Redefining Cloud Value in the Post-Pandemic World
Clare Hickie, CTO, EMEA at Workday, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic heightened business demand for a shift to the cloud, and how CIOs can prove the cloud’s value to their organisations.
Steve Dunne
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Steve Dunne
Steve Dunne is a Workday staff writer, covering finance and tech trends with a strong focus on the European market.
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How N26 Is Delivering Digital Disruption Across Global Banking
German neobank N26 is disrupting the banking market and paving the way for a new generation of financial services companies.
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Formula 1 Puts Pedal to the Metal on Digital Acceleration
Chris Roberts, head of IT infrastructure at Formula 1, shares the drivers for success in the racing organisation’s digital journey, and how it has led the pack as an “innovation machine.”
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How the C-Suite Shaped the PGA European Tour’s Digital Drive
The PGA European Tour’s chief financial officer, chief technology officer, and chief people officer discuss finance, IT, and HR transformation against the backdrop of a global pandemic.
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Hospitality Industry Finance Leader Discusses Managing Risk and Agility During the Pandemic
Neil Gribben, vice president of accounting and control at hospitality and leisure company Belmond, met with Workday’s Tim Wakeford to discuss how finance has pushed forward with digital acceleration during the pandemic.
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Webber Wentzel: Driving Innovation for South Africa’s Legal Sector
The CIO at Webber Wentzel, a prominent full-service law firm based in South Africa, talked to us about how the firm leveraged technology to navigate these unprecedented times, and its roadmap for the future.
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A CFO's Guide to Accelerating Digital Initiatives
How can a business accelerate its move to digital finance in a post-pandemic world? Here are four areas that are driving value, and should be on every finance leader’s radar in 2021 and beyond.
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CIO View: Pushing the Button on Digital Acceleration
Based in Germany with more than 670 subsidiaries globally, ThyssenKrupp is one of the world's largest steel producers. During our digital event, Conversations for a Changing World, ThyssenKrupp’s CIO shared how the company embarked on a transformation programme to accelerate its shift to digital in 2020.
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How Finance Must Rethink Skills to Thrive in the Digital Era
The post-pandemic world, when it arrives, will transform many aspects of business as usual. As a result, CEOs will turn to finance leaders who not only have accounting experience, but also wider operational backgrounds and a broader mix of business experience.
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How Intelligent Automation Will Transform the Finance Function
As businesses seek to rebound from the global pandemic, the rise of intelligent automation will change the way organizations operate forever. This article examines how technologies such as machine learning will reshape the office of the CFO.
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How Veolia Unlocked Finance Agility During a Global Crisis
Even during a pandemic, many forward-thinking businesses have continued with their digital transformation initiatives. Yael Leblanc, group finance transformation director at Veolia, a global environmental services company headquartered in France, discusses why the shift to a new finance system proceeded as planned despite the global lockdown.
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3 Finance Insights Guiding the Way to Business Recovery
Leaders need good quality data to make real-time decisions and steer their businesses on a path to normality. This article looks at three key insights finance leaders should be delivering to the business, and why they are so important today.
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How Equiniti Reshaped Finance and HR with Workday
As businesses rebound from the outbreak of COVID-19, the need for agility intensifies. Robert Bloor, group financial controller at Equiniti, describes how his organisation transformed its finance and HR systems to support continuous change.
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Deep Dive: 4 Steps to Achieving Finance Agility
As the business world shifts toward recovery and the concept of a new normal, agility is fast-becoming priority number one for finance teams. Here, we take a closer look at four elements of finance agility and how businesses should be thinking about them today.
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John Lewis Partnership: How to Enable Digital Disruption During Crisis
Lesley Ballantyne, director of people operations for the John Lewis Partnership, connected with Peter Gamble, Workday regional vice president and country leader for the UK and Ireland, at this year’s Workday Elevate Digital Experience, to discuss how one of the UK’s best-loved retail groups has been facing digital disruption head on.
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Looking Forward: Best Practices for Financial Scenario Modeling
As organizations try to make sense of an economic landscape that continues to evolve, business planning becomes more important than ever. Kinnari Desai, senior director of corporate finance at Workday, discusses scenario modeling and the importance of agility in planning.
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How the CFO Can Tackle Uncertainty and Persistent Change
The finance team is at the forefront of leading a business through uncertain times. What should CFOs be focused on? In this article, we look at five key areas to prioritize.
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A Perfect Storm: The Macro Forces Impacting Global Companies
This article is the first in a series that examines the macro trends forcing business leaders to rethink some of their most fundamental approaches, and explains how the CFO can play a pivotal role in guiding the business through this turbulence.
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How Siemens Healthineers Is Embracing Disruption in Healthcare
Andre Heinz, global head of human resources at Siemens Healthineers, talks about the changing face of the healthcare industry, the role of technology and people in transforming it, and the importance of a strong culture.
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PUMA: A Front Runner for HR Transformation
Agility and speed is central to the German apparel company PUMA. Like other multinational organisations, PUMA faces the pressures of managing a global workforce while maintaining brand values and culture. Here's what happened when PUMA embarked on a transformation programme to change the way it manages its people.
