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Mike Walker
Executive Director of Global Healthcare and Life Sciences at Microsoft
Cincinnati, United States
I’m an entrepreneur, futurist, digital strategist, podcast host, global keynote speaker, and a best-selling author with a specialty in helping business executives stay relevant in the digital economy. I am able to bring paradigm-shifting digital transformation by leveraging leading innovation practices through my experiences with Fortune 500 leaders around the globe.
I have found that my success has been driven from my pragmatic approaches to large scale problems, my ability to break down large complex challenges into something manageable, along with my insatiable need to bring teams together. What’s unique about me is that not everything has to be a major transformation to gain value, I understand how to maximize current business processes while also identifying new business models.
?Currently at Microsoft, I lead a cross-industry innovation team that focuses on advising senior leaders on how to digitally transform their business using concepts like digital ecosystems, digital twins, AI, IoT, and Blockchain. Previously, I worked at Gartner, as a Vice President of Technology Innovation research where my thought leadership is reflected in over 150 published research notes and over 5,000 client engagements.
My work can be heard, watched, or read in some of the following places:
My new book "REWIRE! Using the Digital Ecosystem Playbook to Reinvent Your Business"
Hosting my innovation podcast "V-Next: The Future is Now"
Reading my articles on Forbes
Gaining my perspectives on Enterprise Architecture on “Mike The Architect” blog
Available For: Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking Travels From: Cincinnati, OH Speaking Topics: Digital Ecosystems, Metaverse, Digital Transformation, Strategy, Innovation
Community Leadership Development Program - Alumni
Credly
June 09, 2023
Earners of this badge have been recognized as graduates of the Community Leadership Development Program. They have demonstrated an understanding of the Individual Contributor Leadership Principles and Technical Leadership Attributes by completing virtual classes and real-world assignments. Earners have demonstrated the expertise and dedication to shape, inform, and land strategy within communities and organizational teams and the ability to lead, scale, and deliver success through others.
Blockchain Governance Models: Insights for Enterprises
University of Arkansas
February 19, 2019
This white paper aims to answer the question: “What are emerging models and practices for shared governance over blockchains?” A blockchain application is a software application that maintains a distributed, immutable record of sequenced transactions (called a digital ledger) secured by a peer-to-peer network of independent computer nodes. While most innovation decisions happen within the boundaries of the firm, shared blockchain applications require coordination across firm boundaries. This requires a different approach to software governance because no single entity or individual can unilaterally make decisions regarding rule changes, code base upgrades, or record altering. This white paper is developed to help managers and developers think through, and assess, shared governance options even as they continue to evolve.
Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Ecosystems
1 Advisory Board Membership
OhioX
OhioX
February 01, 2019
The OhioX Advisory Board is comprised of technologists, startup founders, innovators, and business and civic leaders.
We believe that by uniting diverse backgrounds we can help accelerate Ohio as a world class technology and innovation hub that creates a vibrant economy and opportunities for all.
Spotlight on Mike J. Walker
Vernovis
March 05, 2023
You could not sum up Mike J. Walker’s career, interests, and impact in a single word if you tried. To say he is “interesting” would be an understatement. He is part entrepreneur, part digital strategist, and part futurist. Mike is also the Executive Director of Strategy for the Global Health and Life Sciences at Microsoft, where he helps executives navigate the complex web of digital transformation. His expertise in digital business models and emerging technologies like digital ecosystems, industrialized metaverses, advanced AI/ML, and Web 3.0 has made him a sought-after advisor for businesses looking to stay ahead of the curve.
5 Trends Emerge in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2018
Gartner
December 08, 2018
Waiting curbside for an Uber or Lyft driver might one day be the old-fashioned way of getting around. Instead, passengers will need to head to the helipad to catch a ride from a flying autonomous vehicle. Not only will these future taxis take to the sky to potentially reduce traffic, they’ll operate independently of a human pilot.
Realistically, the world (and the technology) aren’t quite ready for autonomous flying taxis. The first challenge will be mastering the autonomous technology, which is still at least five to 10 years away. According to a recent test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, today’s autonomous vehicle makers Level 2 driver assistance are not capable of driving safely on their own. The production vehicle that can safely drive itself anywhere, anytime isn’t available at the local car dealer and won’t be for quite some time.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
Hype Cycle for Business Ecosystems, 2018
Gartner
August 15, 2018
Business ecosystems continue to evolve, becoming the basis of innovative business models. Both the technologies that underpin business ecosystems and the business models built out of them are evolving quickly.
Amplify Customer Demands for Innovation With Active Listening and Personalization
Gartner
August 08, 2018
"The customer is always right" originated in the early 1900s, but it has a new meaning today as industries seek to engage customers early in the innovation process. CIOs must invest in social analytics, market research and personalization technologies as part of a harmonized digital platform.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2018
Gartner
August 01, 2018
Our 2018 Hype Cycle reveals five emerging technology trends that profoundly shift experiences in our spaces, blur the lines between human and machine, and enable AI ubiquity that will propel organizations to connect into new business ecosystems to become competitive over the next decade.
