CBI President, Lord Karan Bilimoria's keynote discussion at IBM’s Think Digital Summit UK and Ireland on 7 October.
COVID-19 has dominated our lives. Businesses are looking for guidance from the government and beyond to understand how to address the long-term impact of the pandemic. On Wednesday 7th October, Lord Karan Bilimoria, President of the CBI was invited to speak at IBM’s Think Summit Digital conference. He sat down with Bill Kelleher, Chairman, IBM UK and Ireland to discuss and explore the actions organisations can take now to emerge smarter, more resilient, more agile, and more able to thrive for years to come. Here is an extract of that conversation.
Interviewer: Lord Bilimoria, in your role at the CBI, you speak to businesses and clients every day, but what is the mood you are sensing from business leaders?
Lord Bilimoria: There's no question about it. People have had the sense of complete uncertainty, discomfort, ambiguity throughout this process for six months now. We are all asking ourselves ‘What is happening?’,