This list celebrates changemakers creating meaningful impact through leadership, innovation, fresh perspectives, transformative mindsets, and lessons that resonate far beyond the workplace.
We had the opportunity to attend Workday's yearly analyst meeting, now known as Workday Innovation Summit, held from April 22ndtill 24th 2019 at the stunning scenic Cavallo Point, across from San Francisco. The analyst summit was very well attended by analysts and influencers.
Human-Centered AI, Upskilling, and the Future of Work | DisrupTV Ep. 148
In Episode 148 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage in a compelling conversation with:
PSA, Subscription Billing Power Customer Centric ERP
Almost 500 customers, partners, and influencers joined the FinancialForce.com team in Las Vegas. May 8th to 10th, to experience the latest in PSA and customer-centric ERP. CEO Tod Nielsen
Workday roadmap reveals what’s ahead on machine augmentation, reporting and Adaptive Insights-powered planning. Here’s what’s next.
The tenth annual Workday Innovation Summit, held April 22-24 in Sausalito, CA, brought more than the sweeping San Francisco skyline into focus. Workday shared its vision for providing machine learning (ML) and analytics across its platform while also broadening planning capabilities accelerated by last year’s acquisition of Adaptive Insights.
How “Tech Value vs. Tech Trust” Is Shaping the Future | DisrupTV Ep. 147
In this week’s DisrupTV (Episode 147), hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar host a sharp discussion with Michael Biltz (Managing Director, Accenture Technology Vision), Mark Heller (VP, Global Brand & Communications, Zuora), and Jon Reed (Co-Founder, Diginomica).
We had the opportunity to attend Ultimate Software's yearly user conference, Ulti Connect, held from April 1st till 5th 2019 at the Wynn Conference Center in Las Vegas. The event has moved from the traditional site of the Bellagio and the transition has gone well; attendees liked the new settings. Record attendance of 3100+ attendees.
Leading Through Disruption: The Future of Work & Tech Optimization | DisrupTV Ep. 146
In this edition of DisrupTV (Episode 146), hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar talk with Amy Webb (Author, Quantitative Futurist & Professor at NYU), Jay Jacobs (SVP, Head of Research & Strategy, Global X), and Larry Dignan (Editor-in-Chief at ZDNet).
Experience, Innovation & CX: What Customers Really Want | DisrupTV Ep. 145
In this week’s DisrupTV (Episode 145), hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar sit down with Brian Solis (Principal Analyst, Altimeter; author of X: The Experience When Business Meets Design), Lorna Borenstein (Innovation Leader & Customer Experience Strategist), and Holger Mueller (VP & Principal Analyst at Constellation Research).
We had the opportunity to attend ADP yearly user conference "Meeting of the Minds" (MOTM), held from March 31st till April 3rd, 2019. Attendance with over 1100 attendees, the usual attendance of MOTM, held at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. An ideal location for conferences of this size, given the short distances between venue, rooms and entertainment.
We had the opportunity to attend Google Next 2019, held from April 9th till 11th 2019 at the Moscone Center and adjacent hotels in San Francisco. Attendance with over 30k registrants (my estimate about 20k present, comparing to Dreamforce and Oracle OpenWorld), and a large mix of exhibitors across Moscone South makes Google Next a major player in the cloud conference circuit. What a difference to the initial event held on a San Francisco pier with maybe 1000 attendees at best – in 2016 only three years back.
We had the opportunity to attend Oracle Modern Business Experience (MBX) event, held in Las Vegas from March 18th till 21st at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. A new event for Oracle, that is combining a number of separate events (e.g. HCM World) into a single event and focusses on ERP, HCM and SCM applications.
We talk a lot these days about the “experience economy” and that fact that any business, regardless of what it sells, is competing on the experience it creates for customers. As a business, you’re shaping those experiences, whether you do so consciously or not.
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AI, Ethics & Innovation: Navigating the Future of Technology | DisrupTV Ep.144
In this episode of DisrupTV (Episode 144), host R “Ray” Wang engages with Sean Lane, CEO and Co-Founder at Olive; Suki Fuller, Analytical Storyteller and Investor; and Steve Wilson, VP and Principal Analyst at Constellation Research. Guest host Dr.
On April 4, IBM announced an agreement to sell its portfolio of marketing and commerce software to private investment company Centerbridge Partners. The size of the deal, which is expected to close by mid-2019, was not disclosed.
Mark Simpson, vice president of offering management and strategy for the IBM marketing platform and commerce offerings, will lead the new entity as CEO. The new company’s name, as well as how many and which employees will transfer along with Simpson, are yet to be determined.
The scope of the agreement includes:
Late on a Friday night in Germany SAP issues a press release that Robert Enslin is leaving the company. The organizational consequence was that of Jennifer Morgan taking over the Cloud Business Group, Enslin's previous responsibility. Her go to market activities are no completely with Adaire Fox-Martin – who now solely owns go to market for SAP.
Mastering Collaboration and CX in the Digital Age | DisrupTV Ep. 143
In this episode of DisrupTV (Episode 143), hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage with Erica Dhawan, Keynote Speaker on Collaboration and CEO at Cotential; Meagen Eisenberg, Chief Marketing Officer at TripActions; and Esteban Kolsky, Principal and Founder at ThinkJar.