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Corporate performance improvement aligns with ESG metric tracking
More and more, businesses are recognizing that incorporating Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance, or ESG, into their products and services directly correlates to financial results. Doing good is no longer at the expense of doing well. For both stakeholders and customers, ESG represents another point in their decision making.
How a mindset shift transformed our finance department
When culture and technology align, transformative things can happen. By shifting its mindset to embrace the cloud-based digital tools of modern finance, Microsoft’s finance department has been able to optimize internal operations and drive business partners to action.
On culture, capability, and technology in modern marketing transformation
Very often marketing teams are struggling to adjust to modern marketing. The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) role is changing at the same rate as our customer expectations are changing. The expectation is on the CMO to not only drive the current lifetime value but also to identify the signals for future growth.
The Grand Re-opening of the Chicago MTC: A commitment to Chicago
Today, we at Microsoft are absolutely thrilled to showcase the grand re-opening of the Microsoft Technology Center in Chicago. With 75,000 square feet of newly leased space, the Chicago MTC is all about helping local companies lead the way in digital innovation.
Transforming the sales side of marketing, Learning from Leaders, Episode 7
When it comes to compelling digital marketing, it’s not enough anymore to just have a thought-provoking ad. That ad has to spark something in the minds of the target audience, or the “members,” as Jia Hyun calls them. Hyun is head of LinkedIn’s Marketing Solutions for North America, working on the sales side of marketing.
Empowering accessibility in manufacturing with AI
At this juncture in the early stages of the AI-powered Fourth Industrial Revolution, a lot of attention has been paid to the possibility that millions of workers will be displaced by automation and robots, raising fears of rising unemployment in the years ahead.
“Disrupt or be disrupted,” says KPMG finance industry COO, Learning from Leaders, Episode 6
You might be surprised to hear an auditor embrace the advice, “Disrupt or be disrupted.” The auditing business is highly regulated worldwide and an auditor’s role in the business ecosystem is to provide stability and transparency. Disruption isn’t an idea the industry takes lightly.
Learn how adaptive learning is closing the skills gap at ADP, Learning from Leaders, Episode 5
Our latest guest on Learning From Leaders, ADP’s VP of Enterprise Learning, Andrea Elkin, got her start as a financial analyst on Wall Street. “Part of what I was doing in the early part of my career was presenting the data, the numbers, and the analytics to help executives run their business.
Realizing AI strategy with a problem-first approach
Jomit Vaghela | Cloud Solution Architect, US EC Industry, Microsoft In collaboration with the National Association of Manufacturers In my earlier post, I discussed basics of machine learning (ML) and techniques that can drive powerful outcomes for manufacturers. Now, let’s discuss the approach for realizing those outcomes.
A conversation on transforming manufacturing and IIoT, Learning From Leaders, Episode 4
The age of intelligent manufacturing is here and innovators are leading the pack by digitally transforming their organizations.