CapTech Trends

Are you getting value from the data that you have? Listen in as Vinnie chats with Andrew Novokhatny about moving from traditional to advanced analytics. Andrew is a data and analytics expert and healthcare analytics professor at UNC Chapel Hill. 

 Tune in as we discuss: 

• Pivoting into forecasting and making predictions using your data 
• Don't forget the change management part of the equation 
• How high-performing companies are using their data
• Healthcare use cases in the fraud, waste, and abuse domain 

Join us as Vinnie chats with Leighann Hughart, Senior Manager in management consulting and an organizational change management (OCM) expert. 

Tune in as we discuss: 

• Debunking common myths about change management
• Why your OCM and customer experience teams are better together 
• Supporting enterprise-wide product adoption with user-centered change management

In this episode, CapTech Technical Director, Cameron Snapp joins Vinnie to dig deeper into data transformation, the importance of data-sharing, and what’s new in the landscape. 

Listen in as we dig into:

• Why understanding your data sources and communicating what happens to them, is important for the future. 
• How third-party tools that sit in your data pipelines can make it easier to retrieve the data you need. 
• The value of data democratization across an organization.
• Observing the shift of responsibility from building pipelines to now educating about them.

Last month, we announced our latest in sports innovation, PinPoint Challenge™ powered by our proprietary ShotLander® technology. In this episode, we dig deeper into the business strategy, development, and technology behind the PinPoint Challenge with systems integration director, Clinton Teegarden, and director in our sports practice and former PGA TOUR player, Roberto Castro. 

In this episode we cover: 

• How the ShotLander technology democratizes golf tech outside of professional leagues
• Why the future of ShotLander will extend beyond golf and into other sports and industries 
• How leveraging each of our practice areas in product development made for a better user experience 
• The technology behind PinPoint Challenge

CapTech Sports Experiences: https://www.captechconsulting.com/sports

Course Record Show Podcast: https://courserecordshow.com/

In this episode of CapTech Trends, CapTech CTO, Vinnie Schoenfelder discusses how to become a thought leader with CapTech Technical Director, Mark Broski. Mark is passionate about fostering academic growth (from his previous experience as a university educator) and in his current role in consulting. Listen to this inspiring episode as we discuss: 

• The difference between a thought leader and a subject matter expert.  
• How you can make the conscious choice to develop your skills and become a thought leader.
• Why becoming a successful thought leader requires being uncomfortable and taking risks.
• Why there is not a single thought leader archetype.
• The common traits and patterns of behavior among successful thought leaders.
• How organizations can embrace the development of thought leaders through their company culture. 

Books referenced in this episode: 

The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t by Julia Galef

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson

In this episode of CapTech Trends, we dig deeper into hyperautomation, one of our four 2022 Tech Trends. Our host, Vinnie Schoenfelder, and CapTech fellow Bill Klos discuss how hyperautomation technology is preparing organizations for the next frontier of digital transformation. Listen in as we discuss: 

• The differences between automation and hyperautomation
• The factors that are causing companies to take hyperautomation more seriously
• How to identify the feature flags within the development process 
• The required top-down and bottom-up decision-making discussions

In this episode of CapTech Trends, we dig deeper into one of our four 2022 Tech Trends about microchannels. Vinnie and CapTech Agile Director, Brian Hardwick, chat about how the user experience has evolved from multichannel to omnichannel, and now to microchannels, and how these small channels can have a big impact on the overall user experience. Listen in as we dig into both the technology and branding essentials, including: 

• Microchannels mean more opportunities for data to inform your long-term strategy. 
• Speed to market matters. When adding a new microchannel, focus on getting an MVP to market and let the data inform your next steps. 
• Why a unified brand experience is important across all channels - even third-party vendors. 
• The importance of accessibility and inclusivity in your long-term channel strategy.

In this episode of CapTech Trends, we dig deeper into the first of our four 2022 Tech Trends about the cloud and productivity. Cloud SME Mike Diiorio and Vinnie discuss the ways in which a move to the cloud is a culture change and requires organizational buy-in, communication with your teams, and a long-term cloud strategy. Listen in as we cover the following hot-button topics in cloud adoption today:

• Why your priority should be creating a long-term cloud strategy and gaining buy-in across the entire organization.
• Addressing the skills gap in migration efforts - making sure your people understand what cloud adoption means for their jobs and creating opportunities for continual learning.
• Why multi-cloud split models are becoming the preferred model and how cloud vendors are adapting. 
• If you're starting from scratch, having a cloud advocate or two can help lead the way and train teams through adoption. 
• Why the lift and shift approach can turn into a worst-case scenario. 

In this episode, we bring Calli Rogers, director in our data and analytics practice, back by popular demand. Listen in as we dig deeper into metadata-driven ingestion and discuss topics such as:

• Why Python is the preferred language in the analytics space.
• The importance of having a full-time role in data governance.
• Trivia: Why is our data butler named Alfred?

In this episode of CapTech Trends, we dig deeper into our 2022 Tech Trends with data expert Michael Fitchko. This episode is rich with case studies and advice on how to grow your data productization efforts, whether you're just starting or have a mature architecture. 
 

Listen to learn more about: 

• Why the relationship between your data and your company's vision is important to success. 
• Getting started with trusted data, not perfect data.
• Shift from looking forward, not backward, with mature data.
• Two case studies: one on how data cleansing led to an improved user experience, and another on how data productization prevented employee attrition.