Think Ecosystem

This episode of the EY Think Ecosystem podcast, hosted by Brian May, EY Americas Alliances and Managed Services Leader, delves into the transformative potential of technology ecosystems in shaping business value and innovation. With insights from Ted Schadler, Forrester Vice President and Principal Analyst, and Laura Atkinson, EY UK and Ireland Alliance and Ecosystem Leader, the discussion navigates the evolution of software ecosystems, the significant impact of generative AI (GenAI) and the strategic importance of ecosystems in today's digital landscape. 

The conversation highlights how ecosystems enable rapid, efficient responses to market opportunities through collaboration, leveraging core competencies and harnessing the power of generative AI. It also addresses the practical challenges of orchestrating ecosystems, the critical role of leadership in ecosystem strategy and the potential of AI to transform software development and business operations. 

This episode offers a comprehensive overview of the complexities and opportunities presented by modern technology ecosystems, emphasizing the need for strategic partnership, agility and innovation in driving sustainable business growth.

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This installment of the EY Think Ecosystem podcast, hosted by Gillian Hinde, EY Global Corporate Responsibility Leader, dives into the pivotal role of large corporations in driving social impact and the transformative power of technology in philanthropy. Kate Behncken, the Corporate Vice President and Global Lead of Microsoft Philanthropies, joins the conversation to discuss Microsoft's mission to empower communities through digital and AI capabilities.

The episode underscores the essence of strategic partnerships across sectors for tackling societal challenges and the growing expectations from stakeholders for socially responsible corporate involvement. It further explores the intricacies of measuring social impact effectively, transitioning from output to outcome metrics, and the importance of reliable data for informed decision-making. With a focus on collaborative approaches and leveraging corporate strengths, this episode serves as an insightful resource for organizations aspiring to integrate social impact into their business models and contribute meaningfully to global progress.

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Sustainability requires a shift in mindset and approach, moving from just making pledges and ambitious statements to developing detailed, actionable plans.

Podcast host Laura Atkinson, EY Partner and Alliances Leader UK, welcomes Musidora Jorgensen, Chief Sustainability Officer at Microsoft UK, Adam Thompson, IBM Global Sustainable Finance and ESG Leader, and Rob Doepel, EY UK Managing Partner for Sustainability, to share their insights on how to move from ambition on sustainability to action and finally to execution.

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Workforce transformation in 2023 will create significant challenges for companies. How can they get ahead of the curve?

Podcast host Markus Heinen, Europe West People Advisory Leader, EY, welcomes Fiona Carney, Chief Marketing Officer, Microsoft EMEA, and Detlef Krause, Vice President & General Manager EMEA Central, ServiceNow, to discuss the key challenges in modern workforce transformation and how to overcome them.

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As companies grapple with increasing ESG regulations and strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet their carbon neutral goals, what part can quantum computing play?

Podcast host Brad Artigue, Global Leader of the IBM Tech Hub at EY, welcomes Richard Padbury, Global Lead, GSI and Consulting Partners at IBM Quantum, and Kristin Gilkes, EY Global Quantum Leader, to discuss the intersection of quantum computing and the race to achieve net zero.EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity.

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Companies that fail to innovate risk falling behind their competitors. However, there's often a gap between the hype surrounding new technologies and their actual impact on business operations.

Podcast host Paul Webb, EY's Global Alliance Leader for ServiceNow, welcomes Dave Wright, ServiceNow CIO, Amy Lokey, ServiceNow SVP of Product Experience, and Jeff Wong, EY Global Chief Innovation Officer, to discuss how to harness and operationalize innovation.

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Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are fast emerging member-owned organizations whose rules of governance, voting rights and financial transaction records are encoded in a smart contract on the blockchain.

In this episode of the Think Ecosystem podcast series, Paul Brody, EY Global Blockchain Leader, welcomes Manasi Vora, Co-founder of Komorebi Collective DAO and Women in Blockchain (WiB), and Jeffrey Hojlo, Research Vice President, Industry Ecosystems & Innovation Strategies at IDC, to dive deep into the rise of DAOs.

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Five-year strategies are now out of date before they even receive board sign-off, so companies need to be responsive. Intelligent automation (IA) can be used to turbo-charge high-performing ecosystems and dramatically futureproof business models.

Thierry van Herwijnen, EY Global Head of Sales, Intelligent Automation Alliances, welcomes Simon Constance, EY Global Head of IA Alliances, Sean Adee, UiPath VP of Global Partners and Ade McCormack, Global Thought Leader on Leadership, Disruption and Transformational Matters, to discuss IA’s unique challenges and opportunities. 

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There has been a fundamental shift in the way diversity, equality and inclusion are being aligned with the corporate agenda. EY’s Neurodiverse Center of Excellence Leader, Hiren Shukla, welcomes Robert Austin, Professor of Information Systems & Innovation at Ivey Business School, Rick Wright, ServiceNow SVP of Customer Outcomes, and Angelina Herrera, ServiceNow VP of Equity and Inclusion Programs, to discuss how this can be achieved and the clear advantages of recruiting neurodiverse employees.

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Climate change has placed the challenge of sustainable economic growth at the very heart of the international agenda, and companies now increasingly find themselves in the spotlight as the size of the challenge becomes clear.

Podcast host and EY Global SAP Alliance Relationship Leader Steve Peck welcomes Steve Varley, EY Global Vice Chair – Sustainability, and Gunther Rothermel, Senior Vice President and Head of Sustainability for SAP S/4HANA at SAP. Together they discuss the ESG challenges facing multinationals and the urgent need to turn sustainability plans into action ahead of COP27.

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