The Digital Edge (6): At Ørsted CIO Michael Biermann is redefining IT with agile og design thinking

Few inventions have benefitted humankind as much as electricity: Electricity brought light where there had been darkness before. And electricity let us apply incredible forces to tasks that were normally done by muscles, water, or steam.

The challenge is that the traditional production and usage of electricity have not only changed our lives - it also changed our climate.

As a result, we are on the brink of a giant change when it comes to production and usage of energy.

At the large Danish energy conglomerate Ørsted, CIO Michael Biermann is meeting the change with a comprehensive digitalization and a new focus on architecture, agile, and design thinking.

So please join us as Michael Biermann shares the shape of his digital challenge in an energy company with a yearly turnover of almost 12 billion US dollars and business areas that covers offshore wind power and bioenergy.

It is about energy, it’s about technology, and it’s very much about it-management.

Om Podcasten

The adoption and usage of technology are going through a radical transformation. Just a decade ago investment in the right technology was often enough to gain that crucial competitive edge. But the increasingly tough competition, the accelerating technological development, and the mounting complexity now demand new ways of choosing, adopting, and handling technology in the enterprise. The possibilities - and the challenges - are the main theme of The Digital Edge, a podcast created by Computerworld Denmark & SAP focusing on leadership, strategy, and business in the accelerating digital age. Hosting the podcast is Computerworld's editor-in-chief Lars Jacobsen, and Jesper Schleimann Digital Transformation Officer Northern Europe at SAP. Through a series of 35 to 40-minute interviews with key digital decision makes, Lars Jacobsen and Jesper Schleimann will explore the difficulties, the challenges and the massive rewards that the accelerating digital age brings. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Lars Jacobsen at [email protected]