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August 23, 2018 51 mins

Today CIOs responsible for driving future business growth and innovation must develop a new mindset and new capabilities. What if this mindset that a CIO develops is of a venture capitalist? But, is simply developing a mindset enough? In this time and age, should the CIO also build a portfolio of initiatives that would deliver significant business outcomes? When most CIOs are becoming progressive in vision and action, how should they assume the role of a venture capitalist and use this mindset to deliver success?

Guest 1: Soili Mäkinen, Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Digitalisation, Cargotec corporation

Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/soili-makinen/

Guest 2: Saugat Dutta, Country IT Head/ CIO , DP Worldwide

Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/saugat-dutta/

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