts: Jesper Schleimann, Digital Transformation Officer, EMEA North at SAP and Lars Jacobsen, Editor-in-chief of Computerworld Denmark

Podcast website: Computerworld.dk/theedge

Few inventions have benefitted humankind as much as electricity: Electricity brought light where there had been darkness before. And electricity let us apply incredible forces to tasks that were normally done by muscles, water, or steam.

The challenge is that the traditional production and usage of electricity have not only changed our lives - it also changed our climate.

As a result, we are on the brink of a giant change when it comes to production and usage of energy.

At the large Danish energy conglomerate Ørsted, CIO Michael Biermann is meeting the change with a comprehensive digitalization and a new focus on architecture, agile, and design thinking.

So please join us as Michael Biermann shares the shape of his digital challenge in an energy company with a yearly turnover of almost 12 billion US dollars and business areas that covers offshore wind power and bioenergy.

It is about energy, it’s about technology, and it’s very much about it-management.

109 years ago the first vacuum cleaner rolled off the production line at Nilfisk.
Over a century later both Nilfisk and the world has grown larger - and more digital.

But how do a storied company like Nilfisk become a digital company? And how do you make the switch from successful products to popular services?

At Nilfisk the person with the answers is Bjarne Schøn. He leads the digital transformation at Nilfisk - and Bjarne's team, called Digital Service, works as a startup within the organization.

Bjarne and his team's job is to create new and intelligent cleaning-services.

So please join us as we together with Bjarne Schøn explore how to fast track the digitalization inside a century-old company.

In this episode:

- How Nilfisk is using existing data to enhance their services

- How Bjarne is building a "software factory" from scratch within Nilfisk

- An insight into Bjarne's work at Microsoft with global innovation teams that reported to Bill Gates

- Three pieces of advice from Bjarne Schøn to other innovators

Hosts: Jesper Schleimann, Digital Transformation Officer, EMEA North at SAP and Lars Jacobsen, Editor-in-chief of Computerworld Denmark

Podcast website: Computerworld.dk/theedge

Few Nordic companies have grown as fast as Danish transport and logistics company DSV.

Through organic growth and several large acquisitions, today DSV has annual revenues of more than 12 billion UDS and a market capitalization on Nasdaq Copenhagen of more than 15 billion USD.

DSV employs more than 40,000 people in 75 different countries and is among the top five largest transport and logistics company in the world.

This creates a unique set of demands for the it-management of DSV.

Luckily CIO of DSV is Jesper Riis, who is the winner of the CIO of the year 2018 award for his work at DSV. Jesper is our guest today at The Digital Edge.

So please join us as we together with Jesper Riis explore how scale, governance, and personal leadership all play a pivotal role when the IT-department rises to deliver on the ambitious business goals.

In this episode:

- An insight into the governance model at DSV

- How it plays a central role for a transport company in a low-margin industry

- How DSV is using more than 140 software robots worldwide

- Three pieces of advice from Jesper Riis to other it-leaders

Hosts: Jesper Schleimann, Digital Transformation Officer, EMEA North at SAP and Lars Jacobsen, Editor-in-chief of Computerworld Denmark

Podcast website: Computerworld.dk/theedge

Amazon has yet to enter the Nordic market. But the American tech company´s initiatives such as the fully automated supermarket Amazon Go and fast home-delivery service has generated a lot of interest in the retail sector.

Maybe because our searches are dominated by Google and our communication is facilitated by Facebook - but our grocery-shopping is still done in the classic analog way.

At least for a little while - because the retail industry is changing. And new subscription models, shopping habits and customer expectations are pointing towards an exciting digital future.

This is also the digital challenge that our guest Claus H. Andersen, Head of Digital at the largest Danish retail chain, Salling Group, has to meet.

So thank you for listening as we on The Digital Edge - together with Claus H. Andersen – explore how Salling Group is meeting the digital challenge.

In this episode:

- Why Claus H. Andersen’s job is not to challenge the stores but to enrich the shopping experience at the stores
- The cultural challenges of changing the way we shop for groceries, the way we queue, and the way we pay
- Insight into Salling Group's strategi on how to create a more convenient shopping experience
- How Salling Group involves customers in the development of digital solutions

Hosts: Jesper Schleimann, Digital Transformation Officer, EMEA North at SAP and Lars Jacobsen, Editor-in-chief of Computerworld Denmark

Podcast website: Computerworld.dk/theedge