Digital and Innovation Strategies for the Infrastructure Industry: Tim McManu...Smart City
Productivity in the engineering and construction industry has been stagnant for decades. The proliferation of digital solutions has made it difficult for users to develop a coherent strategy. Companies who are able to successfully navigate the new digital landscape are on the brink of a transformation that will see top performers reduce overall project costs by 20-45%. However, digital transformations require developing digital capability across all aspects of the organization. Therefore, each entity involved in the industry must understand its critical challenges in order to guide its path to increased digital capability.
Accenture's Technology Vision 2021 details emerging technology trends that will help companies get back on track & build their future post COVID-19. Read more.
Digital and Innovation Strategies for the Infrastructure Industry: Tim McManu...Smart City
Productivity in the engineering and construction industry has been stagnant for decades. The proliferation of digital solutions has made it difficult for users to develop a coherent strategy. Companies who are able to successfully navigate the new digital landscape are on the brink of a transformation that will see top performers reduce overall project costs by 20-45%. However, digital transformations require developing digital capability across all aspects of the organization. Therefore, each entity involved in the industry must understand its critical challenges in order to guide its path to increased digital capability.
Accenture's Technology Vision 2021 details emerging technology trends that will help companies get back on track & build their future post COVID-19. Read more.
THE UNITED NATIONS
GLOBAL COMPACT
WORKS WITH
BUSINESSES IN THE
REALMS OF HUMAN
RIGHTS, LABOUR,
ENVIRONMENT AND
ANTI-CORRUPTION TO
TRANSFORM OUR WORLD.
WE’RE SHAPING A
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE,
AND YOU NEED TO BE A
PART OF IT.
MSLGROUP revealed some key findings of the survey conducted in 16 countries, interviewing 8000 millennials to explore and understand what active citizenship means to them at the Sustainable Brands 2014 Summit in San Diego. Both global findings and country per country insights are very interesting.
We wanted to explore what active citizenship means to Millennials across the globe:
- What do they want it to stand for? What does it actually mean to/for them? What resonates? What doesn’t?
- How does this differ by country?
- How will this change in the future and impact businesses?
This is crucial for the short-term (the system is at stake) and even more so for the near future: Millennials will represent 70% of the workforce in 15 years from now. They already play a growing political and economic role today. They’re fully empowered by the digital & social reinvention of everything. Disintermediation, our new norm, is a given for them: day after day, they develop their own ecosystem, based on collaboration, peer to peer information and decision-making processes, sharing and accessing, more than owning. Businesses need to catch up, transform, and partner with people, if they want to survive.
SPLC 2018 Summit: Delivering on the SDGS: Procurement's RoleSPLCouncil
Slides from Sue AllChurch, Chief of Participant Relations and Communications, United Nations Global Compact, Jonathan Rifkin, Director Strategic Partnerships, Green Electronics Council, Farid Yaker, SPP Program Officer, UN Environment & Diana Rosenberger, Global Sourcing Manager, Shaw Industries, presented at the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council's 2018 Summit in Minneapolis, MN.
The UN Global Compact-Accenture Strategy CEO Study 2016 Agenda 2030: A Window...accenture
The CEO Study explores the views of business leaders engaged and committed on sustainability through their participation in the Global Compact to give the views of the leaders on accelerating progress to 2030.
The drive for a more sustainable future is only getting stronger. Regardless of industry, companies are increasingly being judged by the role they play. Learn more.
The drive for a more sustainable future is only getting stronger. Regardless of industry, companies are increasingly being judged by the role they play. Learn more.
Nuestro informe Global Risk Landscape 2016 revela que el 87% de los líderes empresariales consideran que
el mundo se ha convertido en un lugar con mayor riesgo. Para la realización de este estudio, que se inició a
comienzos de 2016, BDO ha consultado a 500 altos directivos de las principales empresas de 44 países de
Europa, Oriente Medio, África, Asia y América acerca de lo que consideran que son los mayores riesgos a los que
enfrentan sus empresas en la actualidad y en el futuro.
Para más de la mitad (56 %) de los líderes empresariales encuestados, la mayor amenaza es el aumento
de la competencia, seguida por la desaceleración económica (43%) y la interrupción del negocio (42 %).
La mitigación del riesgo se ha convertido en una cuestión primordial para la mayor parte de las empresas
consultadas, mientras que la creación de valor es visto como el mayor desafío global del futuro.
Clarke murphy how to become a sustainable leaderAliceGntert
Sustainable leaders can be grown…Blueprint for sustainable leadership…
Sustainable Mindset : Multilevel Systems Thinking, Stakeholder Inclusion, Disruptive Innovation, Long Term Activation
Mindtree Sustainability Report 2018-19 covers short term, midterm and long term sustainability risks and opportunities, with our present-forward and future-backward approach.
Are you looking for a sustainable creative content hook and competitive edge in your go-to-market strategy? This session will inspire you to take your brand to demand through crafting purpose driven narratives that resonate in a conscious consumer world. We will explore how to build powerful campaigns focused on pairing people, planet and profit together, looking to sustainability as a North Star for your company's brand and reputation ambitions.
Similar to Climate Leadership Eleventh Hour | Accenture (20)
Engineering Services: con gli ingegneri per creare valore sostenibileaccenture
Collaboriamo con gli ingegneri di aziende capital intensive per combinare tecnologie innovative con un approccio pragmatico che aiuti a raggiungere risultati aziendali migliori.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
FIDO Alliance Osaka Seminar: Passkeys at Amazon.pdf
Climate Leadership Eleventh Hour | Accenture
1. UNLOCKING THE
GLOBAL PATHWAYS TO
RESILIENCE, GROWTH,
AND SUSTAINABILITY
FOR 2030
The 12th United Nations Global
Compact - Accenture CEO Study
REIMAGINING
THE
AGENDA
2. ALARMED BY THE SPEED
AND SCALE OF TODAY'S
UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL
CHALLENGES, CEOS FIND
THEMSELVES AT A CROSSROADS:
EMBRACE SUSTAINABILITY
FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE OR
SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.
