Center For Digital Strategies

Membership in the Roundtable on Digital Strategies delivers an ongoing series of business dialogues at which CIOs and top-level executives of American and European corporations share new insight into the enabling role of information technology in meeting current business challenges. In focused discussions that cut across organizations and industries, Roundtable participants from noncompeting member corporations examine meaningful business issues they have in common. They come away from the day-long experience with new ideas and new approaches to specific challenges—the kind of creative assessment that arises only from diverse perspectives. More ›

IT- Enabled Products and Services

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
June 4, 2013 • Cleveland, OH • Hosted by Eaton

Revenue growth in any industry requires a steady stream of innovative products and services. However, developing and bringing new products or services to market has become ever more complex, not least because information technology is increasingly embedded in customer products and serving as an enabler of services offered around products. Members of the Americas roundtable will meet to discuss these challenges.  More ›

Topics: Information Technology, Product Development, Services

The Impact of Technology Mega-Trends on Corporate IT and Business Models

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
October 18, 2011 • Tuck Campus • Hanover, NH • USA

The Americas and the European chapters of the Roundtable on Digital Strategies convened at the Tuck campus for this 10th Anniversary Roundtable. More ›

Topics: Information Security, Information Technology, Leadership, Risk, Technology

Business Intelligence and Analytics

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
June 2, 2010 • Charlotte, NC • hosted by Time Warner Cable

The Roundtable on Digital Strategies met to consider the driving role of IT in Business Intelligence and Analytics in today's world so inundated with data. Topics included metrics, key analytics and using BI to drive results.  More ›

Topics: Customer, Data, Governance, Information Technology, Marketing, Organization

Technology, Transformation, and Collaborative Leadership

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
February 17, 2010 • Houston, TX • hosted by Sysco

The Americas Chapter of the Roundtable on Digital Strategies met to discuss the role of information technology in driving and enabling corporate change. Given the availability of new technologies, participants considered opportunities for the CIO and the IT organization to play a major role in changing how corporations operate. More ›

Topics: Change, Cloud Computing, Collaboration, Consumerization of IT, Emerging Markets, Governance, Information Technology, Leadership, Social Media, Trust

Leading the IT Organization of the Future - Europe

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
April 17, 2009 • Schaan, Liechtenstein • hosted by Hilti

Managing the IT organization of the future in these volatile economic times was the focus of the April 17, 2009 European Chapter Roundtable on Digital Strategies hosted by Hilti Corporation in Schaan. This roundtable examined how CIOs can respond to change and create new models for the IT organization of the future. More ›

Topics: Cloud Computing, Consumerization of IT, Human Resources, Information Technology, International, Leadership, Process, Strategy

Leading the IT Organization of the Future - Americas

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
February 25, 2009 • Arlington, VA • hosted by DISA

New strategies for managing corporate IT were the focus of the Feb. 25, 2009 Roundtable on Digital Strategies hosted by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DIS) in Arlington, VA. This U.S. Chapter roundtable examined the forces of change and their impact on the IT organization of the future. More ›

Topics: Cloud Computing, Information Technology, Innovation, International, Leadership, Organization, Process, Strategy

Global Talent and the Next Generation Workforce

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
June 17, 2008 • Cleveland, OH • hosted by Eaton

Members of the U.S. Roundtable Chapter will met to discuss how a changing world economy is affecting retaining and recruiting employees. More ›

Topics: Emerging Markets, Finance, Globalization, Human Resources, Information Technology, Leadership

Web 2.0 and the Corporation

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
June 19, 2007 • Palisades, NY • hosted by IBM

CIOs and other senior execs from 3M, BT Group, JPMorgan Chase, Cisco, DISA, Eastman Chemical, IBM, ING, Ogilvy, and Time Warner Cable were joined by academics from Tuck for this roundtable. More ›

Topics: Collaboration, Computing, Consumerization of IT, Corporate Communications, Customer, Information Technology, Marketing, Mobile, Risk, Social Media, Technology, Video

Conducting Business in Emerging Markets

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
September 26, 2006 • Prague, Czech Republic • hosted by Cesk sporitelna

CIOs and other senior execs from Cargill, Cesk sporitelna, Cisco, DHL, Erste Bank, GM, Hasbro, Henkel, IBM, and Skoda Auto were joined by academics from Tuck and Michigan and partners from AT Kearney and Egon Zehnder for this roundtable. More ›

Topics: Emerging Markets, Globalization, Human Resources, Information Technology, International, Operations, Strategy

Fueling Business Strategy through IT/Finance Alignment

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
June 7, 2005 • New York, NY

CIOs and senior finance execs from American Express, Cargill, Cendant, Cisco, Citigroup, Eaton, IBM, Staples, and Whirlpool were joined by academics from Tuck and Wharton for this roundtable. This was the tenth summit in the Thought Leadership Summit on Digital Strategies series. More ›

Topics: Controls / Metrics, Finance, Governance, Information Technology, Process, Risk, Strategy

Real-Time Profit Optimization: Coordinating Demand and Supply Chain Management

Roundtable on Digital Strategies
January 14, 2002 • San Jose, CA • hosted by Cisco

Linking the innovations in supply-chain management with the technology-enabled capability to serve customers in a more targeted manner is key to driving profit optimization. This summit discussed the state-of-the-art, and the future, of demand chain and the supply chain interaction. It addressed the use of digital technologies to improve demand and supply chain coordination and make better use of market information. Discussions covered the promise of using networked technologies for managing and enhancing profit by quickly responding to changing markets - matching supply and demand through more accurate forecasting, improved use of market information, rapid product/service configuration and better coordination of pricing and the supply chain. More ›

Topics: Collaboration, Data, Information Technology, Outsourcing, Supply Chain