Published: 06 August 2018
ID: G00340159
Analyst(s): Mike Walker
Table Of Contents
Analysis
What You Need to Know
The Hype Cycle
Emerging Technologies Trends
Major Hype Cycle Changes
The Priority Matrix
Off the Hype Cycle
On the Rise
Biotech — Cultured or Artificial Tissue
Flying Autonomous Vehicles
Smart Dust
Artificial General Intelligence
4D Printing
Knowledge Graphs
Neuromorphic Hardware
Blockchain for Data Security
Exoskeleton
Edge AI
Autonomous Driving Level 5
Conversational AI Platform
Self-Healing System Technology
Volumetric Displays
5G
Quantum Computing
Tags: Digital Transformation, Ecosystems, Emerging Technology
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2018
Gartner
June 01, 2018
The 2018 Hype Cycle reveals five emerging technology trends that profoundly shift experiences in our spaces, blur the lines between human and machine, and enable AI ubiquity that will propel organizations to connect into new business ecosystems to become competitive over the next decade.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Emerging Technology
Toolkit: How to Build an Emerging Technologies Radar
Gartner
April 06, 2018
Organizations are challenged by the changing technology landscape. An emerging technology radar provides enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders with a tool to transform hype-driven investment decisions into a benefit-driven, defensible approach to prioritizing technology adoption.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Emerging Technology, Innovation
Toolkit: Assessing the 2018 Top Five Business and Sociocultural Trends
Gartner
March 16, 2018
Scanning external trends that affect the organization and its markets is a critical need for enterprises looking to prosper in the digital era. Enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders focused on emerging and strategic trends can use this Toolkit to future-proof their businesses.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018: Intelligent Apps and Analytics
Gartner
March 08, 2018
Perceptions of artificial intelligence have shifted from killer robots to algorithm-based intelligent apps that link our physical and digital lives in previously unimaginable ways. Enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders must devise innovative strategies to harness this technology.
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018: A Gartner Trend Insight Report
Gartner
March 08, 2018
The intelligent digital mesh is a foundation for future digital business and its ecosystems. To create competitive advantage, IT leaders must evaluate our top disruptive technology trends related to the mesh to identify opportunities to exploit.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Emerging Technology, Innovation
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018: Digital Twins
Gartner
March 08, 2018
Well-designed digital twins based on business priorities have the potential to significantly improve enterprise decision making. Enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders must factor digital twins into their Internet of Things architecture and strategy.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Twins, Emerging Technology
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018: Event-Driven Model
Gartner
March 08, 2018
Digital business is event-driven, so organizations need to invest in event-centric design practices and technologies to exploit digital business moments. Enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders must champion event thinking across business and IT.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Emerging Technology, Innovation
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018: AI Foundation
Gartner
March 08, 2018
Creating an artificial intelligence foundation will create the potential to reinvent business models, ecosystems and customer experiences. Enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders have an opportunity to lead innovative programs that bring about substantial business outcomes.
Maximize Digital Business Value Creation Through AI Algorithms
Gartner
February 21, 2018
Artificial intelligence algorithms accelerate the speed and scale of digital business. This research provides EA and technology innovation leaders with guidance on how AI algorithms can maximize digital business value.
Tags: AI, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation
Toolkit: Workshop for Creating EA Personas in Digital Business Diagnostic Deliverable Analysis
Gartner
January 12, 2018
Persona-based analysis is a powerful tool that helps leaders diagnose and take action against digital business disruption opportunities. Enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders can help their leaders consider the human side of digital business strategy decisions with personas.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Toolkit: Examples of Deliverables to Enable Enterprise Architecture in Cloud Strategy Delivery
Gartner
January 09, 2018
This Toolkit provides a set of diagnostic deliverables that leading EA organizations use to understand the impact of technical disruptions on their cloud computing strategies. These impacts will force EA organizations to rationalize their bimodal architecture and digital business strategies.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Using Enterprise Architecture to Maximize Cloud Strategy Business Outcomes
Gartner
January 09, 2018
Leading EA and technology innovation leaders provide a cloud-first architecture strategy to identify business opportunities, while also understanding exposure to the risks of onboarding emerging technology capabilities that support their digital business.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Toolkit: An Enterprise Architect's Guide to Ideation
Gartner
December 21, 2017
Collaboration is vital to the success of digital transformation. Leading enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders must foster innovation mindsets in all employees to ensure that transformation efforts are strategically driven, implementable, and challenge the status quo.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Demystifying the Many Personas of the CTO
Gartner
December 08, 2017
CTO roles vary. This research shows how CTOs understand their roles and how other leaders engage with them. EA and technology innovation leaders, including CTOs, should leverage this information to better shape and evolve their roles in the context of digital business transformation.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018
Gartner
October 03, 2017
The intelligent digital mesh is a foundation for future digital business and its
ecosystems. To create competitive advantage, enterprise architecture and
technology innovation leaders must evaluate these top trends to identify
opportunities that their organizations can exploit.
