Digital Operations

Raja Renganathan - April 2, 2020 - 255 views

For years, proponents have urged businesses to better enable employees to work from home, citing benefits like increased productivity, less commute time, better work-life balance and enhanced preparedness for business continuity should a localized disaster strike, such as a tornado, hurricane, earthquake, flood, etc. Overnight, the COVID-19 global pandemic made the final argument for work-from-home, […]

Amresh Singh - February 12, 2020 - 335 views

In the coming year, millennials and the Gen Z generation will account for almost 60% of the global workforce. And if there’s one thing we know about this cohort, it’s that they like to communicate via technology, whether through text, collaboration portals, videoconferencing or some other digital channel. So why are we seeing so few […]

Stephanie Peterson - January 4, 2019 - 620 views

As Generation Z enters the workforce, and surpasses millennials in overall world population in the next year, many are trying to label members of this demographic, just as we did with previous generations. Listicles are published every day espousing the top 10 traits of Gen Z (born roughly between 1995 and 2010) or the five […]

Makarand Pande - June 25, 2018 - 1342 views

Authors’ note: This is the fourth of a four-part series, in which we discuss the ways banks are adopting robotic process automation (RPA). In this installment, we explore what banks should be thinking about when moving from proof of concept-based, siloed, task-level automation to overall operations transformation and how platform vendors are working to support […]

Makarand Pande - April 4, 2018 - 1722 views

Authors’ note: This is the third of a four-part series, in which we discuss the ways in which banks are adopting robotic process automation (RPA) today. Part 1 offered a list of seven deadly sins that can derail RPA adoption. Part 2 identified seven virtuous steps banks can take to avoid these deployment pitfalls. In […]

Lawrence Bridge - January 2, 2018 - 140 views

As we continue to highlight the valuable insights shared by thought leaders at the Cognizant Executive Vision Summit, we look at the presentation delivered by George Blankenship, former executive with Tesla Motors, Apple Computer and GAP Inc. The architect of Apple’s brand-building strategy and the man who redefined the car-buying experience at Tesla, Blankenship spoke […]

Lawrence Bridge - December 4, 2017 - 184 views

There is a convergence of forces taking place today that is causing the boundaries of industry, technology and policy to blur, and a new healthcare vision to come into focus. Once-effective approaches that targeted these key areas with separate and distinct tactics may now result in missed opportunities, as core dynamics become more and more […]

Shaun Dawson - November 20, 2017 - 677 views

I wish everyone reading this could be lucky enough to meet Tim Klein someday.  Tim is an incredible writer, an excellent artist (he built an awesome art car) and one of the best software engineers I’ve ever met. I’ve known Tim for 20 years now and am immeasurably better for it, in a thousand ways, […]

Narayan Bharadwaj - November 8, 2017 - 835 views

Growing consumer demand for “digital mortgages” and the speed and simplicity brought by Day 1 Certainty™ are driving lenders to pick up the pace in automating back-office origination and servicing processes. Yet the mortgage business trails behind other industries, such as healthcare, insurance and even other financial services industry segments, in using robotic process automation […]

Shaun Dawson - October 13, 2017 - 391 views

Initial RPA engagements are like dating.  Everyone is on their best behavior, and very eager for a successful outcome.  Expectations are high, experience is low.  Are there topics of conversation that are particularly sensitive?  Although we both speak the same language, we may not share a common vocabulary about important matters. Worse, we may use […]