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diginomica
by diginomica
candid conversations about software and strategy for the modern enterprise
Episodes
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Executive Intelligence - Workday's Gerrit Kazmaier on facing down the SaaSpocalypse, and why Workday had to change before agentic AI took hold
After a recent taste of market vindication against the SaaSpocalypse, diginomica's Jon Reed sat down with Workday's Gerrit Kazmaier, President, Product and Technology at Workday, for a candid look at how Workday has achieved agentic traction with customers - and the obstacles still to overcome.…
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The diginomica network podcast - Reckitt AI leader Bastien Parizot
Reckitt Senior Vice President Global Business Services & AI Bastien Parizot joins the diginomica network podcast to explain why the consumer goods giant behind Dettol, Durex, Finish and Nurofen is using its shared services division as the driving force for AI adoption. Parizot discusses the proof...
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Executive Intelligence - UiPath CEO Daniel Dines on identity, consequences, and the work AI cannot carry
UiPath's Daniel Dines is applying philosophical research to enterprise AI. In this Executive Intelligence podcast, he explains why the founder of an enterprise automation and AI company is thinking hard about the human at the gate - the point in a workflow where actions have consequences, and…
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Executive Intelligence - can we build an agentic system of work? Oracle's Chris Leone on the real potential of enterprise AI
Enterprise AI is in the pressure cooker: questionable results on the one hand, rising token costs on the other. But enterprise vendors like Oracle are pressing hard down a different path to value - one that reduces model costs and breaks away from frontier model hype. Can Oracle build a "system…
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The diginomica network podcast - Community Fibre CIO Chris Williams
Community Fibre CIO Chris Williams joins the diginomica network podcast to explain how a clean-sheet approach to technology has taken the London full-fibre provider from 30,000 to over 430,000 customers in four years. Williams discusses why he chose modern, scalable vendors like Yext, Domo and…
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Executive Intelligence - manufacturing is at the AI turning point, with Debbie Baldwin of Acumatica
Debbie Baldwin, Director of Product Management, Acumatica Manufacturing has seen manufacturing hit turning points before - but this one seems different. To understand AI's impact on manufacturing, we need to go deeper - into how global markets have changed, along with customer expectations and…
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The diginomica network podcast - Xero Chief Product and Technology Officer Diya Jolly
Xero CTO and CPO Divya Jolly joins the diginomica network podcast to discuss why the agentic AI moment is set to mirror the cloud accounting revolution - elevating the profession rather than replacing it - and why human judgment remains the one thing no AI agent can replicate. With a career...
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Executive Intelligence - Celonis President Carsten Thoma on why enterprise AI needs operational truth before it can deliver
Every enterprise vendor is talking about AI agents — but without understanding how your business actually operates, the returns will fall short. In this episode, diginomica's Derek du Preez talks with Carsten Thoma, President of Celonis, about why operational context is the missing ingredient for...
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Executive Intelligence - how Zoho approaches AI differently, with Raju Vegesna and Ram Ramamoorthy
Every enterprise vendor has an AI strategy - but Zoho's approach is different. During this two-in-one podcast, diginomica's Jon Reed talks with Ram Ramamoorthy is Director - AI Research at Zoho & ManageEngine. followed by Raju Vegesna, Zoho Chief Evangelist. From data sovereignty to delayering…
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The diginomica network podcast - Subhash Chandra Jose, CIO EBRD
EBRD CIO Subhash Chandra Jose joins the diginomica network podcast to discuss leading a five-year technology modernisation at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development — a bank that was never meant to last this long — and why geopolitical upheaval has made its mission more critical…
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The diginomica network podcast - Vineta Bajaj, CFO Holland & Barrett
Holland & Barrett CFO Vineta Bajaj joins the diginomica network podcast to discuss the wellness retailer's 2025 annual results - including £43.5 million invested in technology - and why building your own tech stack beats buying off the shelf.
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Executive Intelligence - Certinia founder Deb Ashton on the changing services business, learning from customers, and seizing opportunities as they come
Deb Ashton has been one of the constants at Certinia through more than two decades of change. In this podcast, she reflects on some of the lessons learned, the challenges for services businesses today, and being ready to seize opportunity.
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Executive Intelligence - cloud ERP, AI, and customer priorities - an open discussion with Acumatica's Jani and Mehta
Does AI make cloud ERP irrelevant - or deliver on its promise? And how to we line up AI innovations with customer needs, rather than sell them on tech for its own sake? In the lead up to Acumatica Summit 2026, Jon Reed had an open discussion with Acumatica's Ali Jani and Miten Mehta. But would…
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The diginomica network podcast - Mollie Brentnall, Director of IT at Crawford & Company
Mollie Brentnall, Director of IT for Crawford & Company UK, discusses how her background as a professional fencing coach shaped her approach to technology leadership, networking, and supporting diverse talent in the tech sector.