Key Findings
■ Articial intelligence (AI) delivers value to every industry, enabling new business models. It does
so by supporting key initiatives such as customer engagement, digital production, smart cities,
self-driving cars, risk management, computer vision and speech recognition.
■ As people, places, processes and "things" become increasingly digitalized, they will be
represented by digital twins. This will provide fertile ground for new event-driven business
processes and digitally enabled business models and ecosystems.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Ecosystems, Emerging Technology
Survey Analysis: How CTOs Can Enable Digital Business Transformation
Gartner
September 08, 2017
CIOs expect CTOs to help drive digital business transformation. Our CTO survey reveals that enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders should use their expertise and organizational relationships to impact all five phases of digital business.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
Hype Cycle for Enterprise Architecture, 2017
Gartner
July 28, 2017
As digital business progresses, we see an increasing focus on platforms, business ecosystems, analytics and design elements of EA, and a reinterpretation of the fundamentals. For IT leaders willing to rise to the challenge, these are times of unprecedented opportunity.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Toolkit: Example Ideation Workshop for Enterprise Architecture and Technology Innovation Leaders
Gartner
July 25, 2017
Digital-business-enabling technologies have started to radically change how business operates and the digital products and services they offer. This Toolkit provides EA and technology innovation leaders with an example workshop to accelerate ideation efforts.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017
Gartner
June 01, 2017
The 2017 Hype Cycle reveals three distinct technology trends that profoundly create new experiences, with unrivaled intelligence, and offer platforms that propel organizations to connect with new business ecosystems in order to become competitive over the next five to 10 years.
Microsoft’s new data & AI solution for healthcare
Healthcare Digital Magazine
October 13, 2023
Hospitals create 50 petabytes of siloed data every year, 97% of which remains unused, according to the World Economic Forum. Yet this data has so much potential to change the healthcare sector for the better, if it can be analysed. Now, Microsoft has announced new data and AI solutions, which will help healthcare businesses to put their focus on upgrading patient experiences and that of the healthcare professionals taking care of them.
Unifying data and transforming healthcare with Microsoft Cloud
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare is an industry-specific data solution, on Microsoft Fabric, which unifies data. The healthcare-specific data solutions offered by Fabric aim to minimise the time-consuming task of uniting disconnected, multimodal health data sources (from text, to videos). Alternatively, Microsoft Fabric offers a secure way for businesses to analyse and visualise data-driven insights within their business.
Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Top 10 Digital Ecosystem Trends In Supply Chain And Logistics
Forbes
February 08, 2021
The supply chain and logistics industries are exploding right now while also being in the midst of a dramatic digital transformation. As of 2017, the logistics industry was valued at a staggering $8.1 trillion, but it's projected to nearly double that valuation by 2023.
Digital giants like Amazon, along with a whole host of startups, are exposing entirely new business models and using emerging technologies like blockchain, AI, IoT and many others to change the face of logistics going forward. Gartner’s 2019 CEO and Senior Executives Survey supports this: "With 87% of survey respondents identifying that they expect some form of change to their business model by 2021."
Predictions Revisited: Grading my Enterprise Architecture in 2020 Predictions
Import from wordpress feed
April 19, 2020
Remember way back, when I wrote this, “Predictions for Enterprise Architecture in 2020”? What better way to start off a revisited series than with a prediction post. This one reflects on my musings from almost a decade ago! I thought it would be interesting to score how well I predicted
Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Innovation
The Return of Mike The Architect Blog: Why I’ve Decided it Was Time to Come Back
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April 16, 2020
Hey Everyone! It’s been awhile, right? As you may, or may not know, while I was at Gartner I had to shut down my efforts on MtA. It was a difficult thing to do given my passion for EA. However, it gave me some comfort that I was still writing EA guidance, even if it […]
How Zero-Day Impacts CISOs and What They Can Do About It
Mike Walker
May 09, 2023
Zero-Day has been top pf mind. It is crucial to address the long-term consequences of zero-day vulnerabilities on the cybersecurity landscape. Zero-day vulnerabilities refer to unknown flaws in software or systems, leaving organizations defenseless and vulnerable to cyber attacks. In this blog post, we will explore the potential impacts of zero-day vulnerabilities and discuss effective strategies for businesses and individuals to protect themselves against this persistent threat.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
2 Books
Rewire! Using the Digital Ecosystem Playbook to Reinvent Your Business
Advantage Publishing
January 26, 2021
The future of business is rapidly changing, and digital ecosystems is a major force driving it. From now to 2025 digital ecosystems will represent approximately $60 trillion in global revenue from all industries around the globe. Organizations have a tremendous opportunity to take a concept that has 2% global market share to approximately 30% by 2025.
“Rewire! Using the Digital Ecosystem Playbook to Reinvent Your Business” will demystify digital ecosystem frameworks and introduce their capacity to enable high-value business partner exchanges, what that means for the future of doing business, and how to understand markets through a digital ecosystem lens.
