Quote of the Week/Number of the Week
70%
The number of financial executives planning to invest in new technology to meet financial reporting requirements, according to KPMG survey.
“Disrupting yourself is less risky than waiting to be disrupted.”- Ramesh Sundaresan, VP & Division CIO, Ryder System
“The idea of shadow IT is obsolete. There is no longer a boundary between what is and what isn’t related to IT.” – Denis Zerr, SVP, Information Technologies & Services, CHI
“One of my key roles is to build the right teams and provide them with the air cover that allows us to experiment, fail fast, flourish, and continue to learn.” – Stuart Page, Director of Systems and Product, BBC
“Agile isn’t a magic formula for success. For best results, you should adapt the ritual to your environment.” – Akshay Sharma, Senior Director, IT-Web Technologies, Western Digital
“Leadership is about helping others to find the potential in themselves, and then removing the roadblocks that get in the way of helping them to develop that promise, because that’s really what is going to drive results and growth for a company” – Titina Ott Adams, Senior VP, Customer Operations, HM Health Solutions, a division of Highmark Health
“Make sure your external team feels that they are on the team. Direct communication and recognition are both extremely important.” - Pankaj Patra, VP of IT, Brinker International
“Helping people adapt to new processes is still the hardest part of IT.” - Bill VanCuren, SVP & CIO, NCR Corporation
50,000
The number of warehouses that will use robots by 2025, according to ABI Research.
“It’s clear that 5G is going to be a huge driver of future GDP.” - Satish Dhanasekaran, SVP & President, Communications Solutions Group, Keysight Technologies
“Blockchain will be transformative but it can’t solve every problem. You also need to focus on what it can’t do.” – Gill Haus, SVP/Retail and CIO, Direct Bank, Capital One