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Oct 2020
38m 23s

The Future of Work with Mariesa Coughano...

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What happens when the world is forced to hit pause? When cities, states, and entire countries come to a screeching standstill? As the world struggled to combat an invisible virus, companies around the globe pivoted on a dime to a new set of priorities and way of doing business. And the wheels of innovation began turning.

Faced with adversity, companies are turning to intelligent automation to not only help them overcome current challenges, but to ensure they are prepared for the next fight. As a result. bots are helping humans in almost every workspace activity. 

Hear from Cognizant’s Head of Automation Advisory, Mariesa Coughanour.

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This program is produced by Mission.org and brought to you by Splunk, the Data-to-Everything Platform. Splunk helps organizations worldwide turn data into doing. 

With solutions for IT, security, IoT and business operations, Splunk empowers people to make faster, better decisions and take action to get things done. Learn more at splunk.com.

For full show notes and more, go to mission.org/hidden.

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