Business & Decision Expert Podcast: Recent Episodes

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Business & Decision, part of Orange Group, is one of the world's leading management consultancies and system integrators for Data Intelligence & Digital Experience.

We are Data Native Artists who leverage a unique combination of technical, functional and industry specialization, as well as partnerships with key software vendors, to deliver state of the art solutions since 1992.

As a front runner in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Digital, Business & Decision is enabling customers to innovate, drive their business strategy and improve customer experience through effective use of data.

Clients choose Business & Decision as their strategic Data & Digital partner due to our pioneering vision, expertise, core values, quality of service & our passion for delivery. 

Find out more on how we can help you with your projects on www.businessdecision.com

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Data can be spread everywhere with different touchpoints of the organisation with the risk of losing knowledge, agility and having several version of the truth. So how to create a data-driven organisation and onboard all different parties at the same level of Data? How to educate them?Business & Decision Expert Podcast strives to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital. For this episode, we will discuss about UX Design and why this expertise is more and more important in our digital age. For this episode Gerrit Denayer, Business & Decision Marketing Director interviewed Abed Ajraou, Head of Data & Insights at E-ON Next.

What we will discuss in this podcast episode:

A clear definition of Data-Driven company How can we solve the multiplicity of data sources within a company How to educate internal people from different sides (IT/Business) Focus on the Data Community: what it is &how it helps in the Data-Driven implementation strategy? Example of the Data Community at E-ON Next What can be done at company level to get both world?

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Business & Decision Expert Podcast strives to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital.

For this episode, we will discuss about UX Design and why this expertise is more and more important in our digital age. For this episode Gerrit Denayer, Business & Decision Marketing Director interviewed Jérémy Goldyn, UX Design Consultant & Expert.  What we will discuss in this podcast episode

-What is UX Design and how can we define a good UX Designer? -What are the differences between UX and UI -Why UX Design is  key for companies to stand out from competition? -What are the common mistakes for companies when they start new digital projects? -How new technologies(AI, augmented reality or voice command etc...) could impact UX Design in the future?

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Business & Decision Expert Podcast strives to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital. For this episode, we will deep dive into the subject of Marketing Automation and how does Marketing Automation fit in the “new today”.

For this episode Bjorn Andelhofs, Business & Decision Marketing Officer interviewed Rosie Van Den Broeck, Customer Success Manager at HubSpot. What we will discuss in this podcast episode:

  • What are the best practices to start with marketing automation?
  • How to correctly understand your audience for your inbound strategy?
  • How to start your marketing automation strategy when all your data are not in placed?
  • How Marketing Automation is useful also to strengthen your relationship with your current customers.
  • How to measure & analyze your campaign results?
  • Why Sales & Marketing alignment is key for sustainable results?
  • How the pandemic has changed drastically the Marketing landscapes?

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Business & Decision Expert Podcast strives to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital. For this episode, we will deep dive into the subject of Data Protection and more specifically with the Law Enforcement Directive (LED).

For this episode Gerrit Denayer, Business & Decision Marketing Director interviewed Juraj Sajfert, Researcher and lecturer in data protection for law enforcement at Vrije Universiteit Brussel

What we will discuss in this podcast episode: - What is Data Protection? - How does the Law Enforcement Directive (LED) relate to GDPR? - What is the scope of the LED? And what are the differences between these two legislations? - How is the LED regulated and which law authorities play a role in it? - What types of companies can be impacted by those regulations?

Show notes: https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/organisations/resources-organisations/law-enforcement-directive https://gdpr.eu/right-to-be-forgotten

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In our Business & Decision Expert Podcast, we strive to answer questions in the domain of Data & Digital. For this episode, we will deep dive into the Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and their uses in guiding the mitigation of epidemics.

What we will discuss in this podcast episode:

  • What kind of data is captured and how are they collected?
  • What are the predictions made by Artificial Intelligence with regard to pandemics?
  • What are the Machine Learning techniques used to fit with this data?
  • Would it be possible to use Machine Learning to prevent the next pandemics?

