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The UK (once again) says digital is important and (once again) has a plan to be world leader This article is sponsored by:

The British Government is this week telling the world that it’s going to be a really good place for digital to thrive. And it has some principles (?) to make that happen.

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The ‘Great Uncertainty’ is over; here comes the ‘Greater Uncertainty’ - omni-channel retail’s relationship with the post-COVID consumer This article is sponsored by:

The unprecedented impact of COVID on the retail sector may be easing up, but what lies ahead for retailers and their relationships with post-pandemic consumers?

Mitigating unknowns in an age of business uncertainty This article is sponsored by:

A recent column from Salesforce's Peter Coffee and the death of Donald Rumsfeld leads to a rumination on the epistemology of business information and decision inputs and the development of a theory on how to thrive in conditions of extreme uncertainty.

Heathrow Airport data takes off with Microsoft This article is sponsored by:

Heathrow, the UK’s largest airport, creates an information platform with data specialists and Microsoft technology

Conserving ROI - How to make money out of your digital investments This article is sponsored by:

Paul Smith, President EMEA at ServiceNow, speaks with global law firm Hogan Lovells to understand how organizations should think about ROI, as they take stock of their digital investments during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Enterprise hits and misses - storefronts face off with e-commerce, hybrid work policies emerge, and workplace neurodiversity gets a call to action This article is sponsored by:

This week - the retail plot thickens as retailers choose divergent strategies. Collaborative work technology is surging, but are new "hybrid" policies already stale? Your whiffs include my worst workplace nightmare coming true.

Zero – the white space apps for professional services This article is sponsored by:

Can professional services firms improve chargeability, profitability and more with a new generation of apps? AI-powered Zero has some tech and proof-points.

Hybrid working at Auto Trader, where Slack and Teams co-exist This article is sponsored by:

Slack has been helping Auto Trader make the shift from an office-first organization to one that's ready to make a success of hybrid working

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The future of business – conversations with customers who are leaving legacy apps behind This article is sponsored by:

Today's businesses are leaving legacy apps behind so they can move fast, be agile and innovate. Oracle's Steve Miranda introduces three customers who've done just that.

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Monday Morning Moan - the problem with woke-wash marketing This article is sponsored by:

Political correctness gone mad? The liberals have taken over the marketing asylum? Or a welcome shift towards a more empathetic way of doing business?

Finnish industrial giant Kemira moves to digitized global HR This article is sponsored by:

Kemira has partnered with HCM, payroll, HR service delivery, and workforce management solutions provider UKG to adapt to both global and local HR needs.

AI ethics have consequences - learning from the problem of autonomous weapons systems This article is sponsored by:

AI ethics can seem like an academic exercise - that's not the case for autonomous weapons. A defining AI ethics issue for our time is heating up.

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Sapphire Now 2021 in review - DSAG leaders air out their views on RISE with SAP, integration progress, and the transformation imperative This article is sponsored by:

Sapphire Now 2021 may have been virtual, but the show raised critical issues for customers (and partners). In this diginomica exclusive, we get the frank reactions of two DSAG board members to what they heard - and how their views changed, or not. Grab a beverage, and let's do this.