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Tom Davenport, President's Distinguished Professor in Information Technology and Management at Babson College, speaks to us about companies and their leaders using artificial intelligence for practical applications, rather than the over-ambitious 'moonshots' seen in its early days. Tom's new book, The AI Advantage, provides us with further details.
Futurist and Technologist Larry Boyer looks at the impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution, where the convergence of Automation, Robotics, and Artificial Intelligence looks to set to transform the future of work.
Jesper Toubol, Vice President, Elements and Moulds at Lego, describes how the company innovates with new technology like IoT, and what needs to change in the manufacturing industry to attract the next generation of talented recruits.
Professor Richard Wilding OBE, Professor & Chair in Supply Chain Strategy at Cranfield University School of Management, joins us to talk about culture, technology, innovation and what Supply Chain 4.0 means for practitioners.
Marcelo De Santis, Group CIO at Pirelli gives us practical advice on leading digital transformation initiatives in a modern business today. We discuss the convergence of people, processes and technology in this endeavor. Marcelo provides us with guidelines on what to do and, more importantly, what to avoid.
Leah Pickering is the Distribution Area Lead EMEA at AstraZeneca. Luke Mullins is the CEO at Manufacturing Change Management Consultancy, Volta.
On this week's episode Leah, Luke and Maria discuss:
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Dave Malenfant is the Director of Outreach and Partnerships, Centre for Supply Chain Innovation at MJ Neely School of Business (Texas Christian University). Dave is a strategic supply chain operations leader with more than 40 years' experience in driving change and performance improvement across the supply chain.
During the episode Dave and Maria discuss:
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Maria Villablanca (Host)
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This week, we were joined by Vikram Agarwal, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Avon for a new format of Podcast for FIN:TV. In this new shorter layout our industry professional will be faced with 8 Questions about their industry.
In this Vikram answers questions such as: "How has the Supply Chain profession changed in the last 20 years?" And "What advice would you give to young professionals looking to get into the industry today?".
Stephan de Barse is the Chief Revenue Officer at 09 Solutions, one the world leaders in Advanced supply chain planning, control tower, demand forecasting and digital IBP. Stephan leads all global sales, marketing, aim10x, business development, and other go-to-market activities to drive business growth for o9.
On this week's episode Stephan and Maria discuss:
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Maria Villablanca (Host)
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Annika Tibbe is the Supply Chain Director at Cargill Starches, Sweeteners & Texturizers Europe. Carina Tyralla is the Vice President of Global Supply Chain Management at Tom Tailor Group.
On this week's episode Annika, Carina and Maria discuss:
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From the publisher's feed
Transform Talks explores the conversations shaping the future of supply chains — before they become conference themes or industry buzzwords.
Hosted by global supply chain influencer Maria Villablanca, the podcast brings senior leaders into candid discussion about transformation as it really happens: messy, complex, and deeply human.
From AI and resilience to leadership, risk, and organisational change, guests share not just successes but doubts, trade-offs, and lessons learned along the way.
Because transformation isn’t a project.
It’s a continuous negotiation between technology, people, and reality.
If you want polished marketing messages, this isn’t the podcast for you.
If you want honest insight from leaders navigating change at scale — welcome to Transform Talks.