Gerrit Denayer, Business & Decision Marketing Director, received Pieter Libin, Professor at the AI lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, to cover this topic

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Business & Decision Expert Podcast strive to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital. For this episode, we will deep dive into the subject of Vertical Farming and more specifically regarding the role of Data Science and new technologies to better monitor & control growing crops. For this episode Gerrit Denayer, Business & Decision Marketing Director interviewed Duccio Piovani, Head of Data Science at Agricola Moderna.

What we will discuss in this podcast episode:

  • Short introduction to Vertical Indoor Farming
  • How Vertical Farming is transforming the food production supply chain? -What are the advantages and disadvantages with Vertical Farming? -How Data Science is helping to recreate the plant environment mitigating all the risks related to traditional agriculture (pesticides, water scarcity...) -What are the key technologies used for the study of plants grown in Vertical Farming? (Sensors, LED lighting, etc...)

Show notes:

Agricola Moderna: https://agricolamoderna.com Nireos: https://www.nireos.com World Urbanization Prospects - The 2018 Revision - United Nations - https://population.un.org/wup/Publications/Files/WUP2018-Report.pdf

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EP9: How to maximize your ROI with your Data Analytics?

In Business & Decision Expert Podcast we strive to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital for your company's digital transformation. For this monthly episode we will have again a special focus on Data Analytics and see how analytics have changed over these past years and what are the best practices to build a strong efficient strategy to gain value from your Business data. For this episode, Gerrit Denayer, Marketing Director at Business & Decision received Bahram Assadollahzadeh, Business Analytics & Corporate Performance Management at Business & Decision.

What we will discuss exactly in this episode:

  • Why do businesses struggle to get a return on investment from their analytics?
  • How to get aligned between your business strategy & your data?
  • How to get the data you need in the right and good format?
  • What business must consider for a successful analytics initiative to gain results?

Show notes: https://en.blog.businessdecision.com/7-reasons-why-your-analytics-may-not-deliver-roi https://campaigns.businessdecision.com/up-scale-your-data-to-value

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In Business & Decision Expert Podcast we strive to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital for your company's digital transformation.

For our latest episode we will deep dive into Low-Code Application Platform and discuss how this solution enable companies to deliver quicker with simplicity and agility.

What we will discuss exactly in this episode:

  • What is Low Code Application Platform? How should they be used? How concretely can we build a LCAP?
  • What are the differences between the front-end and back-end developments for LCAP?
  • What are the differences when you deploy LCAP on premises vs on the Cloud?
  • Who are the top players in the LCAP market today?
  • What skills are needed to implement a LCAP?
  • What are the successful real use cases?

To answer those questions, we received around our dedicated experts:

-Soufyan Lemniai Chapter Lead in Digital Expertise at Business & Decision -Carlo Schots, Sales Director at Business & Decision Belgium -Paul Van Dam Business & Decision Netherlands Managing Director, before he was Managing Director of Ordina Digital Services, with a strong expertise and experience in Mendix.

An episode hosted by Gerrit Denayer, Marketing Director at Business & Decision.

Show notes:

-Whitepaper – Why Automating processes is not enough to power up your businesses? https://campaign.businessdecision.be/power-up-your-business-processes -Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, 2020 https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/3991199/magic-quadrant-for-enterprise-low-code-application-platf -City of Kobe connects citizens to key information during COVID-19 with Microsoft Power Platform https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/845188-kobe-city-government-power-platform

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In Business & Decision Expert Podcast we strive to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital for your company's digital transformation. For this monthly episode we will have again a special focus on Cloud Data Platform. You can already listen to our previous episode (EP6) where we discussed on how Modern Cloud Platform could accelerate companies’ digital transformation journey.

For this episode, our experts will share more technical details and answered some key question for any business when they want to move to the Cloud.

