Gartner Thinkcast

What do gold standard supply chain organizations do differently? For starters, the chief supply chain officer (CSCO) is viewed as a strategic business partner, which is only the case at 47% of organizations. A resilient and agile supply chain requires strong alignment between the CSCO and their C-suite peers. But that’s not all.   In this episode, Jennifer Loveland, a Senior Director Analyst within the supply chain team at Gartner, discusses the four critical reinventions high-performing supply chain organizations are implementing to combat disruption in the short term and how two trends in particular have serious potential to impact supply chain revenue in the long term. Dig Deeper   Download: Future of Supply Chain eBook https://gtnr.it/3Y31wmK   Discover: Gartner Supply Chain Symposium Xpo 2023  https://gtnr.it/3wR01fp

Organizations are facing massive internal and external challenges, such as supply chain disruptions, persistent inflation and labor shortages. While modern businesses need to align strategy, technology and workforce management, the key to fortifying yourself against these obstacles may lie in IT infrastructure and operations.    This episode features Douglas Toombs, a VP Analyst for Infrastructure & Operations and keynote speaker at this year’s Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference. In this interview, Douglas explains that I&O not only affects people, processes and technology but also how leaders can align all three to create an innovative ecosystem to help their organizations withstand emerging headwinds. Dig Deeper Read: A Cost Optimization Strategy for I&O Leaders in Uncertain Times https://gtnr.it/3XO9lw3   Learn: What Any Leader Needs to Know About Cloud Computing https://gtnr.it/3J6WQYm   Discover: Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strate

As economic conditions sour, leaders may be tempted to take back more control over work — by, for example, mandating a rigid return to the office. Our data shows that would be a big mistake.    In this episode, Caitlin Duffy, Director of Research for Gartner’s HR practice, offers guidance on exactly which hybrid work model is most successful — based on Gartner’s survey of 400+ employees and leaders of organizations around the world who have worked consistently under some kind of hybrid-work model since the beginning of the pandemic.   She discusses how to: Understand the current state of hybrid work Create a “human-centric” work model Prioritize employee well-being  Rethink your assumptions about the long-term sustainability of hybrid work  Dig Deeper   Download: Evolve Culture and Leadership for a Hybrid World https://gtnr.it/3C2p4hV   Explore: The Future of Work Reinvented Resource Center https://gtnr.it/36S6aOJ   Discover: The 9 Future of Work Trends That Impact Your 2023 Strategy https://gtnr.it/3Ij2

This year, Gartner ThinkCast covered topics on the forefront of business and technology leaders’ minds. Now, as 2022 rolls to a close, we’re looking back at some of our most popular and thought-provoking conversations of the year.    First, Alexander Bant, Chief of Research for CFOs at Gartner, details nine key actions financial leaders can take today to continue to drive agility and digital transformation — and successfully navigate the next 12 to 24 months.   Then, Melissa Davis, VP Analyst at Gartner, advises Gartner clients on the use of customer analytics, shares details about a few of the Gartner 2022 Hype Cycle™ snapshots for emerging technologies, all of which are poised to drive massive transformation in the public and private sectors and earn a whole lot of consumer attention.   Finally, Andrew White, Distinguished VP Analyst, and Sarah Turkaly, Senior Principal, Advisory, both at Gartner and whose research focuses on data and analytics, outline how you can use the Gartner Value Pyramid to break do

CIOs are increasingly expected to demonstrate that their investments in business digitalization and information technologies can deliver immediate top-line or bottom-line benefits.    In this episode, Janelle B. Hill, Distinguished VP and Chief of Research for Gartner’s CIO practice, offers guidance to CIOs on showing how their investments are accelerating growth beyond what was previously possible with people and machines, creating “digital dividends.”    Key actions she discusses include: Prioritizing the right digital initiatives Creating an outcome-driven set of metrics Partnering with business-led fusion teams Tapping unconventional talent pools to accelerate impact.   Dig deeper   Download: Gartner 2023 CIO Agenda eBook https://gtnr.it/3hzwC5e   Explore: Upcoming CIO Conferences https://gtnr.it/3OwBoga   Discover Gartner BuySmart™: Streamline your tech purchase from start to finish. https://gtnr.it/3hAyjiE  