Reading this book innovators, enterprise architects, technology innovation leaders, and CxOs should expect to be able to understand digital ecosystems and how to create strategies for them. Packed with detailed illustrations and best practices from Mike J. Walker’s digital ecosystem experiences both at Gartner and Microsoft over the past five years, this book provides approachable and actionable tools that will help organizations understand and embrace digital ecosystems in a rapid and digestible way.
Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Ecosystems
Office Business Applications: Building Composite Applications using the Microsoft platform
Microsoft Press
July 01, 2007
Foreword
Companies are adopting service orientation as a design principle to drive enterprise agility and business innovation. With service-oriented architecture (SOA), they can efficiently respond to business changes and evolve their IT systems rapidly. Service orientation is about decomposing the IT assets into easily consumable services. A composite application is the primary vehicle to deliver business value through service orientation and is a great way to aggregate these services to support cross-functional processes. Theoretically, composite applications allow for these services or components to be mixed and matched like blocks, allowing developers to customize applications to evolving enterprise needs relatively easily.
With the release of 2007 Microsoft Office System clients, servers, and tools, Microsoft delivers a true application platform that can be used to create collaborative, role-based, easy-to-use solutions that extend the traditional LOB applications and enterprise systems. Not only has Microsoft significantly improved the capabilities and tools for personal and business productivity, but it has also invested significantly in the extensibility and programmability of the 2007 Microsoft Office System. Microsoft calls these solutions Office Business Applications (OBAs) and recently announced the technology to design and develop OBAs.
Open CA Level 3: Distinguished Chief Architect
Gartner
August 11, 2011
Open CA Certification – is primarily concerned with the competencies that an architect possesses. In other words, how an architect thinks through solving a set of broad highly impactful enterprise problems to realize business value. For Open CA certification, it is not needed to be TOGAF certified or even know the TOGAF framework , that is one of many validated frameworks. One must prove to be able to have done architectural work in real life situations for many years. Open CA certification is very much like PMI certification for project managers that require detailed documentation, letters verifying your experience and a set of interviews to validate what was documented.
Texas Association of Enterprise Architects
Mike J. Walker
May 02, 2013
This chapter is part of a greater global organization called the Association of Enterprise Architects. The Association of Enterprise Architects (AEA) is the only definitive professional organization for Enterprise Architects with over 35,000 professionals world-wide.
Its goals are:
Raise the status of the EA profession
Foster an already vibrant EA community
Access to EA thought leadership
Increase market value of professionals
Introduction of the Texas AEA
These were all great goals and I wanted to bring this level of professionalism to Texas. In this state there is a vibrant community of Texas professionals, vendors and consortiums offers thought leadership, visions for the future, and proven practices based on reality of today. Building on the Global AEA Texas has the following objectives:
Mike the Architect Blog: Texas Association of Enterprise Architects
This chapter will strive to have the following characteristics to ensure a vibrant and highly interactive community forum. We will be…
Regular. With quarterly and monthly meetings starting first in Austin, TX and then branching out to Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
Impactful. Through full day events we hope to draw in top speakers in the architecture community.
Highly Interactive . These meetings and events focus first on the community and take the best from a conferences and a user groups.
High Quality. The key to a vibrant and sustainable community is to make sure there is high quality discussions and interactions.
We have been lucky with some top notch sponsorship support and I would like to personally thank all these vendors for helping to make this happen! With out your
Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Emerging Technology
1 Instructor
Microsoft Global Connected Communities - Digital Ecosystems Lead 2023
Credly
March 09, 2023
Connected Communities - Lead 2023
Issued by Microsoft Technical and Community Leadership
Earners of this badge have been recognized as a Lead in the Microsoft Connected Communities program. In this position, earners have demonstrated leadership skills by partnering with business leaders to set the community strategic direction, recruiting and managing a team of volunteers to execute on that strategy, and creating clarity, generating energy, and delivery success for members and the business. These earners have the leadership skills required to excel at Microsoft.
Microsoft Releases Financial Services OBA Component Library, Giving Firms a Head Start in Creating Applications Built on the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Microsoft
March 12, 2008
Helping financial services firms solve real-world problems in the areas of interoperability, extending legacy systems and creating compelling user interfaces, Microsoft Corp. today released the Financial Services Office Business Applications (OBA) Component Library at the sixth annual Microsoft Financial Services Developer Conference.
Microsoft OBAs are composite applications built upon the 2007 Microsoft Office system, utilizing the familiar and easy-to-use interfaces of Microsoft Office products and connecting to additional Microsoft technologies (such as Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) or other back-office systems. The resulting solution is built to model how people work within financial services firms day-to-day, integrating with existing workflows, reducing training efforts and trimming development time.
Loan Origination Reference Architecture
Mike J. Walker
August 02, 2007
The Loan Origination Reference Architecture shows how to build architectures that unify people, process and technology through familiar Office 2007 user interfaces. It includes an architecture framework for lending with an Office Business Application based scenario and BizTalk “MISMO” Accelerator for the loan origination process in banking. OBAs are an emerging class of business applications that connect existing line-of-business (LOB) systems with the people that use them every day through the familiar user interface of Microsoft Office, bridging the gap between how business process systems work, and how people work. OR-LOS will help customers simplify document management, increase integrated workflow, improve efficiency and ultimately lower time-to-market offering for faster turn-around and reduced cost.
