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. @IBMTHINKLeaders #disruption from relatively unknown or new entrants to the market or industry

the convergence of industries, as you've got to be continually assessing the emerging disruptors to prempt the intersections of play

Let's get this question answered!

Climate change?

Kubir is right - what we found from our CXOs (over 5000) is that the convergence of industries is the most challenging issue they are facing right now

new permutations of traditional industries can be assessed with an inward view, but the path forward is to shift the lens to the digital invaders & evaluate their crossections with your served industries

What's that in English?

@elesser does convergence means less diversity?

the biggest risk is not reexamining every part of your company's strategy in light of digital disruption

everything about social, cloud, mobile & analytics is serving the customers real time. the tech environment is getting exponentially capable of delivering experiences & thats where traditional firms struggle to play catchup

Changing business models and new market entrants

how do you take advantage of data? How does it impact your job?

An experimental mindset - one that is subject to a high degree of iteration - requires a data-driven approach.

My whole job revolves around data (benchmarking data). I agree with your sentiment overall, but I'd also love to see a statistic for the % of data in the world that is 'dodgy'. And yes, I know 'dodgy' would need to be defined... ;)

@CorpCitizenG You mean garbage in garbage out?....

Absolutely @stevengsnyder

And not always just 'garbage in', but also 'honest data, just not matched to same framework as rest of data' or 'not able to be interpreted in the way you want'

I have a book called how to lie with statistics on my bookshelf... :) @CorpCitizenG

Great question @elesser! What do you thjink @CraigMilroy?

Keep them in front of your clients more than in front of white boards and new tech

They need to become an extension of the business... Business 2.0 .. they can not work within a silo and expect to deliver value

accelerators like @TechStars work with Nike, Microsoft, Disney to accelerate innovation.

need to keep focus on needs of target audience, not products. Products can pivot to have unpredicted uses

@pulvereyes Absolutely - too much emphasis on product design can miss the ever changing market needs

"to be reminded that competition is an open system... and never be afraid of self-cannibalizing" - said CxOs from the launch event last week

Agree. I recently wondered what I could have done if I'd studied IT... and then realised it would be no different. It's down to proactivity, ingenuity and persistence as technology leaps forward. Looking forward to the Steve Jobs film in this regard.

... no matter where the imagination and the computers 'sits'

Cognitive can help understand the signal amid the noise for agile, data-driven decision-making

through faster and better decision-making

why do you think that is?

Simply lack of knowledge, Anna. Education is required.

Same reason why IT is often not represented on the board.

@adreyzin Perhaps there are some CEOs who make great use of social media using pseudonyms/aliases and keeping it hush-hush. Otherwise, I guess the issues are time and focus. CEO time is precious and focus has to be laser.

China

humanizing computing through cognitive, analytics done at levels beyond human capabilities

thank you so much for an incredible discussion today. @elesser and all were terrific!

Happy to take part. My first #CsuiteChat and it won't be my last!

will remember this one...