What we will discuss exactly in this episode:

  • How do I know that my company is ready for a move to the Cloud?
  • What is happening with the legacy solutions and tooling for a business?
  • What are the differences between the main Cloud Platform providers in the market?
  • What are the consequences from moving to the Cloud in terms of internal skills?

To answer those questions, we received around our table three Data experts:

  • Mick Levy, Business Innovation Director at Business & Decision
  • Luka Riester, Head of Innovation at Business & Decision
  • Wim Decoodt, Big Data Architect at Business & Decision

An episode hosted by Gerrit Denayer, Marketing Director at Business & Decision.

Show notes: - https://en.blog.businessdecision.com/why-cloud-data-platforms-are-the-new-eldorado-for-enterprises - https://campaign.businessdecision.be/cloud-proof-your-data-driven-decision - https://campaign.businessdecision.be/clouddataplatform-a-game-changer - https://en.blog.businessdecision.com/data-ai-company-platform-cloud

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In Business & Decision Expert Podcast we strive to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital for your company's digital transformation. For this monthly episode we put a focus on the hot topic of Cloud Data Platform. We will discuss on what is it exactly, how companies benefit from modern cloud platform. We will also question why Cloud Platform topic is getting so popular today and what are the market challenges.

To answer those questions, we received two Data experts:

  • Mick Levy, Business Innovation Director at Business & Decision
  • Luka Riester, Head of Innovation at Business & Decision

An episode hosted by Gerrit Denayer, Marketing Director at Business & Decision.

Show notes: - https://en.blog.businessdecision.com/data-7-hot-topics-for-2021 - https://campaign.businessdecision.be/clouddataplatform-a-game-changer - https://towardsdatascience.com/what-is-a-data-mesh-and-how-not-to-mesh-it-up-210710bb41e0 - https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing - Canalys Newsroom- Global cloud infrastructure market Q3 2020 - https://www.information-age.com/data-swamp-data-lake-123481597 - https://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/definition/RDBMS-relational-database-management-system

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  • In Business & Decision Expert Podcast we strive to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital for your company's digital transformation.
  • For this monthly episode we will discuss about Data Governance, what is it exactly and why is it getting more important for companies nowadays. We will also question the best approach for companies to implement an effective and sustainable Data Governance strategy. To answer those specific questions, we gathered a panel of data and digital experts:

  • Carlo Schots, Sales Director at Business & Decision

  • Meint De Vries, Operations Director at Business & Decision
  • Julien Tagnon, Data Governance Expert at Business & Decision
  • Benjamin Protais, Regional Tribe Lead at Business & Decision

Show notes: How to choose a data governance implementation strategy? https://en.blog.businessdecision.com/how-to-choose-a-data-governance-implementation-strategy

What it truly means to manage data as an asset https://en.blog.businessdecision.com/data-governance-what-it-truly-means-to-manage-data-as-an-asset

What is the best approach to implement Data Governance? Replay Webinar https://en.blog.businessdecision.com/what-is-the-best-approach-to-implement-data-governance-replay

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In our monthly podcast we strive to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital for your company's digital transformation. This month we are looking into Customer Support Automation supported by Knowledge-driven AI and NLP (Natural Language Processing) technologies, more specifically Chatbots. Our usual Business & Decision panel is joined by Bold360 experts for this episode.

  • Carlo Schots, Belgium Sales Director at Business & Decision
  • Yves Van den Brande, Regional Tribe Lead Customer Engagement
  • Christopher Savio, Product Marketing Manager at LogMeIn An episode hosted by Gerrit Denayer, Marketing Director at Business & Decision and Bjorn Andelhofs, Marketing & Communication Officer at Business & Decision.

