“Vision without action is hallucination.”
– Thomas Edison
Breakthrough technologies like AI spark the imagination. Predictions run wild. But against a backdrop of political and economic uncertainty, risk appetite and funding may well strangle innovation. So, while Hollywood films fuel the fire and analyst firms promote their latest predictions, what’s the reality for UK executives in large, complex businesses?
– BCG says that 54% of board members expect AI to drive down costs in 2025 – is this realistic?
– Gartner predicts that 95% of new digital workloads will be cloud-native. Are tech foundations in place for this?
– BCG predicts a 40% rise in the proportion of IT budgets allocated to GenAI – is the risk appetite there to dive in?
Forbes, McKinsey and Forrester can provide fascinating insights and valuable data. But what they cannot offer is a forum to tackle the challenging questions alongside your peers. Join 8 other CIOs/CTOs/CDOs/CISOs of UK enterprise companies as we meet to answer the question: what does the future hold?
THE VENUE
The Groucho Club
45 Dean St, London, W1D 4QB
Nestled impressively in the heart of Soho, this iconic club is renowned for its stunning contemporary art collection. The Gennaro Room’s striking, full-sized bar, is companion to jovial discussions. The name is an homage to the history of the building itself – it had been a restaurant since 1880 but was perhaps most famous as Gennaro’s. Here such luminaries as the Kings of Greece, Yugoslavia and Siam dined alongside Caruso and Dame Nellie Melba. Gennaro would greet his guests at the door and present each female diner with a red rose.
The dazzling menu hails from superstar chef Mark Hix, who was almost single-handedly responsible for putting modern British cooking on the map. Hix concentrates on British food at best, supplementing simple club food that everyone can relate to, like the club’s famous shepherd’s pie, with his own signature dishes.
ATTENDEES
Executive Decision Makers with a focus on technology, information and data across industries. This discussion will be valuable to you if you’re looking to benchmark and explore high-level strategic initiatives for the year ahead with other executives.
Attendance is capped to ensure every participant is able to contribute. The meeting is only open to invited participants or those who have been referred by a colleague or our partner, Rackspace.
OUR CLUB PARTNER
A special thank you to Rackspace for their continued support of the Change Makers Club.
As a global hybrid, multicloud technology services pioneer, we deliver innovative capabilities to help customers build new revenue streams, increase efficiency and create incredible experiences. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent to deliver the best expertise to our customers. Everything we do is wrapped in Fanatical Experience® — our obsession with customer success that drives us to help each customer work faster, smarter and stay ahead of what’s next.
THE EXPERIENCE
All of our roundtables are focused, collaborative and informative. Thanks to a chaired and moderated discussion you will: gain insights and ideas from thought leaders in different industries, benchmark your own plans within a collaborative and confidential environment and network with an exclusive group of senior executives in similar size organisations to you.
The Team
James Harris
Founder
William Russell
Club Director
Jouke van der Brug
Club Director
Elle Brasier
Head of Operations
OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLEDGE
We’re committed to supporting our society and environment. When you attend a Change Makers Club event, we pledge to neutralise your carbon footprint. To offset your travel or energy usage we will plant a tree via One Tree Planted. Once mature, the average tree has a net absorption of 30 kg of CO2 per year, which equates to 227 miles of travel by car or 96 hours of office usage. You can see our maths here.
Learn more here: https://onetreeplanted.org/
If you have a question about attendance, please contact me:
Jouke van der Brug
Club Director, Change Makers Club