Digital Transformation & Leadership with Danny Levy

In ‘Part 2’ of this special edition of Digital Transformation & Leadership, Danny Levy continues his conversation with Warren Hayashi, President of Adyen Asia Pacific and Jheeva Subramanian, CFO of the Singapore department store BHG. They get into how to build an A-grade and agile team, why genuine connections are so important in a time of remote working, the importance of providing real-time feedback, continuous learning and improvement, how to get your team outside of their comfort zone, the best ways to look after yourself and their top productivity hacks. This edition is brought to you in partnership with Adyen - the platform built to simplify and accelerate global payments. To find out more visit www.adyen.com

In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership, Danny Levy talks to Warren Hayashi, President of Adyen Asia Pacific and Jheeva Subramanian, CFO of the Singapore department store BHG. They get into the key pillars for a successful retail digital transformation, how to turn the data you gather into actionable insights, how to build a successful unified commerce business, what it takes to master customer experience, the change in consumer expectations and what technologies you should be using to delight them now and in the future and why experiential retail is so important.  This edition is brought to you in partnership with Adyen - the platform built to simplify and accelerate global payments. To find out more visit www.adyen.com 

In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership, Danny Levy talks to Farrukh Shad the Senior Vice President, Head of Global eCommerce at Schneider Electric. They get into the key pillars for a successful digital transformation, why building an A-grade team is crucial to driving forward innovation, how to build the right digital culture and what to look for when you recruit, overcoming the insecurity of technology change and why you must have skin in the game. With a career dedicated to B2B and B2C, Farrukh earned his retail & eCommerce grades at British Petroleum and then Philips before joining Schneider Electric in Hong Kong over 6 years ago.

In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Kris Odland, Managing Director at Field Service News moderates a panel discussion with Anila Fredericks, Head of Customer Service Operations at Telstra, Jan van Veen, Founder & Managing Director at moreMomentum and Danny Levy, Managing Director APAC at Worldwide Business Research and WBR Insights. The panel get into the impact of the pandemic on their respective organisations, the importance of an agile mindset and the ability to pivot, the DNA of an organisation and how this relates to pivoting successfully, the shift to ‘good enough but quick’ instead of ‘fully road-tested but slow’, how leadership has evolved in the last 5 months and what effective leadership looks like now.

In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership, Danny Levy & Keith Carter talk through 3 steps that will help you think differently, implement a data strategy that actually works, and why the new economy will radically alter how you think and learn (YEP, there's a bonus 4th step in there for you as well). Keith is Associate Professor at the prestigious National University of Singapore School of Computing, and Affiliate Professor with NUS Business Analytic Centre. Passionate about bringing real-life into the classroom he regularly engages students to broaden their experience before they graduate. Keith is also the author of "Actionable Intelligence: A Guide To Delivering Business Results with Big Data Fast!" It answers questions like "How long will the IT department take to deliver effective, usable reports?" "After investing millions in systems, WHY are our people still using Excel?" And, "Why do people with good facts make bad decisions?" As part of his service mandate with School of Computing, he consults companies on Innovation, Customer Centricity, and Actionable Intelligence.

In this episode Danny shares his thoughts on his own podcast journey, what he's learnt so far and the benefits of hosting a podcast. He gets into four tactical points including, how to humanize your brand, accelerate your subject matter knowledge, expand your professional network and skyrocket your content generation. 

In this episode Danny talks to Dr Mario Hardy the CEO of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), a non profit public/private sector organisation acting as a catalyst for the responsible development of the Asia Pacific travel and tourism industry. He is also the Managing Director of MAP2 | Ventures, an investment fund with a wide portfolio of technology centric businesses in the field of CleanTech, FinTech and Artificial Intelligence. Danny and Mario discuss 6 ways you can innovate within digital to future proof yourself and your business. The two discuss these 6 key pillars in detail and Mario shares his top leadership and career lessons.

In this episode Danny talks to Rob Halsall the Founder and Managing Director of the Executive Athlete a leadership development and training, high performance coaching, commercial consulting and advisory firm. They share 6 Leadership Habits you can develop to Elevate, Inspire & Create. We all want to perform at our peak and Rob tactics will help you get yourself and your team from good to great. The two discuss: Being able to inspire others, the advantages of being streetwise, how to thrive in ambiguity, time management hacks, championing change and embracing digital transformation. 

In this episode I talk to Julien Sicard an entrepreneur based in Shanghai and the CEO of the digital agency Genius Encel. In the episode he reveals his proven tactics that will help you stand out and win business through LinkedIn.  Julien is one of the few LinkedIn experts in Asia. He is in the trenches doing it everyday.  It's a great episode with 7 actionable takeaways that you can implement immediately.

On this episode i'm joined by Paul Cuatrecasas, CEO and Founder, Aquaa Partners. He is an entrepreneur, investment banker, and strategic advisor to CEOs, senior executives, boards and shareholders of companies operating in or interested in the Technology and Digital industry sectors. In this episode you’ll hear about Paul's entrepreneurial journey, the key take-away’s from his book Go Tech, or Go Extinct, his advice on how to scale your start-up business, which disruptive technologies are having the biggest impact today, how to use Covid-19 as an opportunity for a strategic re-boot and the importance of mindset for entrepreneurs.