Technology trends are expected to impact enterprise strategies in the coming three years by enabling organizations to address four key priorities:    - Optimizing resilience, operations or trust - Scaling vertical solutions, product delivery or everywhere - Pioneering customer engagement, accelerated responses or opportunity - Pursuing sustainable technology solutions   In this episode, David Groombridge, a Distinguished VP Analyst within the IT Leaders and Technical Professionals team at Gartner, discusses the top strategic technology trends that are critical to understanding how to optimize, scale, pioneer and pursue a sustainable technology roadmap. The intent is to assist in the development of relevant roadmaps to enable reliable and sustainable business growth and outperform the competition.   Dig Deeper   Download: Your Detailed Guide to the 2023 Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends https://gtnr.it/3ggaj3W   Explore: Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ https://gtnr.it/3OwBoga

Enterprise technology purchasing has changed and continues to evolve, but whether that evolution occurs rapidly enough to meet the demands of digital transformation remains to be seen. A 2022 Gartner survey revealed that 62 percent of recent technology purchases failed to meet respondents’ expectations; only 13 percent said that their purchase both met their expectations and that they did not settle when it came to making their final technology selection to purchase. Still, 85 percent of respondents said they received value from their purchase. What’s behind this disconnect between satisfaction and perceived value? Most often, the answer can be found in the technology purchase process.   In this episode, Hank Barnes, Chief of Research on the Gartner Tech & Service Provider team, who focuses on enterprise technology buying behavior, speaks with ThinkCast’s host Karen Stokes Lockhart, Expert Partner, about the challenges tech purchase teams face, how to navigate increasingly complex purchase processes and

Today, I&O leaders encounter many opportunities to drive change across all facets of their broader organizations. How can IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) deliver rapid transformation across all industries, meet increased need for productivity and remove organizational friction or barriers to change?   In this interview, which first aired on the Gartner Live video channel on YouTube, Daniel Betts, Senior Director Analyst at Gartner, covering DevOps, PlatformOps and DevSecOps, and Roger Williams, VP Analyst at Gartner, covering configuration management database and IT asset management, discuss the trends in automation and platform engineering fueling the next stages of digital transformation. They also provide a preview of the keynote themes planned for Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference 2022, “Leading the Next Phase of Growth,” which will be held December 6 – 8, in Las Vegas, NV. Dig Deeper:   Register: Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Str

What is the metaverse? Where is it heading next? Businesses, consumers, finance and the public sector all stand to gain from the many opportunities and new approaches to engagement offered by the metaverse. First, early adopters should understand how to prepare and all that’s required to get started.    In this episode, Tuong Nguyen, a Director Analyst with the Gartner Emerging Technologies and Trends team, who leads research on immersive technologies, metaverse, computer vision and more, speaks with Robert Hetu, a VP Analyst with the Gartner Retail Industry Services team, to relay answers to early metaverse questions around purpose, technology and expectations. Dig Deeper   Download: Your Detailed Guide to Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends 2023 https://gtnr.it/3ggaj3W   Discover: The Gartner 2021-2023 Emerging Technology Roadmap https://gtnr.it/3D5rUEK  

NFTs, cloud sustainability and autonomic systems each represent various stages of the hype cycle framework — from Innovation Trigger to the Trough of Disillusionment, and beyond. Why does Gartner expect those technologies will significantly affect business, society and people over the next two to 10 years?   As organizations prepare for the next wave of digital transformation, leaders are also navigating talent shortages, ESG — environmental, social and governance challenges — and a rapidly shifting cybersecurity landscape.    This episode features two segments that dive into both themes: First, Melissa Davis, a VP analyst who advises Gartner clients on the use of customer analytics, will share details on a few of the Gartner 2022 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies that will drive massive transformation in the public and private sectors, and a whole lot of consumer attention. Then, in an interview first published by our sister channel Gartner Live video, Gartner analyst and 2022 IT Symposium/ExpoTM Conferen

