George, organiser of Clearvision's BBQ in the Clouds 2016, invited Matthew to give the keynote at the event, held on the Kensington Roof Gardens in London and sponsored by Atlassian, one of the fastest growing enterprise software unicorns. Matthew's session was on building disruptive organisations, at a time when most companies are either already becoming software companies or thinking about it.
The day explored what the cloud and emerging technology mean for business strategy now and in the future. It drew over 150 attendees from a broad spread of sectors, from central government departments including the Cabinet Office, HMRC and the Ministry of Justice to British Airways, Gartner, Google, King, News International, Puppet Labs, Rackspace, Sainsbury's, Santander, Sky, Sony, UBS, Unilever, Vodafone and the Wellcome Trust.
"The majority of companies in today's world are either already becoming software companies, or thinking about it."Matthew Griffin, London, July 2016
Presentations and discussion covered how the cloud and emerging technologies, from AI and blockchain to augmented reality and VR, are changing how people work and collaborate, and the cloud and DevOps tools multinationals are using to lead digital innovation and transformation.
The event was designed to give attendees new ideas for differentiating their businesses and shaking up the status quo, and feedback shared on social media described minds being expanded.
