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Alex Bulat-van den Wildenberg

Changing the world starts with curiosity. It is the force that drives us to new discoveries, to exploration and new horizons. Without curiosity there would be no progress. Feeling stunned by discovery and amazed everyday, seeking for the inventions, innovations and technologies that have the power to improve our environment, our health, our work, our lives, our world! Let’s improve the world we live in by being curious!

  1. 05-02-2024

    EP24 Idealoading: Dr. Cara Antoine "Make It Personal"

    Dr Cara Antoine Esteemed colleague, friend, innovation activist, women in leadership role model, Tech4good champion, Technologist, Empowerment guru, Advocate for STEM, diversity and Equity, a light house in the industry with awards like “Global leader of the year”… “ESG officer of the year”..”Top 100 most influential women in business”, now adding best selling author with her new book make it personal.  “Organizations are static structures that only come alive through the actions of dynamic people.”  Having worked at amazing innovation power houses such Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, Microsoft, and Polaroid. It is now my pleasure to work with her at Capgemini as the CTIO for North and Central Europe.  Let's dive in directly. Make it Personal: How did you come up with the concept for your New book and what compelled you to write it?“It’s not personal it’s business” you argue the opposite, why?The crisis of connection: Human connection are at the forefront of you thinking, I think some people struggle.how do we collaborate and communicate? Empowerment leadership in innovation:  I love the way you lead the charge on the way you give people an amazing creative boost to build new things.What 2 or 3 thing should we do or not do in Empowering peopleTech4Good is a choice: You fell in love with technology at an early age, and Troughtout your career seem to have the read throught the line that even technology needs to empower peopleStay Curious 🧐 I hope you have fun listening!  Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.nl/Make-Personal-Dimensions-Collaboration-Workplace/dp/B0CKJKH3V9 Follow Dr. Cara here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caraantoine/

  2. 26-08-2022

    EP20 Leon Smiers; “The world is connected but is it interconnected?!” A Masterclass in integration!

    A #masterclass in #intergation by Léon Smiers; “The world is connected but is it interconnected?!” You guessed it the new #idealoading is here and it is all about integration and how to leverage it to drive growth and competitiveness! We talked about: How Integration drives innovation, #apifycation, eventdriven flow architectures, no data monetization without proper integration, metadata, #WEB3 and integration?!  One of the most important and yet most forgotten subject in Technology, so I thought let’s shine a light 💡 on it. Being overlooked and underestimated part of IT lead to most organization having a "spaghettini integration" situations. Today Leon and I Discuss what you need to think about before starting to add new systems and tools into you landscape and how you can start untangling your old (FYI it is now by adding olive oil 😊). Leon is the CTO for integration for Capgemini Netherland and has over 30year experience! Over the last 30 years he has implemented and architected many custom build IT systems and integrated complex landscapes for large companies. Leons passion is to explore new IT technologies and look for applicability for business problems. Acording to Leon growth and competitiveness can only be achieved if you Integration Technology, including API'S, BPM, Data Lakes and Machine Learning are helping you and not standing in your way.

  3. 03-06-2022

    EP18 Jean-Marie Lapeyre: The Storm is raging in Automotive! (In a good way 😊)

    🎙 Amazing conversation  with Jean-Marie Lapeyre! Jean-Marie and team have just launched the #TechnoVision 2022 #automotiveindustry playbook ! We had a nice debate why automotive is such an amazing industry to be in right now. Thank you 🙏 for taking the time today Jean-Marie! playbook, download here We had a fascinating debate: - Technovision automotive playbook - 4 Big forces disrupting the automotive industry: #sustainability : Cars are becoming Sustainable by design! #Connectivity: It is not just between the car and you phone, but also car to infrastructure and car to car....! - Emerging business models: because new actors are coming in!  - autonomousdriving : The investment is huge, but the reality is that it will take some time! - What should automotive OEMs consider going forward.  About Jean-Marie Lapeyre  Jean-Marie is Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Global Automotive Industry at Capgemini.Before joining Capgemini, Jean-Marie held various executive positions with vehicle manufacturers, during nearly 15 years (GM ↦ OV ↦ PSA ↦ Stellantis). Driving technology strategy, leading cyber security transformation and operations, or delivering large scale international enterprise programs. Before the auto industry, he was Chief Technology Officer of the French Tax Authority Jean-Marie holds a Masters degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, as well as a post-graduate engineering degrees in Computer Science and Telecommunications happy reading, listening and stay curious! 🧐

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Changing the world starts with curiosity. It is the force that drives us to new discoveries, to exploration and new horizons. Without curiosity there would be no progress. Feeling stunned by discovery and amazed everyday, seeking for the inventions, innovations and technologies that have the power to improve our environment, our health, our work, our lives, our world! Let’s improve the world we live in by being curious!