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What makes our partnership with BCG unique

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is we have a shared obsession
for tangible client outcomes.

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Vikas, you've spent your career

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turning major investments in technology

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into this real measurable change.

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Now in the age of applied AI,

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what does it take to make
these investments in applied AI

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something where we actually see results?

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I would highlight three things, Duarte.

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So one is the scale of the ambition.

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I'll often talk to clients,

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and they're talking about something

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a little bit incremental,

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it's not something that's
gonna be a needle mover.

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The scale of the ambition
actually forces the organization

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to think at just a grander scale.

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How can AI change my entire business?

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What is the level of productivity
that I could be achieving?

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So that's point one.

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Point two, I would say,

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is having the right scaffolding in place

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to enable innovation.

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And the third, I would say,
is around the operating model.

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It's not enough to let
loose a series of tools.

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Another example,

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and, you know, we'll talk
to Victor about this,

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is the ecosystem, partnerships.

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It was maybe not a very natural muscle

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for many organizations,

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but, you know, we as BCG

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have certainly leaned
into that with Google.

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And we think that that's
actually a very important part

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of changing the operating model.

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So we can focus on this operating
model and the ecosystem.

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Victor, you have led
strategic partnerships

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for decades at this point.

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Now, BCG has a expanded
partnership with Google Cloud.

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What's happening with this cloud,

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and how does that impact enterprise value?

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What makes our partnership with BCG unique

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is we have a shared obsession
for tangible client outcomes.

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Together, we're able to
help architect the success

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of our future clients' businesses.

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For example, what I hear today from CEOs

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is they want to move
from AI experimentation

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to AI return on investments.

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Google Cloud provides
the world's most open

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and innovative AI infrastructure.

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BCG has a strategic focus
on targeting our technology

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to solve the right business
problems for our clients.

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Together, what we're able to do

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is focus on a reimagined
business future for our customers

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and delivering technology and
change management at scale-

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and that's what makes our relationship

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extremely unique with BCG.

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So, what I'm hearing you say

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is that Google brings the infrastructure,

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BCG brings this transformation expertise,

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and together, it's a very,
very powerful partnership.

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But in terms of the companies
that benefit from it,

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what do they have to be doing today

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to make sure that they're still leading

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three, four, five years from now?

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I would highlight a couple of things.

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One is actually the scaffolding-

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the right governance, the right security,

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the right framework to
enable that innovation

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to actually happen.

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And the other that I would just really

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sort of double down on is the
point around the ecosystem.

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The best innovation is
probably not only happening

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within the four walls
of your organization.

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Much of it is happening
outside of your organization.

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Much of it is actually happening

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at organizations like
Google and Google DeepMind,

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and, you know, the capabilities
that the Google team has.

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So really being able to tap into that

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requires thinking about an ecosystem

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and really activating that
ecosystem for your benefit.

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Victor, how do we activate that ecosystem?

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The companies who are
watching, who are listening,

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what do they do to be
successful three years from now,

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given all the tools at the
disposal that you make possible?

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Well, we think that there are three things

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that the customers need
to be prepared for today.

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First is data resiliency,
organizational agility, and trust.

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And when you combine those things together

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with BCG's knowledge, industry expertise,

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and transformation capabilities,

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as well as Google's leading
and innovative products,

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we believe that sets our clients up

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for joint success down the road.

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Thank you so much, gentlemen.

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Thank you, Duarte.

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