Jennifer Green Godette - June 14, 2021 - 145 views

I first learned about Juneteenth when I moved to Texas as a young girl. Although I was from another southern state, I’d never heard of it because back then, it was mainly celebrated in Texas. In fact, upon learning about Juneteenth, which at the time was mainly recognized at family barbecues, not company mandated holidays […]

Rob Walker - June 14, 2021 - 57 views

When pandemic quarantines and lockdown measures forced communities worldwide to be isolated in their homes, many were unable to shop for food or collect prescriptions. While charities and community outreach organizers were quick to realize people needed help, there was a problem: Most didn’t have a big enough team to make sure everyone in the […]

Terri Scheer - June 14, 2021 - 180 views

When my son transitioned, society wasn’t talking as widely as it is now about gender issues. The TV show Transparent was just hitting its stride. We didn’t have an LGBTQ ally group at Cognizant, and such groups were few and far between in the corporate world.  Time magazine thought it was newsworthy when President Obama […]

Rich McGhee - June 9, 2021 - 101 views

I recently spent a few days speaking with vendors and studying their success stories, many of which centered on deployment of low-code development platforms. It’s becoming clear that low code could  be a game changer in the future of software development, possibly even accounting for more than 65% of software creation activity by 2024, according […]

Jan Siegmund - June 8, 2021 - 694 views

There’s a lot of talk in diversity circles about authenticity and bringing your true self to work. As an openly gay man, I know how difficult but also how rewarding that is, especially for people in a leadership position. While leaders often fear the vulnerability that comes with being honest about who we are, I […]

Have you ever gotten home from the grocery store, unloaded all the bags and then looked around and said — what am I going to cook for dinner? That’s how we increasingly see the state of data in businesses today. The focus is primarily on obtaining and acquiring data: How do I get data, how […]

Malcolm Frank - June 2, 2021 - 1092 views

In the Tour de France, cyclers often race neck-and-neck, with almost no space between them. It’s in the hills and mountains where separation occurs and where the contestants can blow the race wide open. If the post-pandemic landscape were a bike race, that’s where businesses would be today — perfectly positioned to separate themselves from […]

Sajid Hussain - June 1, 2021 - 152 views

The rapid pace of digital change, customer demand for instant gratification and ever-elevating competition has businesses engaged in deep soul-searching for continued market relevance. By understanding the individual customer better, and providing a personalized solution — in other words, by managing the customer experience (CX) – businesses can create stickiness and brand loyalty that increases […]

Anil Cheriyan - May 28, 2021 - 147 views

As May comes to a close — the month designated in the US to celebrate Asian American and Pacific heritage — numerous questions come to mind on the meaning of diversity, inclusion and equity from a pan-Asian perspective. We need to confront and resolve these questions if we are to not only survive but thrive […]

Munira Gandhi - May 27, 2021 - 192 views

To better understand and serve customers, organizations must not only tap more data, and more types of data from more sources; they also need to gather, analyze and act on this data far more quickly than ever before. However, traditional migration or batch ETL (extract, transform and load) technologies often fail to deliver customer insights with […]