New Gartner research reveals that 89% of sellers report suffering burn-out, and current levels of seller attrition simply are not sustainable, but there are ways to boost and maintain seller motivation — even improve seller performance — despite economic pressures and other challenges that fall well outside sales leaders’ control.   In this episode — originally aired by our sister show,  “The Gartner Sales Podcast” — Doug Bushee, senior director analyst covering Gartner’s Sales Enablement Key Initiative, and Betsy Gregory-Hosler, a senior research director for Gartner’s Sales Research Practice, cover the latest findings from Gartner’s Sales Motivation Survey with Alice Walmesley, a director in Gartner’s Expert Advisory team who works closely with cross-industry sales leaders providing quantitative- and research-backed guidance in critical decision areas. Walmesley details the concept of seller ‘drag,’ and why sales leaders should consider impacts on drag separately from seller drive, as well as ways to diagn

The 2008-2009 recession brought several key learnings to light for businesses long after they entered recovery. First among those lessons: Executive leaders who took bold, decisive action at the very start of economic contraction saw the greatest gains against their competitors post-recession.    While many business and financial leaders looked forward to relief from burnout and a return to normalcy coming out of the pandemic, instead they now face new stresses: recession risks, talent shortages, and increasing pressure to tighten spending. In this episode — originally aired by our sister show, “CFOs’ Autonomous Future, The Gartner Finance Podcast” — Alexander Bant, Gartner’s chief of research for CFOs, dives deeper into the data, key lessons and takeaways from organizations that successfully navigated the 2008-2009 recession, and details nine key actions financial leaders can take today to continue to drive agility and digital transformation, and successfully navigate the next 12 to 24 months.  Dig Deeper

Since 2020, the pandemic, social justice movements and other significant global events have hastened the evolution of consumer or audience expectations — and criticisms — of social media. Consumers no longer scroll passively through channel feeds, and brands can no longer consider social solely a distribution channel for content.    Businesses and organizations that engage in social media without an up-to-date audience- or community-specific strategy risk diminishing channel impact and ROI, and losing customers. In this episode, originally broadcast on #Hashtags: The Gartner Marketing & Communications Podcast, Dorian Cundick, a vice president with the Gartner for Marketers Advisory Team, and Amber Gallihar Boyes, a director analyst who works with CMOs and heads of communication, discuss the unique expectations for distinct social channels, why and how audience expectations tend to shift, and the organizations that achieved successful engagement, thanks to highly intentional approaches to community buildin

Maintaining current margins in profitability while also achieving targets for sustainability, speed and innovation, often mean the difference between success and lackluster performance. Supply chain leaders are increasingly required to make faster, more accurate decisions, in real time. Environmental, social and governance issues round out the many focal areas competing for leading CSCOs’ attention. What sets the world’s leading supply chain organizations apart from their competitors?    In this episode, originally broadcast on The Gartner Supply Chain Podcast, Mike Griswold, a Research VP on Gartner’s Consumer Value Chain team, and Caroline Chumakov, a Senior Principal Analyst on the Talent and Sustainability team, break down the four macro trends informing supply chain evolution, the rise of the “chief ecosystems officer” and key insights and takeaways for businesses of every size.    Dig Deeper:   Download: The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2022 https://gtnr.it/3QbHFNR   Subscribe: The Gartner Supply

Sixty-three percent of CFOs believe this inflationary period will last at least 12 months, according to Gartner research, which means the financial and economic reality businesses face isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. And on the horizon is a possible recession — something that business leaders find themselves preparing for, or should if they’re not already.   In this episode, Alexander Bant, Chief of Research for CFOs at Gartner, and Brian Kropp, a Distinguished Vice President of Research who oversees the research, tools, services and support that Gartner provides to HR leaders, discuss how organizations can not only weather these current macro forces, but also harness opportunities to drive profitable and efficient growth.     Dig Deeper   Download: Evolve Culture & Leadership for the Hybrid Workplace https://gtnr.it/3OUS2W3   Watch: Gartner Panel: Top Inflation Concerns for 2022 and Beyond https://gtnr.it/3yPZYlQ   Watch: The CFO’s Playbook for Enhancing Profitability & Driving Digital Accelerat

