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b'The mission of CIONET.TV is to discover the DNA of the most successful Digital Leaders in the world and present their stories to our Community. Today we are proud to publish our 100th #LeadershipDeepDive Interview with a seasoned and one of a kind leader - Sam Kini - who is the Global CIO at Unilever, an organisation active in 190 countries, employing 150,000 people (with 3.4 billion consumers in the world using their products every single day!). \\n\\nIn this episode Hendrik Deckers asks what is the CIO\\u2019s role in a company of this size with an ambitious goal to reduce their \\u201capplication BMI\\u201d, move 90% of technology to the cloud by the end of 2022. Sam explains Unilever\\u2019s IT organisation and strategy behind creating simplicity at scale - mapping the application footprint globally, consolidating technologies and removing the complexity.\\n\\nThey discuss the importance of sustainability and Unilever\\u2019s goals in the area: being deforestation-free by 2023, innovations that support sustainability, such as refillable products and initiatives that help achieve these objectives, including the Climate and Nature Fund, set to effectively invest EUR 1 billion over the next 10 years.\\n\\n\\u201cOur mission is to have purposeful brands to be able to prove that having a sustainable business increases performance\\u201d, says Sam.\\n\\nIs the Metaverse on the top of the agenda at Unilever? Is Unilever fully agile yet? How important is diversity and inclusion for the organisation? Watch the full interview to find out!\\n\\nTable of contents: \\n01:20 | Introduction\\n01:57 | Sam\\u2019s background\\n04:26 | About Unilever\\n05:53 | Main challenges\\n06:58 | Innovation: refillables\\n07:32 | Sustainability as business driver\\n10:47 | Simplicity at scale\\n13:00 | Application landscape and ERP strategy\\n15:02 | Cloud program\\n17:00 | IT organisation & operating model\\n18:57 | Agile at Unilever\\n20:14 | Strategic partnerships & partner consolidation program\\n22:27 | The most exciting technologies\\n26:13 | The role of the Global CIO\\n27:41 | Sam\\u2019s management style\\n30:00 | Attracting talent\\n31:19 | Leadership style\\n32:52 | Personality & MBTI profile\\n37:52 | Personal passions\\n38:30 | Motivation\\n39:29 | Diversity and inclusion at Unilever\\n42:13 | Most brilliant failures\\n44:57 | Personal mantras\\n46:38 | Best and worst things in life\\n48:44 | Loves and fears\\n50:24 | Advice for aspiring digital leaders'