Gartner Thinkcast

COVID-19 changed the CIO's relationships with the C-suite and they must continue to adapt for the road ahead.  In this episode, we reveal the most important takeaways from the Gartner 2021 CIO Agenda. Gartner ThinkCast host Kasey Panetta interviews Andy Rowsell-Jones, distinguished VP analyst with Gartner's CIO & Executive Leadership Research team about the four key activities that distinguishes top organizations from the rest.  Related Links: Read more: CIO Agenda 2021: Invest in Your Supply Chain (Before It’s Too Late) Download guide: The 2021 CIO Agenda: Seize This Opportunity for Digital Business Acceleration Read more: CIO Agenda: Focus on Digital Products and Self-Service Options

Nearly half of CIOs say they now employ artificial intelligence (AI) or intend to within the next 12 months. But how to make AI a core IT competency still eludes most organizations. In this epsiode, Gartner ThinkCast host Kasey Panetta interviews Whit Andrews, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner. Whit shares five crucial habits for successful AI programs and one major mistake that organizations tend to make. Related Links: Download: Gartner Emerging Technology Roadmap Read more: 5 Habits of Organizations With Successful AI Learn more: Gartner CIO Conferences

This year's top strategic technology trends highlight those trends that will drive significant disruption and opportunity over the next five to 10 years.  Hyperautomation, AI engineering and distributed cloud are among the nine technologies that have significant transformative potential.  In this episode, Kasey Panetta, Gartner ThinkCast Host, hears from Mary Mesaglio, Distinguished VP Analyst, and Brian Burke, Research VP as they discuss the trends. Mary and Brian share the trends they find most interesting and what will have the most impact.

What are the seven characteristics of a successful digital leader? In this episode, Gartner ThinkCast host Kasey Panetta interviews Mary Mesaglio, Distinguished VP Analyst about her recent research that dives into how leaders need to think differently in a digital world.

Increasing pressure to keep pace has HR executives scrambling to hire and retain talent prepared for agility.  In this episode, Gartner VP Caroline Walsh explains to Jackie Wiles, Associate Content Director, why organizations must prioritize resilience, not just efficiency, to succeed. The need to respond at speed to the impact of the pandemic revealed that years of focusing heavily on efficiency had often led to organizational fragility and vulnerability. Now organizations must adjust. During this interview, Walsh Walsh discusses the highs and lows for employees as organizations try to build more sustainable processes and work design.

In this episode of ThinkCast, host Kasey Panetta interviews Dion Love, a Vice President of Advisory Services at Gartner.  In order to deliver on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, leaders must take a look at how the traditional hiring process needs to change for organizations to create diverse digital workforces.

In part 2 of the Gartner ThinkCast special series on the Executives Role in Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Kasey Panetta interviews Christie Struckman, VP Analyst to talk about confronting behaviors that marginalize underrepresented employees. Christie explains that any employee can marginalize or be the target of marginalization and once these behaviors are recognized, they must be confronted.

2020 has caused many organizations to push digital initiatives forward at unprecedented speed. This acceleration of digital business means making choices on what initiatives move forward or slow down.  Hung LeHong, VP and Gartner Fellow, joins Gartner ThinkCast to discuss the framework for digital business acceleration and how to use the five lanes to prioritize your digital initiatives for better results.

In this Gartner ThinkCast special series on the Executives Role in Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Kasey Panetta interviews Lauren Romansky, Managing VP of Gartner’s HR practice. Lauren explains how the summer of 2020 has presented a real opportunity for change. Employees across the globe are engaging in discussions of racial justice, leaders are seizing this moment to consider their role and opportunities to advance diversity, equity and inclusion at their organizations.  Related Links Learn More: Gartner Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resource Center Read More: Making the Case for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion During Disruption Attend Webinar: How HR Can Sustain Diversity & Inclusion to Create Change in Moments of Unrest

Featured at the Gartner Symposium IT/Xpo®, the Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2020 highlights the 30 emerging technologies with significant impact on business, society and people over the next five to 10 years. In the second episode of our two-part series, we'll talk through the final three trends with experts Brian Burke, Nick Heudecker, Svetlana Sicular and Sylvain Fabre. 

Featured at the Gartner Symposium IT/Xpo, the Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2020 highlights the 30 emerging technologies with significant impact on business, society and people over the next five to 10 years. In the first episode of our two-part series, we'll explore how the hype cycle is created, the year's trends and featured technology. In this episode, Kasey Panetta speaks with Gartner analysts, Brian Burke, Yefim Natis and Avivah Litan to discuss their research.