2
3. THE GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY
AGENDA IS OFF TRACK.
A DRAMATIC RISE IN
INTERSECTIONAL,
GLOBAL CHALLENGES
IS FORCING CEOS TO NAVIGATE
UNPRECEDENTED UNCERTAINTY.
3
4. The top five challenges are:
MOST CEOS
ARE DEALING
WITH A SLATE
OF GLOBAL
CHALLENGES,
MANY OF WHICH
SPAN BEYOND
TYPICAL
BUSINESS
BOUNDARIES
Inflation and price volatility
Talent scarcity
Threats to public health
Climate change
Trade regulation No Impact
High Impact Modern Impact Low Impact
OF CEOS ARE DEALING WITH 10 OR MORE
GLOBAL CHALLENGES TO THEIR BUSINESS
93%
58% 33% 7% 2%
42% 38% 16% 4%
41% 37% 17% 5%
33% 36% 24% 7%
31% 36% 25% 8%
No Impact
High Impact Moderate Impact Low Impact
6. TO ACHIEVE
THE SDGS,
CEOS CALL
FOR INCREASED
COMMITMENT
AND ACTION
FROM THE
PRIVATE SECTOR
of CEOs feel that business could
play a critical role in achieving
the SDGs with increased
commitment and action
51%
7. SUSTAINABILITY HAS
EMERGED AS THE
CORE OF RESILIENCE.
IT IS NOT ONLY A CLIMATE
IMPERATIVE, BUT ALSO
THE FOUNDATION FOR
SECURITY, GROWTH,
AND RESILIENCE.
7
8. CEOS ARE
STEPPING UP AS
ADVOCATES FOR
SUSTAINABILITY
“As CEO, I am accountable for
the sustainability performance
of my company.”
2013
“It is the role of a CEO
to make my business
more sustainable.”
2022
83% 98%
+15%
9. WHICH STAKEHOLDERS MOST INFLUENCE YOUR
COMPANY'S SUSTAINABILTY AGENDA?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
2013 2016 2019 2021 2022
Governments
52% of CEOs agree
Investment Community
34% of CEOs agree
Banks and Insurers
21% of CEOS agree
STAKEHOLDERS
INCLUDING
GOVERNMENTS,
INVESTORS,
AND BANKS ARE
INCREASINGLY
DRIVING THE
IMPORTANCE OF
SUSTAINABILITY
10. GLOBALLY,
are upskilling/reskilling
their workforce for the
future labor market
74% are offering physical and/or
mental wellness resources
for their workforce
58% are increasing
workforce diversity
56%
OF CEOS REPORT TALENT SCARCITY IS A TOP
GLOBAL CHALLENGE IMPACTING THEIR BUSINESS
96%
CEOS ARE
RECOGNIZING
THEIR
WORKFORCE
AS A CRUCIAL
LEVER TO BUILD
RESILIENCE
11. CEOS ARE
REIMAGINING
THEIR SUPPLY
CHAINS
TO BUILD
RESILIENCE
IN THE FACE
OF GLOBAL
CHALLENGES
47%
of CEOs state that
building a responsible
supply chains part of their
sustainability strategy
Diversification
of CEOs are enhancing
their sustainable data
collection capabilities
55%
of CEOs are duplicating
and diversifying their
value chains
37%
of CEOs are strengthening
visibility into the social
impacts of their supply chain
54%
DATA
VISIBILITY
DIVERSIFICATION
47%
of CEOs state that
building responsible
supply chains is part
of their sustainability
strategy
12. of CEOs understand the
impact that their business
has on biodiversity
80%
of CEOs are initiating
nature-protection projects
35%
HOWEVER,
ACTION ON
BIODIVERSITY,
A CORE
COMPONENT OF
SUSTAINABILITY
AND RESILIENCE,
REMAINS LOW
However…
14. INGREDIENTS
FOR RESILIENCE
TO BUILD TRUE
RESILIENCE, CEOS MUST
EMBED SUSTAINABILITY
ACROSS THEIR BUSINESS –
FROM THEIR STRATEGY,
TO THE WORKFORCE,
SUPPLY CHAINS, AND
GREATER ECOSYSTEMS
16. 130+
CEO Interviews
128
Countries
18
Industries
ABOUT THE CEO STUDY PROGRAM
The CEO Study Program, developed by the UN Global Compact and Accenture, is an effort to enhance understanding and commitment
between the United Nations and the private sector. The program is an extensive review of the advancing corporate sustainability movement,
and the publications coalesce dominant views of CEOs, business leaders and UN executives to track developments in sustainability.
ABOUT THE UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT
As a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General, the United Nations Global Compact is a
call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with Ten Principles in
the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Our ambition is to
accelerate and scale the global collective impact of business by upholding the Ten
Principles and delivering the Sustainable Development Goals through accountable
companies and ecosystems that enable change. With more than 17,000 companies and
3,000 non-business signatories based in over 160 countries, and 62 Local Networks, the UN
Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative — one Global
Compact uniting business for a better world. For more information, follow @globalcompact
on social media and visit our website at unglobalcompact.org.
ABOUT ACCENTURE
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading
capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer
Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services and
Accenture Song — all powered by the world’s largest network of
Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 738,000
people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every
day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of
change to create value and shared success for our clients, people,
shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
ABOUT THE CEO STUDY ON SUSTAINABILITY
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2,600+