How AI Is Outsmarting Corporate Executives, AI Trends in Marketing and Strategy, Inside Lidl’s Massive SAP Failure

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 AI Is Outsmarting Corporate Executives, Q&A (Darian Chwialkowski, Third Stage Consulting) AI Trends in Marketing and Strategy (Vladimer Botsvadze, Advisory Board Member at US AI Institute & Mentor at Techstars) Inside Lidl’s Massive SAP Failure

 

We also cover a number of other relevant topics related to digital and business transformation throughout the show.

 

🔗 Resources Discussed in This Episode:

Order my Book, The Final Countdown’: https://a.co/d/cazlzqx  

Try the Free LinkedIn Personal Branding Challenge: https://www.roloffconsulting.com/eric

Contact Marcus Harris at Taft Law: https://taftlaw.com/people/marcus-s-harris

 

🔗 More Digital Transformation Resources:

2025 Digital Transformation Report: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/2025-digital-transformation-report/

Digital Transformation Resource Center: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/thought-leadership/

Software Buyer's Guide: https://resource.thirdstage-consulting.com/softwarebuyersguide

Supply Chain Management Playbook: https://thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/mastering-the-chain-a-comprehensive-guide-to-supply-chain-management/

Digital Strategy Framework: https://resource.thirdstage-consulting.com/digitalstrategyframework

Guide to Organizational Change Management: https://resource.thirdstage-consulting.com/the-definitive-guide-to-erp-hcm-organizational-change-management

20 Lessons from 1,000 Digital Transformations: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/ebook-20-lessons-from-1000-erp-implementations/

2025 Guide to AI Strategy & Implementation: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/reports/guide-to-ai-strategy/

 

📱 Connect With Me:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erickimberling/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erickimberling/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@erickimberling0

X: https://twitter.com/erickimberling

 

📩 Got Questions?

Contact me to brainstorm ideas: eric.kimberling@thirdstage-consulting.com

 

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