Episode 1: Accelerating digital transformation
Speaker: Kumar Parakala, President, GHD Digital
In his foreword for Tomorrow’s thinking. Today’s people Kumar explored how combining engineering expertise and industry knowledge with digital technologies can help to reimagine and create a new future. In this reflective episode, Kumar discusses the amplification of digital technology, the skillsets businesses need to thrive and the importance of diversity of thought during the pandemic.
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About Kumar:
An entrepreneur, business leader and a trusted advisor, Kumar has more than two decades of experience in building new and existing professional services businesses in global markets. As President, GHD Digital, Kumar leads a global team to help clients transform their business by executing strategies that integrate digital technologies, innovation, in-depth engineering and industry knowledge.
Upcoming episodes:
- Dr. Elanor Huntington, Professor and Dean of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University (ANU), shares her thoughts on the concept ‘technical trust at scale’
- Adam Jacoby, serial entrepreneur, explains why engineers may become the superheroes of our time
- Dr. Charles Day, CEO, Office of Innovation and Science Australia (OISA), tells us why there has never been a more exciting time to be an engineer
- Janett Egber, Customer Experience, Design Strategy and Planning Lead, Medibank, gives us insight into why large organisations need ‘intrapreneurs’.
