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PUBLICATIONS

As director of research at CIONET, Roger leads at least four in-depth studies every year. Each survey involves interviews with leading thinkers and pioneering practitioners across Europe. The research process culminates with a C-level roundtable event and public report. These in-depth surveys are supplemented by Roger’s self-penned thought leadership pieces.

Community Programme

Points of View

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Roger explores how the CIO community should respond to AI's potential benefits. It suggests that CIOs implement strategies and policies to exploit such new capabilities.

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In this article, Roger summarises the discussions between digital leaders on how best to deploy Gen AI to increase revenues and reduce costs.

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Listening to CIONET’s community of over 10,000 digital leaders across Europe, I am placing my personal bets on three winning developments for the coming decade: AI;
immersive technologies, and
Web 3.0.

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Roger examines the challenges and opportunities that enable organisations to achieve future-proof status in the coming decade. The discussion is based on his publication of the same title.

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Corporations are finding many different ways of exploiting Gen AI. This report looks at some of the early successes through the eyes of experienced practitioners.

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Roger summarises two compelling business cases illustrating how new technologies such as Gen AI can be implemented in traditional organisations to yield benefits.

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Just imagine you are back in the 2000 dot-com boom. Could you foresee the rise of Big Tech, then? Now look forward twenty years to 2040. Be prepared for the rise of the digital artisan.

Community Programme

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Digital has become a central component of today’s business model. Boards must ensure that culture, technologies, and compliance are aligned to mitigate cyber and operational risks.

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Digital leadership has never been more central to the new economy. But what are the characteristics of digital leadership? Roger exchanges views with leading practitioners.

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In the fourth Community event of 2023, Roger leads a discussion on the qualities of digital leadership with experienced CIOs from Heineken and elsewhere.

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Roger discusses the threats of cyber wars with the CIO of the UK’s Ministry of Defence aboard H M S Belfast with over one hundred attendees.

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Roger describes ways in which CIOs can help their organisations implement innovative digital models to gain a competitive advantage.

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In the final community event of 2024, leading speakers share their views with Roger on how to succeed as a nation in digital business.

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Roger moderates a discussion between eminent leaders on the crucial topic of data sovereignty as it will affect the UK in the future.

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In the final community event of 2024, leading speakers share their views with Roger on how to succeed as a nation in digital business.

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Consolidating corporate services into an integrated global platform is gaining momentum. But where are the CIOs in this changing landscape?

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In the first Community event of 2023, Roger interviews the global CIO of Astra Zeneca to learn about technology-enabled innovations in the pharmaceutical sector.

Research

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Today, companies are under pressure to deliver more business value with fewer resources. This is particularly true for the IT organisation. Proving value opportunities to the ‘C’ suite and shareholders is the highest priority for IT.

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Speaking with 35 digital leaders in the UK, we gained a deeper understanding of the legacy challenges facing public and private organisations today, and the solutions that are they might adopt.

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For decades most large incumbent organisations have shown to be incapable of growing revenues that exceed inflation. This ‘C’ suite survey suggests that they cannot innovate. But there are ways to overcome this blockage.

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Why do as many as 70 per cent of digital transformation programmes fail to deliver the expected value? Technology is rarely an obstacle. Instead, culture and mindset are the most frequent blockers to success.

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Synchronising customer experiences, business models and IT platforms is key to survival in a digital age. This report summarises best practices from digital leaders such as the CTO of Carrefour, CIO of Bridgestone and DHL Express.

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COVID-19 sent billions of workers home with dramatic consequences for the way we work. Pandemics are a wake-up call for planners and facility managers. Here we provide new scenarios for tomorrow’s workplace.

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Interviews with digital leaders from across Europe suggest six essential qualities that have enabled these ‘Master Chefs’ to attain professional high standing. These are curiosity, purpose, imagination, authenticity, dynamism and agility.

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Today, boards of large incumbent organisations must respond to the growing challenge of digitally native companies. New business models, enterprise architectures, cultural mindsets and platforms are required to meet the newcomers head-on.

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Extracting full value from the myriads of data engulfing corporations today is thebiggest challenge for digital leaders. Our CIONET Data playbook provides practical guidance on architectures and frameworks for data mixologists.

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The journey to the automated enterprise has been slow and complex due to legacy structures and systems. This report examines whether robotic process automation and low code can break the current impasse.

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Interviews with digital leaders from across Europe suggest six essential qualities that have enabled these ‘Master Chefs’ to attain professional high standing. These are curiosity, purpose, imagination, authenticity, dynamism and agility.

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Roger captures and records the remarkable success stories of Europe’s digital leaders in these Cookbooks – Recipes for Digital Success. He also records their favourite food recipes.

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Roger captures and records the remarkable success stories of Europe’s digital leaders in these Cookbooks – Recipes for Digital Success. He also records their favourite food recipes.

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Interviews with digital leaders from across Europe suggest six essential qualities that have enabled these ‘Master Chefs’ to attain professional high standing. These are curiosity, purpose, imagination, authenticity, dynamism and agility.

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Investments

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Rarely has the investment future been so uncertain. The debate for private investors is about growth versus value stocks. Is it better to have cash now or wait for higher returns later?

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2022 was a truly testing year for investors. A combination of factors transformed the global landscape. 2023 remains clouded in uncertainty, but some principles may help investors to navigate the storm ahead.

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