Early in my career, I remember being at a stoplight, looking over and admiring a sleek, red McLaren next to me. For a long time, I wanted that car (then I moved to Chicago and an SUV seemed much more practical!). Today, the automobile industry is in a sea change that may make stories like […]

Let’s start by explaining, at a very high level, the concept of digital transformation. It’s a term used to describe the strategic evolution of methods, business behaviors and company culture to deliver value to customers. You may wonder if it’s just a buzzword and how much effort companies really devote to digital transformation. Solely looking […]

“Crampons make it easy to climb the ice without slipping,” says a guide to scaling Vatnajökull, Iceland’s largest and most majestic glacier. Easy to climb? Really? I nearly lost my life ascending that ice cap when one of my crampons popped off my boot. (Thank goodness for carabiners!) Which brings me to Cybersecurity. Much like climbers must […]

Many say beauty is in the details. The phrase came to mind as I entered the glass and steel skyscraper known as 3 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. The modern, light-infused space was a perfect backdrop to meet IBM z15 , a hybrid cloud mainframe solution for enterprise companies serious about titanium strength data security. As […]

You and I have something in common. We are human beings with an innate drive to get things done. Psychologically, a sense of accomplishment leads to a feeling of safety. In a perfect world, this would be inconsequential because there would be no security breaches. Data would be safe. People would explore and accomplish, collaborate […]

Everybody knows AI is meant to bring a huge competitive edge to those who successfully adapt it. The challenge, however, is to identify what makes AI adaptation truly successful. In the past few years, we’ve seen many technology fads come and go. Maybe it didn’t bring enough value. Or maybe, employees found it too difficult […]

Paris and Chicago were fifty degrees and rainy the day I heard back from one of our toughest clients, the head of a large French multinational corporation. His email made me realize we had more in common than I ever thought possible, much more than just the weather. A few weeks previous, he had given […]

The world is waiting and wondering. What’s next? How do we rewrite our business playbooks? How do we stay ahead of customer expectations in a world unfolding, rearranging, evolving? After attending IBM’s Think 2020 digital conference (virtually, of course), I walked away feeling emboldened about the future, particularly after hearing two industry veterans share their views on […]