Digital CxO Podcast

Amanda Razani and Mike Vizard discuss the possibility for new roles such as chief resiliency officers before talking about what's new in automation, robots and sales.Links Referenced in Podcast:Time for a Chief Resilience Officer:https://digitalcxo.com/article/why-the-crowdstrike-incident-proves-it-is-time-for-a-chief-resilience-officer/https://devops.com/the-risks-of-the-cloud-oligopoly/CIOs as Digital CxO:https://digitalcxo.com/article/cios-take-lead-require-mix-of-business-it-skills/https://digitalcxo.com/article/caios-absorb-cio-responsibilities-as-ai-investment-accelerates/Next Phase of Automation:https://digitalcxo.com/article/the-next-phase-of-automation-learning-from-the-past-and-looking-to-the-future/Robots This Way Come:https://digitalcxo.com/article/vayu-robotics-rolls-out-lidar-less-delivery-robots/AI in Sales:https://techstrong.ai/articles/salesforce-survey-ai-making-a-difference-in-sales/

In this podcast Amanda Razani and Mike Vizard speak about having a digital mindset, EV charging, fleet management and the supply chain.Links Referenced in Podcast: Getting to the Digital Core:https://digitalcxo.com/article/businesses-must-build-digital-core-to-maximize-ai-operations-investment/ https://digitalcxo.com/video/leadership-insights-digital-first-mindset/Digital Nervous System Need Smarter Brokers:https://digitalcxo.com/article/operational-brokers-provide-the-digital-nervous-system-for-dynamic-operations/ https://digitalcxo.com/article/building-a-robust-data-architecture-for-future-growth/Open Source Comes to EV Charging: https://digitalcxo.com/article/bringing-open-source-standards-to-electric-vehicle-charging/The Need Better Telematic Data for Fleet Management: https://digitalcxo.com/article/embedded-vehicle-data-for-enhanced-fleet-management-by-oems-and-tsps/Time to Fix the Supply Chain:https://digitalcxo.com/article/ai-and-other-technologies-driving-supply-chain-growth/

Amanda Razani and Mike Vizard discuss the importance of managing data, supply chain issues, various industry struggles and the impact of AI on music.
Links Referenced in Podcast: Data Architecture Matters:https://digitalcxo.com/article/building-a-robust-data-architecture-for-future-growth/ https://digitalcxo.com/article/from-privacy-to-performance-leveraging-proxies-in-the-era-of-digital-transformation/ Redesigning the Supply Chain: https://digitalcxo.com/article/ai-and-other-technologies-driving-supply-chain-growth/Reinventing the Banking Experience: https://digitalcxo.com/article/checkout-lessons-what-banks-need-to-borrow-from-ecommerce/ AI in the Medical Office https://techstrong.ai/aiops/the-benefits-of-collaborative-ai-in-medical-offices/ AI in the Music Industry https://techstrong.ai/articles/ai-promises-to-revolutionize-the-music-industry/

Amanda Razani and Mike Vizard discuss the impact of GenAI, the anniversary of the barcode, a current lawsuit that involves remote workers, and the ways in which technologies are impacting environmental awareness.Links Referenced in Podcast: Gen AI: https://digitalcxo.com/article/genai-helps-drive-digital-transformation/https://digitalcxo.com/article/a-quick-guide-to-implementing-digital-transformation-in-your-company/ https://digitalcxo.com/article/prefect-extends-automation-reach-to-ai-agents/ Need Better Alignment https://digitalcxo.com/article/report-still-a-lot-of-lack-of-it-alignment-with-business/Bar Code Turns 50: https://digitalcxo.com/article/50-years-on-upc-barcodes-are-giving-way-to-qr-codes/Union Dues:https://digitalcxo.com/article/unions-sue-philadelphia-mayor-in-latest-back-to-work-conflagration/Climate Change:https://digitalcxo.com/article/advancements-in-the-observation-and-monitoring-of-africas-waterbodies/

Amanda Razani speaks with German Soto Sanchez, chief strategy officer at Broadridge, about the results of the company's recent digital transformation and next gen study, along with key takeaways and tips for business leaders.Links Referenced in Podcast: https://www.broadridge.com/2024-digital-transformation-study

