The Zero100 Podcast What CEOs Need from Operations Leaders Now with Jim Rowan
Sep 16, 2025
35:07
Join Jim Rowan, former CEO and President of Volvo Cars, and Kevin O’Marah, Chief Research Officer at Zero100, as they discuss how supply chain leaders can navigate today's business environment. Jim shares his framework of six interconnected technologies for future relevance, explains how AI is reshaping organizations into dynamic neural networks, and offers practical advice for leaders seeking to become strategic partners to their CEOs.
- CSCO/COO evolution: From support to strategic partners (01:00)
- The six game-changing technologies that will drive future relevance (03:27)
- Agentic AI’s potential impact on strategy and the org chart (08:20)
- How software-first thinking transforms supply chain strategy (11:31)
- What’s next for Big Tech’s big players? (15:39)
- US-China tensions and Europe’s role in the tech ecosystem (20:06)
- How ops leaders can be effective partners to their CEOs (30:46)