Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Podcast January 9, 2025 Podcast | ESG Mindset – A Conversation with Matthew Sekol In this episode of Board Perspectives, Protiviti Associate Director Alyse Mauro Mason talks to Matthew about the ESG mindset, technology and where we are headed. Matthew leads Microsoft's Sustainability Partners to help companies understand their challenges through data. In 2024, Matthew released a book called ESG Mindset, a guide for companies to think critically about ESG and take a holistic… In Focus July 23, 2024 Will CrowdStrike serve as a reboot on tech resiliency? Global IT systems are still in reboot and recovery after a software update by cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike caused a massive worldwide outage of Windows computers. Global businesses, governments and organisations were impacted across several industries, including airlines, banks, telecommunications, and healthcare. While the dust settles on the specifics of the how and the why of the global… Flash Report February 28, 2025 EU Omnibus Proposals May Substantially Scale Down CSRD Reporting Obligations On 26 February, 2025 the European Commission released a package of proposals (“omnibus package”) aimed at significantly scaling down several sustainability regulations in Europe that are either in effect already or about to take effect. This is a fulfilment of commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s vow last year to reduce reporting burden for businesses by 25% (35% for small and medium… Podcast March 5, 2025 Podcast | Error Correction Breakthrough (20X Boost) — with Photonic Quantum computing needs low-overhead error correction to truly scale. Building thousands of qubits to end up with a couple of useful logical ones feels like a bad strategy. Photonic recently published a paper describing a new type of error correction code that promises a 20X reduction in the number of qubits needed to run quantum algorithms that solve real business problems. Are these so-called… Podcast May 12, 2025 Podcast | Securing Your Seat: The Journey to Boardroom Success – with Frank Kurre and Mark Rogers Our Blind Spots in the Boardroom series is focused on critical business issues that can significantly impact an organization's strategy and operations, particularly those that the board and/or C-suite are not focused on at all or enough.In this episode of Blind Spots in the Boardroom, host Frank Kurre and guest Mark Rogers discuss the strategic and often lengthy process of securing a board… Flash Report April 30, 2025 Trump 2.0: The First 100 Days – A Look at Industry Winners and Losers When Donald Trump took office on January 20 as the 47th President of the United States, U.S. chief executive officers (CEOs) were looking forward to 2025 with renewed optimism based on the expectation that business conditions would improve. That sentiment was prevalent notwithstanding cautions from notable economists that the strategies of a second Trump administration might keep interest… Resource Guide February 5, 2025 A guide to the EU AI Act: Regulations, compliance and best practices As artificial intelligence (AI) continues its explosive growth within organisations around the world, with virtually every business function exploring opportunities to increase productivity, efficiency and revenue growth, a growing collection of regulations, standards and frameworks around the world is beginning to emerge. Among the most notable of these regulations is the European Union… Newsletter January 8, 2025 Focusing Your Technology Modernisation Investment Strategy Past experience with the cost and risks of technology modernisation projects is driving boards to be more selective about allocating capital and has increased the emphasis on the certainty of delivering tangible value.Technology modernisation is a topic that has found its way into every C-suite and boardroom. In recent years, significant investments have been made by companies recognising a need… Client Story July 12, 2018 U.S retailer launches global supply chain capability in record time Even under normal conditions, creating a global supply chain capability from scratch is a complex and grueling endeavor. When a large U.S. retailer made a strategic decision to develop this ability — which included securing new overseas suppliers for tens of thousands of products, satisfying all customs requirements and creating a nationwide distribution capability — in less than six months, the… Whitepaper February 17, 2021 Top Risks for 2021 and 2030 - Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industry Perspectives TMT Sector Lists Pandemic Policies, Cyber Threats, Privacy and Information Security as Top Risk Concerns in 2021 The continuing global challenges and potential existential threat posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Political divisiveness and polarisation. Social and economic unrest. Gridlock. Artificial intelligence (AI), automation and other rapidly developing digital technologies.… Load More