IESE Insight - Podcasts

Eduardo Ruiz: 3 Tips for Digital Transformation

Date: 14/09/2018 Area(s): Information Technologies; Knowledge and Communication; Innovation and Change Document type: Interview The Facebooks and Googles of the world are taking a lot of advertising money away from traditional media because they claim they have the best data. Is that true? Eduardo Ruiz, President and General Manager of A+E Networks Latin America, urges managers to drill down into the data to really understand the local customer and find competitive advantage. ...

Eduardo Ruiz: A Change of Mindset

Date: 14/09/2018 Area(s): Information Technologies; Knowledge and Communication; Innovation and Change Document type: Interview How can you maintain your revenues while experimenting with the next business model? It's not easy but you have to adopt an innovation mindset, insists Eduardo Ruiz, President and General Manager of A+E Networks Latin America. "One has to come to the realization that you don't have all the answers. It's okay to fail, but do it quickly, learn and move ...

Eduardo Ruiz: The Power of Brands

Date: 14/09/2018 Area(s): Information Technologies; Knowledge and Communication; Innovation and Change Document type: Interview Where are we going to be five years from now? Will linear networks continue to exist? These are the questions on everyone's mind, says Eduardo Ruiz, President and General Manager of A+E Networks Latin America. "I personally believe that brands -- the value of the brand and the brand proposition -- are what's going to differentiate who survives and ...

Eduardo Ruiz: Making the Rules as We Go

Date: 14/09/2018 Area(s): Information Technologies; Knowledge and Communication; Innovation and Change Document type: Interview Eduardo Ruiz, President and General Manager of A+E Networks Latin America, has had "quite an interesting ride" during his more than 25 years in television, media and advertising. He discusses the challenge of maintaining the legacy business while exploring new business models: "There's no set of rules right now. We're making the rules as we go."

The Future of Management in an Artificial Intelligence-Based World

Date: 27/06/2018 Area(s): Strategy; Leadership and People Management Document type: Report How should leaders adapt to AI? The fifth edition of The Future of Leadership Development Conference at IESE, organized by Franz Heukamp and Jordi Canals, provided an interdisciplinary look at how AI is changing some leadership requirements and reinforcing others.

Piyush Gupta: How to Deal With Rising Protectionism

Date: 18/05/2018 Area(s): Information Technologies; Finance; Decision Analysis Document type: Interview Income inequality and social tensions are fueling a rise in protectionism and nationalism, which will probably make doing international business more difficult in the years ahead. But DBS CEO Piyush Gupta still sees opportunity: having a global footprint in 100 countries may get harder, but adopting a multi-local strategy can work.

Piyush Gupta: New Rules Needed to Regulate Data

Date: 18/05/2018 Area(s): Information Technologies; Finance; Decision Analysis Document type: Interview DBS CEO Piyush Gupta used to call data the new oil but now he calls it the new air because it's everywhere and harder to control. "We're going to have to develop new social rules around data," he says, using an analogy of a gun vs. a knife. "We haven't even started thinking about how these rules will play out."

Piyush Gupta: 3 Keys to Digital Transformation

Date: 18/05/2018 Area(s): Information Technologies; Finance; Decision Analysis Document type: Interview What did DBS do to get named the world's best digital bank? CEO Piyush Gupta boils the transformation agenda down to three things: rethink your technology architecture; reimagine the customer journey; and create a startup culture of experimentation and a willingness to take risks.

Piyush Gupta: "We Do Real Things for Real People"

Date: 18/05/2018 Area(s): Information Technologies; Finance; Decision Analysis Document type: Interview It's "a sorry state of affairs" when people prefer going to the dentist to going to a bank, says Piyush Gupta. Since becoming CEO of DBS, a leading financial services group in Southeast Asia, Gupta has transformed operations to make banking a joyful experience for customers. In this interview with IESE Dean Franz Heukamp, he shares his leadership lessons ...

Why Execution Is No Longer the Key to Competitive Advantage

Date: 23/04/2018 Area(s): Accounting and Control; Strategy Document type: Session Every Wednesday, Amazon's top executives reportedly meet for hours to ponder the future. Why? Because looking to the future has become more important than execution for business success in VUCA times. Antonio Davila (briefly) explains his 70/30 recommendation.