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Monday's Musings: How To Deliver On Both Performance And Diversity Amidst The DEI Backlash
The recent backlash on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs stems from both the lack of quantitative data showing how diverse teams improve performance and the discriminatory nature in how these teams were constructed. In 2015, a McKinsey study lauded the dividends to be gained from diversity. The well meaning Davos set used this study to launch a movement for diversity, resulting in hundreds of billions spent on diversity programs across businesses, the public sector, and non-profits over the past decade.
Cognizant Takes Flight: Acquisition of Belcan Signals Aerospace and Federal Ambitions
🚀 Cognizant's $1.29B acquisition of Belcan boosts its ER&D prowess, opening doors in aerospace and defense while setting new industry standards. Discover how this deal reshapes the market and what it means for the future of innovation! 💡
Cyberattack Cripples Car Dealerships: A Wake-Up Call for Post-Breach Resilience
While security breaches are inevitable, it's crucial for organizations to prioritize post-breach resilience. This requires a different approach than proactive security measures.
News Analysis: Only A Few Companies Will Win In Fueling The Age of AI
AI Begins And Ends With Nvidia
Despite the massive buzz on AI, only a few core companies that power the Age of AI will succeed. The high capital costs of research and development investment, the time required to take a product to market, and the ability to cross competitive moats create a massive barrier to entry. In fact, only a few vendors have shown significant profits in AI:
Monday's Musings: Progress Through The Five A's of AI
Take A Measured Approach To AI Adoption
The rush to AI projects often comes as an all or nothing approach. However, lessons learned from Constellation's Executive Network (CEN) members show a gradual and measured approach. Constellation sees five phases to adoption from both a business and cultural point of view:
A creative response to Generative AI
Can an actor copyright their face or their voice? To protect against Generative AI, they might have other legal options.
Monday's Musings: Margin Compression - Tech Vendors Are You Leading The Way Or In The Way?
Technologies for the enterprise have often been seen as enablers for disruption and change. Over the past five decades as one technology or vendor would come to prominence and dominate a market, challengers would apply new technologies or business models to topple the legacy market and create new markets. Silicon Valley built its credibility on these disruptive market entrants. This cycle would continue to repeat itself until the next challenger became the market leader and struggle to hold on to its lead while meeting the demands of investors and the market.
Monday's Musing: When The Hunters Become The Hunted
Expect Software Giant Hunters To Soon Be The Hunted In A Digital Giant's Quest For Growth
Six of the Magnificent Seven (Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet [Google], Amazon, Meta [Facebook]) stocks have entered the four comma club -over $1 trillion in market cap. With a combined market cap of over $13.2 trillion, these six players continue to defy physics with continuous quarters of double digit organic growth. Digital giants by definition have deployed five key strategies: