The state of USA retail: Apocalypse or renaissance?

Tony D'Onofrio·14 October 2019·Customer Engagement

...Recently I had the pleasure of speaking at the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) Impact 2019 conference. Over 430 people made their way to the University of Florida’s Gainesville campus for the three-day event. The symposium “focused heavily on learning and collaboration, as well as an overview… Read More...

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How platform strategies will shape the rise of AI-as-a-Service

Peter Evans·26 September 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...The world’s largest companies, such as McDonald’s, General Motors, Merck, Vodafone, and Ping An Insurance, are deploying automated intelligent systems more systematically in their organizations. These investments include robotic process automation (RPA), machine learning (ML), natural language processing (NLP) and deep learning systems that increasingly can be lumped together under… Read More...

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The Top 10 Global Brands of 2019 in Retail, Apparel, and Luxury

Tony D'Onofrio·22 September 2019·Customer Engagement

...In today’s increasingly complex world, branding is critical to lasting success. Every year, I look forward to the latest BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Brands study. This article summarizes the nearly 200-page report with a focus on retail, apparel, and luxury. “In a year marked by rising… Read More...

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Unleash your intangibles; getting to the WHY with People Analytics. An interview with Max Blumberg.

Max Blumberg·17 September 2019·People & Change

...‘Leading Digital Transformation’ is a weekly podcast series produced in collaboration between The Digital Transformation People and Rob Llewellyn digital transformation advisor and founder of CXO Transform. During this series, Rob interviews experienced practitioners, authors and thought leaders whose stories and experiences provide valuable insights for digital transformation success. In… Read More...

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How to create a movement that drives transformational change: An interview with Greg Satell

Greg Satell·26 August 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...‘Leading Digital Transformation’ is a weekly podcast series produced in collaboration between The Digital Transformation People and Rob Llewellyn digital transformation advisor and founder of CXO Transform. During this series, Rob interviews experienced practitioners, authors and thought leaders whose stories and experiences provide valuable insights for digital transformation success. Read More...

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Will smart cities redefine urban energy?

Nathan Sykes·18 August 2019·Enabling Technologies

...Most of the world’s population lives in cities. These centres of socialisation and commerce have always been where progress and technology happen. However, as smart city projects take off all over the world, these urban areas will become even more convenient, comfortable and efficient places to live and work. Among… Read More...

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How networks drive transformation

Greg Satell·7 August 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...In February 2004, Viacom announced that it would spin off Blockbuster Video into its own independent company, which gave its CEO, John Antioco, the opportunity to begin addressing the disruptive threat emanating from Netflix head on. He developed a viable strategy, executed it well, but in the… Read More...

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The rise of workforce automation in manufacturing

Anuj Tripathi·15 July 2019·Enabling Technologies

...End-to-end factory automation is spreading its wings and it is optimizing processes even further. Although the debate about workers losing their jobs has already started, large business organizations are not implementing automation very aggressively. The majority of global manufacturers have already implemented automated systems in their production/assembly lines and smaller… Read More...

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12 simple tips to hack the challenge of digital transformation

Bernardo Crespo Velasco·5 June 2019·People & Change

...Do you know any Digital Transformation consultants? It is not an unusual question and not negligible. This is the challenge posed by anyone who has already bought the reason why for change management. I already know that I have to transform my business and I want someone to walk along with… Read More...

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Walmart vs Amazon – the worldwide retail champion heavyweight fight

Tony D'Onofrio·29 May 2019·Customer Engagement

...Several weeks ago, I had the pleasure of participating in a Rethink Retail podcast with Bryan Gildenberg, Chief Knowledge Officer of Retail, Sales & Shopper at WPP’s Kantar Consulting and Paul Lewis, CMO of digital transformation agency Valtech. With Julia Raymond moderating, the three of us debated the… Read More...

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Expert Panel Discussion: Walmart vs. Amazon

Tony D'Onofrio·12 May 2019·Customer Engagement

...Our expert panel discussion features: Tony D’Onofrio, CEO of TD insights and previous as the Chief Customer Officer at Tyco Retail Solutions; Bryan Gildenberg, Chief Knowledge Officer of Retail, Sales and Shopper at WPP’s Kantar Consulting; Paul Lewis, CMO of digital transformation agency Valtech. Join us as we explore these… Read More...

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Role of the CIO (and “IT”​) in Dig-IT-al Transformation

Salim Sheikh·8 February 2019·People & Change

...Throughout the world businesses of all shapes and sizes and across all industries are being affected by constant disruption with the rise of AI, RPA, IoT, Blockchain, Augmented / Virtual Reality and many other emerging trends typically powered by Machine Learning. These new technologies are being invested in heavily to… Read More...

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