Solutions that leverage the OR-LOS have the following benefits:
Empowers Business Users to make informed lending decisions
Using familiar Office tools for common business tasks (e.g., Outlook or Excel)
Provided with a extensible lending platform that will reduce the development cycle
Lending technology consolidation strategies can be derived
Interoperable Lending Platform through BizTalk MISMO Accelerator
Rich collaboration platform
Enterprise Architecture Toolkit
Mike Walker
May 02, 2007
So what exactly is the EATK? Well simply put it is a set of tools that will aid Enterprise, Solution and Domain Architects with their architecture efforts in a pragmatic way. The EATK does so by providing a set of base tools built in existing products that they may already have or use for the same purpose. The value of how the EATK rationalizes these solutions is by extending common interfaces used in enterprises such as Microsoft Word and Visio.
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Below is a summary of what the EATK is:
Solution Accelerator for Enterprise Architecture
Series of Add-Ins to Existing Products
Set of Smart Architecture Templates
System Architecture Document
Architecture Decisions
Architecture Review Board
Architecture Viability Assessment
Architecture Portal which includes:
Hosted Process and Collaboration Workflow
Knowledge Management System
Asset Management System
Based on Industry Standards
Supports IEEE 1471
Supports TOGAF ADM
Provides a Bill of Materials
Source Code
Whitepapers
Rich Media
Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation
8 Keynotes
Impact of Gen AI and next level innovation
Kinaxis Supply Chain Unplugged!
July 24, 2024
In my presentation you will find the latest thinking on generative AI used in pharma manufacturing. We bring together a one-of-a-kind event that brings together leading supply chain practitioners, thought leaders, partners and academia around the world for open, peer-to-peer conversations about the latest innovations, opportunities and challenges in supply chain management.
Ohio Tech Summit 22
OhioX and John Carroll University
April 23, 2022
Get your seat to the future.
Tech Summit 22 is coming to Cleveland. Join us on Saturday, April 23, 2022.
The Summit is a full day of content and experiences where Ohio tech shows-off and features high-profile speakers, tech demos, and networking opportunities.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Emerging Technology
IDEA Week Keynote
IDEA Center at the University of Notre Dame
April 08, 2019
This session will explore what blockchain consortiums are, the industry trends, and learn how Microsoft enables customers like GE with a common framework for blockchain strategy for consortiums. Learn how GE has built upon this strategic framework to apply blockchain to the aviation industry by applying lean six sigma to unlock the value of blockchain in an industrial setting. We will explore active use cases in part origin, flight history, and third party reconciliation that GE Aviation is creating on the Microsoft Azure Blockchain Platform. Havera and Walker lead the audience through frameworks for optimizing supply chains, reducing costs, and improving efficiency.
Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Innovation
31 Media Interviews
Dose #5 Making of the Next-Gen Pharma Factory with Mike Walker (Microsoft)
Supply Chain Wizard Podcast
March 31, 2024
In this episode of SCW for Pharma, Evren Ozkaya welcomes Mike Walker, Microsoft's Executive Director of Global Healthcare and Life Sciences Digital Strategy, to explore why pharma companies are slow in embracing digitalization and ways to help them catch up. They delve into strategies for adapting factories to the production of the growing market of emerging biologics, cell-gene therapies, and mRNA-based drugs, expected to reach nearly 1 trillion dollars by 2030. Mike estimates that only 1%-3% of companies fall under the fully digitized factory of the future category, highlighting the industry's digitization challenges. They explore factors contributing to this lag, including risk management, regulatory compliance, and entrenched status quo, exacerbated by uncertainty on where to begin digital transformation. Mike presents his top 10 supply chain trends for the life sciences industry and discusses the development of a digital ecosystem platform to enable various organizational departments to utilize high-quality data, feeding into high-performing AI and digital twin models.
Supply Chain Wizard Podcast Teaser 1 - Top Supply Chain Trends in Life Sciences
Supply Chain Wizard Podcast
March 20, 2024
Teaser for episode 5 of Supply Chain Wizard for Pharma podcast series. Evren chats with Mike Walker, Microsoft's Executive Director of Global Healthcare and Life Sciences Digital Strategy, about the importance of high-quality, real-time data for building effective AI, digital twins, and metaverse solutions for manufacturers.
Technology Digital Magazine - Mike J. Walker Interview
Technology Digital Magazine
June 15, 2023
Mike J. Walker heads up Microsoft’s life sciences supply chain practice, and explains why industry advisory drives business value
Supply chain is a complicated industry that typically requires highly trained engineers to oversee, but pharmaceutical (pharma) supply chains take complexity to another level.
Supply Chain Digital Mike J. Walker Interview
Supply Chain Digital Magazine
June 03, 2023
Mike J. Walker heads up Microsoft’s life sciences supply chain practice, and explains why industry advisory drives business value
Supply chain is a complicated industry that typically requires highly trained engineers to oversee, but pharmaceutical (pharma) supply chains take complexity to another level.
