Rui Pedro Silva, Maersk - Reforming the Logistics Giant and Earning Trust

Published: Oct. 24, 2019, 2:43 p.m.

b'Rui Pedro Silva, Head of Technology Deployment at Maersk Logistics & Services, is the first finalist of The European CIO Of The Year contest that we have the pleasure of hosting on LEadership Deep Dive series.\\n\\nRui\'s background started with business and management education. He has gone through all the different levels inside of a technology organization and today he is talking with Hendrick Deckers about his journey of completely rebuilding IT processes at Maersk, using advanced analytics on every part of the delivery chain, about empathy and earning the trust of the IT team, about integrity, helping people find the best way to contribute to the success of an organisation, and about his philosophy of success, happiness and management.\\n\\nTable of contents:\\n0:53 Introduction\\n1:52 His IT transformation program at Maersk\\n - Agile in a big organisation\\n - Empowering people to discover their best way to work\\n - Data and the role of IT in business success\\n9:06 The plan and values behind the transformation\\n11:00 Initiating difficult change, trust and empathy\\n13:28 How people\'s behaviour, thinking and achievements changed as a result of the organisational transformation\\n16:33 What\'s next for IT transformation at Maersk?\\n19:52 Rui\'s projects expanding logistics management to the whole delivery chain\\n - Building competitive advantage thanks to unique access to logistics data\\n - Stock forecasting and just-in-time delivery\\n25:27 How IT is organised at Maersk\\n28:11 Working together across 18 countries\\n29:45 Rui\'s fundamental role in the organisation\\n30:50 Combining business and IT knowledge\\n32:47 How to attract the right talent\\n35:48 Why do people want to work for you?\\n37:55 Rui\'s MBTI profile\\n42:16 What makes him happy\\n43:22 Life outside of work\\n44:28 The most important values to pass on to children\\n46:12 His guiding principles in life\\n52:40 Work-life balance\\n58:32 "On time is too late" and the most valuable resource we have\\n1:03:45 Final comments\\n\\n\\n\\U0001f7e7 LEADERSHIP DEEP DIVE\\n\\nIn the Leadership Deep Dive series we meet with the top CIOs in Europe. We are exploring what makes great digital leaders tick: how they lead and manage people, how they approach the intersection of business and technology, how they make decisions. What are their personality types and management styles? How do they manage the demands of their complex and challenging role?\\n\\nSubscribe to watch in-depth conversations with Digital Leaders!'