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C-suite conversations without the PR filter. Executive Intelligence brings diginomica's analysts face-to-face with the CEOs, founders, and technology leaders shaping enterprise software – probing the real story on AI, digital transformation, and what's actually working. Listen to the episodes below, or visit our podbean page.
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 enterprise AI. From freeing processes from vendor lock-in to the SaaS-pocalypse debate to a renegotiation of the social contract, Thoma makes the case for operational truth before automation.
Executive Intelligence podcast - why does Zoho approach AI differently? With Raju Vegesna and Ram Ramamoorthy
We are in dire need of fresh approaches to enterprise AI - and details on how they work. Time to dig in with two Zoho executives, both of whom bring the issues of privacy, data sovereignty, and customer control over "intelligence" to a head.
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.
Cloud ERP, AI, and customer priorities: Acumatica's Ali Jani and Miten Mehta weigh in
With the Acumatica Summit on deck, it's the perfect time to discuss the relevance of cloud ERP versus agentic AI. Are the two in conflict, or is there a way forward that pulls in the best of both? Time for free-flowing chat with Acumatica's Ali Jani and Miten Mehta.
Blue Yonder CEO Duncan Angove on pragmatic AI for supply chain, change management, and platform thinking
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 real examples of business value rather than hype.
IFS’s Kriti Sharma on harnessing AI for good and for industry
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 so, how should it be managed? Listen in...
UiPath CEO Daniel Dines on scaling 7x revenue without growing the finance team
UiPath’s Daniel Dines doesn’t just talk about automation in theory - he’s lived it. In our podcast, he shared how UiPath’s SAP transformation achieved a 93% Clean Core, why the finance team scaled revenue 7x without adding headcount, and his vision for agents, humans, and robots working side by side.
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 just the beginning. Now SaaS faces a disruptive challenge of its own, via the rise of agentic AI. How has Harris and team responded? And what has Harris learned from customer AI adoption? Jon Reed digs in.
Acumatica CEO John Case on why AI won't kill cloud ERP, if you get industry verticals right
Acumatica CEO John Case is in the hot seat - but in a good way. As Acumatica looks ahead as a Vista equity company, AI brings a new set of disruptions. But in this podcast, Case makes his case for why an effective cloud ERP platform is crucial for the kind of AI enterprises need.
Freshworks CEO Dennis Woodside on AI adoption, simplifying IT complexity, and taking on legacy tech providers
AI adoption is a topic of conversation that dominates every tech agenda, 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 diginomica's Stuart Lauchlan to probe further.
Zoho co-Founder and Chief Scientist Sridhar Vembu on what AI means for software and society
Continuing our series of podcast conversations with thought-leading senior enterprise tech leaders, Zoho's Sridhar Vembu shares his thoughts on the state of AI, how it will change software engineering, and his concerns about its impact on society at large.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff speaks on digital labor, agentic futures, and always coming back to customer success
In the first of a new series of podcast conversations with thought-leading enterprise tech executives, Salesforce's Marc Benioff reflects on how the firm has grown over 26 years and looks ahead to a future that combines humans and AI in pursuit of the eternal goal of customer success.
