Nimbus Ninety Past Events

Trusted Analytics for Insight Driven Success

Build user engagement and adoption. Encourage cultural change using an analytics platform to foster greater collaboration.

Trust is a vital component of any data strategy. We explore how to build trust in data, how to increase collaboration and give your teams the flexibility and self-sufficiency to derive value from the mass of data flowing into your organisation.

IT and Business Intelligence leaders explored how to build trust in data at every level of the enterprise, how to democratise access to data and the benchmarks for trusted analytics.

In partnership with Pyramid Analytics
Date: 17 September 2020
Time: 08:40 - 10:15 BST
Location: Virtual Event

THE ROUTE TO RAPID INNOVATION

Fuelling transformation through testing

Mass remote working, a major shift to online transactions, and disrupted supply chains mean improving business agility and speed of delivery is imperative.

We explored the vital role of testing in digital transformation, assessing how cutting-edge, risk-based approaches and intelligent automation can accelerate innovation through rapid software development across the enterprise.

Date: Wednesday 29 July 2020
Time: 08:40 - 10:30 BST
Location: Virtual Event

THE SECRETS OF THE DATA-DRIVEN ENTERPRISE

How innovators are investing in technology and data to drive recovery and growth

Leaders in the field use AI and Machine Learning to demonstrated a deep-level understanding of their customers, using the stream of data to experiment, iterate and enrich products, building sustainable competitive advantage along the way.

Joined by fellow technology leaders, our members explored the vital concepts that power data-driven growth, bench-marked their approach against digital pioneers in Europe and beyond, and discovered the cutting-edge tools for fast experimentation and development of value propositions.

Date: Tuesday 28 July 2020
Time: 14:00 - 15:30 BST
Location: Virtual Event

Operating in the New Business Reality

Drive business continuity and realise the power of automation

Mass remote working has catalysed the need to digitise, automate and scale resource-heavy processes - a vital step to minimise disruption and prepare businesses for sustained operations in a low-touch environment.

Digital and operations leaders joined us at our interactive virtual event for unique insights into how to transform complex processes and where to focus to ensure business continuity.

Date: Tuesday 14 July 2020
Time: 08:40 - 10:30 BST
Location: Virtual Event

Innovation & Disruption in Defence

Responding to a challenging strategic environment

The response to COVID-19 demonstrates that rapid transformation and innovation of Defence information activities is possible, with the potential to provide greater support to cross-government activities in future.

Members of our community, joined us to explore how the lessons from COVID-19 will inform wider technological innovation, accelerate Multi-Domain Integration and drive Information Advantage.

Date: Thursday 2 July 2020
Time: 08:40 - 10:00 BST
Location: Virtual Event

Unleash Infrastructure Innovation

Optimise and scale with cloud

Cloud is essential for future growth. It has enabled massive transformation, from critical workloads through to innovative digital ecosystems. With devices, sensors and data proliferating, making the right infrastructure decisions is increasingly complex - and costly.

Our in-depth sessions brought IT leaders and CSPs together to solve challenges, supercharge strategy and build a roadmap for infrastructure innovation to support business goals.

Date: Thursday 25 June 2020
Time: 08:30 - 10:15 BST
Location: Virtual Event

Delivering through Adversity

Short and mid-term imperatives to reposition for a new future

Industries are rising to the unprecedented challenges presented by COVID-19. The response requires new strategies to keep businesses running, find new efficiencies, and reprioritise projects.

Joined by fellow technology and business leaders at this interactive virtual event, members shared experiences and hash out short and mid-term strategies to deliver priorities and strengthen business for the future.

Date: Thursday 18 June 2020
Time: 08:15 - 10:55 BST
Location: Virtual Event

Building the "New Normal"

Imperatives for deeper agility, responsiveness and resilience

Among the many battles taking place to contain and respond to COVID-19, two fronts have emerged for many organisations. Firstly, supporting the essential and heroic frontline work taking place within many industries, and secondly, tough business and technology decisions, looming in order to weather today’s storm of uncertainty. These decisions are far-reaching and time-sensitive, placing huge pressure on IT leaders to deliver an almost unprecedented level of business agility.

Members were joined by peers for intensive cross-industry learning and discussion on seven strategic imperatives for agility, responsiveness and resilience.

Date: Wednesday 10 June 2020
Time: 08:25 - 10:15 BST
Location: Virtual Event

Navigating the storm

Fuelling innovation with social data

To successfully innovate and reposition for an altered consumer landscape, CPG leaders must identify meaningful near-term impacts whilst also getting ahead of the longer-term trends and behaviour change that will reshape categories.

Joined by insights, analytics and digital marketing leaders, we explored how brands can systematically and scientifically approach social data and adapt insights strategy to successfully navigate the storm of change.

Date: Tuesday 9 June 2020
Time: 08:40 - 10:30 BST
Location: Virtual Event

The Foundations for AI at scale

Discovering new sources of competitive advantage

Digital transformation is the engine for modernisation across industries. Whilst major gains have been made, organisations now face new complexities that risk holding back further leaps in innovation.

New revenue streams, enhanced customer experience and business model innovation are on the horizon. Senior peers joined us for an informed exploration of the steps necessary to build capability and embed AI into the fabric of your organisation.

