026: The Post-Pandemic FUTURE of BUILDINGS & SMART CITIES Panel w/ Eight Inc, Bosch.IO & JLL
03/15/21 • 61 min
The global pandemic has impacted every industry, but one industry that will face more impact than most is the Real Estate industry.
In this podcast, we’ll look at the pandemic’s impact on the Future of Buildings from the Design, Build and Operate perspectives.
Guests:
Tim Kobe
- Founder and CEO, Eight Inc.
- Founder and Chairman, x8ventures
- Author of the new book, Return on Experience
Thomas Jakob
- Regional President, Bosch.IO Asia Pacific
Susheel Koul
- Division President - Corporate Solutions, JLL Asia Pacific
Show Notes
02:00 Intro to the guests, their companies and the role they play in the Future of Buildings
03:30 What’s something that the pandemic has fundamentally changed with your business?
08:40 Once you got over the initial shock of the pandemic, what opportunities did you identify that your companies should go after?
14:20 Let’s say that I am your customer. Not only am I trying to ensure that I can create a safe and secure environment for my employees, customers and citizens to return to, but also an environment they WANT to return to. What advice would you give me?
21:15 You each sell products & services to corporate clients, but people are the end users. How do you incorporate the consumer - or employee - or citizen experience into your work?
27:50 One positive that has come about as a result of the pandemic, is that governments have used the time to fast-track their sustainability initiatives - which will hopefully lead to more green & energy efficient buildings in the future. How has this increased focus on sustainability impacted your company and your clients?
33:25 You each possess a vision for what is possible - even if the market isn’t ready for it. Tell me about something your company has the capabilities to deliver, but you’re still waiting for someone to say, “yeah, let’s go for it”.
38:20 The pandemic has forced companies to care more about the welfare of their employees. The question is, will this corporate empathy last when we shift into the post-pandemic world?
43:00 What is your key takeaway that the audience should remember for the post-Covid future?
47:00 Fast and fun round of questions
- What’s your prediction for when we get back to business as usual - or will we?
- Tell me something about the future of work that will be fundamentally different post covid.
- Work from home - will it last in a post-covid world?
- Tell me something your company has done during the pandemic that makes you proud.
- In pre-Covid days, we all spent much of our time travelling around the world for our work. But those days are long gone. What’s the best - and worst - thing about not having the crazy travel schedule?
The global pandemic has impacted every industry, but one industry that will face more impact than most is the Real Estate industry.
In this podcast, we’ll look at the pandemic’s impact on the Future of Buildings from the Design, Build and Operate perspectives.
Guests:
Tim Kobe
- Founder and CEO, Eight Inc.
- Founder and Chairman, x8ventures
- Author of the new book, Return on Experience
Thomas Jakob
- Regional President, Bosch.IO Asia Pacific
Susheel Koul
- Division President - Corporate Solutions, JLL Asia Pacific
Show Notes
02:00 Intro to the guests, their companies and the role they play in the Future of Buildings
03:30 What’s something that the pandemic has fundamentally changed with your business?
08:40 Once you got over the initial shock of the pandemic, what opportunities did you identify that your companies should go after?
14:20 Let’s say that I am your customer. Not only am I trying to ensure that I can create a safe and secure environment for my employees, customers and citizens to return to, but also an environment they WANT to return to. What advice would you give me?
21:15 You each sell products & services to corporate clients, but people are the end users. How do you incorporate the consumer - or employee - or citizen experience into your work?
27:50 One positive that has come about as a result of the pandemic, is that governments have used the time to fast-track their sustainability initiatives - which will hopefully lead to more green & energy efficient buildings in the future. How has this increased focus on sustainability impacted your company and your clients?
33:25 You each possess a vision for what is possible - even if the market isn’t ready for it. Tell me about something your company has the capabilities to deliver, but you’re still waiting for someone to say, “yeah, let’s go for it”.
38:20 The pandemic has forced companies to care more about the welfare of their employees. The question is, will this corporate empathy last when we shift into the post-pandemic world?
43:00 What is your key takeaway that the audience should remember for the post-Covid future?
47:00 Fast and fun round of questions
- What’s your prediction for when we get back to business as usual - or will we?
- Tell me something about the future of work that will be fundamentally different post covid.
- Work from home - will it last in a post-covid world?
- Tell me something your company has done during the pandemic that makes you proud.
- In pre-Covid days, we all spent much of our time travelling around the world for our work. But those days are long gone. What’s the best - and worst - thing about not having the crazy travel schedule?
Previous Episode
025: Leveraging 5G, IoT & AI to DIGITISE one of the World's Largest Conglomerates w/ True Digital's Michael Gryseels
We live in a world where the latest technologies, including AI, 5G, and blockchain, have the capability to truly transform the way we work, live and play. The problem is, they don’t always live up to the hype.
