Europe’s Bold AI Gamble: Can a Sovereign, Ethical Model Compete with the U.S. and China?

by Tamer Badawy | Jul 16, 2025 | AI, Ethics & Society, Digital Transformation & AI Strategy, Executive & Leadership Insights

Switzerland announced plans this week for a publicly developed large language model. The project is led by EPFL, ETH Zürich, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) and runs on the Alps supercomputer using a dataset spanning more than 1,500 languages. It...

The Digital Frontier 2025 (09/30): Data Privacy in Healthcare – Balancing Innovation with Trust

by Tamer Badawy | Feb 27, 2025 | Digital Transformation & AI Strategy, Healthcare & Digital Health, Industry Playbooks

“With great data comes great responsibility.” As healthcare becomes increasingly digital, the central challenge for leaders is ensuring robust patient privacy while simultaneously driving the innovation that this data enables. The Current State of Data Privacy in...

The Digital Frontier 2025 (08/30): Wearable Technology and the Strategic Shift to Continuous Patient Monitoring

by Tamer Badawy | Feb 26, 2025 | Digital Transformation & AI Strategy, Healthcare & Digital Health, Industry Playbooks

Check out your wrist. If you wear a smartwatch, then you’re taking part in a major change in healthcare. Wearable technology, like consumer Fitbits and FDA-approved ECG monitors, is changing the way we think about health by letting us move from episodic,...

The Digital Frontier 2025 (07/30): AI in Diagnostics; The Promise, Progress, and Prudence

by Tamer Badawy | Feb 25, 2025 | Digital Transformation & AI Strategy, Healthcare & Digital Health, Industry Playbooks

One of the most real and game-changing uses of digital technology in healthcare is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical diagnostics. AI’s ability to look at complicated medical data, like imaging, genomics, and electronic health records, is opening...

The Digital Frontier 2025 (06/30): Telemedicine and the CIO’s Role in Shaping Digital Healthcare

by Tamer Badawy | Feb 24, 2025 | Digital Transformation & AI Strategy, Healthcare & Digital Health, Industry Playbooks

We shift our focus from manufacturing to the rapidly evolving healthcare sector, where digital transformation is significantly altering the delivery of care. For Chief Information Officers (CIOs), this is a critical strategic goal: turning telemedicine from a reactive...

The Digital Frontier 2025 (05/30): Spotlight on a Manufacturing Innovator

by Tamer Badawy | Feb 21, 2025 | Digital Transformation & AI Strategy, Industry Playbooks, Manufacturing & Industry 4.0

To wrap up the first week of this series, I want to discuss a case study that was both successful and encouraging. This case study demonstrates how simple digital tools can empower workers, illustrating that not all significant innovations require complex AI...