Mike J. Walker at Microsoft empowers pharma supply chain innovations
Healthcare Digital Magazine
May 15, 2023
Supply chain is a complicated industry that typically requires highly trained engineers to oversee, but pharmaceutical (pharma) supply chains take complexity to another level. As well as the usual litany of supply challenges, pharma has distinct requirements on the handling of materials like a cold chain element, and also faces the perils of product recalls and compliance issues, because the field of medicine is just about the most regulated sector there is.
And then of course there’s the added pressure of how catastrophic any delays might prove, because the medicines being shipped are critical for ensuring patients have access to the medicines they need to maintain their health, or even keep them alive.
While there is a variety of permutations, the most prevalent today is the small molecule pharma supply chain. This chemical-based drug will typically begin with the sourcing of raw materials – active pharmaceutical ingredients – used to manufacture drugs. The manufacturing process involves several stages: formulation, quality control, packaging and labelling.
Once the drugs are ready, they are shipped to warehouses or distribution centres, from where they are distributed to healthcare providers, pharmacies and hospitals.
Microsoft empowers pharma supply chain innovation
Healthcare Digital Magazine
May 03, 2023
Mike J. Walker heads up Microsoft’s life sciences supply chain practice, and explains why industry advisory drives business value
Supply chain is a complicated industry that typically requires highly trained engineers to oversee, but pharmaceutical (pharma) supply chains take complexity to another level.
Executive Profile of Mike J. Walker
Healthcare Digital Magazine
March 18, 2023
Mike J. Walker is an entrepreneur, futurist, digital strategist, podcast host, global keynote speaker, and a best-selling author with a specialty in helping business executives stay relevant in the digital economy.
Walker brings paradigm-shifting digital transformation by leveraging leading innovation practices through my experiences with Fortune 500 leaders around the globe.
He has found success in driving pragmatic approaches to large scale problems, ability to break down large complex challenges into something manageable, along with an insatiable need to bring teams together.
What’s unique about Walker is not everything has to be a major transformation to gain value; he understands how to maximise current business processes while also identifying new business models.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Ecosystems, Emerging Technology
Mike Walker Takes the Future by Storm in His Return to the Pages of A&G
Architecture and Governance Mag
January 13, 2021
The future of business is rapidly changing, and digital ecosystems are a major force driving it. From now to 2025 digital ecosystems will represent approximately $60 trillion in global revenue from all industries around the globe. Organizations have a tremendous opportunity to take a concept that has 2% global market share to approximately 30% by 2025.
This is why Mike Walker, an entrepreneur, futurist, and an author with more than 25 years of experience in emerging technologies, innovation management, and business strategy, wrote his most recent book — “Rewire! Using the Digital Ecosystem Playbook to Reinvent Your Business”.
Currently at Microsoft, Walker leads the cross-industry digital ecosystems innovation team. Previously, he worked at Gartner as a Vice President of Technology Innovation research where his thought leadership is reflected in more than 150 published research notes and more than 5,000 client engagements.
Interview: Gartner’s Mike Walker Identifies 5 Emerging Technology Trends
IT News Africa
September 24, 2018
The 35 must-watch technologies represented on the Gartner Inc. Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2018 revealed five distinct emerging technology trends that will blur the lines between humans and machines.
Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) play a critical role in enabling companies to be ubiquitous, always available, and connected to business ecosystems to survive in the near future.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
Gartner Names Knowledge Graphs an Emerging Technology
Stardog
September 06, 2018
Stardog, the leading Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform, is proud to report that Gartner has recognized Knowledge Graphs as an emerging technology in its 2018 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle.
The shift from compartmentalized technical infrastructure to ecosystem-enabling platforms is laying the foundation for entirely new business models that are forming the bridge between humans and technology. – Mike Walker, Research Vice President at Gartner
This year’s Hype Cycle specifically focuses on technologies that show promise in delivering a high degree of competitive advantage over the next five years.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
Gartner Identifies Five Emerging Technology Trends That Will Blur The Lines Between Human And Machine
EMS Now
August 28, 2018
2018 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle Garners Insights From More Than 2,000 Technologies
The 35 must-watch technologies represented on the Gartner Inc. Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2018 revealed five distinct emerging technology trends that will blur the lines between humans and machines. Emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), play a critical role in enabling companies to be ubiquitous, always available, and connected to business ecosystems to survive in the near future.
“Business and technology leaders will continue to face rapidly accelerating technology innovation that will profoundly impact the way they engage with their workforce, collaborate with their partners, and create products and services for their customers,” said Mike J. Walker, research vice president at Gartner. “CIOs and technology leaders should always be scanning the market along with assessing and piloting emerging technologies to identify new business opportunities with high imp
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
Gartner's five emerging tech trends to look out for
CRN
August 06, 2018
AI predicted to be put into the 'hands of the masses' in next 10 years, according to analyst's latest Hype Cycle
The democratisation of artificial intelligence (AI), an explosion of smart technology and a blurring of the lines between biology and technology are three of the tech trends Gartner is betting on to flo
Democratic artificial intelligence will shape future technologies: Gartner
ZDNet
February 02, 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a key area of research and development, and while AI and machine learning algorithms begin to influence everything from our cars to our social media news feeds, the technology will soon be available to everyone.
