Gartner ThinkCast

Are you equipped to explore the future of any topic?  Do you have the required skills? Dr. Andy Hines, Foresight Program Coordinator and Professor at the University of Houston, joins Gartner Continuous Foresight hosts Marty Resnick, Kevin Gabbard and Steve Shapiro to talk about his experience running a foresight program and the critical skills that he focuses on to prepare his students for foresight work. Gartner is an impartial, independent analyst of business and technology. This content should not be construed as a Gartner endorsement of any enterprise’s products or services. All content provided by other speakers is expressly the views of those speakers and their organizations.

The beginning of the year is a popular time for resolutions. Did you plan to work out more, eat better or read more? Professional resolutions aren’t that different from personal ones. They should focus on ways to reduce waste (both time and resources) and develop skills in new areas. Gartner expert Tina Nunno shares the list of 10 New Year’s resolution ideas for 2020 to help CIO and IT leaders grow through the year. Related Links: Read More: 10 CIO Resolutions for 2020 Learn more: Complimentary Report: 2020: Gartner CIO Agenda Read More: Smarter With Gartner

Bring your strategy toolkit into the future with Continuous Foresight tools. René Rohrbeck, Professor of Strategy and Foresight, Innovation &Transformation Chair at EDHEC Business School in Lille, France, is back for part two of the continuous foresight discussion. This time he tackles how organizations can use Continuous Foresight tools to connect external trends and insights with critical internal decisions — and define the partnerships that will span the business ecosystem. The first discussion took place on January 17. Gartner is an impartial, independent analyst of business and technology. This content should not be construed as a Gartner endorsement of any enterprise’s products or services. All content provided by other speakers is expressly the views of those speakers and their organizations.

Fit organizations outperform fragile ones during uncertainty and unexpected “turns” such as economic shifts and acquisitions. Hear from Gartner Distinguished Vice President Andy Rowsell-Jones on what separates the fit from the fragile, why organizations that lean into uncertainty come out stronger and what IT leaders and other business executives can learn from the Gartner 2020 CIO Agenda. Related Links Read more: The Gartner 2020 CIO Agenda: Winning in the Turns Learn more: Complimentary Report: 2020: Gartner CIO Agenda Learn more: Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo

Are you prepared to manage your strategy through an uncertain future? Have you led a critical decision by presenting a paradox? René Rohrbeck, Professor of Strategy and Foresight, Innovation & Transformation Chair at EDHEC Business School in Lille, France, joins Continuous Foresight hosts Marty Resnick, Kevin Gabbard and Steve Shapiro to discuss the development of foresight — its’ growing importance in strategy discussions and ways to use uncertainty to enterprise advantage. This is part one of that discussion. Join us on January 31 for part two, which will focus on tools and tactics used to connect external trends and insights. Gartner is an impartial, independent analyst of business and technology. This content should not be construed as a Gartner endorsement of any enterprise’s products or services. All content provided by other speakers is expressly the views of those speakers and their organizations.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could see what lies ahead for your business? We sit down with Gartner expert Daryl Plummer to find out which trends you should have on your radar. From AI to cryptocurrency to online shopping, these trends are changing how we live and what it means to be human.  We also discuss the laborious process of developing predictions and why you must act. Related Links Read More: Gartner Top Strategic Predictions for 2020 and Beyond Learn more: Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ Read More: Smarter With Gartner

Sit back and listen as we revisit some of our favorite episodes from Gartner ThinkCast in 2019. Wondering what our most popular episode of this year was? It was far and away an interview with Gartner expert Brooke Selassie on digital business transformation models. We'll revisit this interview along with some previously-unreleased audio and take a look at other highlights from external guests. Lastly, we'll take a deeper dive into the Gartner LinkedIn Live series. RELATED LINKS Smarter with Gartner

The ATM. Audio books. The telephone. Now part of our everyday lives, it took years before these innovations hit mainstream adoption. Hear from author Malcolm Gladwell on why this gap between innovation and adoption exists and the societal paradigm shifts needed for innovation to take off. Then take a peek into his new book, Talking To Strangers, which explains why what we think we see in others isn’t always the truth. This replay of a live broadcast features audience Q&A. Related Links Learn more: Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ Read more: 3 Reasons Why VR and AR Are Slow to Take Off Read more: Top Trends on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence, 2019 Learn more: Malcolm Gladwell Books

The world is fast changing. Leaders are struggling to keep up, much less look ahead. Is continuous foresight part of your organization’s DNA? Dejan Paravan, Chief Innovation Officer at European energy trading company GEN-I, joins Continuous Foresight hosts Marty Resnick and Kevin Gabbard to discuss the role of innovation in business and how his organization developed a sustainable business through continuous innovation and intentional thinking about what lies ahead.  Gartner is an impartial, independent analyst of business and technology. This content should not be construed as a Gartner endorsement of any enterprise’s products or services. All content provided by other speakers is expressly the views of those speakers and their organizations.

Place yourself in the middle of the world’s most important gathering of CIOs and IT executives for a conversation with two of this year’s keynote presenters on the major research featured on the big stage. Don Scheibenreif, Vice President, Distinguished Analyst with Gartner’s Customer Experience research group and Mbula Schoen, Senior Principal Analyst in the Program and Portfolio Management team explain Gartner’s new concept of TechQuilibrium and how organizations can achieve the optimal balance between traditional and digital business. They discuss how CIOs can manage conflicting customer priorities, reach the “everything customer,” and the important role CIOs play in leading digital society. This replay of a live broadcast also features answers to audience questions on how CIOs impact culture and how the future of work changes the role of the CIO. Related Links Learn more: Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ Read more: Gartner Keynote: Find Your Digital Business TechQuilibrium Read more: How CIOs Design for the Everything Customer Watch now: Leading the Digital Society