Timothy Laku

Global Technology Advisor with over 20 years of experience helping social impact orgs leverage technology to drive growth, impact, and sustainability #CTO #CIO

[Timothy Laku @timothylaku]

@MkenyaMzi Healthy debate. Most traditional data scientist roles make more sense in enterprises than in SMEs. Data scientists create value when there are large datasets, complex decisions, and infrastructure to deploy models. Here is an informative article from IBM. https://t.co/zzFbZwYqnh

[Timothy Laku @timothylaku]

@MkenyaMzi Healthy debate about tech disciplines is good for the ecosystem. Data science is a global discipline combining statistics, machine learning, and software engineering to solve real business problems.

[Ronald van Loon @Ronald_vanLoon]

#DigitalTransformation Tales from Ten Industry Giants
by @antgrasso @Medium

Learn more: https://t.co/kDvSFpokJN

#BigData #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML

cc: @marcusborba @theadamgabriel @ogrisel

[Antonio Grasso @antgrasso]

The digital business future provides organizations with nearly unlimited possibilities to create business value. Here how potentially changes the management ethos of the organization.

#infographic Source @Gartner_inc via @antgrasso #DataAnalytics #DigitalTransformation #CEOs

[Linda Grasso @LindaGrass0]

Digitization is the key to shaping business opportunities in the next decade. Supply chain leaders must take a proactive approach and build a compelling business case for digital supply chain transformation. [Infographic] @Gartner_inc @antgrasso via @LindaGrass0 #SupplyChain

[Joe Portsmouth @joe_portsmouth]

So many high-growth startups focus only on acquisition numbers.

But increasing customer retention rates by 5% can increase profits by 25-95%!

THREAD: 15 customer retention principles to boost your business

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

As they grow in size, teams within megacorps and startups tend to implicitly bias more towards Project Thinking and not enough Product Thinking.

Product Thinking is a mindset and a process that, once you see, you cannot unsee it.

Product Thinking, Project Thinking, a thread:

[Linda Grasso @LindaGrass0]

Digital traceability allows companies to improve sustainability, performance, and resilience. Traceable supply chains require an ecosystem of interrelated elements, and strengthen each is critical. [Infographic] @BainAlerts @antgrasso via @LindaGrass0 #SupplyChain #Sustainability

[Gates Foundation Africa @GatesAfrica]

According to @timothylaku, digital technology can be a catalyst for development in Africa’s agriculture sector 🌾.

A tech-savvy approach attracts young people to the industry providing the much needed innovation the sector needs.

https://t.co/7Fll8qv460

[IoT For All @iotforall]

Automation means focusing less on climbing up what's above you than on re-engineering what's already in front of and below you.

|| #IoTForAll #IoT #Management #Leadership @Ronald_VanLoon @EvanKirstel @Antgrasso @TamaraMcCleary https://t.co/j2DICV6HgY

[Antonio Grasso @antgrasso]

Despite working with data daily, “36% of executives continue to follow their instincts” when it comes to strategic business decisions.

Read my latest article in collaboration with @Talend > https://t.co/yyNr5Ny1z2 via @antgrasso #TalendInfluencer #DataHealth #DataLiteracy

[Linda Grasso @LindaGrass0]

Top 10 Logistics and Supply Chain Technology Trends: Disrupt or be Disrupted. Link >> https://t.co/l3zPo15C8e @techmenttech @antgrasso via @LindaGrass0 #SupplyChain #Disruption #Innovation #Tech #DigitalTransformation

[Washington Post Live @PostLive]

Live at 12:00 p.m. ET- @chezpanisse founder @AliceWaters & @sanku_PHC CEO @felixbchurch join @libcasey to discuss how global efforts to combat malnutrition & local, sustainable agriculture are emerging as key solutions to combat the climate crisis

Watch- https://t.co/TgULtA575j

[Isaac Sacolick @nyike]

A2) The culture change is the required collaboration to bring the demand side (analytics) in line with the supply side (governance). Data quality isn't free, and CIO will be digging out of Self-Service BI debt 10-100x worse than spreadsheets w/o standards & practices

#ciochat

[Antonio Grasso @antgrasso]

According to @Gartner_inc, the Chief Technical Officer can take on four different roles within an organization.

Microblog & social design by @antgrasso #CTO #Leadership

[Isaac Sacolick @nyike]

If #Agile is only used in IT to improve project execution, it's really hard to drive transformation

And #DigitalTransformation requires iterative planning, execution, and feedback loops which is why agile is key to success

So agile is both IT & a biz culture change

#ciochat

[Linda Grasso @LindaGrass0]

According to Accenture, some features will transform operational models from static to flexible through improved individual purpose and a data-driven approach.

Microblog & social design by @antgrasso via @LindaGrass0 #Innovation #DigitalTransformation #Agile

[Hassan W. Bhatti @hwbhatti]

There are 100s of threads on building and running startups.

Here are 10 that are pure gold:

[Ramon van Meer @ramonvanmeer]

2.5 years ago I bought a dog ramp business for $300,000.

Since then, I’ve sold $35,000,000 of dog ramps.

I’m going to explain

Why I bought it
How I scaled
Why I bought a business vs built from scratch

But first...dog ramps?

👇