That is if Gartner's predictions on emerging technology trends prove to be true.
On Monday, the research agency said that democratized AI will be one of the major trends which will shape our future technologies.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
Top Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017
iTango
September 24, 2017
Enterprises should explain the business potential of blockchain, artificial intelligence and augmented reality.
August 15, 2017
Contributor: Kasey Panett
Imagine a world where it is possible to implant a magnet that detects electrical current or utilize an exoskeleton to enhance strength. Now consider the potential abuses of requiring employees to have chip implants before they can work. Human augmentation has the potential to use technology to enhance bodies and minds, but also raises ethical and legal questions.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
Gartner Sees AI Democratized in Latest ‘Hype Cycle’
Datanomi
August 21, 2017
Democratized artificial intelligence is one of five trends driving Gartner’s latest Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, which it updates this month, as it traditionally does during the month of August.
The analyst group took a slightly different approach with this year’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Tech and grouped the 35 individual technologies into major groups, which includes digitalized ecosystems, do-it-yourself biohacking, transparently immersive experiences, and ubiquitous infrastructure, along with democratized AI.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
Making Sense of the Emerging Technology Pipeline
Wall Street Journal
August 15, 2017
There is a full pipeline of emerging technologies that could change the way companies do business, but the pace of adoption is very much an open question. A new report from Gartner Research Inc. finds some order amid the chaos, gauging which technologies are most likely to enter the mainstream in the near-term and long-term. First up: virtual reality, with some forms of artificial intelligence, augmented reality and blockchain a few steps behind.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
Gartner reveals five trends to blur the lines between humans and machines
Software Development Times
August 15, 2017
Gartner has revealed five emerging technology trends that will “blur the lines between humans and machines.”
“Business and technology leaders will continue to face rapidly accelerating technology innovation that will profoundly impact the way they engage with their workforce, collaborate with their partners, and create products and services for their customers,” said Mike J. Walker, research vice president at Gartner
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology
Gartner Identifies Three Megatrends That Will Drive Digital Business Into the Next Decade
Gartner
August 15, 2017
2017 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle Garners Insight From More Than 2,000 Technologies
The emerging technologies on the Gartner Inc. Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017 reveal three distinct megatrends that will enable businesses to survive and thrive in the digital economy over the next five to 10 years.
Artificial intelligence (AI) everywhere, transparently immersive experiences and digital platforms are the trends that will provide unrivaled intelligence, create profoundly new experiences and offer platforms that allow organizations to connect with new business ecosystems.
Al & Technology Panel: Navigating Innovation, Technological Advancements, and Evolving Regulations
The Bioprocessing Summit
August 21, 2024
I join a Al & Technology Panel whereby we discuss how to navigate the latest innovations, how technology can accelerate your GenAI adoption, and how evolving regulations may help or hurt GenAI progress.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Generative AI, Manufacturing
Platforms: Past, Present, & the Future
Blockchain Research Institute
February 15, 2022
Come join the rockstar panel (Todd McDonald, Hanumantha Rao, Preeti Gandhi, and I) tomorrow at 10:10 AM EDT where we discuss "Platforms: Past, Present, & the Future" at the Virtual Blockchain Revolution Global conference.
Digital Ecosystems Platforms Past, Present and the Future
TCS
February 23, 2021
Blockchain platforms emerge at the rate of almost one a day. Since the 1970's, when distributed ledger technology was first discovered, a lot of platforms have emerged. A lot has changed in the industry since then and led to a revolution of sorts in use-cases and relevant platforms for Blockchain as well. Hear from the experts from R3 Corda Microsoft and TCS on what the past, present, and future of Blockchain-led platforms hold.
Dear Enterprise Have You Developed a Sound Strategy
Consensus 2019 - New York Blockchain Week
May 13, 2019
Enterprises are coming together in large numbers to form and participate in blockchain and DLT consortia, which allow companies to address common issues and challenges in their industries. Consortia often are being formed not to build new private blockchain protocols, but instead to collaborate in developing enterprise-hardened business and operational solutions using existing blockchain protocols.
Collaboration among industry players as they explore solutions can yield great successes, but also can lead to failures unless a comprehensive approach is used to consider the complex and inter-woven factors that could determine the fate of such efforts. This session brings together panelists from leading enterprises, blockchain consortia and advisors to debate and navigate the factors that shape the outcomes of successful blockchain consortia engagements.
