Chris Hood is on the show this week, a Googler who is head of business platform strategy and host of the similarly named Google podcast “That Digital Show”. Chris talks us through his rich history of how working in a movie theatre helped to develop a love for movies and media. This led to his work transforming how users engage in content at Fox for shows including Glee, Gotham, Sleepy Hollow, and American Idol. We talk about his passion for gaming and his work at Electronic Arts And of course, we’ll talk about “THE GOOGLE”, what it takes to get …
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What is an API First strategy and how does it help marketer deliver unique, engaging and connected experiences to customers? What are the opportunities to monetize data through APIs for businesses ? Chris Hood is the Head of Business Innovation & Strategy at Google. In this conversation on Jagged with Jasravee he answers the above mentioned questions and many more. API as Application People Interface Chris argues that those who believe that API’s are nothing but integrators, will be the first people who are going to go out of business ! It is important to look at APIs as Application People …
Problem: How can businesses operate in the cloud? Despite being digital natives and meant to work in the cloud, even SaaS companies have difficulty navigating the cloud. It is always about deciding whether they should build from scratch or purchase a product. As a result, teams typically get stuck in technical debt. So, how can companies, even those in the tech sector, operate in the cloud? SaaS platforms are native to the cloud. We typically call them digital natives because they were built and formed and designed to live in the cloud. Yet, even digital natives struggle from time to …
Innovating In 2022 with Google’s Head of Business Innovation & Strategy Chris Hood. Listen in to an insightful conversation with Chris Hood, Head of Strategy and Innovation for Google. We talked about the changing world, always being ready for disruption in the marketplace and your life, and how we pursue passions. Chris Hood is a high level thinker who has enjoyed a fascinating and successful career. He shared how to develop strategy in your business, where innovation comes from, how hiring works at Google and what companies need to focus on to create culture. This show is for business owners …
Chris Hood is the Head of Business Innovation & Strategy at Google as well as a passionate digital strategist, podcast host, professor, and writer. Chris is a passionate storyteller and has made it an essential part of his career. With a background heavily immersed in media and entertainment, Chris’ focus is targeted towards mechanisms and technologies for individuals to engage with digital content. On This Episode, We Discuss… The Legality of AI How AI Could Affect the Future Being Human vs. the Idea of Logic How Apps are Using AI and the Effects …
Organizations increasingly turn to dedicated tools that can help protect their web applications and public APIs, as research firm Gartner noted in its 2020 report Defining Cloud Web Application and API Protection Services.” “By 2023, more than 30% of public-facing web applications will be protected by cloud web application and API protection (WAAP) services that combine DDoS protection, bot mitigation, API protection and web application firewalls (WAFs).” This is an increase from fewer than 10% today. I gave this talk towards the end of last year at a security conference. In the age of cyberthreats, and with the state of …
Businesses have more access to data today than ever before. Cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and Internet 4.0 are making amazing things possible in today’s business landscape. But, most experts feel that what’s been accomplished thus far is only a fraction of our potential for innovation. As a result, there’s been a growing movement to democratize innovation via business ecosystems. Companies with business ecosystems are in a unique position. They can leverage those ecosystems to innovate at a faster pace than their competition. Today, we’re going to discuss how these businesses can harness their true innovation potential through democratization. …
Speed to Value Executive teams across all industries are using digital technologies like Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for greater innovation, business transformation, operational efficiency, and speed to value—and intelligent automation is proven to be the shortest path to success. In this episode, Chris Hood is joined by Neeraj Gokhale from Automation Anywhere and Vikas Anand from Google Cloud to discuss how the two companies are partnering to speed value creation for every enterprise using intelligent automation. The team will share how Automation Anywhere’s RPA platform, Google’s Apigee API platform, and associated Google Cloud technologies like Google AI can transform customer …
Leading Change One of the biggest challenges modern organizations face is leading change successfully. Our rapidly changing world often generates a strategic imperative to change: Unless we make things different, our business will not succeed, or last. Ultimately, change leadership is about creating a shared understanding within your organization of the change required to achieve success. The people who actually do the work and make the innovations. It would be impossible to be innovative without people to do so. You should not only hire the people you expect to be innovative but release those already in the company from their …
As UX and business strategies collide, experiences become more complex. Some have even said that over a quarter of large enterprise apps will be multiexperience by the year 2023. But why is that important, and what do you get for embracing that? This article will help you understand what multiexperience is, why it is important and how you can apply it to your business. So, read on to learn about why multiexperience is the future of customer journeys and business value. What Is Multiexperience? Multiexperience refers to the various combinations of modalities (e.g., touch, voice, and gesture), devices, and apps that users interact …
Despite innovation itself being very difficult to measure, we should still aim to foster a culture of innovation where we work. One of the issues with this, though, is the question of how to do that and what to do with it once you have it. Lucky for you, people have already answered some of these questions. This article will help you understand what a culture of innovation is, what its benefits are, and what you need to foster one. By the end, you should be able to help your company create such a culture and in doing so lead it to …