Amanda Razani and Mike Vizard discuss technology advancements, ways to improve customer service, being future-ready, internet concerns and how manufacturing is harnessing data in today's podcast.
Links Referenced in Podcast:
AR/AI Romance:
https://digitalcxo.com/article/augmented-reality-seeks-ai-partner-for-virtual-romance/
https://digitalcxo.com/article/ai-is-accelerating-economic-pain-in-silicon-valley/
State of Customer Service:
https://digitalcxo.com/video/leadership-insights-the-digital-transformation-of-customer-service/
The Trouble with the Internet:
https://digitalcxo.com/article/it-survey-traces-lost-revenue-to-unreliable-internet-services/
Be Future Ready:
https://digitalcxo.com/article/stop-trying-to-future-proof-get-future-ready/
Manufacturing Starts to Get Big Data:
https://digitalcxo.com/article/manufacturers-begin-to-make-their-big-data-move/

Amanda Razani and Mike Vizard discuss new AI tools, the prospect of quantum and work life balance.
Links Referenced in Podcast: 
AI to the Rescue:
https://digitalcxo.com/article/pegasystems-extends-reach-of-generative-ai-blueprints/
https://digitalcxo.com/article/automation-anywhere-melds-rpa-and-generative-ai/
https://digitalcxo.com/article/caios-absorb-cio-responsibilities-as-ai-investment-accelerates/
 
Quantum Leap:
https://digitalcxo.com/article/quantum-computing-unlocking-quantums-potential-with-software-innovation/
Work Life Balance
https://digitalcxo.com/article/innovative-digital-engagement-and-its-role-in-shaping-work-life-balance/

Amanda Razani and Mike Vizard discuss recent company acquisitions, the expanded role of CIOs, the impact of low-code, and the transformation of the health care industry and SMBs.
Links Referenced in Podcast: 
SAP Acquires WalkMe
https://digitalcxo.com/article/digital-adoption-concoction-sap-to-acquire-walkme/
Role of CIOs
https://digitalcxo.com/article/cios-take-lead-require-mix-of-business-it-skills/
Role of Low Code
https://digitalcxo.com/article/how-low-code-gives-software-companies-a-competitive-advantage/
Digital Healthcare in the Cloud
https://digitalcxo.com/article/from-data-centers-to-clouds-reshaping-health-care-delivery/
SMBs and Digital Transformation
https://digitalcxo.com/article/survey-surfaces-rising-levels-of-data-maturity-among-smbs/

Amanda and Mike discuss cloud budget struggles, the use of virtual reality goggles in the workplace, democratizing analytics and AI for social good.Links Referenced in Podcast:Cloud Struggles:https://digitalcxo.com/article/retail-consumer-packaged-goods-firms-struggle-with-cloud-deployment/Augmented Reality with Apple:https://digitalcxo.com/video/leadership-insights-augmented-reality-googles-for-workflows/Middle Manager Need to Embrace AI:https://techstrong.ai/videos/ai-leadership-insights-middle-managers-must-embrace-change/Democratizing Analytics:https://digitalcxo.com/article/datagpt-talks-up-new-conversational-google-analytics-connector/AI for Social Good:https://techstrong.ai/articles/ai-for-social-good-highlighting-positive-applications-of-ai-and-pitfalls-to-avoid/

Amanda and Mike discuss how business leaders can rework their supply chains to avoid disruptions before talking about the infusion of GenAI in tools and product solutions. Then they discuss the concept of AIoT before finishing the conversation with a review of recent consulting firm cuts and what execs can learn from them.
Links Referenced in Podcast:
Reworking Supply Chains:https://digitalcxo.com/video/leadership-insights-supply-chains/
Informatica:https://digitalcxo.com/article/informatica-world-2024-a-hub-of-innovation-and-ai-transformation/
AI Comes to IoT:https://digitalcxo.com/article/iot-solutions-world-congress-ai-forging-links-with-iot/https://techstrong.ai/articles/manufacturings-industrial-coworker-ai-copilots/
Consulting Firm Cuts:https://digitalcxo.com/article/consulting-firm-layoffs-spark-industry-shift/