Far too often, the ICT industry pushes the latest technologies and solutions on the market and hope they get adopted, rather than by tailoring solutions to meet the market’s needs and proving that they can deliver tangible business value. The supply and demand sides of the market don’t work together as effectively as they should, and that’s why we are lucky to have today’s guest, Michael Gryseels, with us because he sits at the crossroads of technology supply and market demand.He’s currently the Executive Vice Chairman of Thailand’s True Digital Group and the Chief Digital Officer for CP Group, which is Thailand’s largest private company and one of the largest conglomerates globally.
This combination of roles provides him not only with insights into the market’s requirements - but also the capability to launch solutions to meet those requirements.
Prior to these roles, he spent nearly 20 years with McKinsey & Company, where he was a Senior Partner and led McKinsey Digital Labs in Asia.
Show notes:
01:15 Intro to True Digital, CP Group and A Day in the Life of Michael
05:15 CP Group operates in 15 industry verticals. What process do you follow to identify the opportunities and source the innovation that will digitise these industries?
07:00 You have been in your roles for 3 years, can you give us some examples of the initiatives that you've implemented, or solutions that you've deployed, that you're proud of?
10:00 Status of 5G in Thailand, including which 5G use cases has True Digital identified, does Thailand’s strong manufacturing sector create an opportunity for Private 5G, and what are the Critical Success Factors for operators to be successful in 5G?
15:10 Where would you like to see True Digital and CP Group in 3 years time?
17:15 When you look at the global mobile operators, which ones do you think are doing the best job at driving digital solutions?
19:00 When implementing digital solutions, companies often get stuck in what McKinsey defines as “Pilot Purgatory”. What advice do you have for companies to overcome this?
22:10 Which technologies do you think will have the biggest impact in the next 12 to 24 months?
24:00 Fun Questions
- What do you know today about True Digital / CP Group / Thailand that you wish you understood when you started on this journey?
- You have lived in 15 countries - and worked in many more. Outside of Thailand, where did you find the most exciting place to work?
- When I was 16 years old, I had a blond mohawk, spent my after school hours skateboarding and attending as many punk rock shows as possible. What were you doing at 16?
- Let’s say I have the power to turn back time - and I can turn you into a university student today. What would you study - and what would you want to do with your career?
Next Episode
027: Addressing AI's ETHICAL ISSUES w/ the former US Dept of Defense's Chief Data Officer Michael Conlin
The amount of data that we create, capture, and consume is growing exponentially. In fact, according to IDC, the amount of data we will create in the next three years - will be more than the data we created over the past 30 years. That sounds great, but it does raise a lot of questions.
What are companies and governments doing with that data?
Is our data being used ethically?
Who should be responsible for setting the regulations about how data captured can be used?
These are just some of the questions that we will discuss in this podcast.
Today’s guest, Michael Conlin, will help delve deeper into these questions. He currently is the Chief Technology Officer for Definitive Logic, a US-based analytics and digital transformation specialist vendor, and was previously, the first ever Chief Data Officer for the U.S. Department of Defense (and almost the U.S. Data Czar - listen in to find out what happened).
Show Notes:
02:00 The journey that led a psychology major to become the first Chief Data Officer for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
09:00 The transition from the private to the public sector - what attracted Micheal to the DoD?
14:30 What was it like on Day 1 when you realised you were responsible for straightening out the data structure and strategy for the DoD’s 3.2 million employees and across its 13,000 operational IT systems?
20:00 The U.S. has a Border Czar, Bird Flu Czar & Cybersecurity Czar - was he the Data Czar?
23:30 What are the main differences between being a CTO/CDO in the public versus private sector - and what unique challenges did you face with the DoD?
33:15 Why do we still trust Facebook despite its data breach that released the personal information of 533 million users - but don’t trust the government with our data?
43:15 The role of Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
52:15 Who should be responsible for setting the rules and regulations relating to the acceptable and ethical use of data captured by companies, governments, etc.?
60:00 Microsoft recently signed a USD 22 Billion contract with the US military to deliver 120,000 HoloLens mixed reality headsets. If you were the CDO/CTO overseeing this for the military, how would you mitigate the risks - and what opportunities would you see for the devices?
67:15 You recently left the U.S. DoD and its 3.2 million employees for Definitive Logic and its 250 employees. What led to the change?
71:30 The Fun questions
How does an introvert like you thrive in situations that require you to play the role of an extrovert?
Tell us about your interesting hobbies, including being a blacksmith, enamelist, glass gaffer, goldsmith, sculptor & lapidary.
Prince William was recently crowned the world’s sexiest bald man - are you disappointed that you weren’t nominated?
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