Forget about digital transformation Posted February 16th, 2016 | filed under news. We have had quite a few discussions and keynotes about digital transformation this year. At our latest year end event, Agfa’s CEO Christian Reinaudo gave us food for thought: “Why still talk about digital transformation? Everything’s digital anyhow. Call it transformation, period. Okay, we shouldn’t throw away all texts and talks on the subject, but Christian had a point. Digital transformation is just one part of the digitalization. Read more
De Persgroep anticipated digital disruption Posted January 18th, 2016 | filed under news. At last year’s final event, Jo Caudron warned us for the evolution of digital and agile start-ups that are capable to disrupt your business. One of the first businesses to ‘suffer’ from digital, was media. Circulation is going down, generation z isn’t reading paper anymore and numerous magazines and print shops have disappeared over the past couple of years. Advertising revenues have halved to approximately 25 billion dollars in the US alone. Google on the other hand, went from nought to 50 billion dollars in ten years’ time. Read more
Erwin Verstraelen replaces Freddy Van den Wyngaert as president Posted December 11th, 2015 | filed under news. Thanks for your massive presence on monday: good content, interesting speakers and good conversations afterwards. Strong indicators of a vibrant community. A special thank you also to Freddy Van den Wyngaert who has led our community with so much enthusiasm and passion the past six years as president: CIOforum wouldn’t be what it is today without him. Read more
Peter Bal (WABCO) is CIO of the Year 2015 Posted December 11th, 2015 | filed under news. We proudly announce that Peter Bal from Wabco became officially the newly elected CIO of the Year 2015! Peter is Board member and EOC president of our CIOforum Belgian Business community! Congrats to Peter Bal who takes the torch from Veerle Lozie also a CIOforum Board member who represented, during 2014, the obligations of the CIO of the Year! Thanks to both for your commitment, to the profession and our community. Read more
The Year End Event 2015 at 360° Posted December 10th, 2015 | filed under news. We provide you with the link to access the 360 degrees recording of Johan Driessens’ presentation at our Year End Event. Allows you to get a feel of the potential. To play this video, use Google Chrome instead of Safari or other browsers. On mobile phones this video can be played using the Youtube App (available from apps stores). Read more
How to stimulate innovation through Intrapreneurship Posted September 15th, 2015 | filed under news. Let’s push an open door: not innovating is as good as standing still. Former CIO of the Year Cécile Gonfroid (RTBf) said it at our year-end event in 2013: “Listen to the business, innovate or disappear.” Earlier this year, Group Aveve’s CIO Erwin Verstraelen talked to us about collaborative economies and how they are disrupting current business models: Airbnb in the hotel sector, Uber in the taxi and carrier sector, and others. How should a company innovate its model? You cannot stimulate the desire for change. But you can facilitate intrapreneurship. Read more