Show notes: - Bold360 Website www.bold360.com - What is NLP (Natural Language Processing)? www.ultimate.ai/blog/ai-automatio…sed-chatbots-work - Extra resource: Chatbot at Belfius Insurance delivers cutting-edge customer service www.businessdecision.be/reference/228…insurance.htm - Extra resource: Playbook Digital engagement in the age of coronavirus www.bold360.com/content/digital-e…coronavirus-ebook Feel free to leave comments & questions on our podcast below. Queries & remarks can be sent to marketing@businessdecision.be www.businessdecision.be

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In our monthly podcast we strive to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital for your company's digital transformation.

This month we are asking ourselves if human contact has become a luxury, tackling the subject from different points of view such as Customer Engagement & Human Resources with our Business & Decision experts: -Carlo Schots, Business & Decision Sales Director -Steven op 't Roodt, Business & Decision HR Director -Mick Levy, Business Innovation Director (France) -Wim Bosschaerts, Head of Customer Engagement Business Consulting -Gerrit Denayer, Business & Decision Marketing Director.

Show notes: - "A recent study revealed that the number one reason customers dread calling companies for support is the growing probability that they will encounter a bot instead of a human upon connection" customerthink.com/why-the-human-to…ustomer-service/ - Boston Dynamics Spot robot in Hospitals www.theverge.com/2020/4/23/212318…rus-telemedicine - Study about the impact of touching on newborns stpauls.vxcommunity.com/Issue/us-expe…fection/13213 - Globetrotter shop video www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5pWfUmbWxc - "Tech Used to Be for the Rich. Now They’re Paying to Avoid It." futurism.com/screen-time-wealthy-paying-avoid-tech - Robots in elder care waypointrobotics.com/blog/elder-care-robots/ - EasyJet Data Leak www.bbc.com/news/technology-52722626 Feel free to leave comments & questions on our podcast below. Queries & remarks can be sent to marketing@businessdecision.be www.businessdecision.be

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In our monthly podcast we strive to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital for your company's digital transformation.

This month we are asking ourselves how to improve ROI with Artificial Intelligence. The focus lies mostly on Customer Engagement with our Business & Decision panel and we are joined by experts from Celebrium X, a company specialized in using Nanotechnologies: - Anna Kamenskaya, Chief Business Developer and Officer at Celebrium Labs - Ivan Bezdenezhnykh, Research Director, at Celebrium X - Carlo Schots, Business & Decision Sales Director - Yves Van Den Brande, Lead for Customer Engagement at Business & Decision Hosting by Bjorn Andelhofs, Business & Decision Marketing & Communications Officer

Show notes:

  • Celebrium X website (incl. research & references): https://celebrium-labs.com

  • Neuromarketing Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromarketing

  • Google Nest thermostat info: https://store.google.com/product/nest_learning_thermostat_3rd_gen

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In our monthly podcast we strive to answer business questions in the domain of Data & Digital for your company's digital transformation. This month we are looking at Innovation in the world of Data & Digital, including some topics like Blockchain & geolocalization. We discussed those topics with our Business & Decision experts panel:

  • Gerrit Denayer, Marketing Director and Chatbot Lead
  • Frederic Moser, Offer Strategy Lead for Blockchain
  • Eric Van Cutsem, Offer Strategy Lead for Synapse Innovation Lab
  • Carlo Schots, Sales Director
  • Yves Van den Brande, Regional Tribe Lead Customer Engagement

Show notes: - Business & Decision Innovation lab "Synapse": www.businessdecision.be/694-do-new.htm - FLuxVision: www.orange-business.com/en/products/flux-vision - Great Recession in Europe (2008): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Recession_in_Europe - Geofencing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo-fence - Bitwage website: www.bitwage.com - What is Blockchain?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WG7D47tGb0 - Pozyx ultra wide band technology: www.pozyx.io/industries/health-and-safety Extra: - Business & Decision's 100% Digital workshop on Azure Marketplace: azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/mar…in&page=1 Feel free to leave comments & questions on our podcast below. Queries & remarks can be sent to marketing@businessdecision.be www.businessdecision.be