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Season 4: Infrastructure & Construction – The Untapped Digital Potential

Join Accenture’s Huda As’ad as she discusses her transformative journey in the UK's infrastructure sector. From her beginnings as a site-based engineer to leading digital innovations at Accenture, Huda shares insights on the challenges and triumphs of major projects like the London Olympics and Crossrail. The episode delves into the critical role of digital technology in revolutionising construction, enhancing productivity, and promoting sustainability within the construction industry.

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Season 4: AI - More Human, Less Machine

Explore AI's potential to humanise technology with Accenture’s Liz Barnsdale. Learn about how AI, when designed with empathy and human-centric goals, can enhance real-world interactions, particularly in the automotive and healthcare sectors. Liz emphasises the importance of intent in AI development, advocating for technology that supports rather than replaces human connections.

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Season 4: Cybersecurity & AI - Are You Risk-Ready?

Join Accenture’s Jacky Fox to explore the latest trends and challenges in cybersecurity. The conversation dives into the role of AI in both offensive and defensive strategies, as well as the state of awareness among UK executives. Tune in for an engaging discussion on the evolving cybersecurity landscape and the importance of staying risk-ready in the digital age.

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Season 4: Supply Chain - Adversity into Advantage

Discover the changing landscape of global supply chains with Accenture’s Stephane Crosnier. Stephane dives into the rise of regional sourcing, the challenges it presents, and the role of AI in managing complex supply chains. Learn how these changes can benefit UK consumers by improving product availability and potentially reducing prices. Tune in for valuable insights on building resilient supply chains.

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Season 4: Next Gen Engineering - The Era of Intelligence

Accenture’s Abidemi Ogunbowale-Thomas discusses the transformative power of virtualisation and its impact on businesses. Explore how recent advancements, especially in Gen AI, are reshaping businesses and challenging traditional models. The conversation delves into the democratisation of technology, the role of CIOs, data aggregation and the necessity for a customer-centric mindset. Join the conversation for a deep dive into the technological revolution shaping the future of business and society.

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Season 4: Manufacturing - From Disruption to Resiliency

Discover the transformative landscape of UK manufacturing with Accenture's Maddie Walker. Uncover the industry's challenges, from energy costs to supply chain disruptions and explore the power of digital innovation, paving the way for a resilient and promising future in UK production.

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Season 4: AI & Skills Part 2 – Second Wave of Growth

Accenture’s Tom White is back for part 2 to explore the future of tech and sustainability. Tom dives into the environmental impact of computing and Birmingham's innovative solutions. Gain insights for corporations and individuals, reflecting on the city's vibrant tech scene, evolving work landscape, and opportunities for the next generation.

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Season 4: AI & Skills Part 1 - A Quantum Leap

Join Accenture’s Tom White live from Birmingham Tech Week to explore the reality of AI, cutting through the hype to uncover its practical applications. Brace yourself for a quantum leap as Tom dives into the mind-bending world of quantum computing, illuminating its potential in drug discovery, supply chain optimisation, and finance.

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Season 4: Life Trends - Power to the People

Accenture Song’s Mark Sherwin and Katie Burke dig into the key trends from the 2024 Life Trends report, addressing consumer dissatisfaction, AI discomfort in the UK, risks of mediocrity in creative industries, and a human response to overwhelming technology. Join us to learn about the potential for positive changes within these dynamic trends; it’s a must-listen for those navigating the evolving landscape of technology and societal shifts.

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S3E1: Open Banking: The Secret Gateway

Accenture’s Amit Mallick and Nationwide’s Matt Cox discuss how the UK can stay ahead as an early leader in Open Banking.

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S3E2: Healthcare: Star Trek Tech

Ashish Goel discusses the role technology plays to help drive efficiency and productivity as the healthcare system recovers after the pandemic.

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S3E3: Sustainability: Green Dreams to Black Screens

Jasmine Dhiman explores how technology can help sustainability, and how technology can be sustainable.

