Changing the Game with Intelligent Technologies, Presented by SAP

Join host Bonnie D. Graham as she invites you to take an additional Coffee Break with Game-Changers for our special series on Changing the Game with intelligent technologies. We’ll explore how businesses can partner to build on and extend intelligent technologies, developing personalized and hyper-specialized solutions to deliver to their customers. Hear how intelligent technologies will play a critical role in your company’s ability to drive innovation and create business models with new revenue streams.brbr Learn how you can become the savvy Leader who takes your company across the finish line as you look ahead to the next wave of business innovation. Changing the Game with Intelligent Technologies, presented by SAP, heard live Tuesdays on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel.

Episodes

Digitalization: Powering Utilities and Smart Cities

November 6, 2018 • 55 min

The buzz: “We’re on the path to treating cities like living entities with biosignatures waiting to be decoded and leveraged” (Hatem Zeine www.forbes.com). Faced with major weather events, aging infrastructure and more demanding consumer expectations, the utility industry is in the midst of unprecedented change. Digitalization, intelligent technologies and data are helping utilities and cities operate more efficiently, engage better...

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The Amazon Effect: Digital Marketplaces for B2B Customers

October 30, 2018 • 55 min

The buzz: “92% of B2B buyers say that they prefer to buy online, while Gartner analysts estimate that by 2019, 41% of all revenue across all industries will come from digital channels.” (multichannelmerchant.com) It was inevitable. B2B customers expect a consumer-grade shopping experience. They’re 60% through the buying process before talking to a vendor and demanding convenience, pricing transparency, try-before-you-buy, personal...

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Disrupting with Purpose Through Intelligent Technologies

October 23, 2018 • 54 min

The buzz: “Disruptors don’t set out to beat you at your own game—they change the rules” (Kai Riemer). Companies are choosing to disrupt the status quo with intelligent technologies in order to create the flexibility, agility, and scalability for the next generation of their business. What do you call disruption with this kind of purpose? Transformation. Trends are emerging as companies establish strategies for modernizing in the cl...

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Jumping to Intelligent Technologies: How High Is The Hurdle??

October 16, 2018 • 55 min

The buzz: “In coming years, the most intelligent organizations will need to blend technology-enabled insights with a sophisticated understanding of human judgment, reasoning, and choice” (sloanreview.mit.edu/article/building-a-more-intelligent-enterprise). Reality check: Digital disruption and the push for innovation are already impacting every industry, every company, every line of business. Are you ready to make the digitalizatio...

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Intelligent Technologies: Turning Digital Uncertainty Into Competitive Advantage

October 9, 2018 • 55 min

The buzz: “When digital transformation is done right, it’s like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, but when done wrong, all you have is a really fast caterpillar” (George Westerman). Businesses are facing challenges managing disruption due to leaps in technology. Despite attempts at innovation to achieve digital transformation, many continue to react to changes instead of leading change in their industries. Can Intelligent Tec...

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Vertical AI: The Path to Enterprise Transformation

September 18, 2018 • 55 min

The buzz: “Vertical AI uses AI to disrupt specific industries…data labor intensive where humans still participate in a significant part of data workflows.” (Yuval Ariav). The hype about intelligent technologies like AI has business leaders experiencing fear, wonder and hope about how it could revamp the enterprise. But on their ‘AI Nirvana’ transformation journey, they discover one-size-fits-all AI doesn't exist. Now the market...

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New Tax Burdens: Can Technology Rescue Your Business?

August 21, 2018 • 56 min

The buzz: “Tax technology is emerging as one of the most important enablers of effective tax department design and delivery” (kpmg.com). With the U.S. Supreme Court’s South Dakota v Wayfair ruling on June 21, 2018, states can require remote sellers to collect sales and use tax on out-of-state transactions if they reach certain economic nexus thresholds. The ruling’s ripple effects place new demands on how businesses manage, calcula...

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