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The diginomica network podcast - Thomas Kleine-Möllhoff, CIO of Gardena
Thomas Kleine-Möllhoff, CIO of garden tools manufacturer Gardena and VP of IT at parent company Husqvarna Group, discusses how standardisation creates the foundation for innovation rather than stifling it. Drawing on his experience at Pfizer and Coca-Cola, Kleine explains how a 60-year-old...
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Executive Intelligence - Blue Yonder CEO Duncan Angove on transforming fragmented supply chains
In this episode of Executive Intelligence, diginomica's Derek du Preez speaks with Duncan Angove, CEO of Blue Yonder, about transforming supply chain management — from fragmented point solutions to an integrated end-to-end platform approach, and how AI is pragmatically being applied to deliver…
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Executive Intelligence - CEO of IFS Nexus Black Kriti Sharma on what it takes to succeed with industrial AI
In our latest Executive Intelligence podcast, Phil Wainewright speaks to Kriti Sharma, CEO IFS Nexus Black, for an inside view on IFS' pursuit of industrial AI. The two explore the upside of industrial AI but also how to address the risk factors. Is autonomous AI viable in industrial settings? If...
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Executive Intelligence - r.Potential CEO Greg Shewmaker on the brave new world of Digital Labor
On the brink of Dreamforce 2025, dignomica's Stuart Laughlan caught up with r.Potential CEO Greg Shewmaker to hash out the transition to a new world of Digital Labor, and the changes that entails for organizations as they deepen their AI initiatives.
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Executive Intelligence - UiPath CEO Daniel Dines gets real about agentic AI
UiPath’s SAP transformation became a use case for automation-first ERP - achieving a 93% clean core and scaling finance 7x revenue without adding headcount. But what does “agentic ERP” really look like in practice? Can AI agents work alongside humans and robots without adding risk? And what…
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Executive Intelligence - Sage CTO Aaron Harris on how he built a different kind of AI for finance (and why SaaS is not dead!)
Sage's 2017 purchase of SaaS finance innovator Intacct has become one of the most improbable acquisition stories in the history of enterprise software. Our hot seat guest, Sage CTO Aaron Harris, was in the middle of all of it. But bringing multi-tenant finance innovation to the rest of Sage was...
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Executive Intelligence - Acumatica CEO John Case on why AI won't kill cloud ERP, if you get verticals right
Acumatica is at a crossroads - and so is cloud ERP. Acumatica CEO John Case joins diginomica's Jon Reed to take on the tough questions facing ERP vendors: can ERP withstand AI disruptions? Is modern ERP an oxymoron? Why is ERP for industry verticals the new imperative? Case makes his case for...
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Executive Intelligence - Freshworks CEO Dennis Woodside on AI adoption, and taking on legacy tech providers
AI adoption is a topic of conversation that dominates every tech agenda in 2025, with views ranging from evangelical fervor through to the ‘Robots are coming to steal your job’ Armageddon peddling. For Freshworks CEO Dennis Woodside, there’s a different way of looking at the issue. Woodside joins...
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Executive Intelligence - Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu on what AI means for software, and society
There's no doubt that AI is bringing big changes to the software industry, and is likely to have a huge impact on society at large. At business software vendor Zoho, those changes have meant that, after more than 25 years as CEO, co-founder Sridhar Vembu has moved over to take on the role of…
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Executive Intelligence - Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff talks agents, digital labor, and customer success
In this podcast, Marc Benioff discusses how he and other CEOs of today are set to become the last generation to manage a human-only workforce and the organizational implications involved.
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Best of - Acumatica Summit 2025 Review - with Jon Reed and Brian Sommer
In our diginomica podcast channel reboot, we kick off with a couple of "best of" episodes from Jon Reed's "Busting the Omnichannel" podcast series - with a quick intro from Jon on our upcoming plans for the diginomica channel. Acumatica has been a influential vendor in the cloud ERP midmarket…
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Best of - Where do Enterprise Architects go from here - in SAP and beyond? Live from ASUG Tech Connect
In our diginomica podcast channel reboot, we kick off with a couple of "best of" episodes from Jon Reed's "Busting the Omnichannel" podcast series - with a new intro from Jon on our upcoming plans for the diginomica channel. From Jon: "At ASUG Tech Connect 2024, for the first time, I hosted a…
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A conversation with Christian Klein, CEO SAP on big impact projects
We don't often hear SAP talking about big impact projects but it has its hands on many projects around the world that go well beyond the ERP for which they are so well known. Check out this conversation.
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A conversation about identity with Rod Boothby of Santander
This is a fascinating conversation that runs a goo hour so buckle up and enjoy the ride as Rod explains the problem and how Santander has found a promising solution.
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diginomica - Episode #87 - Josh Greenbaum and Den Howlett talk pricing
A wide-ranging conversation covering the difficulties surrounding enterprise software pricing
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diginomica Episode #86 - Matthias Steiner, Jelena Perfiljeva and Den Howlett talk SAP developers
The three of us discuss what needs to happen within the SAP community of developers - starting with developer licensing for SAP Cloud Platform but inevitably so much more.
