The October 14 episode of Digital Learning Series on Digital Transformation will be our biggest of the Series. Three segments and ten people are scheduled to take part. The same could be said for the October 7 “Update” edition. As the last “Update” of the Series we will review prior webinars and provide feedback from our first survey regarding DLS content and from the webinars themselves.

The video stream of the September 9 webinar on "The Post-Pandemic Enterprise" is now available for streaming or downloading for your commute home.

The event had two sections. CIO Dive's Senior Editor, Naomi Eide moderated the first panel, "The Increased Importance of Business Continuity and Resilience Planning." She was joined by Mark Anderson, Sr. Dir of Solution Architecture at Equinix, Barry Libenson, Global CIO at Experian, and former MIT CIO Award finalist Dr. Aarti Shah, Sr. VP and Chief Information & Digital Officer at Eli Lilly and Company. 

The second episode started with a presentation from Rodney Zemmel, Global Leader, McKinsey. Rodney was joined by McKinsey & Company colleague James Manyika to lead a panel on "Building the Post-Pandemic Enterprise." They were joined by Sebastian Grady, President at Rimini Street, and Symposium favorite Prof. Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, of the MIT Media Lab.

Our "Update" webinar has become a popular monthly event for Digital Learning Series. Join Christopher Reichert, SM'04, Treasurer, MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association, and me, as we discuss the September "The Post-Pandemic Enterprise" episode and preview what's coming as we prepare for our final webinar in October. We will also discuss attendee feedback and answer your questions.

Mike Grandinetti is a former Silicon Valley engineer & McKinsey consultant, and has served as a C-level executive of 8 successful enterprise tech startups. He’s on the Harvard Extension School Faculty and is affiliated with Brown University, University of California & Rutgers University, and MIT in a variety of capacities. He will moderate a panel discussion on how the coronavirus pandemic has transformed our daily lives. He will be joined by Stephen Franchetti, VP, IT & Business Technology at Slack, Zachary Smith, Managing Director at Packet, an Equinix Company, and Zeeshan Tariq, VP/CIO at Zimmer Biomet.

Allan will have a one-on-one discussion with Guy Snodgrass, SM '00, CEO at Defense Analytics, and author of TOPGUN'S TOP 10: Leadership Lessons from the Cockpit. We'll discuss what CIOs can learn from the U.S. Navy’s Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) to lead in times of crisis.

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