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Interesting perspectives at The Design Show around “The Smart Working Place” concept and how workplace experience is evolving after the #HybridWork shift. The discussion focused on how modern office spaces are becoming more centered around collaboration, social interaction, employee experience, and the growing impact of #Sustainability across workplace design and furniture concepts. It was also interesting seeing different brands come together to shape the overall experience, from United Group for Engineering & Investment (UGEI) and Frezza to the hospitality side with Coffee Fellows Egypt Great conversations and insights around the future of workplaces.

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Your bank hired a Chief Data Officer. You gave him a title. A budget. A business card. You forgot the one thing that actually matters. 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿. 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘊𝘋𝘖𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦. 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 walks into strategy meetings with a 60-slide deck on governance. Six months later, he's still chasing sign-offs across three committees. He reports to the CTO. Every conversation is a negotiation about IT priorities. He's managing a function. Not shaping a bank. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 walks in with no deck. Just one finding: the bank is bleeding its most profitable clients to a competitor that personalizes wealth advisory at scale. Two weeks later: a task force reports to him. Two years later: the bank's entire commercial logic is rewired around data. 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗟𝗘. 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦. The difference isn't talent. It isn't tech. It isn't budget. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 👉 CDO reporting to the CTO → sub-function of technology 👉 CDO reporting to the CRO → sub-function of compliance 👉 CDO without decision rights → advisor 👉 CDO without cultural license → witness 👉 CDO without a line to the CEO → ceremony - Open Banking is rewriting competitive geometry. - Generative AI collapsed 5-year roadmaps into 18 months. - Fintechs were built, from line one of code, on data. - An incumbent without an empowered CDO isn't competing on a level field. - The appointment was the easy part. *𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗝𝗢𝗕. Full article 👇

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