KPMG in Sri Lanka along with Finetch Consultany (Pvt) Ltd, the local partner of Google Cloud, hosted a breakfast forum at The Kingsbury, for the CIOs of leading corporates.
The forum was enriched by guest speakers, Head of Search and AI, Google Cloud, APAC and Japan, Diana Britt and Director, KPMG in Sri Lanka, Sashi Dharmadasa.
Britt shared an important thought pointed out by Astro Teller, Head of Moonshots at Google’s Project X Lab; ‘10X is easier than 10 percent’. To achieve a 10% improvement, it is usually focused on existing tools and assumptions aimed at incremental improvements.
Aiming for a 10x improvement would mean that the focus is more on creativity and bravery that leads to a new paradigm.
Such improvements that happen rapidly cause disruption across industries. Google Cloud is the future of data management that is already causing disruption in many countries, she said.
KPMG’s value addition to cloud computing was highlighted by Sashi Dharmadasa.
KPMG in Sri Lanka will provide its expertise on how companies should prepare to incorporate disruptive technologies into operations. With the partnership of KPMG and Finetech Consultancy, KPMG will support entities with the organising required to deploy technologies such as Google Cloud.
Dharmadasa outlined ‘KPMG Powered Enterprise’, a four stage model used by KPMG professionals to enable entities make a successful transition to a digitally enabled entity. KPMG Powered Enterprise will help organisations jump start their digital transformation journey with a combination of agile functions and industry best practices. KPMG will help change the organisation’s attitude towards embracing change and exploiting new technologies.