Ashley Skyrme

On December 17, Everest Group’s Katrina Menzigian was joined by industry leaders Lucinda Henry from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Emma Handler from Persistent Systems, and Bill Hopkins from The Knowledge Capital Group (KCG) for a thought-provoking LinkedIn Live on how experienced #AR professionals maximize impact in an evolving ecosystem. Key insights from the session included: • How to drive greater value and follow-through from analyst briefings • Best practices for amplifying analyst impact through partner ecosystems • How to navigate the expanding world of industry influencers with clarity and purpose Missed the session? Catch the replay to learn how leading organizations are strengthening analyst relationships and elevating AR’s strategic value. https://okt.to/pzc1P9

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In this episode of The Leadership Enigma, Anne Chow (She/Her) — former CEO of AT&T Business, Independent Board Director, author of 'Lead Bigger' and one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business — shares her extraordinary journey and lessons on leadership, transformation, and purpose. Watch 👀 https://lnkd.in/eEansGtU Listen 🎧 https://lnkd.in/eu66PJMA 🌟Why the “power of difference” fuels creativity, innovation, and belonging. 🌟How to lead through chaos by focusing on values, purpose, and what you can control. 🌟The transition from being “the boss and the student” to governing with curiosity. 🌟Why wellbeing, inclusion, and the future of work remain critical boardroom topics. 🌟How to “lead bigger” by widening your perspective and becoming a Purposefully Impactful Person. 🌟Anne’s story — from the daughter of immigrants to leading a $35bn enterprise — is a masterclass in humility, resilience, and people-first leadership. Mollie Plotkin Toby Clarke Lloyd Salmons Mark Watt Sebastian La Hausse de Lalouvière Adam Bierman Joey Uppal Chiara Pierdomenico #leadership #CEO #lifelonglearning

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With the surging power demands and changing geographic distribution of data centers, practical steps are needed so utilities leaders can plan. Rethinking business models, modernizing grids, and collaborating with hyperscalers and regulators is key. Our latest report outlines essential actions to take in the short-, medium- and long-term to support the booming power demands of data centers. Thanks to Scott Tinkler, James Mazurek, Michael Higgins, Lasse Kari, Saurabh Pandey, Sanjana Gupta, and Vinit Kumar for their important work on this - your efforts have led to a lot of interest in these intersecting systems across power, sustainability, technology/ai #DataCenters #Energy https://lnkd.in/gh-f8hub

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I recently sat down with Arvind Krishna, Chairman, President, and CEO of IBM, for a conversation on Inside the Strategy Room.   Arvind shares how he has led IBM through a period of significant transformation, including tripling the company’s share price in five years by setting bold ambition, making hard portfolio choices, and leaning into innovation.   We discuss what CEOs need to do to lead through volatility, invest with conviction, and build cultures that balance risk taking with accountability.   Listen to the full episode here: https://bit.ly/4pZfnHP

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A lot of leaders I talk with right now are balancing two realities: delivering today—and investing for what’s next. This conversation is a good one to add to your list. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna joins Eric Kutcher on Inside the Strategy Room to discuss the AI landscape, the potential of quantum computing, and the leadership choices behind IBM’s recent growth momentum—including how to pursue opportunity amid volatility without becoming too risk-averse. 🎧 Listen here: https://bit.ly/4sVKSp4

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Insightful perspective in CIO Online on how #CEOs are leaning on #CIOs to speed up #AI deployment and deliver economic value from their #AI investments quickly.   Based on my own discussions with CEOs, I fully agree with Mark A. Taylor Society for Information Management (SIM) comment that many CEOs are proactively preparing for the disruptive #transformation that AI is bringing, rather than being caught off guard by competitors.   This means that CEOs are looking to #IT to build for the future. They are pushing CIOs to spend less of their IT budgets on 'run' activities to free up capital to drive new capabilities—all to build the enterprise of the new.   CIOs are at a pivotal moment. They have to be able to demonstrate—not just to CEOs but to the entire C-Suite—that they know how to get the value from AI and all tech investments that will help their organizations grow and stay competitive in the long term.   Mary K. Pratt thank you for giving me the chance to discuss this topic with you. Koenraad SchelfautFrédéric BrunierTejas R. PatelDavid LecksteinChris Roark https://lnkd.in/eEvfUeU5  

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Breaking news:   We're launching the @Accenture @Palantir Business Group. This tie-up makes Accenture a Palantir Preferred Global Partner for enterprise transformation.   This is part of Accenture’s multi-partner strategy, collaborating with a broad set of leading AI and platform partners including our recent announcements with OpenAI, Snowflake, Anthropic.   What this means: 2,000+ Accenture professionals will work side-by-side with Palantir forward deployed engineers (FDEs) to accelerate AI and data solutions that power new value and drive growth for clients.     We will move clients from siloed data to integrated, AI-powered decisions. We will focus on the complex operations of emerging data center and AI infrastructure programs for mission-critical environments, where security and resilience matter most.      This follows our acquisitions of RANGR Data and Decho. Together, we will give clients what they need: integrated data platforms, built-in governance, and AI-powered decisions they can trust.     This is how we help clients reinvent.     Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gq85pqdj    #Accenture #Palantir #EnterpriseAI #Reinventor     Julie Sweet Manish Sharma Lan Guan Arun Khurana Carl Sharpe Scott Nichols Ron Ashkenas  

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Great work from my BCG colleagues Vladimir Lukic, Val Panier, John Wu, Margot Bleys, Anna Senko, Ryan Gharios and Trula Rael, in this whitepaper developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts High Technology Council, Inc. on the state of tech talent here in Massachusetts. What stood out to me most, as I read it, was the urgency. We are developing exceptional AI talent, but we are not keeping enough of it. We are losing 60% of our AI grads to other states, while peers like NY and NJ are outpacing us with bigger, more coordinated investments. This is personal, as a Boston native, as a tech leader, and as a father of two sons who are at the beginning of their own careers in tech here in MA (one in cybersecurity, the other soon graduating in computer science). We have the institutions, the talent, and the grit to lead. But leadership now means acting with purpose across business, government, and education. #TechTalent #FutureOfWork 

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Digital Infrastructure at a Crossroads The data center industry is entering a period of dramatic transformation. As I discussed with Katharina S. from TMT Finance, with less than 50% of players in the DC AI ecosystem having visibility into demand over the next 12 months, volatility is coming. This is amplified by a staggering fact that two-thirds of players anticipate potential distress ahead. This is driven by an expected fundamental shift from training to inferencing, evolving silicon architecture. The question isn't whether change is coming—it's who will adapt fast enough to win. Watch my full interview with TMT Finance to hear more about what's shaping 2026. https://lnkd.in/ejhDFFNY

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In a recent report, my BCG colleagues Debbie Lovich, Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, and Chenault Taylor make the point that successful AI adoption is not just the technology but people. Companies need to shift their focus towards employees to fully harness the potential of Generative AI. Instead of solely prioritizing productivity, enhancing the employee experience by making work more enjoyable and empowering leads to faster adoption of new tools. Discover how reimagining the employee experience can unlock the full potential of GenAI here: https://lnkd.in/gWkxkU9Y

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AI demand is expected to spur up to 20% annual growth in global IT power capacity through 2030. Our latest global data center forecast shows a shift toward a more disciplined, execution-focused phase of acceleration. https://bit.ly/4njr8I4

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