Podcast appearances and mentions of vinnie mirchandani

Send us a textThe ERP landscape is undergoing significant transformation, marked by a shift toward vertical specialization and regional compliance as vendors move away from generic, one-size-fits-all solutions. This evolution reflects the growing demand for industry-specific functionality and adherence to localized regulatory requirements. At the same time, artificial intelligence is reshaping ERP capabilities by driving smarter automation, predictive insights, and more agile decision-making. Businesses are also moving toward modular architectures, favoring best-of-breed integrations over traditional monolithic systems to gain flexibility and scalability. As a result, ERP vendors are adopting divergent strategies—some doubling down on vertical depth, while others build expansive ecosystems to support extensibility—highlighting the increasingly fragmented and dynamic nature of the ERP market.In this episode, Sam Gupta engages in a LinkedIn live session with Vinnie Mirchandani, Founder, Deal Architect in a live LinkedIn session and discusses ERP Trends in the Age of AI.Background Soundtrack: Away From You – Mauro SommFor more information on growth strategies for SMBs using ERP and digital transformation, visit our community at wbs. rocks or elevatiq.com. To ensure that you never miss an episode of the WBS podcast, subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform. 

The Transformation Ground Control podcast covers a number of topics important to digital and business transformation. This episode covers the following topics and interviews:   How Skill Shortages are Causing Transformation Delays, Q&A (Darian Chwialkowski, Third Stage Consulting) Lessons from 'The AI Analyst', (Vinnie Mirchandani, Deal Architect Inc.) 10 AI Features That Will Revolutionize Your Supply Chain   We also cover a number of other relevant topics related to digital and business transformation throughout the show.  