Date: Thursday 5 March 2020
Time: 08:00 - 11:00
Location: Prince Philip House, SW1Y 5DG

A FASTER PATH TO PERSONALISATION

Discovering deeper customer engagement

Great brands grow with their customers. As more interaction is digital in nature, how do you harness the mass of behavioural data to reflect individual tastes and values?

To accelerate personalisation, digital and e-commerce leaders attended this evening event to discover cutting-edge approaches from brands championing this vital trend.

Date: Thursday 13 February 2020
Time: 18:00 - 21:30
Location: The Mercer, London, EC2R 8AY

Understanding the anatomy of work

Moving teams from chaos to clarity

Marketing and digital teams are under pressure to deliver campaigns at speed. Yet 60% of time is spent on ‘work about work’ - eating into vital creative and revenue-generating activity.

Marketing and digital leaders joined us at this interactive breakfast where they discovered their major productivity pain points and how to eliminate them.

Date: Wednesday 5 February 2020
Time: 08:00 - 10:30
Location: The Mercer, 34 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AY

The data debate

Managing the impact of rapid data growth

The world is increasingly datafied. Human experience and action is discoverable on an unprecedented scale. Entire cities, in all their complexity, can be visualised and analysed.

Members explored the challenges of operating in a high growth data environment, how to exploit rapidly expanding and new data sources, and which technology approaches will underpin the global data-driven business.

Date: Wednesday 29 January 2020
Time: 18:00 - 21:30
Location: Andaz Studio, London, EC2M 7QN

Power up your marketing

Driving business outcomes through successful marketing automation.

Proving ROI, aligning sales and marketing, and reducing the complexity of marketing technology are some of the top challenges for marketers today. With businesses fighting for attention from consumers, connecting the dots is increasingly important for survival.

Senior marketing and technology peers joined together in discussing the benefits of marketing automation to your business, and drive outcomes from marketing strategy.

Date: Wednesday 22 January 2020
Time: 08:00 - 11:00
Location: Threadneedles Hotel, 5 Threadneedle St, London EC2R 8AY

THE FUTURE-PROOF BUSINESS

Laying the foundations for sustained growth

With 2020 fast approaching, strategies are in place for the changes it may bring. But with cloud, data and AI technology developing faster than forecasts can predict, building the foundations for a future-proof business is crucial to sustaining growth, for next year and beyond.

60 members explored how they can advance their business strategy with the right digital foundations for success, including new approaches to AI, and modernised methods for data and multicloud.

Date: Thursday 5 December 2019
Time: 08:00 - 11:00
Location: The Embassy, 19 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HN

THE INSIGHT-RICH ORGANISATION

Unlocking new value from your data

Investments in AI and cloud are increasing due to their combined ability to generate game-changing insights and business outcomes, at speed and scale. But very few organisations are successfully utilising these powerful new technologies due to a multitude of data challenges that seem insurmountable.

Senior peers discovered how others are outmanoeuvring their competitors, and explored how their teams can rapidly turn their data challenges into strategic opportunities.

Date: Thursday 17 October 2019
Time: 18:00 - 22:00
Location: Andaz Studio, London, EC2M 7QN

Chief disruptor LIVE OCt 2019

Supercharge your business.

It's time to supercharge your business - all of it. The disruptors are becoming the disruptees, as competition evolves fast across sectors. But evolution creates opportunity and at Chief Disruptor LIVE October 2019, we'll be jumping feet first into the opportunity landscape for businesses today.

Over 2oo digital leaders from across industry joined to evaluate the current state of change and reinvigorate approaches to disruption.

Date: Tuesday 1 October 2019

Location: Millbank Tower, London, SW1P 4QP

Turning DAta into Intelligence

Outmanoeuvre your competitors through AI advantage

The ability of artificial intelligence to derive clear insights from complex data can provide a huge competitive advantage. However, businesses from different industries face the same strategic challenges. From aligning people and processes to understanding the value of your data and the new security landscape, every organisation must create strong foundations before AI can power them forward.

Members of the defence community and the Nimbus Ninety community explored how to outmanoeuvre their competitors, and turn their intelligence and AI challenges into their key differentiator.

Date: Tuesday 1 October 2019
Time: 18:00 - 22:00
Location: Millbank Tower, London, SW1P 4QP

CHIEF DISRUPTOR LIVE MARCH 2019

Chief Disruptor is designed to change your perception of what "Disruption" really means. With looming competitive threats, new technologies, and shifting customer relationships, Business, more than ever, has become a game of survival. Now is the time to act: not just to survive, but to thrive through change.

Senior leaders from across industries joined us at our explosive two-day summit packed with interactive sessions, and opportunities to meet the boat-rockers and change-makers responsible for the disruptive climate.

Date: 18-19 March 2019
Venue: Business Design Centre

CHIEF DISRUPTOR AUTUMN 2018 LAUNCH DRINKS

Don't commiserate the end of the summer. Instead, celebrate the launch of our autumn Chief Disruptor magazine!

We were joined by panelists Will Hodson and Joanne Roxburgh, as they debated this edition’s theme: ‘The Digital Citizen’. Digital has changed the way we consume public services. It’s changed the way we think of ourselves as individuals, it’s changed the way we act as citizens, customers, and employees.

Will Hodson is co-founder of Lookaftermybills, the automated programme (seen on Dragon’s Den) set to truly disrupt the utilities industry.

Joanne Roxburgh is VP of Academic Services at Higher Education Partners, the online programme that gives access to affordable higher education.