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These discussion summaries are all abstracted to a practical, usable framework. All references to companies, numbers and confidential initiatives have been redacted under Chatham House rules. This document may be shared internally within Executive Technology Board organizations.

Redefining Trust in the Digital Economy

In a world where technology evolves faster than policies and societal norms, trust has become both a currency and a foundation of success in the digital economy. Technology enables scale and velocity in ways previously unknown, amplifying not only opportunities, but also risks - issues once manageable on a smaller scale at pace have now become monumental in their impact. And trust is no longer a passive construct but an active, dynamic process that requires continuous alignment between technology, ethics, and human values.

Redefining Trust in the Digital Economy

Rethinking Customer Value Chains

Evolving AI, data platforms and automation technologies are creating opportunities to reimagine entire customer value chains that were originally put in place with the capabilities then available. Technology executives embarking on this journey of rethinking their customer value chains are transforming their businesses, and driving growth, efficiency, and durability in their business models.

Rethinking Customer Value Chains

Scaling Innovation in the Enterprise

At the annual meeting of the Executive Technology Board in Seattle, over two dozen participating members met on two key agenda topics. 1) Architecting AI for the Enterprise and 2) Practical Frameworks for scaling Innovation. We also brought in four C-level executives from Microsoft, Salesforce, AWS and Madrona for additional perspectives in these two areas.

Architecting AI for the Enterprise

Practical Frameworks for Scaling Innovation

Perspectives on the Horizon ahead

The Executive Technology Board met in London with member CIO/CDOs across consumer goods, energy, manufacturing, financial services, manufacturing, life sciences and investment sectors in a full-day small group meetings. Deep dive discussions ensued on 1) redefining digital transformation, 2) building data-driven businesses and 3) sustainability, regulatory and new risks.

Digital Transformation redefined, circa 2024

Creating a Data-Driven business

Architecting for Sustainability, Regulatory and Other Risks

Musk-Pharma-Report.pdf12337.1KB

Operating Technology

The meeting of the Executive Technology Board in Birmingham, UK gathered a curated small group of Europe-based CIO/CDO/CTO members from corporations across vertical industries. The group toured one of Europe’s largest fully automated smart factories of its kind and spent time on a deep dive discussion on Operating Technology (OT). This summary of the conversation has been abstracted to a framework that may be used in defining and driving OT/IT operating model convergence, implementing AI in manufacturing, and governing for Cybersecurity in OT.

Synchronizing IT and Operating Technology.pdf161.0KB

AI in Manufacturing.pdf203.5KB

Cybersecurity in OT.pdf148.8KB

Enterprise Architectures, GenAI Pilot to Production and Data at Scale

The Executive Technology Board met in Boston with member CIO/CDOs across consumer goods, energy, manufacturing, retail, financial services, real estate, insurance, communications, and investment sectors in two full-day small group meetings. Deep dive discussions ensued on 1) the pilot to production journey in Generative AI, 2) harvesting value from data platforms and 3) enterprise architectures in the new geopolitical environment.

Pilot to Production journey in Generative AI.pdf35.5KB

Harvesting Value from Data.pdf29.9KB

Enterprise Architecture in the New Geopolitical Environment.pdf28.3KB

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