You’ve likely heard the phrase “enterprise value model,” but how many of us know exactly what it means — and how to use it to our organization’s advantage? Especially in today’s business environment, which is full of conflicting variables, discontinuity and disruption, we’ve discovered that traditional return-on-investment models fail to properly account for non-financial variables that are critical to value creation.   In this episode, Rita Sallam, a Distinguished VP Analyst and Gartner Fellow on the Data and Analytics team, and Donna Scott, a Distinguished VP Analyst in Gartner's Office of the CIO Research, join us to break down a new enterprise value equation that offers leaders a fresh way to view the decisions they make in terms of the impact those decisions deliver to various stakeholders and the value the organization realizes in return — not just in the here and now, but also so far as the long-term health of the business.   Dig Deeper   Download: 9 Rules for Demonstrating the Business Value of IT ht

According to our research, 76% of CIOs and 61% of CEOs believe that demand from machine customers will become significant in their industry by 2030. On average, these leaders predict that by that date, over 21% of their revenue will come from machine customers. This suggests a market shift twice as deep and twice as fast as the arrival of e-commerce has been.   In this episode, Senior Director Analyst Uma Challa and Director, Analyst Brian Weber, both of who sit in Gartner’s customer service practice, join us to discuss the rapid rise of machine customers and how it will affect leaders across customer service, marketing, sales, data and analytics, IT, and more.   Dig Deeper   Download: The Future of Customer Service: 5 Emerging Trends To Watch https://gtnr.it/3zlyfKM   Watch: How the CMO Role is Changing to Be More Customer-Centric https://gtnr.it/38QZ5PS   Read: Are Machine Customers Better Than Human Customers? https://gtnr.it/394HGUb

Every business likes to claim that it is “data-driven” or at least “data-informed,” but too often, that’s not the way things actually work. Data is relegated to an IT function, siloed and, in some cases, boils down to simply producing more reports and dashboards. There is, however, a better way, and it relies on successfully linking data to business outcomes.   In this episode, Andrew White, a Distinguished VP Analyst for Data and Analytics, and Sarah Turkaly, a Principal, Advisory for Data and Analytics, outline how you can use the Gartner Value Pyramid to break down silos, reengineer key decisions and align data with leadership’s mission critical priorities.    Dig Deeper   Learn More: Gartner Data & Analytics Summit https://gtnr.it/3GltFgW   Download: Gartner’s Essential Guides for Effective Decision Making https://gtnr.it/3yWDRdZ   Watch: Link Data to Business Outcomes https://gtnr.it/3yWDRdZ

This year’s Gartner’s CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey reveals that environmental sustainability has become a top-10 business priority for the first time ever with more than triple the CEOs citing it than just one year prior. Meanwhile, social responsibility and ESG emerged as the second-largest contributor to CEO focus on corporate issues, increasing 50% year over year.    Here to analyze why sustainability has come to the forefront, how business leaders can advance their sustainability strategies and common pitfalls to avoid are Kristin Moyer, a Distinguished VP Analyst in Gartner's Executive Leadership of Digital Business Growth Strategies practice, and Sarah Watt, a Research Vice President on the Talent and Sustainability team.    Dig Deeper Explore: Sustainable Business Strategy for a Positive Social and Environmental Impact https://gtnr.it/3N7XovQ   Watch: Progress from Strategy to Action on Sustainability https://gtnr.it/3w34dcB   Watch: Sustainable Agriculture: A View From Bayer’s Supply Cha

Especially if you work at a large, traditional organization, it’s important to find ways to think more creatively — and drive the actions that come out of these new ways of looking ahead. Your — and your company’s — success depends on it. And that’s where a new approach we call  “rogue thinking” comes in.   Here to discuss the newest research on the practice, how to become a rogue thinker, and the many benefits behind it are Penny Gillespie, a Vice President and Gartner Fellow in our Customer Experience and Digital Commerce team, and Whit Andrews, a Vice President and Distinguished Analyst in our Applications and Software Engineering Group. Press play to learn from innovative organizations, understand where others get tripped up and discover seven daily actions to become a rogue thinker.   Dig Deeper   Download: 3 Strategic Actions for Successful Leadership https://gtnr.it/3HdILnG Download: New Ways to Organize for Collaboration and Speed https://gtnr.it/3EPntgx