Sep 11 2023 23 mins
Following the release of CGI’s 2023 Voice of Our Clients global research, Peter Warren sits down with Patrik Mardell to discuss macrotrends and industry insights for the latest episode in our Energy Transition Talks podcast series. Focusing on the data from the 173 energy and utilities executives interviewed, they reveal top business priorities globally and explore the growing importance of quality, timely data and automation in advancing the energy transition.
This year’s Voice of Our Clients global research revealed that top macrotrends facing organizations include the fight against climate change, investing in technology to accelerate digital transformation and addressing changing social demographics and shifts in the world economic order. Underpinning most executives’ strategies and solutions to address these challenges? Data.
However, Patrik Mardell highlights, data isn’t new; data has been a key focus in energy and utilities for decades. “You could say that the energy sector has been almost early adopters with data,” he says, “because you could not run energy production without good data. You cannot distribute power in cable and wires without good data.”
In Patrik’s view, what’s changing is the quality, timeliness and intelligent application of the data.
Peter Warren agrees: “When we asked where people were going to be investing over the next three years, not surprisingly, data management and governance and data quality were very high.”
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