New Kyndryl research suggests mid-level financial services, banking, and insurance employees worldwide may have sharply different opinions than their bosses do about the power of hybrid work arrangements. Employees say hybrid work arrangements drive more productivity, better collaboration, and can enhance corporate culture. Listen as experts weigh in on the debate.

• Debbie Waters, CTO, Aegon (financial services sector)
• Ivan Dopplé, Global Practice Leader, Digital Workplace, Kyndryl

”Innovation means doing something new that improves a product, process or service.”1 For companies, that can reflect the way a company brings constant value to their customers' business or life. 

The drive to innovate leads to the creation of intellectual property, which can be ideas, software, processes and methods, tooling or anything else that provides a competitive edge. 

Listen as our experts share how intellectual property is created and how to drive a research innovation strategy in enterprise tech. Our Behind the Patent series also explores patents by Kyndryls.

• Ilyas Iyoob, Global Head of Research, Kyndryl
• Lorie Goins, Head of IP Strategy, Kyndryl

For most companies today, competitive differentiation depends on enabling a culture of continuous modernization and digital transformation. The technology projects that support these crucial business initiatives require the cooperation of multiple, best-in-class technology partners to succeed.

But often, the key technology players are also market competitors. How do you foster deep collaboration between partners and your internal IT teams while minimizing the inclination for individuals to hold back the best ideas to ”safeguard” IP? And how can you encourage a true collegial spirit of co-creation among blended teams to optimize business outcomes – especially in highly regulated industries?

Listen in as experts from Lloyds Banking Group, Microsoft and Kyndryl discuss the value of co-creation and best practices for turning competitors into exceptional collaborators.

• Sarah Lucas, Head of Architecture and Product, Lloyds Banking Group
• Rebecca Egerton, Azure Lead – Lloyds Banking Group, Microsoft

More than 90% of respondents to Kyndryl’s 2023 State of IT Risk study say their organizations had IT systems or data compromised in the past two years. And 88% of the respondents feel their organization is well prepared to manage and recover from such events. Is the confidence justified, particularly given the growing diversity and frequency of IT risks?

Listen as our experts discuss the risks that C-Suite executives face in preparing their organizations for the unplanned. Hear their point of view.

• Ricardo Morales, Chief Information Security Officer, Banorte
• Kris Lovejoy, Global Practice Leader, Security & Resiliency, Kyndryl

Recent IDC findings show only 1 in 4 organizations are ready to adequately prevent and respond to a disruptive event1. Whether that’s a natural disaster destroying servers and infrastructure, a mouse chewing through the wires or a ransomware attack, companies need to be able to anticipate, protect, withstand and recover quickly.  

No matter the industry, every company needs a comprehensive, strong cyber resiliency strategy. But where does one start? How do businesses remove the siloes that exist between departments and align its leaders?

Tune in as we explore the history of cyber resilience and share their insight on how companies can best plan for the next ‘cybergeddon.’ 

• Gary Meshell, Worldwide Leader Global Partner Security Initiative, AWS
• Flick March, Global Vice President, Security & Resilience, Kyndryl

With a large population of unbanked and underbanked citizens, late but rapid smartphone adoption, and a boom of start-up fintech companies, Latin America can be a tough market for traditional banks. But Brazil’s biggest bank has managed to remain the country’s most valued brand with a strategic approach to digital transformation that puts people first and 70% of its workloads in the cloud.

Listen in as Fábio Napoli, Itaú Unibanco’s Director of Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer, shares the bank’s digital journey, lessons lessons learned, and his personal advice for Latin American peers in other regulated industries.

• Fábio Napoli, Director of Information Technology and CTO, Itaú Unibanco
• Roberto Voi, Customer Partner, Kyndryl

The global distributed cloud market size in terms of revenue was reasonably estimated at $4.4 billion in 2022 and is anticipated to rise to $11.2 billion by 2027, presenting a CAGR of 20.6% according to Markets and Markets research. While it’s still a fraction of the public cloud market size, distributed cloud is increasingly growing in popularity. 

Even though the hype is relatively new, distributed cloud is actually an operational trend from the past, reemerging as new technologies reinvigorate a previously dormant model. It’s a re-imagined, better, more flexible version of the distributed systems from 50+ years ago. Distributed cloud has an impact on nearly every industry, fueling innovative use cases and creating a newly empowered edge primed to deliver transformative business value through new revenue streams or business models.

What is all the hype around distributed cloud? How can distributed cloud and edge computing benefit your industry? 

Featured experts:

• Sam Doherty, World Wide Director Edge Infrastructure and Devices, Microsoft
• Howard Holton, Chief Technology Officer, Gigaom
• Edgar Haren, Senior Lead Offering Manager, Kyndryl

Companies can get caught in a loop of fast fixes and just-in-time problem-solving. The approach can help keep the lights on, but when leaders need to solve their most complex business challenges, it falls short. 

Advocates for a human-centered design espouse an intentional and structured approach to problem-solving that puts people squarely at the center of decision-making. McKinsey has found that companies investing in experience design have been shown to increase their revenue and shareholder returns at twice the rate of competitors — and board rooms are listening. Designers' unique approach gets to the heart of the problem and brings people together to realize imaginative and practical solutions. 

But what does it really mean to design with humans in mind? And how can you make human-centered design part of an organization’s problem-solving DNA? 

Listen in as our experts discuss the value of human-first, integrated approach to customer experience and how the profession of design can have impact on business outcomes. 

• Sarah B. Nelson, Chief Design Officer, Kyndryl Vital, Kyndryl
• Tom Rourke, Global Leader, Kyndryl Vital, Kyndryl

In business, progress demands continuous transformation. The velocity of innovation is increasing, and nearly everything in today's environment is digital first. How do you know if you're making the right kind of progress to overcome increasing IT complexity, costs and vulnerability?

Welcome to The Progress Report, a podcast brought to you by Kyndryl, your partner for continuous innovation. Join our Chief Design Officer, Sarah B. Nelson, and Global Leader of Kyndryl Vital, Tom Rourke, as they sit down with innovators, thought leaders, problem solvers, technologists, and business leaders to explore how you can keep your finger on the pulse of progress. Listen in for provocative and unique perspectives on how to modernize for efficiency and growth, innovate for differentiated experiences, secure for resilient business -- and more! Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode. 

Since its launch in 2019, markets worldwide have adopted 5G, with 5G connections predicted to exceed one billion by the end of this year. From healthcare to retail to manufacturing, telecoms are actively deploying 5G across industries. 

With Industry 4.0. the size and complexity of these IoT networks create vulnerabilities that require extra layers of security. To mitigate risk and enable the successful implementation security and resiliency on the edge is getting more and more critical

Listen in as our experts discuss how network and security are connecting people and devices and making “Connect from Anywhere” a reality. Our experts will explore through the lens of several industries and discuss resiliency in IT and network deployments. 

Hear from our experts Chris Novak, Managing Director Cybersecurity Consulting, Verizon; Jennifer Varner, Managing Director US Cybersecurity Sales at Verizon; and Kris Lovejoy, Global Practice Leader, Security & Resiliency, Kyndryl.