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As part of PwC's CEO Survey, Royal London's Barry O'Dwyer talks about embracing transformation in a traditional business (article here). 

O'Dwyer believes that successful transformation starts with a clear, understandable strategy. The CEO should be close to the action and particularly the data strategy, on which he has a strong interest.

For such a quick read, it's a wide-ranging interview. It covers everything from RL's acquisition of fintech Wealth Wizards, to how data enables its climate transition plan.

Whether you work in energy or not, I expect you'll find this article from KPMG's Women in Energy forum an interesting read.

Many of the talk points are sector agnostic and, as a stakeholder in the future of energy, it's an easy topic to get behind. The panel covered disruption, renewables, smart technology and (of course!) AI.

There's some interesting content more broadly at KPMG's Women in Energy landing page.

I had a lighthearted moan about LinkedIn's application of AI recently. Evidently, their vision is a world of AI-written posts attracting AI-written comments!

So, reading about some more constructive use cases pleased me.

Matalan recently announced that it was using GenAI to enhance product marketing. Whilst Paul Adams at Travel Counsellors wrote about how AI is super-charging the company.

But one of the most compelling cases I've read is this article on AI in Wealth Management. It talks about a fundamental shift in how wealth managers at firms like JP Morgan and BlackRock operate.

It appears I'm not the only one getting flustered by AI's application... 😅

This in-depth report from Asana’s Work Innovation Lab covers a lot of ground.

It's packed with statistics including one that stood out: 87% of IT leaders say "keeping up with technology advances" is stressful.

1.  A great overview of challenges in the General and Speciality Insurance markets from the bright minds at Alpha. (Report here).

2.  And... a resource we use and thought we'd share, from Research and Markets. They frequently publish in-depth reports on Digital Transformation strategies.

The reports cost a few quid, but you can get a good overview from the exec summaries. Here are three of my favourite recent examples...

• Prudential
• Morgan Stanley
• Barclays