Cloud Realities – the podcast series

As more people are displaced by war, economic instability, and a warming planet, more countries are turning to AI-driven technology to “manage” the influx.

This week, Dave, Esmee and Rob talk to Petra Molnar, Harvard Faculty Associate and Author of ‘The Walls Have Eyes’ about how tech is being deployed at borders, how it is impacting communities and how innovation could be used for good.

TLDR:

• 02:01  Confused about whether we learn from disasters
• 06:00 Cloud conversation with Petra Molnar
• 36:05 Research about the state of AI narratives and the perceived “story crisis”
• 41:35 Walking with a real dog in the park!

Resources:

• The Walls Have Eyes

Guest:

• Petra Molnar

[AAA] In ‘Access All Areas’ shows we go behind the scenes with the crew and their friends as they try to unpick some issue or other.  It might get a bit messy.

This week, sometimes ‘big rocks’ exist in organisations and transformations that prevent or slow down getting to successful outcomes.  Dave, Esmee and Rob are joined by, Georgia Smith, Cloud Transformation Leader, to talk about the ‘big rocks’ visible in Cloud transformations, focusing on culture and governance, including the glorious messiness of cultural change, the ineffectiveness of bottom up change management, how to create effective adaptive governance during transformation and the importance of spa days.

Please get in touch with us, via LinkedIn or cloudrealities@capgemini.com, if you have questions or challenges for us, we’d love to hear from you!

TLDR:

•  00:38 Its a new show variant!
•  01:12 Cloud conversation
•  49:02 What are the crew excited about doing next?

Useful links:

• Podcast Cloud Dialogues

As AI scales and layered agents become more integrated, businesses face questions about just how automated they can become and what this means for efficiency, cost, and innovation.

This week, Dave, Esmee and Rob talk to Nicole Onuta, AI business transformation expert about the growing impact of generative AI on the software development lifecycle (SDLC), diving into both the opportunities and challenges that arise, how AI scales in an organisation and how hyper-automation is fast becoming a practical reality.

TLDR:

• 04:40 Confused about whether frictionless CX can be too frictionless
• 07:54 Cloud conversation with Nicole Onuta
• 34:57 The Eliza bot in 1966
• 43:08 AI execution!

Guest:

• Nicole Onuta

Resources:

• Turbocharging Software with Gen AI

Today drones are a common sight from use in industrial and military settings to incredible swarming light shows.  They are often used for aerial data capture at scale, providing intelligence over wide and inhospitable areas.

This week, Dave, Esmee and Rob talk to Dario Valenza, founder of Carbonix, about the state of the art of drones, their role in intelligent industry platforms, what’s holding back flying cars and the relationship between Americas Cup Yachts and drones.

TLDR:

• 01:52 Confused about AI on the iPhone
• 07:32 Cloud conversation with Dario Valenza
• 33:56 Failure is a Feature of Learning
• 44:10 Growth of Carbonix

Guest:

• Dario Valenza

Ensuring your organisation can quickly adapt to changing pressures is critical in today’s fast-moving market environments. However, many organisations are still structured with traditional hierarchies, which enable stable operations but can make change difficult.

This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob talk to Tony McManus, Global Head of Enterprise Data and Index at Bloomberg, about tracking and responding to mega-trends, Bloomberg’s collaborative structure, supporting customers on their cloud journeys and how this helped prioritise Bloomberg’s Cloud strategy.

TLDR:

• 01:15 Confused about lost data and knowledge
• 05:05 Cloud conversation with Tony McManus, Bloomberg
• 38:10 Michael Porter’s five forces model
• 46:40 Going to Taipei!

Guest:

• Tony McManus

Enterprise Resource Planning software runs at the heart of the world’s largest organisations, helping to plan and operate companies, and underpinning the wave of globalisation over the past 20 years. However, it too is about to evolve as the impact of GenAI deepens.

This week, Dave, and Rob talk to Miranda Nash, GVP Applications Development & Strategy, Fusion AI at Oracle, about focusing on not just PoC, but how you scale AI, the evolution of ERP software, the use of Agents to drive higher levels of automation and this years Oracle CloudWorld.  We also pick through the evolving jargon of AI in an attempt to demystify it.

TLDR:

• 01:15 Confused about reaching the zenith of non-functional requirements (and the word Zentih)
• 06:00 Cloud conversation with Miranda Nash
• 35:50 Demystifying AI
• 45:00 Dancing to Cuban music!

Guest:

• Miranda Nash

Off to a slower start than many sectors with Cloud transformation, due to regulation lag, Financial Services is now picking up pace.  With challenger banks moving into the sector and regulations have caught up, so its now not just about moving to Cloud, its about Cloud enabled business growth.

This week, Dave, Esmee and Rob talk to Pranati Dave, Practice Director @ Everest Group,

about the state of Cloud in FS, highlights from recent Everest research into Enterprise Maturity Models for Microsoft Business Applications and how these models can help accelerate digital change in your organisation.

TLDR:

• 00:00 Chase glitch confusion
• 06:25 Cloud conversation with Pranati Dave
• 36:20 4 dimensions of Maturity
• 41:20  Family time!

Resources:

• Enterprise Maturity Model for Microsoft Business Applications in Financial Services
• https://www.everestgrp.com/reportaction/EGR-2024-31-V-6490/Marketing

Guest:

• Pranati Goswami Dave

We are back!  In this opening episode we meet our new host and chat about the exciting things coming in Season 4.

To provide a way in for new listeners, we also take a step back and discuss what we actually mean by ‘practical and exciting alternate realities that can be unleashed through Cloud-driven Transformation’, what reflections we have on this from looking at it

over the last three seasons and how this sets up Season 4.

Finally, we are very keen this season to establish a feedback loop with listeners, so will be doing shows exploring listener questions and challenges – something we are really looking forward to. 

Please get in touch with us, via LinkedIn or cloudrealities@capgemini.com, if you have questions or challenges for us, we’d love to hear from you!

TLDR:

• 00:45 Meeting Esmee!
• 10:50  What else is new in Season 4?
• 14:12  Exploring Cloud-driven transformation
• 27:19  Psychological safety in the workplace
• 33:30 What we’re excited about doing next in Season 4

‘Cloud Realities’ is an original podcast from Capgemini