Jack Shaw

Jack Shaw: Program Outlines

Jack's exciting, relevant, and timely new topics include:

• Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Drive Innovation
• Succeeding in Today's Economy with Intelligent Decision Management

Cloud Computing and Virtualization – Business Technology Unleashed
In 2002 in an interview with Jack Shaw, Bill Wulf, President of the National Academy of Engineering, said “Ubiquitous computing is inevitable. Within the next few years, you won't be anywhere that you won't have access to any data plus massive computational capabilities.”

"Smart" phones and other mobile devices provide ubiquity of access. (See Business on the Move – Mobile Commerce!) It's Virtualization and Cloud Computing which provide the massive computational capabilities.

No organization would insist that in order to "properly protect" it's key business travelers, it would insist on building it's own airplanes. And few see value in managing their own fleets of aircraft. Instead, almost all businesses have their people travel on commercial airlines that specialize in managing air travel.

Similarly, forward looking organizations are recognizing that building and operating data centers is not their core competency, and they are moving, first to private clouds with virtualized assets, and increasingly to public clouds. These Public Cloud Services providers provide Infrastructure, systems development Platforms, and application Software systems as Cloud-based Services (IaaS / PaaS / SaaS).

Migrating these functions to the Cloud and outsourcing processes previously managed in-house is allowing businesses to implement new business models not possible with conventional IT architectures. And as businesses are making these changes, Information Technology organizations are evolving into Business Technology management organizations.

In his presentation, Jack discusses these emerging technology architectures, the new processes they enable, and the strategic implications for your business.

Business on the Move – Mobile Commerce!
iPhones, Droids, iPads – portable "smart" phone and other devices are changing the way businesses interact with their customers and people interact with each other. Literally thousands of "apps" are redefining the business model for technology solution providers. And location based devices mean that businesses now must keep track of their customers – literally!

Learn how leading edge companies are leveraging mobile commerce for better service, improved productivity, and increased revenues and profits. See how advanced technology companies are anticipating the needs of the market. And prepare to be amazed as Jack demonstrates some of the most powerful and creative new apps for your own smart phone.

Social Media, Social Marketing, Social Management – The Strategic Business Implications
LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook – should we be using social media in our business? How should we be using it? Corporate executives are beginning to recognize how valuable, important, and potentially overwhelming all the data available through social media could be.They are realizing that simply participating in social media is no longer enough. You must have a clear strategy for how you can use social media –not only for marketing, but for a broader range of customer interactions and even for other operations.

A successful social media strategy is not just about accumulating the most "friends" or "followers". It's about leveraging social media for relevant interactions that help buyers make good decisions. As is almost always the case in business, quality is becoming more important than quantity.

As businesses make more strategic use of social media, they expect to integrate thier use of social media into their existing information architectures, business processes, and decision management. Users don't want to have numerous social media with separate logins, discussion threads, bookmarks, calendars, etc.

Leading edge vendors are enabling the integration of these functions into enterprise information architectures which already have a social framework. In the near future, businesses will thie their social frameworks to the workflows within their business management applications. The end result will be applications that leap enterprise boundaries to integrate transactional data with interenterprise commuunications and collaboration across business ecosystems.

In his presentation, Jack will show you where social media is headed and, more importantly, how to develop your roadmap for incorporating social media into your overall business strategy.

Succeeding in Today's Economy with Intelligent Decision Management
There’s little more important to the success of an organization than ensuring that, top-to-bottom and across the enterprise, operational business decisions are accurate, consistent, fast, flexible, and cost effective. With the evolution of the Internet and the World Wide Web, we no longer suffer a lack of business information. In fact, we are deluged with data – more data than all the people we could ever afford to hire could possibly have time to analyze and act on. Tools like Business Intelligence, while helpful for analysis of historical data are only part of the solution.

To survive and succeed in today’s challenging economy, companies must ensure that their strategic initiatives are executed effectively by their front-line people. This means they need ways to help their companies and their people make high-volume, operational decisions in real time – and make them correctly, quickly, and consistently and at low cost while responding rapidly and easily to changing business conditions. And they must do this with limited staff and training budgets.

Enterprise Decision Management (EDM) is a fast growing business practice which leverages the powerful intelligent systems technologies which have emerged over the past few years. These new technologies have made EDM practical; and it is rapidly transforming organizations around the world. Those companies that incorporate EDM into their standard business practices will seize the high ground in their markets – adding value for customers and differentiating themselves from their competitors.

Jack Shaw understands both the business practices needed for successful EDM and the intelligent systems technologies behind it. Come learn how your organization can improve the speed, agility, reliability, precision, and value of its business decisions. See exciting examples of EDM, videos of the intelligent systems technologies which enable it, and the phenomenal results some companies are getting by implementing Enterprise Decision Management.

