Leveraging Digital Disruption to Transform — A Perspective

Leveraging Digital Disruption to Transform — A Perspective: In this session, we will examine an industry view of digital disruption, analyze the trends and implications — both pre-COVID and post-COVID. We will also look at how traditional organizations are looking to compete against the more nimble ‘born digital’ enterprises, the challenges they face and the opportunities available. We will look at how to approach the transformation and levers to create a practical roadmap, success factors, metrices. Finally we will try to look at how the ‘reborn’ enterprise will look like. We will take Industry examples as we move through these topics.

About the speaker: Amitava Sengupta is the Executive Vice President for Digital Consulting solutions at HCL Technologies’ Digital & Analytics practice. With over two-decades of rich, cross-domain experience spanning key industry verticals such as retail, consumer goods, manufacturing and more, Amitava is a well-recognized industry figure known for his expertise and authority in the fields of business strategy, and enterprise and consumer digital transformation.

In his current leadership role at the Digital Consulting practice, he helps global enterprises reengineer themselves through innovative thinking, CX orientation, digital program management and change management. Supported by his team of experienced industry leaders, business architects, and process consultants placed across the globe, Amitava is known for helping major enterprises reinvent themselves with an eye towards bringing exponential improvements across customer experience and large-scale automation. His expertise encompasses the following areas:

• Technology and business strategy
• Enterprise and consumer digital transformation
• Process automation and improvement
• Business-IT alignment for global organizations

Lunch and Learn is part of an ongoing monthly series of presentations and discussions hosted by the College of Management. This conversation is open to all educators, administrators, instructional designers, and students of Minnesota State Education System. No registration or RVSP is needed.

Meet new faculty, gather with long-time friends from across Minnesota State, and bring questions and ideas (along with your lunch) to these monthly gatherings that will include conversation starters and an opportunity for both large and small group conversations. For information, contact organizers Dr. Minjung Park, Dr. Sonai Chaudhuri, or Dr. Allen Bellas.