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On this podcast, Brad Hairston speaks with Emma Kirby-Kidd, Head of Robotic Operating Model (ROM) at SS&C Blue Prism, who explains how and why the ROM has been updated. . Here’s what we talked with Emma about: *What the ROM is all about *Where and when the ROM comes up in conversations with companies looking to begin their automation journey *The correlation between ROM adoption and the value recognized by intelligent automation *How the ROM facilitates scaling automation *Why and how the ROM is being updated at this time *When ROM2 will be available and where it can be found online . To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!

On this podcast, Brad Hairston talks with Gary Smith, VP of Strategic Sales and Partner Development at Quantifind, who explains how his company's uses AI to solve this challenge and brings it to life through a real-life customer story involving pharmaceutical supply chains. . Here’s what we talked with Gary about: *Overview of Quantifind *What “fusion chain” is all about *Why AI has become advantageous over the more traditional methods of due diligence when detecting fraud and bad actors *Key use cases that Quantifind has helped their customers solve *How Quantifind is helping detect supply chain vulnerabilities in the pharmaceutical industry *Why this type of supply chain issue is so critical to solve right now *What’s next for Quantifind . To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!

On this podcast, Brad Hairston talks with Gary Clarke, Academic Alliance Manager for North America at SS&C Blue Prism, who explains how it is more important than ever for students to develop technology skills in areas such as RPA before entering the workforce. . Here’s what we talked with Gary about: *Why it is becoming more important for college students to learn about intelligent automation before they graduate and enter the workforce *The current market demand for people with automation skills *How Blue Prism’s Academia Program is equipping professors and students *The types of professors who typically sponsor this program within their department *Success stories involving Blue Prism’s Academia Program at higher ed institutions . To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!

On this podcast, Brad Hairston talks with Sarah Burnett, Chief Technology Evangelist at KYP.ai, who explains productivity mining and how it improves employee experience and efficiency. . Here’s what we talked with Sarah about: *Sarah's book, The Autonomous Enterprise – Powered by AI *An overview of productivity mining *Interesting facts about the state of work that productivity mining technology has uncovered *How productivity mining empowers employees  *The science behind the state of flow of work *Process intelligence adoption maturity  *How productivity mining relates to the work-from-home model *How execution automation differs from intelligent automation . To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!

On this podcast, Brad Hairston speaks with Paula Cox, VP of Business Development and Sales at WonderBotz, and Fauzia Khan, a Partner in the Digital Strategy & Transformation Practice of INVOKE, who explain how their respective firms are working together and talk about their views on trends and opportunities in the intelligent automation space. . Here’s what we talked with Paula and Fauzia about: * Observations on the current state of maturity of intelligent automation *Why most companies have not built/developed/scaled an automation capability that transforms their organization *How INVOKE and WonderBotz are working with their clients to get them out of their automation stalemate *How to win over the CFO and secure him/her as the key sponsor for automation *The strategic partnership between INVOKE & WonderBotz *Why the time is right for a portfolio of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) automation solutions that companies can leverage without having to start from scratch *Where SaaS-based solutions make the most sense *What is most exciting about being in the intelligent automation space right now . To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!

On this podcast, Brad Hairston talks with Andrew Singer, Expert Associate Partner in Technology Strategy and Enterprise Architecture at Bain & Company, who explains six key technology trends Bain has observed across a thousand different company case studies. . Here’s what we talked with Andrew about: *The context for Bain’s white paper and the research underlying it *The correlation between a company’s performance and its prioritization of technology  *The six trends shaping the future of enterprise technology and their implications *A summary of the way enterprise technology is evolving with all of these trends occurring simultaneously *How CIOs and CDOs can approach these tech trends in the most strategic way . To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!

On this podcast, Brad Hairston talks with Micah Friedman, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, who explains how the hospitality sector is poised to transform in a big way. . Here’s what we talked with Micah about: *The overall state of the hospitality sector *The biggest challenges facing these companies *Key moves these companies need to make in order to survive and thrive *Why now is the right time for hospitality company leaders to embrace automation *Where automation can make the biggest difference in this sector *The opportunity for physical robots in this industry *Measuring ROI from technology investments *How Alvarez & Marsal is helping its hospitality clients approach digital transformation . To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!

On this podcast, Brad Hairston speaks with Madhu Raman, Global Head of Automations Business at AWS, and Jon Day, Vice President, Technology Alliance and Cloud Program at SS&C Blue Prism, who explain how intelligent automation is helping AWS customers address their most pressing needs. . Here’s what we talked with Madhu and Jon about: *Thoughts on how AWS has maintained their global leadership position in cloud infrastructure and platform services *Why it’s critically important for AWS to offer a low-code/no-code automation offering *How Blue Prism’s strategic partnership with AWS relates to where the Blue Prism customer base is heading *Key advantages of automating with Blue Prism on AWS *The level ofadoption of intelligent automation among AWS customers *SaaS automation solutions on the AWS Marketplace that can help companies jump start their automation journey *How companies can test out automations on AWS before buying *Plans for an intelligent automation solution catalog on AWS *Intelligent automation success stories involving Blue Prism and AWS *Future developments with the Blue Prism / AWS partnership . To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!

Did you ever wonder when or how a digital transformation program would actually payoff? In this episode, host Michael Marchuk talks with Dr. Tim Bottke, associate professor at SBA Bocconi, senior strategy partner at Deloitte. and author of the book Digital Transformation Payday: Navigate the Hype, Lower the Risks, Increase Return on Investments. Tim discusses the factors that create this payoff and how organizations can create a successful digital transformation program. Here’s what we talked with Tim about:  - How to measure success for a digital transformation program - What five elements are needed for digital transformation - How intelligent automation can be used as a catalyst for transformation  Looking for the book we talked about in this episode? You can find it on Amazon or your local book retailer: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119894174/  To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!

On this podcast, Brad Hairston talks with Mark Settle, 7-time CIO and author, who explains how next generation collaboration tools can give employees the capabilities they need to thrive. . Here’s what we talked with Mark about: * The purpose of workplace collaboration * Notable changes to the workplace besides the shift to work-from-home * Interesting findings from the future of work surveys * How IT has responded to the collaboration needs of the COVID-altered workplace * How the current era of collaboration tools address the way the workplace has evolved * Three key areas that the next generation of tools will address * Technologies fundamental to the construction of next-gen collaboration tools * How desktop automation fits into workplace collaboration . Link to the white paper mentioned in this podcast: https://medium.com/work-bench/re-imagining-the-next-generation-of-workplace-collaboration-tools-8ac1755bc4ff . To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!