This podcast outlines key strategies for SaaS CEOs to explore in 2024 to optimally prepare for 2025. My guest is Vinnie Mirchandani, Founder of Deal Architect.  Vinnie has become a regular guest on my podcast. This is the fourth time over the past 7 seasons. He's the founder of Deal Architect – a Technology strategy and negotiation firm, a former Gartner analyst, and the author of Silicon Collar, SAP Nation, The New Polymath, and The New Technology Elite - which emphasize technology-enabled innovation using lots of case studies and use cases across industries and countries  He's also the prime interviewer/curator of thought leadership books for C-level executives at technology vendors SAP, Software AG, and IFS  In this podcast, we explore the evolving landscape of SaaS businesses together. We delve into the future of SaaS for 2024, discussing optimistic and rational viewpoints on market trends, highlighting the most important metrics to give extra focus, and discussing the shift towards customer-centric revenue models over traditional funding avenues.  We also address the untapped potential of generative AI and operational automation to enhance productivity and innovation in the B2B SaaS space. Furthermore, we explore what muscles to build to stay relevant in this rapidly changing and evolving market of Software as a Service.  Here's one of Vinnie's quotes Investors are sometimes fashion-driven. They follow what their colleagues tell them is predictable. So you don't often get the best advice by listening to investors. You have to go to the edge of the enterprise, to the remote parts of the world, sometimes to find opportunities. During this interview, you will learn four things: Why creating Funding freedom is essential for long-term SaaS success. Which metrics to embrace to keep your SaaS business healthy as customer expectations evolve. What routes to consider to access new technologies and markets with more speed. Where to focus to seize growth opportunities beyond traditional markets For more information about the guest from this week: Vinnie Mirchandani His blog: New Florence. New Renaissance Website: Deal Architect  Subscribe to the Daily SaaS Reflection Get my free, 1 min daily reflection on shaping a B2B SaaS business no one can ignore. Subscribe here Yes, it's actually daily. And yes, people actually stay subscribed (Just see what peer B2B SaaS CEOs say) My promise: It's short. To the point. Inspiring. And valuable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Malcolm Frank is the CEO of TalentGenius, a team of tech professionals dedicated to helping knowledge workers find the innovative AI tools their business needs, find AI powered jobs, and more. This Yale University graduate is considered one of the foremost authorities and visionaries in technology services, teaching companies how to master the growing game-changer that is AI and find community among technology professionals. Vinnie Mirchandani, former Gartner analyst and a previous guest on Everything Thought Leadership, called him “One of the smartest marketing and strategy execs [he has] had the privilege of working with.” Prior to starting TalentGenius, Malcolm served as Digital Business & Technology President at Cognizant for a time, where he managed the firm's large portfolio of digital engineering, SaaS, Cloud, as well as application development and modernization services. Previously, he ran Marketing and Strategy at Cognizant. While in this role, he created Cognizant's Center for the Future of Work: a thought leadership treasure trove that supercharged the company's brand and revenue growth. He has a rich history with Buday TLP COO Alan Alper too, whom he tapped to run Cognizant's thought leadership program. In this episode, Malcolm has reunited with Alan to discuss the evolution of the thought leadership profession, how to build a superior thought leadership program, advice for budding thought leaders, and more. You won't want to miss this insightful conversation. “Blueprint” by Jahzzar is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Music set to dialogue. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ja... https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ja... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Sections: 00:00 – Opening 3:00 – From Analyst to Thought Leader 6:44 – Tech's Thought Leadership Tribulations 14:30 – Thought Leadership's Influence on Vendor Selection 23:35 – The Art of Great Storytelling 30:24 – Collaborating with SAP 35:17 – Thought Leadership‘s Future Vinnie Mirchandani, founder of technology negotiation and strategy firm Deal Architect, is an effective thought leader in the software, offshoring, and outsourcing spaces of tech. The former Gartner analyst and PwC outsourcing executive has played crucial roles helping companies obtain profitable technology contracts, including contracts worth more than $5 billion. He is a speaker on innovation through technology and curator of “New Florence. New Renaissance,” the insightful products and services blog. Beyond software and innovation through technology, the tech contract specialist has advised clients on business decisions regarding the cloud, artificial intelligence, automation, and predictive analytics. Moreover, Vinnie has authored several books tailored for tech executives. These include “The New Polymath,” “The New Technology Elite,” and issues 1-through-3 of “SAP Nation,” all available on Amazon. Vinnie joins Alan Alper on “Everything Thought Leadership” to share his invaluable perspective on what it means to be a thought leader in tech and working with business and technology experts. “Everything Thought Leadership” is a video and podcast series of Buday Thought Leadership Partners. It provides insider perspectives on the profession of thought leadership, from leading researchers, editorial and marketing professionals, to widely acclaimed thought leaders themselves.

Join Tomás O'Leary, Hari Candadai, and special guest Vinnie Mirchandani, for a discussion on the ways companies are changing how they approach IT roadmap decisions that free up time, people and money. It's a big shift in the software status quo as Fortune 500 companies stem vendor overspending and refocus funds toward reviving and accelerating digital transformation initiatives that set their companies up for a bright future.

In this episode of ASUG Talks, we talk with Vinnie Mirchandani, founder of Deal Architect and the prolific author of the “SAP Nation” books. Vinnie walked us through how he got into writing in the first place and his thoughts on the changes in the SAP ecosystem.

We are witnessing an unprecedented eagerness to go digital across industries accelerated by the pandemic. As a result, the gap between degrees and required skills is widening, traditional white-collar roles are getting outdated, and education as we know it needs to be overhauled, calling for a greater collaboration between corporate and educational sectors. Tune into our final installment of the ‘Timeline of Next' podcast series where Vinnie Mirchandani, acclaimed author, blogger and tech watcher, Beth Porter, CEO of Riff Analytics and Managing Partner of Esme Learning, Manish Bahl, an AVP in the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work and Clay Griffith, Director of Product Marketing, Cognizant Softvision, discuss skills versus degrees, the need to go beyond traditional white-collar roles, the return of apprenticeships and how to fill the skills gap.

