Cloud Realities

The role of the CIO is changing, but so are many other CxO roles in the face of digital disruption.  If anything, this is likely to accelerate in the coming years. This week, Dave, Sjoukje and Rob talk to Jed Griffiths, CDO, Microsoft UK, about why this role change is occurring, why its important that it is considered to be wider than the much discussed CIO role evolution and the three key things that modern leadership teams should be wrestling with today, in the face of accelerated transformational change.  Also, do 'Five trends for CIOs' from early in 2023 still resonate?TLDR:00:50 Are smart watches worth it?03:00 Cloud conversation with Jed Griffiths31:10 5 trends CIO's were advised to consider in 202338:00 Spending more time on Starfield! GuestJed Griffiths: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jedgriffiths/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/

GenAI continues to dominate the conversation and more use cases emerge everyday.  AI itself though, is not new, companies have been exploiting it for a number of years, building it into their product sets and understanding how their customers get value from it. In a special live episode from Edinburgh in September 2023, Dave and Rob talk to a panel led by Ahmed Salhin, Principal Data Scientist at Sage and including Fiona Sweeney, Partnerships Director, Women in Data, Theo Priestly, Futurist & Robert Engels, CTO AI I&D Capgemini about Sage's long term use of AI in their products and how it differentiates them.  We then speak to the panel about the risk of cognitive overload as organisations potentially take on another wave of related transformation and the ever critical data integrity.TLDR:00:50 What Dave and Rob did in Edinburgh03:56 Cloud conversation with Ahmed Salhin, Fiona Sweeny, Theo Priestly & Robert Engels 23:32 Outro GuestsAhmed Salhin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmedsalhin/ Fiona Sweeney:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionasweeney1/ Theo Priestly:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/theopriestley/ Robert Engels:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertengels/ HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/

The need to execute change in your organisation, either as proactive transformation or reactive to your market, has never been more demanding.  This is the real ‘new normal’.  How we frame and handle this, as humans, can make the difference between success and failure in the delivery of value from change and, importantly, in ensuring our good mental health.In a special episode to kick off season 3, Dave, Sjoukje and Rob go on an expedition with Erwin Visser, General Manager for Cloud Service Provider business at Microsoft Americas, and hear about his recent adventure climbing Mount Everest!  They discover what this visceral experience has taught him about setting purpose and going on a journey and we unpack his five lessons for driving results from change as we climb...TLDR:04:05 T&C’s are confusing!06:03 Cloud conversation with Erwin Visser44:35 Clear purpose and benefit drives change50:41 Moving to Tampa!GuestErwin Visser:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/erwin-visser-932313/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/

We are live from Google Cloud Next 2023, direct from the Expo floor with a limited series of episodes talking to Google leaders on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave & Rob talk to Chen Goldberg, VP & GM of Google Kubernetes and Serverless, Google Cloud, about what "cloud native" really means, the tech and the ways of working, along with the first hand story of K8S over the last 10 years.  The gang are then joined by some friends to reflect on a busy conference week, the highlights and themes and whether we got our predictions right!GuestChen Goldberg:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/goldbergchen/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/The People's Choice Podcast AwardsThe Cloud Realities Podcast is registered for The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category! 🌐✨Please show your support by casting your vote through the link below.https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup

We are live from Google Cloud Next 2023, direct from the Expo floor with a limited series of episodes talking to Google leaders on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave & Rob talk to Mahin Samadani, Director of Strategic Business Transformation, Google Cloud about experience led cloud transformation, how to measure 'return on imagination' and how starting with the user experience can drive better business value and outcomes. Rob also updates us on Day 2 themes, including cloud integration, productivity boost through better org design and how we must continue to challenge our assumptions, even when we have been successful! GuestMahin Samadani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahin/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/The People's Choice Podcast AwardsThe Cloud Realities Podcast is registered for The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category! 🌐✨Please show your support by casting your vote through the link below.https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup

We are live from Google Cloud Next 2023, direct from the Expo floor with a limited series of episodes talking to Google leaders on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave & Rob talk to Zac Maufe, Head of Financial Services Industry Solutions, Google Cloud about cloud in the heavily regulated financial sector and what Google Cloud is doing to help organisations accelerate and safely drive value from data.  Rob also updates on todays themes at the conference and the gang reflect on the conference tag line "The New Way to Cloud".GuestZac Maufe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zac-maufe-3b2578/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/The People's Choice Podcast AwardsThe Cloud Realities Podcast is registered for The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category! 🌐✨Please show your support by casting your vote through the link below.https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup

We are live from Google Cloud Next 2023, direct from the Expo floor with a limited series of episodes talking to Google leaders on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave & Rob talk to Jose Gomes, Managing Director Retail & Consumer, Google Cloud about disruption and trends in the Retail sector, how AI in Retail should be delivered thru platform, rather than driving after unique, non-scalable use cases and how this helps respond to an incredibly fast moving market.  Rob also updates on the big themes from the Google opening keynote session.GuestJose Gomes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-luis-gomes-965975/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/The People's Choice Podcast AwardsThe Cloud Realities Podcast is registered for The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category! 🌐✨Please show your support by casting your vote through the link below.https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup

We are live from Google Cloud Next 2023, direct from the Expo floor with a limited series of episodes talking to Google leaders on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.Dave & Rob talk to Rodrigo Rocha, Director Global Horizontal Partnerships, Google Cloud to understand Google Clouds positioning of GenAI as a central and visible theme of the conference.  They discuss whether AI can help make flying smoother or even find life on other planets, as well as about the role we all have in bringing AI into society responsibly.GuestRodrigo Rocha:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigoprocha/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/The People's Choice Podcast AwardsThe Cloud Realities Podcast is registered for The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category! 🌐✨Please show your support by casting your vote through the link below.https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup

Dave, Rob & Sjoukje reflect on the incredible journey through the first two seasons with the most thrilling topics and guests who supported our show. They also share what they are excited about doing over the summer and the thrilling highlights of what's in store for season 3!   Thank you to all our listeners for joining us in Seasons 1 & 2 - have a great summer and we will see you in late August!TLDR:00:01 Intros00:03 Rise of AI00:08 Quantum Computing 00:12 Living in a simulation 00:15 The human side of transformation 00:19 Diversity00:24 The new era of tech 00:33 What will season 3 bring00:35 Summer and what are you doing next00:40 OutroHostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/

To leverage the insights in the data spread across your organisation and to drive a modern digital experience in a world of exponentially growing data in a sustainable way, you have to engage with what is going on in your data plumbing.Dave, Sjoukje & Rob talk to Rick Houlihan, Field CTO for Strategic Accounts, MongoDB to get a view on database history and technology and how understanding this might help an organisation to drive more effective, efficient and sustainable use of their data.  Finally, in trends we talk about how to get started modernising your data infrastructure.TLDR:00:30 Intros 01:00 Cloud conversation with Rick Houlihan 04:00  Modernising your data infrastructure 18:00  Leveraging lessons learnt GuestRick Houlihan:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhoulihan/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/The People's Choice Podcast AwardsThe Cloud Realities Podcast is registered for The People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category! 🌐✨Please show your support by casting your vote through the link below.https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup