This list celebrates changemakers creating meaningful impact through leadership, innovation, fresh perspectives, transformative mindsets, and lessons that resonate far beyond the workplace.
Einstein Everywhere In Every Cloud And Every Industry
Dreamforce 2019 kicked off to 171,000 on-site attendees and over 13 million online viewers. Sessions packed in at Moscone Center and the surrounding hotels were bursting at the seems, even with Howard Street shut down as the HQ for the Dreamforce National Park. The event often known as the “Greatest Enterprise Show On Earth” brought together more thought leadership than Davos and The Business Council combined. The major announcements at the show include:
Dreamforce 2019: 15 Einstein and Einstein Analytics Announcements Aimed at Democratizing AI
Salesforce Einstein and Einstein Analytics have footholds in sales, but these 15 #DF19 announcements add artificial intelligence use cases across the enterprise.
Nearly half of companies now say that they’re using some form of artificial intelligence, according to McKinsey research that Salesforce shared at Dreamforce 2019, yet seven out of ten companies report they’re seeing little to no value from their AI projects so far.
Digital Identity: easier said than done
Digital progress is famous for its incredible speed. No other technology compares to information technology, where disruption is the norm. If Moore’s law could have applied from the early 1970s to automobiles as well as computers, then it is reckoned that a VW Beetle today could go 300,000 miles per hour, get two million miles per gallon, and would cost four cents to buy outright.
It was a meeting of the minds as always with the Salesforce Dreamforce conference. There are lots of great announcements, and the event takes over all of San Francisco. From a healthcare perspective, the trend towards consumerization leaves patient-centric needs unmet. The abundance of healthcare information, availability of non-traditional solutions, and new models of care shift control from providers to patients. Patients demand healthcare access on their terms, not the providers’ or payors’ terms.
Here is a survey performed by Salesforce about patient challenges.
Building Trust, Driving Growth & Empowering Communities | DisrupTV Ep. 170
In DisrupTV Episode 170, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage with three thought leaders to explore how trust, organizational growth, and community empowerment are shaping modern business practices.
There are almost too many things to share and recount from #CCE2019. For example, I could share my expanding vocabulary thanks to Chris Lochhead or the fact that I am considering hiding under a park bench in fear of the year 2030 thanks to Alan Bealieu.
The more I walked the hallways and heard from speakers, panelists and moderators, the thing I kept hearing was a sense that amongst these disruptors, change agents and enterprise provocateurs, there is a clear path to the results and reward of digital transformation. Welcome to the age of action.
We’re thrilled to welcome Liz Miller to the Constellation team as vice president and principal analyst. She will focus her coverage area on CMO priorities and the critical tools needed to advance marketing’s growth agenda.
Advising on Marketing Leadership, Boardroom Priorities and Demands Facing CMOs in the Trust EconomySILICON VALLEY, Calif. – November 13, 2019 – Constellation Research announced the appointment of Liz Miler as vice president and principal analyst to research, forecast and advise clients on CMO priorities and the critical tools needed to advance marketing’s growth agenda. The appointment of Miller bolsters Constellation’s ongoing commitment to reshaping the vision of success for leaders and organizations in the digital age.
It hasn't taken long for Juergen Mueller to ramp up as the new Chief Technology Officer and executive board member of long-standing enterprise software industry leader SAP.
Last night at the ninth annual awards Gala at CCE, our team unveiled the winners of the 2019 SuperNova Awards. This was one of our toughest years to choose just one winner in each category; the competition was top-notch.
As digital change continues to dominate the agenda of the global C-Suite, organizations across all industries and geographies must make deeper investments to create true impact. These case studies embody the necessary leadership and teaming talents needed as we move from the post-digital divide into winner-take-all networks.
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has agreed to pay $3 million to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and take substantial corrective action to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules.