This list celebrates changemakers creating meaningful impact through leadership, innovation, fresh perspectives, transformative mindsets, and lessons that resonate far beyond the workplace.
Meatballs are serious business. If you care not for your life, ask any Italian family about their Nonna’s meatballs…and then make suggestions on how they could “be better.” I love meatballs of any number of ethnic origins. Italian (of both the Americanized and original polpette variety). Swedish. Kofta. Albondigas. Bò viên. All delicious, although I will take a pass on the South African skilpadjies and the whole let’s wrap minced heart in liver and then wrap it in fat thing.
Personal Disruption, Customer Experience & Digital Transformation | DisrupTV Ep. 201
In DisrupTV Episode 201, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage with four influential voices shaping the future of business:
We are thrilled to announce the finalists for our tenth annual SuperNova Awards! This year’s finalists are top-notch leaders & teams implementing disruptive and innovative technology initiatives across the board.
It’s time to narrow down the finalists and choose the winners. But first we need your help! The polls open on August 10 and close on September 4, make sure you cast your votes for your favorite finalists in each category.
News: The German National ID goes Mobile
German citizens will soon be able to carry their national electronic ID (eID) on certain smart phones thanks to work being done by Samsung, Deutsche Telekom and the German government’s Office for Information Security. The solution involves cloning the eID smartcard ― which is NFC-enabled ― onto the phone’s secure element.
Navigating Digital Transformation, Education, and Public Policy | DisrupTV Ep. 200
In DisrupTV Episode 200, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage with three influential voices shaping the future of business and society:
Broadcom’s Software Division Focuses On Delivering The Mainframe As An Open Cloud Platform
On July 15th, Greg Lotko, SVP and GM of the Broadcom Mainframe Software Division kicked off the Mainframe Innovation World Tour talking about three core tenets of Broadcom’s approach to the mainframe. The mainframe software division has taken an expansionary view of the future of the mainframe and sees an optimistic future for its customers and prospects, some of the top enterprises and government entities around the world.
Watching the myriad responses to the pandemic unfold, the power of communities and the importance of experts have, time and again, proven themselves to be indispensable tools for dealing with the unexpected and unprecedented.
We could discuss these two factors at length in any number of contexts (more than happy to!), but I’d like to focus here on how they’re playing out when it comes to managing the resources that underpin customer experience.
Smart Cities, Insightful CX & Smarter Urban Innovation | DisrupTV Ep. 199
In DisrupTV Episode 199, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar speak with three strategic voices reimagining urban and enterprise experience:
Trust, Bias-Free Leadership & Green Innovation | DisrupTV Ep. 198
In DisrupTV Episode 198, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar brought together three forward-thinking experts to discuss how organizations can build trust, foster inclusive leadership, and champion sustainability:
Customer Success, Family Trust & AI in Workforce Collaboration | DisrupTV Ep. 197
In DisrupTV Episode 197, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar are joined by three insightful leaders exploring trust, collaboration, and resilience in today's world:
Earlier in 2020, many organizations suddenly found themselves in a relatively precarious position when it came to rapidly connecting their workers together almost entirely using digital communications tools. COVID-19 had arrived without much upfront warning and subsequent stay-at-home strategies rapidly dispersed worker populations to their homes around the globe for the foreseeable future.