The FifthWave - Cognitive Systems
Our society has passed through four waves of Information Technology evolution over the past fifty years. These were Mainframe Computing, Personal Computing, Client-Server Computing and the Internet. Each changed our world more than the ones before.

We are now at the brink of the Fifth Wave, Cognitive Systems. And, like its predecessors, it promises to change the world even more profoundly than they did. Cognitive systems allow us to incorporate into a wide range of systems and processes the ability to reason about information in the same ways that human experts do. But cognitive systems never forget anything, work 24 x 7, and can think thousands of times faster than people.

Cognitive systems aren't designed to replace people; they are designed to empower them. Putting these tools in the hands of people will multiply their effectiveness to previously unimaginable levels. Learn how cognitive systems will change your industry, your organization and your job.

Dynamic Business Process Management™
Business Process Management (BPM) has become a hot topic recently. But too few organizations recognize that, in a rapidly changing business environment, static business processes, no matter how well managed, become a liability rather than an asset. Dynamic Business Process Management (DBPM) leverages the most advanced business technologies to enable your organization to rethink its business processes in ways not previously possible. DBPM gives your company unmatched strategic benefits allowing you to anticipate and respond to market changes and competitive threats far more effectively.

Jack has spent his career developing and applying the concepts and techniques of Dynamic Business Process Management. He will show how your organization can gain its strategic benefits.

Who Moved My Mousetrap? Achieving Disruptive Innovation
Innovation isn't really innovative unless it's also disruptive. But what is disruptive innovation? How do you recognize it, and how can you achieve it?

In this insightful presentation, Jack Shaw explains the technologies and trends that are driving innovation today. He shows why even the best companies often miss disruptive change. And, he spells out the steps you can take in your organization to respond effectively to disruptive change and to create the disruptive innovations that will lead to success in the marketplace.

21st Century Artificial Intelligence: AI is Back – to Stay!
People have been discussing the possibilities of artificial intelligence ever since the first computers were invented, but it has never seemed to fulfill its potential. Now, with the explosion of information available through the Internet and other sources, AI is needed more than ever. And, it's here today, but in a different form than previously expected. "Associate" systems are joint cognitive systems that work for people - not the other way around!

In this visionary presentation, Jack first explains why it was not possible for AI to succeed in the past and why it is now surpassing all expectations. He then shows how associate systems are being used in everything from unmanned aircraft to advanced business systems. And, he explains exactly what you can do to take advantage of this new way of thinking about business, information, and management in your organization.

Enterprise Risk Management
After September 11, Enron and the other corporate malfeasance scandals, and the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, businesses have realized that risk is a critical strategic issue. And, they've recognized that they can no longer manage risk in silos, but must address it on an enterprise-wide basis from the topmost levels of the company.

In this enlightening session, Jack addresses not only traditional financial and credit risks, but also challenging operational and strategic risks arising from a host of external forces. Jack explains how businesses are implementing enterprise risk management (ERM), demonstrates some of the powerful tools companies are using to manage risk today, and shows why ERM is an important part of a company's future.

To survive and succeed in today’s challenging economy, companies must ensure that their strategic initiatives are executed effectively by their front-line people. This means they need ways to help their companies and their people make high-volume, operational decisions in real time – and make them correctly, quickly, and consistently and at low cost while responding rapidly and easily to changing business conditions. And they must do this with limited staff and training budgets.

Enterprise Decision Management (EDM) is a fast growing business practice which leverages the powerful intelligent systems technologies which have emerged over the past few years. These new technologies have made EDM practical; and it is rapidly transforming organizations around the world. Those companies that incorporate EDM into their standard business practices will seize the high ground in their markets – adding value for customers and differentiating themselves from their competitors.

Come learn how your organization can improve the speed, agility, reliability, precision, and value of its business decisions. See exciting examples of EDM, videos of the intelligent systems technologies which enable it, and the phenomenal results some companies are getting by implementing Enterprise Decision Management.

Jack Shaw understands both the business practices needed for successful EDM and the intelligent systems technologies behind it.

Globalization at the Intersection of Business and Technology
The phenomenon of globalization has been written about and discussed at length in the past few years. In this session, Jack builds on work done by such authors as Thomas Friedman in his book The World is Flat. Jack not only confirms the critical role of business technology in creating globalization, he also shows why your organization must leverage the best in current and emerging technologies in order to take advantage of globalization. If you plan to compete in the global marketplace, this session is for you.

Taking Cost Out of Your Supply Chain
The companies that comprise the most competitive supply chains take costs out of their supply chains through collaborative supply chain event management. Collaboration means the sharing of key supply, demand, and inventory information among partners up and down the supply chain – and in real time. Collaborative supply chain management allows supply chain participants to measure the value added by each supply chain partner and thus to identify optimal means for sharing the benefits of supply chain improvements. This aligns the interests of the individual partners with the economic vitality of the supply chain as a whole.