Many of Google’s best ideas begin as experiments or passion projects in Area 120, Google’s in-house incubator. At Google Cloud, leaders often ask for practical lessons for empowering large distributed workforces to find, fund, grow, measure, and launch new product innovations that drive business and customer value. In this five-part podcast Digital Master Class series designed for technology leaders, we set out to ‘open-source’ Google’s lessons learned on growing cultures of innovation, setting 10x product visions, driving organizational transformation, and leading people through the art of the possible. We’ve bottled these insights into practical and actionable learnings to support your …
Now, more than ever, there is an urgency to incorporate diversity and inclusion into every aspect of your organization. Not only because it enhances your ability to be responsive to users and customers, but because it builds trust and a sense of belonging for your employees. Companies have seen massive amounts of change in the past few months. As operations return to capacity, innovation will be vital to accelerating transformation and preventing future disruptions. This is achieved across your organization’s people, processes, data, and technology. In this episode, Chris Hood joins Bella Bardswell and Finn Toner to take an inside …
When you think about a successful company, what do you see? Visionary growth? An in-depth understanding of the industry’s market? A company with a strategy that encompasses not only the technological standpoint but also the cultural standpoint? Yes! All of these make a company great, but something else sets thriving companies apart from those who aren’t doing as well. An innovative culture. A company that fosters a culture of innovation is sure to have continued success for the years that they are in business. If you are looking for more information on how to create a culture of innovation, then …
Customers today are more different than ever before, and their expectations shift quickly. This is where customer transformation begins. The modern consumer is more digitally savvy. They also spend their money on items that matter and toward businesses they want to support. But these are facts that the average business already knows. The question is, how can you use this to your advantage? Businesses have previously been told to adopt a digital transformation plan. However, you should look into a customer transformation strategy for the best results. That’s because your customers have more power than you think. But what does …
Chris Hood is a passionate speaker, podcast host, digital strategist, and writer. He currently works at Google as the Head of Business Innovation & Strategy. His leadership and strategic insights on digital and business transformation have propelled digital success at the firm. For more information, click here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Los Angeles, CA, September 17, 2021 – Chris Hood is a passionate speaker, podcast host, digital strategist, and writer who has made a career out of storytelling. His career experience spans over three decades in television, film, music, and video games. He started as a film student, and theatre attendant was propelled by his …
Thomas Kurian at the Google Cloud campus in Sunnyvale, California. Google Cloud employees were baffled when they learned that their next boss would be Thomas Kurian, an executive who struggled to shepherd Silicon Valley mainstay Oracle Corp. into the promised land of internet computing. It was November 2018 and the cloud division’s then-chief Diane Greene and Kurian held a question-and-answer session with staff who worried about his impending leadership. “A lot of people have concerns about the fact that you came from Oracle, which is a very different culture,” one person said to Kurian. “So how are you going to preserve the culture at …
Our recent CIO survey with Oxford Economics contained a few takeaways that stood out to me: most companies are using API-first strategies, and those most committed to this concept report faster innovation and greater value from business partnerships. Even so, the survey indicates that a healthy minority of enterprises still think of APIs in integration-first terms. This mindset can block these organizations from many of today’s most important business opportunities and impede their ability to adapt to new opportunities that may emerge in the future. Being API-first means anticipating that an API may have many use cases and enable numerous business opportunities. …
I spent some time with Joel Ward this week discussing strategy, technology, and customer experiences. We covered some great topics around developing technology that meets your customer expectations and building a culture within your organization to support rapid innovation. From startups to enterprises, have a listen and let me know what you think. Available on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-with-chris-hood-google-cloud-strategist/id1552711906?i=1000533406036 or listen here: …
Today, retail customers have more digital-first, convenient ways of shopping than ever before. And APIs are one of the critical pieces of technology that have made this possible by giving retailers the ability to transform their systems and processes in an efficient and quick way. APIs have allowed retailers to be more accessible to their remote customers with services such as order online and pick up in-store, curbside pickup, fulfillment of orders through delivery partners, and personalized recommendations while shopping online, etc. These capabilities have been especially important over the last year, as the world has changed at a rapid …
For the past several years, tech giants have been trying to make artificial intelligence in its many guises HPC, data analytics, and other advanced workloads more available and easier to use for enterprises. Traditional OEMs such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell Technologies, and Lenovo are using a combination of hardware, software, and services to make technologies that in years gone by would only be employed by research institutions and the largest of corporations more widely accessible. The public clouds, particularly those that have their own hyperscale applications driven by machine learning and scale, also function a bit like OEMs when …
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