486: Emmet B. Keeffe III, Operating Partner at Insight Partners and founder of Insight IGNITE, discusses:

The three parts of Insight’s investment thesis

An overview of the company’s digital acceleration program, Insight IGNITE

The challenges of communication between IT and the rest of the business

How Insight Partners can save IT leaders many trips to Silicon Valley by finding tech globally

How the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many of the areas the company has invested in

The four types of boards that exist based on the size and maturity of those companies and the assistance each needs from its directors

The increased importance on creativity for humans with more AI and automation

Emmet’s take on IoT, the cloud, automation, 5G, and RPA

Among a variety of other topics.

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This episode is sponsored by Zoho.