In the post-pandemic world, we can anticipate new workplace innovations, technology-driven office-space strategies, likeminded communities coming together to ideate and innovate, on-demand onsite collaboration and a machine-augmented workforce. Tune into part two of our three-part ‘Timeline of Next' podcast series where Vinnie Mirchandani, acclaimed author, blogger and tech watcher, Beth Porter, CEO of Riff Analytics and Managing Partner of Esme Learning, Manish Bahl, an AVP in the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work and Clay Griffith, Director of Product Marketing, Cognizant Softvision, discuss the post-covid future of the office, learning to cohabit with machines and what to expect when we get back to the office.

In the next decade, the world will be a very different place. Accelerated by the pandemic, new intriguing ideas are emerging on the future of work. Technologies like AI, machine learning and automation are already bringing radical changes that will spawn further out into the future. Tune into our three-part podcast series ‘Timeline of Next' where Vinnie Mirchandani, acclaimed author, blogger and tech watcher, Beth Porter, CEO of Riff Analytics and Managing Partner of Esme Learning, Manish Bahl, an AVP in the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work and Clay Griffith, Director of Product Marketing, Cognizant Softvision, discuss the impact of “now” on the future of education, work, economies and life itself.

This podcast interview focuses on the heroics and entrepreneurship we have witnessed in the past three months of the pandemic. My guest is Vinnie Mirchandani.Vinnie has become a regular guest on my podcast. In fact, it was only 7 months ago where we discussed ‘a decade in review’. He’s the founder of Deal Architect - a Technology strategy and negotiation firm listed as a leading "boutique" by the Black Book of Outsourcing. Earlier in his career he had various technology consulting roles at PwC in the US, Europe and Asia, and worked as an industry analyst at Gartner. He wrote various books about the evolution and future of enterprise software, amongst which Silicon Collar, The New Polymath, The New Technology Elite and SAP Nation 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0. Other than that he’s an inspiring blogger and always curious about innovation. In fact, he’s recently conducted close to 50 interviews with entrepreneurs and change-makers from around the world about how they stepped up to make a difference in the global pandemic. I had the honor to be featured in one these interviews as well where I shared various examples from different industries and countries.And that’s exactly that triggered me to invite him again to my podcast. We explore some of the most inspiring examples Vinnie uncovered and what we can learn from this in terms of leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, and our ability to drive meaningful change.Here are some of his quotes:As the pandemic was starting to hit the US, we had heard about some of the innovations in Asia and Europe. We were starting to hear about US healthcare heroics, in the media, but I was also starting to hear of a lot of business heroics.Either scaling up or scaling down or innovating quickly or pivoting quickly, has required heroics. I was so glad to talk to these executives because the media is not giving them much attention. The media is so focused on the negative stories that unfortunately, these business executives are not getting enough attention. I wanted to get their word out on all the things that they're doing which deserve to be saluted.During this interview, you will learn three things:How to pivot 180 degree overnight and turn a 90% drop in revenue back into growth again.That the art of creating momentum is about two things: relevancy and creating a sense of urgency. Let’s not forget this after the pandemic – it’s what marketing should be all about. The key is to not just try and keep selling what you had in the bag in January. The world has turned upside down since. That opportunities for innovation are plentiful, and every executive everywhere needs help We just need to establish an eye for it and be willing to work with them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I had an amazing session with Vinnie Mirchandani on the future of digital. Vinnie is an award-winning analyst, author of several best-selling books on technology and its impact on society and business. We discuss topics like the evolution of digital transformation and how the current crisis accelerated the adoption of digital. We explore the differences in how technology innovation moves in different industry sectors and what makes leading digital adopters different from laggards. Vinnie shares plenty of specific examples of how companies dealt with the crisis and what transformation has already happened. We also get to peek into the future and consider how the changes will be permanent in healthcare, education, and other sectors.

Vinnie Mirchandani and I discuss the big themes that came out of his new book SAP Nation 3.0 (pre-order here.) There's plenty to enjoy and unpack in what I think is his best book of recent times. 