Tags: Blockchain, Business Strategy, Cryptocurrency
48 Podcasts
Driving Industry Innovation at Microsoft Research
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November 10, 2021
Ever wonder how the worlds leading innovators think, spend their time, and the projects they are working on? If you do, you're in luck! Mike J. Walker speaks to Ranveer Chandra , Managing Director Research for Industry at Microsoft. Listen in to hear advise and perspectives from Ranveer. He i
Tags: Digital Disruption, Emerging Technology, Innovation
Innovation's Role in the Global Pandemic
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October 08, 2021
The world has seen the pace of healthcare innovation accelerate at a tremendous rate. If you ever wanted to get a "behind the scenes" view of this pandemic, stay tuned! Mike J. Walker speaks to Tierney Morgan, Health and Life Sciences Industry Advocate with Microsoft about the the vacc
Tags: Digital Disruption, Emerging Technology, Innovation
Episode 56: Innovation's Role in the Global Pandemic
V-Next
October 08, 2021
The world has seen the pace of healthcare innovation accelerate at a tremendous rate. If you ever wanted to get a "behind the scenes" view of this pandemic, stay tuned! Mike J. Walker speaks to Tierney Morgan, Health and Life Sciences Industry Advocate with Microsoft about the the vaccine landscape, the hurdles that needed to be overcome, and practical wisdom on how to effectively innovate in this industry.
Community Leadership Development Program - Alumni
OhioX
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Leading the IoT
Amplify Customer Demands for Innovation With Active Listening and Personalization
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2018
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Toolkit: How to Build an Emerging Technologies Radar
Toolkit: Assessing the 2018 Top Five Business and Sociocultural Trends
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018: Intelligent Apps and Analytics
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018: A Gartner Trend Insight Report
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018: Digital Twins
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Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018: AI Foundation
Maximize Digital Business Value Creation Through AI Algorithms
Toolkit: Workshop for Creating EA Personas in Digital Business Diagnostic Deliverable Analysis
Toolkit: Examples of Deliverables to Enable Enterprise Architecture in Cloud Strategy Delivery
Using Enterprise Architecture to Maximize Cloud Strategy Business Outcomes
Toolkit: An Enterprise Architect's Guide to Ideation
Demystifying the Many Personas of the CTO
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018
Survey Analysis: How CTOs Can Enable Digital Business Transformation
Hype Cycle for Enterprise Architecture, 2017
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017
Microsoft’s new data & AI solution for healthcare
20 Business Metrics That Can Tell Tech Leaders A Lot
Predictions Revisited: Grading my Enterprise Architecture in 2020 Predictions
The Return of Mike The Architect Blog: Why I’ve Decided it Was Time to Come Back
How Zero-Day Impacts CISOs and What They Can Do About It
Rewire! Using the Digital Ecosystem Playbook to Reinvent Your Business
Office Business Applications: Building Composite Applications using the Microsoft platform
The Architecture Journal 20
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Connected Communities - Digital Ecosystems & Blockchain Lead 2021
Microsoft Connected Communities - Digital Ecosystems & Blockchain Subject Matter Expert 2021
Open CA Level 3: Distinguished Chief Architect
Texas Association of Enterprise Architects
Forbes Technology Council
Microsoft Global Connected Communities - Digital Ecosystems Lead 2023
Microsoft Releases Financial Services OBA Component Library, Giving Firms a Head Start in Creating Applications Built on the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Loan Origination Reference Architecture
Enterprise Architecture Toolkit
Impact of Gen AI and next level innovation
Ohio Tech Summit 22
IDEA Week Keynote
2018 US Gartner Project and Program Management Summit Keynote: Become a Leader and Not a Casualty in the Digital Age
2018 UK Gartner Project and Program Management Summit Keynote: Become a Leader and Not a Casualty in the Digital Age
Gartner Symposium 2018 India Keynote: Top 10 Strategic Trends and Emerging Technologies
Keynote: Business Architecture the Key to Enterprise Transformation
Technology Digital Magazine - Mike J. Walker Interview
Supply Chain Digital Mike J. Walker Interview
Mike J. Walker at Microsoft empowers pharma supply chain innovations
Microsoft empowers pharma supply chain innovation
Executive Profile of Mike J. Walker
WAKR: Ray Horner Morning Show
Mike Walker Takes the Future by Storm in His Return to the Pages of A&G
Forbes Books Podcast: Blockchain and Digital Ecosystems Trends
Interview: Gartner’s Mike Walker Identifies 5 Emerging Technology Trends
Gartner Names Knowledge Graphs an Emerging Technology
Gartner Identifies Five Emerging Technology Trends That Will Blur The Lines Between Human And Machine
Gartner's five emerging tech trends to look out for
Democratic artificial intelligence will shape future technologies: Gartner
Blockchain Enters 'Trough of Disillusionment' on Gartner's Hype Scale
Top Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017
Gartner: 3 Megatrends Will Drive Digital Business Over Next Decade
Making Sense of the Emerging Technology Pipeline
Gartner reveals five trends to blur the lines between humans and machines
Gartner Identifies Three Megatrends That Will Drive Digital Business Into the Next Decade
Al & Technology Panel: Navigating Innovation, Technological Advancements, and Evolving Regulations
Platforms: Past, Present, & the Future
Demystifying the Hype of Enterprise Adoption of Blockchain