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A MindFuel Special - digital transformation - is now the time?
Den and Brian are joined by Michael Ouissi, chief customer officer at IFS for a live discussion about whether now is the time to be engaging in digital transformation projects and if so, where should the emphasis lay?
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diginomica - Episode #85 - a conversation about community with Rachel Happe
Rachel Happe has released the 11th edition of The State of Community Management. This gave us the opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues impacting community in a mid-COVID19 crisis
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diginomica - Episode #84 - a conversation between Andy Steer and John Appleby
In this conversation, extracted from a much longer one between Andy Steer, CIO iTelligence UK, and John Appleby, CEO Avantra, the thorny topic of returning to a place of work is under debate. It provides valuable insights into the way some business leaders are thinking about a post-COVID-19...
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diginomica - Episode #83 - an SAP SuccessFactors conversation with Brandon Toombs
There's been something of a sea change at SuccessFactors in recent times. Frequent critic Brandon Toombs is quietly optimistic,
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diginomica - Episode #82 - a conversation with Ben Haines
Ben Haines has 'been there, done it' in companies as diverse as Pabst, Box, and Verizon. Here's his take on what we need to do right now to thrive in difficult times.
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diginomica - Episode #81 - Accuride's CIO Paul Wright on managing global disruption
How is Accuride managing in the wake of COVID-19? Find out in this podcast.
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diginomica - Episode #80 - Francine McKenna talks fraud, healthcare and change
Francine McKenna is a long time friend who has been relentless in her holding the audit profession up to the spotlight, arguing that they often fail to do the job for which they were originally founded. In this recording, we talk about the differences between the US and UK healthcare systems,...
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diginomica Episode #79 - Thomas Otter and Den in conversation
We discuss the HR impact of COVID-19 and expansion of Otter Advisory...just in time for smaller vendors
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diginomica - Episode #78 - Marilyn Pratt on communities and learning
Den talks to one fo the greatest community engagement people in the enterprise market about both communities and learning in a post-Coronavirus world.
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diginomica - Episode #77 - Phil Wainewright talks to Tim Barker, CEO Xenzone
Phil and Tim discuss Xenzone and the work it is doing to help people access mental health support and treatment. Prescient at a time when many of us are facing lockdown.
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diginomica Episode #76 - Den & Vijay discuss the IT services business post COVID-19
Den and Vijay discuss the future of IT services delivery in the wake of COVID-19. This follows a story Vijay penned as he was considering how to mobilize his own team at IBM.
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diginomica episode #75 - John Appleby, CEO Avantra
We talk to long time collaborator John Appleby in his new role as CEO Avantra, a firm providing tools for SAP customers that aims to make their day to day lives easier. John is uniquely positioned to discuss SAP operations as one who grew up as a BASIS consultant, has worked in many areas of SAP...
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diginomica Episode #74 - talking hyperscalers with Chris Kernaghan
Chris Kernaghan and I discuss the merits of each of the hyperscalers in the context of heterogeneous landscapes and especially in situations where you are considering a significant transition. The obvious scenario is SAP ECC to S/4HANA but there will be others.
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diginomica Episode #73 - SAP TechEd 2019 Barcelona with Matthias Steiner
Den scored a conversation with Matt Steiner, newly minted head of product at Neptune (diginomica partner) for his take as a partner with SAP at TechEd 2019
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diginomica - Episode 72 - Den and Dick do the SAP TechED 2019 wrap
Our personal take on the show
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diginomica Episode #71 - SAP SuccessCoonnect 2019 preview with Brandon Toombs
Den listens to Brandon Toombs as he sets out his expectations and wishlist for the upcoming SAP SuccessConnect 2019 event. There's a lot of talk about payroll.
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diginomica Episode #70 - Jarret Pazahanick and the Wild West of SuccessFactors implementations
In this entertaining conversation, Den and Jarret chew the fat about how the SuccessFactors implementation landscape remains something of a Wild West. Bonus points for listening all the way through - and we could have gone on a LOT longer. Extra bonus points for Jarret's tips on using LinkedIn to...
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Diginomica Episode #69 - Frank Scavo on build v buy
There is a change a-coming as more enterprises turn to a build rather than buy mode of operation - sometimes including back office functions for which you'd think there's plenty of COTS choice. We discuss this topic with Frank Scavo, CEO Strativa/Computer Economics.
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Diginomica Episode #68 - G2's Mike Fauscette on the new data for buying decision makers
In this candid conversation, Mike Fauscette, who heads G2's data analysis unit talks methodologies and what buyers are looking for in data-driven buying decisions.
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Diginomica Episode #67 - Neptune talks about Bloodmates
My good friend Abesh Battacharjee talks about the genesis of a project designed to support Bloodmates, a non-profit in India that is trying to make access to blood much easier than it is today.
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