Vinnie Mirchandani is President of Deal Architect Inc, a technology advisory firm. The firm helps clients take advantage of disruptive trends like cloud computing and business process outsourcing (BPO) before they go mainstream. Between this firm and previous role at the technology research firm, Gartner he has helped clients evaluate and negotiate over $10 billion in technology contracts. The Black Book of Outsourcing has recognized his firm as one of the top boutique advisory firms. He writes a blog, Deal Architect which focuses on waste in technology and has been rated by Industry Standard as one its favorites. His innovation blog, New Florence. New Renaissance averages 500 posts a year on innovation in infotech, biotech, cleantech and other areas. His books, The New Polymath and The New Technology Elite have been called “innovation firehoses.” His recent work Silicon Collar, has been called "an important addition to the discourse on 21st century technology impacts". His work, SAP Nation, was more investigative but carried his trademark style, which is case study-heavy and research-intensive. His books bring unique perspectives from his twenty-five years consulting with customers and his travels and speaking engagements across fifty countries. After graduation from the Neeley School of Business at TCU, he spent his early career at Price Waterhouse, first as an accountant, then as a technology consultant (that division is now part of IBM). He has been quoted in most major technology and business publications, and he has presented at a wide range of industry events.

Jon Reed and Vinnie Mirchandani have their differences when it comes to the outlook for robotics and jobs. At Inforum 2016, they sat down for a podcast taping where Vinnie explained the motivations behind his soon-to-be-released book and why he is optimistic about robotics and how workers can find new ways of working with tech and alongside the robots of the future. Vinnie made his case for why alarmists aren't helping us and the guys do some back and forth over the responsibilities of workers and employers and our educational system for adapting to the changes that automation brings.

Jon Reed and Vinnie Mirchandani have their differences when it comes to the outlook for robotics and jobs. At Inforum 2016, they sat down for a podcast taping where Vinnie explained the motivations behind his soon-to-be-released book and why he is optimistic about robotics and how workers can find new ways of working with tech and alongside the robots of the future. Vinnie made his case for why alarmists aren't helping us and the guys do some back and forth over the responsibilities of workers and employers and our educational system for adapting to the changes that automation brings.Yes, you can get Busting the Omnichannel on iTunes.

In part one of his two part podcast with Vinnie Mirchandani, the guys review Inforum 2016 near the end of day 2. Mirchandani has been tracking Inforum for years, and weighs in on Infor's digital transformation and cloud transition themes. The guys weigh Infor's success in moving customers to a pure SaaS model, and Jon presses Vinnie on whether digital transformation is vendor BS or customer reality. In part two of this podcast, to be issued soon, the guys delve into the theme of Vinnie's new book on robotics and the future of work, Silicon Collar. Yes, you can get Busting the Omnichannel on iTunes.

In this 47 minute highlight replay from a live interactive Crowd Chat, hosts Dennis Howlett and Vinnie Mirchandani explore and debate the issues raised by Mirchandani's new book, SAP Nation: A Runaway Economy. This event replay was prepared for this podcast feed by Den Howlett and Jon Reed, two of the co-founders of diginomica.com. You can review the text-based Crowd Chat discussion here: https://www.crowdchat.net/SAPNation Note: there are a few minor audio glitches on the file due to international bandwidth, but I think you'll find this discussion is well worth a few blips.

With the release of his book - one of the most important business books in recent years (see my review on Amazon) - and with the reverberations of SAPPHIRENOW/ASUG Orlando still lingering, the timing was right to have Vinnie Mirchandani in The ERP Lounge to talk about his blogs on enterprise software and innovation. I wanted to dig into his opinionated takes on SAP and his critique of what he has dubbed the SAP "egosystem." I was especially looking forward to asking Vinnie about how the "polymath" practices he describes in his book can be emulated by individuals in their own skills development. I wanted to ask Vinnie how you reconcile the need to have broad expertise with the problem of becoming a "jack of alll trades, master of none."