Workforce planning, employee performance and employee experience have all taken on a new meaning post COVID-19. In this episode of Thinkcast, Heather Levy, Vice President of Content Marketing at Gartner has a conversation with Adriana Duque Hughes, Senior Director for Gartner’s HR practice to talk about the changes HR executives and employees are facing and how that trickles down to expectations. This interview dives into the concept of future of work and some specific trends in this uncertain time.

From olive oil to pharmaceuticals to news, fakes are everywhere. In this episode, Gartner ThinkCast host Kasey Panetta speaks with Avivah Litan, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, about the current state of counterfeits and the dangers they pose to consumers. We’re also going to learn how to distinguish genuine products and contents from their fake counterparts and what industries are most at risk. 

What if organizations thought about privacy not as something dictated by laws, but rather driven by principles? In this ThinkCast episode, Gartner analyst Bart Willemsen explains why companies should be taking a risk-based approach to privacy and what that means for balancing safety, productivity and privacy. Related Links: Read More: 7 Security Areas to Focus on During COVID-19 Download Guide: The Executive’s Guide to Returning to the Workplace Learn More: Gartner Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resource Center Read More: Gartner Top 9 Security and Risk Trends for 2020

As organizations begin to recover from COVID-19, a critical question remains unanswered: How must business strategy change to meet reset goals and ambitions. In this episode of Gartner ThinkCast, Gartner Associate Director of Content Marketing , Jackie Wiles speaks with Chris Howard, Gartner Chief of Research. Chris shares new research on a framework to help business leaders navigate the phases of pandemic recovery and reset strategy in these highly disrupted times.

What is gamification? How might it impact the spread of COVID-19? Gartner ThinkCast host Kasey Panetta is joined by Brian Burke, Research Vice President at Gartner and author of Gamifiy: How Gamification Motivates People to Do Extraordinary Things. In this episode, Brian discusses the use of gamification and technology to curb the spread of the virus. He also notes the role that culture plays on implementation and what that might mean for the future. Related Links: Read More: How Gamification Boosts Consumer Engagement Watch Webinar: Leading Through COVID-19: Cross-Functional Strategy for Returning to the Workplace Get the Book: Gamifiy: How Gamification Motivates People to Do Extraordinary Thing Read More: How to Communicate Important COVID-19 Data

Enterprise leaders face unprecedented budget pressure as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, but that urgency only increases the need to assess all cost decisions strategically. In this episode, Cesar Lozada, Senior Principal Analyst, Gartner, describes how enterprise leaders can use the Gartner cost optimization decision framework to evaluate both the risks and benefits of cost proposals — to hold down costs and still fund future growth. Related Links:  Gartner Cost Optimization Framework

Supply Chain has been on the front lines of the pandemic.  It’s a critical business function and the people who work in it are particularly important, given how much we all rely on them.  Gartner host Heather Pemberton Levy introduces this live interview, recorded in late April, between Chris Howard, Gartner Chief of Research and Michael Uskert, Chief of Research for our supply chain practice. They discussed how supply chain leaders can manage the three phases of response, recovery and renewal. Related Links: Read more: 2 Best Practices for Rebooting the Supply Chain Learn more: Gartner for Supply Chain Leaders Read more: Improve Transporation Worker Safety During COVID-19 Learn more: Gartner Coronavirus Resource Center

COVID-19 has changed the way businesses around the world operate. Many of these changes — the shift to working remotely, an increase in automation, and the addition of new technologies — have direct consequences in security and risk. And with an uptick in cyber incidents, it’s vital that security and risk management leaders understand vulnerabilities and prepare for changes -- all while thinking about cost management in the face of volatile markets and limited resources. In this final episode of Gartner ThinkCast’s Special COVID-19 series, host Kasey Panetta interviews experts Richard Addiscott, Senior Director, Katell Thielemann, VP Analyst, and Jeffrey Wheatman, VP Analyst from Gartner’s Security and Risk practice. Related Links: Read more: 7 Security Areas to Focus on During COVID-19 Learn more: Gartner Coronavirus Resource Center Read more: Smarter With Gartner COVID-19 Articles

During this time of disruption, it’s vitally important that employees take care of themselves first in order to be an asset to their organization. In this episode Gartner Host Heather Pemberton Levy speaks to Christie Struckman, Vice President and Analyst in Gartner CIO research group about how to help your employees manage the emotional toll of the Covid- 19 crisis. Christie, who holds a doctorate in organizational behavior, shares her views on how leadership and managers can help employees manage the stress, fear and uncertainty that come with a pandemic of this size and scale. Christie’s research focuses on the psychological elements of leadership. Now she’s helping clients address the challenges of leading their teams through this particularly disruptive environment.  Related Links: Read more: Manage Employee Stress With Flexibility and Transparency Read more: Smarter With Gartner COVID-19 Articles Learn more: Gartner Coronavirus Resource Center