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These were just a few topics discussed in the insightful hour-and-a-half Bosch Conversations on Thursday, December 12 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. The topic for this conversation, presented by The Economic Times, was ‘Reimagining Leadership in the Digital Era and Unlocking Growth with Cloud-Enabled Agility’. The themes included ecosystems of change involving leadership, ground-level adoption, and continuous learning. Data privacy and the role of AI in driving business impact were the other focal points of discussion.
The participants, who represented different industries, were:
- Anurag Goel, Digital Transformation and Startup Ecosystem Leader, Aditya Birla Group
- Pali Tripathi, CEO, Taabi Mobility Limited (a venture of The RPG Group)
- Amit Dham, Vice President-IT, Jio Platforms Limited
- Sudhir Kanvinde, CIO, The Supreme Industries Limited
- Tejas Shah, Head-IT Infrastructure, Info Security, and Apps, Prince Pipes and Fittings
- Ramesh Ramaswamy, Vice President and Business Head, APAC, Bosch Software and Digital Solutions.
Moderator and journalist Miloni Bhatt kicked off the conversation by mentioning that companies are now engaged in digital transformation, but that a 2019 McKinsey study found that 70% of such businesses fail in those journeys. How then do you strategise to improve ROI for such initiatives?
Aditya Birla Group’s Anurag Goel emphasised on the indispensability of pilot projects to determine cost-benefit analysis before scaling up. “If IT develops the best application but user adaptability is not there,
