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The Executive Insights podcast, brought to you by AWS (Amazon Web Services), features peer-to-peer conversations between business executives on innovating for growth, building resiliency, and shaping the future of their organizations.Learn more at AWS Executive Insights and follow us on LinkedIn. For video versions of these and other conversations, subscribe to our YouTube playlist.
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Mar 2, 2021 • 25min
#70: Staying Agile in Times of Disruption | Rob Smedley, Director of Data Systems, Formula 1
The ability to think, plan, and execute in a clinical fashion is the key to realizing transformation. More now than ever, organizations need to rapidly and accurately assess situations, experiment quickly, and scale up with relative ease to keep pace with market changes. Rob shares how the dynamic of racing prepared Formula 1 for the race schedule disruptions and their business response.

Feb 23, 2021 • 29min
#69: How AI and ML are Helping to Tackle COVID-19 | Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of Machine Learning, AWS
In these continually change times, it’s not surprising that AI and ML, widely recognized for its problem-solving and predictive prowess, have become an essential navigational tool for many organizations. Listen in as Swami shares how customers are embracing machine learning and AI in the wake of COVID-19 to scale customer communications, increase agility and efficiency, and help get people back to work safely.

Feb 16, 2021 • 34min
#68: Value and Mission Driven Approaches During Disruption | Teresa Carlson, VP of Worldwide Public Sector, AWS
Disruption can produce chaos, making it more challenging to prioritize and take action. However, despite the challenges that governments and businesses are facing, this crisis has been the catalyst for much-needed transformation. It’s provided organizations a value- and mission-driven approach to take the appropriate action to support their employees and customers. During this discussion, Teresa will share how AWS customers are engaging partners, educating their leaders, and empowering their workforce to manage successfully in this situation and beyond.

Feb 9, 2021 • 25min
#67: Attracting Customers with New Digital Experiences | Amanda Jobbins, CMO, Infor
Amanda Jobbins, the Chief Marketing Officer at Infor, shares how shes planning to get the organization’s industry-specific cloud solutions in front of more customers.

Feb 2, 2021 • 31min
#66: Leadership and Innovation at AXA Group | Roland Scharrer, Group CTIO, AXA
Roland Scharrer, the Group CTIO at AXA, sits down with Enterprise Strategist Miriam McLemore to talk about leadership, innovation, and the benefits of agility.

Jan 26, 2021 • 35min
#65: Cloud Center of Excellence | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Ishit Vachhrajani close the loop on governance. Listen in as they debate the need for a Cloud Center of Excellence and when to bring that team in during migration.

Jan 12, 2021 • 20min
#64: Governance and Leading a Migration Strategy | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Ishit Vachhrajani, and Bryan Landerman continue diving into the concept of governance, and how it relates to leading a cloud migration. There are recommended concepts to think about when leading your organization through migration, but the strategies will vary based on your choices.

Dec 29, 2020 • 32min
#63: Leadership and One Way vs Two Way Door Decisions | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Ishit Vachhrajani discuss governance and one way vs two way door decisions. During a large transformation, leaders will be faced with many decisions, some are reversible and some are not. Listen in as they discuss how to prepare an organization to make these decisions and determine if governance is a one-way or two-way door decision.

Dec 15, 2020 • 31min
#62: Experiment More, Fail Less | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Phil Le-Brun discuss Phil's blog: Experiment More, Fail Less. "Fail fast and fail often" is a quote often used by Phil, but one not everyone agrees on. Listen in as they share their thoughts on the subject and the importance of creating an environment for experimentation.

Dec 14, 2020 • 30min
#61: Becoming a Data Driven Organization | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Ishit Vachhrajani cover why being data driven is so important, what exactly does it mean, and how you can become a data driven organization. Listen in to hear more.


