030: The Future of the Enterprise Ecosystem

Dec 11, 2019

Digital Enterprise Society is the authority on the transformation to a digital enterprise, impacting all areas of an organization. Tune in for discussions among industry leaders about operations and action needed to drive digitization principles forward for the future of product development and life cycles. 

 

This special episode, co-produced with IpX - Institute for Process Excellence, features a panel discussion from ConX19 of eight brilliant female industry leaders from around the world, including leaders from Google, Microsoft, and Facebook.  Their discussion highlights the future of the enterprise ecosystem and focuses on innovation, technology, and solving workforce issues. 

 

On today’s podcast, you will learn:

 

Effective strategies for promoting company adaptation and change

• Assess and understand the processes and workforce development needs for business growth and development.
• Ideas for developing processes that can keep up with rapid growth rates. 
• The importance of creating dedicated business improvement resources. 
• Identify and fulfill workforce needs through university relationships and student internships. 

 

Methods that companies are utilizing to stay competitive 

• The value of investing in people through motivation, delegation, education, and empowerment. 
• Examples of technology-based innovations that keep businesses ahead.
• The critical need to challenge the thinking behind why companies do things the way they do. 
• Specific tactics for initiating process changes to employees and management.
• Identify technologies that will best support your company’s digital transformation.

 

Ideas for successfully driving sustainable change management initiatives 

• Define your strategy and track your progress along the way. 
• Have a vision and guiding principles that your organization can identify with.
• Face resistance and the emotional challenge of change head-on.
• Locate influencers within your company that can become champions for change.

Continue the conversation with us within the Digital Enterprise Society Community at www.DigitalEnterpriseSociety.org.

 

IpX - Institute for Process Excellence

PANELISTS 

Moderator:     Allison Grealis, President/Founder, Women in Manufacturing

Panelists:     Semiha Yasar, Founder, SEMPRO Consultancy and Engineering

Cassandra Worthy, Change Enthusiast™, CassandraWorthy.com

Susanne Lauda, Director, Global Advanced Manufacturing Technology, AGCO

Erika Klein, Director HW Engineering, Microsoft

Leigh Ringgold, Infrastructure Sourcing Operations Engineer, PLM, Facebook

Jeanne Rues, Managing Director, Engineering Services, Allison Transmission

Claudia Gonzalez, Product Data Management, Google Cloud, GCD, Google