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Gartner ThinkCast puts you at the intersection of business and technology with insights from the top experts on how to build a more successful organization, team and career in the Digital Era. Join us every other Tuesday to get your competitive advantage. View all Gartner ThinkCast episodes at https://www.gartner.com/en/podcasts/thinkcast
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Feb 6, 2024 • 25min
How Far Will Your Enterprise Go With AI? Use the AI Opportunity Radar to Find Out.
Hung LeHong, Gartner VP Analyst, discusses defining AI ambition as the first step for AI opportunities. Differentiates everyday AI from game-changing AI. Introduces the Gartner AI Opportunity Radar for organizations to decide on AI pathways. Talks about the importance of aligning AI decisions with business opportunities and managing risks in AI implementation. Explores AI application in various business operations and the impacts of Gen AI on employees. Emphasizes the need to balance AI ambition with cost considerations in enterprise implementation.

Jan 23, 2024 • 21min
Executives in a New Role: Here’s How to Get a Fast Start
Explore the challenges and pitfalls of being a new executive, including establishing credibility quickly and delivering impact. Learn about the importance of defining success criteria, adopting a human-centric leadership approach, and having support from the C-suite. Discover strategies for success in a new executive role, such as socializing your vision, delivering consistent results, and building strong relationships.

Jan 9, 2024 • 27min
Guide Your Organization With Our 2024 Future of Work Trends
This podcast discusses Gartner's 2024 future of work trends, including managing the impact of AI, employee conflict resolution, and the four-day workweek. They also explore the challenges of implementing generative AI and the changing career assumptions due to AI. Additionally, they highlight the limitations of traditional career paths and the benefits of non-traditional paths.

Dec 26, 2023 • 28min
Best of ThinkCast 2023: Generative AI, Generative AI and More Generative AI
Gartner ThinkCast 2023 covers the dominant topic of generative AI. Svetlana Sicular explains the basics of GenAI, Afraz Jaffri discusses its position on the AI hype cycle, and Tony Sheehan explores how AI can benefit education.

Dec 12, 2023 • 16min
Generative AI in 2024: How to Move From Experimentation to Implementation
In this podcast, Global Chief of Research Chris Howard discusses the top strategic technology trends for 2024, including protecting investments, sustainable technologies, and transitioning from AI experimentation to implementation. He also explores the challenges and considerations in implementing generative AI, such as dedicated teams, operational changes, regulations, and security concerns.

Nov 28, 2023 • 19min
How to Raise Employee Engagement With Stability, Trust and Innovation
From remote and hybrid work to quiet quitting and recession fears, the state of employee engagement has been in flux since the pandemic began. Now, HR and team leaders need a new approach to make employees feel connected to their organizations. In this keynote, originally delivered at Gartner ReimagineHR Conference, GVP Ania Krasniewska Shahidi, and Brent Cassell, VP, Advisory, demonstrate how and why stability, trust and innovation are the cornerstones of a new HR strategy. With 82% of HR leaders facing pressure to scale back or reverse the progress they have made over the past few years, this new framework can help put the focus on what employees and enterprises need to enter their next phase of growth. Dig Deeper Watch Now: Staying Bold: How HR Can Unlock Human Performance in Any Context https://bit.ly/3GeE6DT Explore the Conference: Gartner Reimagine HR Conference 2024 https://gtnr.it/3uIaUzS

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Nov 14, 2023 • 28min
Digital, Data and AI Are Finally Coming to Corporate Strategy Activities
Explore the impact of digital technologies on corporate strategy, the benefits of core strategy IT software, the changing role of strategy leaders in the digital era, and the potential of digitization and data in corporate strategy.

Oct 31, 2023 • 31min
Inside the Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2024
This podcast discusses the top strategic technology trends for 2024, including the importance of protecting investments, building for the future, and delivering value. It explores the impact of 'chat chbt' and AI technologies, as well as the trends of AI transparency and threat exposure management. The podcast also addresses the challenges and opportunities of integrating AI into various aspects of technology and business.

Oct 17, 2023 • 22min
Why All Executives Should Focus on Sustainable Technology to Drive Growth
In a recent Gartner survey, 64% of CEOs said they view environmental sustainability as a growth opportunity. Coupled with the inclusion of sustainable technology on Gartner’s list of Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2024, it’s clear executives are ready to embrace sustainability throughout the organization. In this episode, Kristin Moyer, Distinguished VP Analyst in our executive leadership of digital business practice, discusses how executives can, together, unleash the potential of sustainable technology into what she calls “one of the larger growth opportunities of our time.” Dig Deeper Download Now: Gartner’s Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2024 https://gtnr.it/46N2VBV Learn More: Sustainable Business Resource Center https://gtnr.it/3tywnNS

Oct 3, 2023 • 23min
What Your CEO and CFO Are Thinking — and Why It Matters
Each year, Gartner surveys CEOs, CFOs and other members of the C-suite on their most pressing priorities. We ask, what is causing short-term reactivity? Where is there alignment or disagreement? What trends will drive business for the remainder of this decade? In this episode, Marko Horvat, Vice President of Research in Gartner’s finance practice, discusses what matters most to CEOs today, how their priorities compare to those of the CFO, the greatest challenges in aligning priorities and what CFOs’ ultimate goals are. Dig Deeper: Read: What Matters to CEOs and CFOs Right Now https://gtnr.it/3LCagvR Learn More: What Makes a Great CFO? https://gtnr.it/3LHXmfV Download Now: Benchmark Your Priorities Against 400 Other Executives https://gtnr.it/45aj1oa