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The amount of data is growing exponentially. The rise of computing power has enabled the field of data science to execute advanced data analysis at scale. Data is the new oil and data scientists have sexiest job of the 21th century. That much for hype.

In this presentation, Tim Faber (product owner data science) will share with you some real-life experiences with the application of data science. The Sociale Verzekeringsbank (Social Security’s Bank) in the Netherlands started about 2 years ago setting up a couple of data science pilots, to see what it could bring to the business. Within a couple of months everyone was convinced, but then the real challenge begun.

This is a down-to-earth talk about the challenge to find the right business problems / opportunities, translate those into data science solutions and build the right team to deliver those insights that help organisations work smarter and become more customer-centric.

The amount of data is growing exponentially. The rise of computing power has enabled the field of data science to execute advanced data analysis at scale. Data is the new oil and data scientists have sexiest job of the 21th century. That much for hype.

In this presentation, Tim Faber (product owner data science) will share with you some real-life experiences with the application of data science. The Sociale Verzekeringsbank (Social Security’s Bank) in the Netherlands started about 2 years ago setting up a couple of data science pilots, to see what it could bring to the business. Within a couple of months everyone was convinced, but then the real challenge begun.

This is a down-to-earth talk about the challenge to find the right business problems / opportunities, translate those into data science solutions and build the right team to deliver those insights that help organisations work smarter and become more customer-centric.

Companies have grown to unprecedented levels of complexity making it difficult, sometimes impossible, to see through the complexity and make sense of it. As a result, companies are chronically challenged in executing strategy, improving performance, crafting customer experience, improving time to market, innovating and adapting to the speed of change.

Don’t let the name fool you, System Architecture is for the Business and IT. In conjunction with Business Rules, System Architecture can help to simplify the complexity.

Understand the system you have. Design the system you want.

Learning Objectives:

• What a system is – really is
• What system architecture is
• The simple building blocks you need to get started
• How to incorporate Business Rules into your architecture
• The value of implementing system architecture
• A USAA case study using system architecture

We live in exciting times, or terrifying times. Exciting because of all opportunities that organizations have in this digital age, but terrifying because of the “Adapt or Die” mantra we must hold true today. Are you excited yet?

In the past decades, we have worked hard to optimise our organizations, optimize processes, utilize machines/IT, standardize, control and reduce errors. But is this all good enough for today’s challenges?

Today:

• Customer experience is often more important than standardized processes Agile, bottom up change requires a different organizational configuration
• Speed of change is valued higher than full control
• The role of technology has changed from supporting business to defining the business
• Efforts should shift from managing complexity to driving simplicity

How to speed up your organization? In this presentation I will cover:

• Ideate and think differently – stretch and inspire your business
• Real-time data insights – at any time, for any audience
• High speed decisions – based not on 100%, but max 70% certainty
• Experiment, Learn, Adapt – Appreciate the value of failures
• Social and AI techniques – Utilize the knowledge of the crowd
• Join me in this interactive and active presentation, and get excited!

Learning Objectives:

• Learn what a high speed organisation is
• Learn what is different in a High speed organization?
• Learn why organisations struggle with Change today
• Learn how to engage more people in change
• Learn that doing nothing is the worst strategy…

Join us on November 9th for a Fireside Chat on how FinTech is transforming not only the financial industry but many other business sectors involving transactions, and the implications this has for our business activities. This chat welcomes guest Gabriel Leiva von Bovet, EVP Global Services at Zafin Labs AG, a worldwide leader in digital banking, in conversation with Ken Fulmer, President and CEO of IIBA on how Fintech is impacting your role.

FinTech redefines the whole spectrum of how banks engage with customers. Not so long ago, banks were offering products and services that they claimed no substitute existed for. Now we have cash-less payments such as Apple Pay and Bit-coin that change the landscape for a wide range of companies. Once viewed as fierce competition, traditional banking is now working with FinTech companies to offer new products and services to customers, saving time, cost, and delivering overall better customer experience.

It is almost impossible to predict exactly how FinTech will ultimately redefine traditional banking but one thing is for sure, no one will be unaffected by those changes.

With well-known brands such as Snickers and Pedigree, and over 75,000 associates globally, Mars has become one of the largest snack and pet food companies in the world. Angela has had a diverse career in many Mars lines of business as well as time in IT, HR, and Finance leadership. Along the way, she has passionately led significant business transformation initiatives with great success. Angela will sit down with us to discuss what it has been like to deal with constant change in a fast moving company. She will offer her insights as to what companies must do to succeed and remain agile in today’s business world and what that means for analysts, designers and change professionals. In an informal discussion setting, Angela will tackle a range of topics including those that you would like to talk about.

Well-intentioned leaders, in their attempts to boost innovation, are inadvertently destroying it. What if “thinking outside the box” actually kills innovation? What if failure is not a necessary component of innovation? It’s time to innovate the way you innovate.

During this interactive keynote, you will discover that innovation isn’t just about generating occasional new ideas; it’s about staying consistently one step ahead of the competition.

You will discover why:

• You don’t want to innovate everywhere. Avoid trying to improve every aspect of your business. Instead, “innovate where you differentiate.” Focus your energy where there is the greatest potential impact.
• Asking for ideas is a bad idea. Avoid suggestion boxes or abstract questions. They create a lot of noise and wasted energy. Instead, provide well-framed challenges to increase creative output. “Don’t think outside the box, find a better box.”
• Expertise is the enemy of innovation. Breakthroughs are rarely developed by experts within your industry or area of specialization. Instead, reframe your challenge to find solutions elsewhere.

The pragmatic approaches shared have increased innovation ROI tenfold or more at Stephen’s clients.