

Digital Transformation & Leadership with Danny Levy
Danny Levy
Behind the scenes with today's top business leaders to understand how they are digitally transforming their company: Which technology tools they're using, where they're seeing success, biggest challenges, how they run their team, dealing with changing customer behaviour, top leadership and life/career lessons and more. Hosted by Danny Levy
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May 27, 2021 • 51min
Digital natives vs. digitally transformed incumbents - Open banking explained w/ Sotiris Syrmakezis
In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Sotiris Syrmakezis, CEO of Ambient - Changing the payments landscape in Europe.
They get into what open banking is and the benefits, break down why it's the perfect storm (technology, customers, regulation and funding), digital natives pros and cons, incumbents pros and cons, what the future will bring, and why you should never doubt your past choices.
Sotiris's social media links:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sotirissyrmakezis/
- Twitter: @sotiris11
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May 21, 2021 • 53min
The Change Mindset - A survival kit for professionals in a digital change w/ Cyriel Kortleven
In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Cyriel Kortleven a global professional & TEDx Speaker at The Change Mindset.
They get into why most organisations focus on the change itself but miss the opportunity to help employees/colleagues with adopting a more flexible mindset, Cyriel's three step action plan on how to adopting a change mindset, how to create a culture where the change mindset can thrive and why building your network as quickly as possible is so important.
To find out more and get in touch with Cyriel visit:
www.cyrielkortleven.com
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cyrielkortleven
Change Mindset Tribe: www.cyrielkortleven.com/change-mindset-tribe
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May 14, 2021 • 34min
Using AI and psychology to prevent burnout w/ Danielle Owen Whitford
In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Danielle Owen Whitford, Founder and CEO of Pioneera. Their world-first approach uses AI and psychology to prevent burnout, by reducing stress and promoting wellness.
They get into Dan's story and how Pioneera was born, why technology and preventative steps are so important, both now and in the future, how to use tech to empower (not big brother), why you should care about this (improved productivity, keeping key people, innovation etc.) and why you should demand better support from your workplace.
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-owen-whitford/
For more details on Pioneera visit - https://pioneera.com/
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May 7, 2021 • 51min
Artificial Intelligence – A part of the new norm? w/ Steven Scheurmann
In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Steven Scheurmann a member of IBM's Data, AI and Automation Division that assists organizations with their AI journey's.
They get into shortfalls and misconceptions about AI, the explosion of Chinese companies in the AI space, retraining or reskilling for AI, how to take advantage of AI and operationalise it, what the the big opportunity really is, and why you should empower others so they have a seat at the table.
Steven's social media links:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-scheurmann-b809271/
- Instagram: scheurmannsteven
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Apr 30, 2021 • 45min
The secret LinkedIn formula that drives revenue and growth w/ Jason Vana - Part 2
In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy concludes his two part interview with Jason Vana, Founder of SHFT Marketing and Marketing Director of US-based company Fusion Tech. He’s maybe better known on LinkedIn as Sassy Jason.
Danny and Jason get into why engagement pods suck, where to start on LinkedIn and what NOT to do, the benefit of engaging on other peoples content, how to go from awareness to closing new business, what's next for LinkedIn (will everyone need to have a personal brand in the future?) and why who you are becoming is more important than what you are doing.
If you enjoyed this episode you can get all of Jason's guides for content and branding here: https://shft.marketing/guides
And the weekly SHFT Insider email here: https://shft.marketing/insider
Jason's social media links:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonvana
- Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jasonvana
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Apr 23, 2021 • 38min
Your brand is your identity w/ Jason Vana - Part 1
In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Jason Vana, Founder of SHFT Marketing and Marketing Director of US-based company Fusion Tech. He’s maybe better known on LinkedIn as Sassy Jason. SHFT Marketing is a branding agency helping businesses and nonprofits market effectively to generate leads and expand their reach.
Danny and Jason get into the importance of having a reset activity, why you should always automate mundane tasks, the difference between brand design and your identity as a business, how to close the gap between B2B and B2C, the rise of LinkedIn for B2B, personal branding vs. corporate branding, how to build trust on LinkedIn and who is #sassyjason and why that happened.
If you enjoyed this episode you can get all of Jason's guides for content and branding here: https://shft.marketing/guides
And the weekly SHFT Insider email here: https://shft.marketing/insider
Jason's social media links:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonvana
- Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jasonvana
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Apr 16, 2021 • 44min
Demystifying Digital Transformation w/ Terence Lee
In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Terence Lee, Chief Procurement Officer, Asia Pacific Procurement & Supply Chain Optimization at GEODIS Singapore - A Supply Chain Operator ranking among the top companies in its field in Europe and the World.
They get into why many people believe digital transformation is still hype, why more tech doesn't mean a more digitized company and different needs, different scale, different affordability.
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Apr 9, 2021 • 53min
How a single digital moment can change your business forever w/ Constantine Frantzeskos
In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Constantine Frantzeskos, CEO at Penso - One of the world's leading digital strategy consultancies, transforming clients' business, marketing and customer experience for the digital era.
They get into how to re-organise around your future customer, mega trends where we see consumers expecting more, how certain industries might be impacted by this and content - especially the idea of TAVISH (Text, Audio, Video, Images, Software and Hardware).
To find out more about Penso visit - https://pensoagency.com/
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Apr 2, 2021 • 54min
Building a powerhouse FinTech - How to delight the empowered customer w/ Filippo Stefanelli
In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Filippo Stefanelli, Chief Marketing Officer at StashAway - A digital wealth manager that intelligently navigates macroeconomic data, not the market ups and downs. Clients get similar returns to benchmarks with just a fraction of the risk. It's not magic; it's intelligent investing.
They get into trust as a growth strategy in FinTech, customer experience for a pure digital player and the challenges of scaling quickly and how to overcome these.
Check out Filippo's newsletter @ http://www.5alle5.email/
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Mar 26, 2021 • 55min
Why does B2B marketing suck? w/ Nemanja Zivkovic
In this episode of Digital Transformation & Leadership Danny Levy talks to Nemanja Zivkovic, CEO at Funky Marketing - They help fast growing B2B tech based companies grow revenue, shorten sales cycles, and lower customer acquisition costs.
They get into the current state of the B2B industry, why companies talk only about themselves, features and there is no humanity, why marketing needs to be measured in a different way, what we can take from B2C into B2B and what a future that includes AI, employer branding and influencers means for B2B marketing.
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