Transformers Podcast
Transformers Podcast
Podcast Description
Information is everywhere. For businesses, information is everything. The roles of CIOs, CTOs and other transformative leaders have evolved to impact all areas of business, from employee experience and digital labor to product development and the customer experience. Hosted by Ann Funai, CIO and VP of Business Platforms Transformation at IBM, Transformers the podcast takes you behind the scenes and screens of these transformative leaders, exploring their real-world challenges, inspiring lessons, and best practices. From personal transformations to the transformative influences around them, Ann and her guests explore what it is to be transformers. Tune in every other Wednesday at 7am EST.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of digital transformation, role evolution of CIOs and CTOs, and technology trends in business. Episodes discuss topics like the integration of AI in enterprises, open source software strategies, and the collaborative dynamics between CIOs and CTOs, with specific examples such as a CTO's wishlist for 2025 and resolutions for open source management in the new year.
Information is everywhere. For businesses, information is everything. The roles of CIOs, CTOs and other transformative leaders have evolved to impact all areas of business, from employee experience and digital labor to product development and the customer experience.
Hosted by Ann Funai, CIO and VP of Business Platforms Transformation at IBM, Transformers the podcast takes you behind the scenes and screens of these transformative leaders, exploring their real-world challenges, inspiring lessons, and best practices. From personal transformations to the transformative influences around them, Ann and her guests explore what it is to be transformers. Tune in every other Wednesday at 7am EST.
Three keys to business transformation with Benni Blau, CPIO, SAP. Transforming your workforce takes more than big speeches and fancy slide decks. Successful transformations come from the right alignment of people, technology and process. Dr. Benni Blau, Chief Process & Information Officer of SAP, talks about how he approaches process and IT strategy, the critical elements of transformation, and why partnerships matter now more than ever.
0:47 – Meet Benni Blau
1:57 – Cloud transformation and the evolution of the CIO
3:35 – The rate and pace of transformation
5:23 – Putting people and processes at the forefront of transformation
9:00 – New demands on CIOs and the power of partnerships
11:57 – The value management mindset
14:47 – People, AI and the Jevons paradox
16:57 – Dealing with application sprawl
21:35 – Non-digital downtime
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