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S3E4: Productivity: The Play for Parity

Richard Postance discusses what productivity really means, and how we can use technology to boost it.

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S3E5: HR: From Supports to Stars

Nicole Knott talks about how the CHRO might need to be the first to reskill as they take on their critical new role as growth executive.

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S3E6: Donation Genie: Thought for Food

Accenture’s Paul McMurray is using his tech talent as a force for good through the Donation Genie app.

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S3E7: Data: Scotland Puts a Ding in the Universe

Accenture’s Mark Byrne and The Data Lab’s Brian Hills discuss Edinburgh’s journey to becoming a data capital of Europe.

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S3E8: Sustainability: What's Courant at Deutsche Bank?

Deutsche Bank’s Jennifer Courant joins Accenture’s Belinda Djamson to talk about their compelling new model for corporate sustainability leadership.

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Microsoft

S2E1: Accenture, Microsoft and SSE

Microsoft’s Matt Highman and SSE’s John Downes discuss how their partnership with Accenture UK is powering cloud success and decarbonisation.

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Amazon Web Services

S2E2: Accenture and AWS

Amazon Web Services’ Kevin Long, and Dean Oliver, Accenture’s Cloud First UK FinOps Lead, explore the financial use cases of moving to the cloud.

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Google

S2E3: Accenture and Google

Google's Finn Toner and Accenture’s Akosua Kudom look at how cloud tech, partnerships, and the right people practices can help organisations innovate.

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Oracle

S2E4: Accenture and Oracle

Accenture and Oracle discuss a more systematic, yet holistic, approach towards embracing, digital fluency and resilience within organisations.

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Salesforce.com

S2E5: Accenture and Salesforce

Accenture's Stephanie Sadowski and Salesforce's Stuart Mills discuss how organisations can address tech talent shortages and cloud investments.

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Adobe + Accenture

S2E6: Accenture, Adobe and Currys

Saul Lopes of Currys plc and Accenture UK's Katrina Harianto explore the role that cloud technology plays in creating customers for life.

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SAP

S2E7: Accenture and SAP

Accenture UK's Stephane Crosnier and SAP's John McNiff discuss how to build more resilient supply chain solutions.

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Workday

S2E8: Accenture and Workday

Workday's Carolyn Horne and Colin Anderson of Accenture to discuss the intricacies of the new normal.

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Cloud Infrastructure

S1E1: What CEOs need to know about cloud

Accenture UKI's S&C lead Rachel Barton talks about the challenges facing CEOs in their journey to the cloud.

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Cloud Infrastructure

S1E2: Security and the cloud

Cyber security guru Jane Frankland explains how CISOs can spot risks so the organisation can get on with building the dream.

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Cloud Infrastructure

S1E3: It’s all about the data

Applied Intelligence lead Vikas Sindwani discusses how to spot the potential for using cloud transformation in data.

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S1E4: Beyond the bottom line: CFOs in the cloud

Accenture UKI CFO Practice Lead, Ambrose Shannon, explains why cloud is one way to empower CFOs with faster insights to inform business decisions.

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Cloud Infrastructure

S1E5: Marketing and the cloud: Driving customer obsession

Accenture Song Lead for the UK and Ireland, Pritesh Gadhia explains how CMOs can use the cloud to drive customer obsession.

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Cloud Infrastructure

S1E6: Cloud and the COO's changing role

Maddie Walker, Industry X Lead for Accenture UK, unpacks how the cloud is changing the role of today's COO.

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Cloud Infrastructure

S1E7: Enhancing the employee experience with cloud

Nicole Knott, HR Consulting at Accenture UK, discusses how cloud opens up new doors of inclusivity, productivity and talent.

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Cloud Infrastructure

S1E8: CIO and CTOs: The masters of all trades

Emma Roscow, Accenture UK’s Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Lead, looks at how the cloud is expanding the role of the CIO and CTO.

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Meet the host

Ellen Bencard

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