Abby Godee’s Post

Congrats Publicis Sapient for rising to #5 on The Consulting Report's Top 50 Consulting Firms of 2024! It's been an absolute pleasure and (personally) invaluable learning experience to bring customer & enterprise data, digital, experience transformation capabilities to Publicis Media clients! #Datastrategy #Techstrategy #Commerce #Platforms #Media #Cloud #GenAI #AI #Consulting #DigitalTransformation #Po1 https://lnkd.in/eFTKZxAn Congrats Nigel Vaz, Randall Orbon, Alyssa Altman, Raymond Velez, Sabrina McPherson, Dan Liebermann, Jessica Zhang, Sudip Mazumder, Ming Tsai. Jitender Batra. Kevin Drummond, Stephen Picard, Scarlett Lok, Abby Godee, Zachary Jean Paradis, J F Grossen, Elizabeth Papasakelariou, Vishnu Indugula, Sharonyka Kumar, Jason English, John Weston, Dana Decker, Lisa Uhrmacher, Suzi Gulin-Warren, AJ Dalal, Jason Steiner, Sam Aqdim (Abdessamad), Claire Young, David K Donovan Jr, Raj Shah, Sudeepto Mukherjee, Simon James, Thierry Elmalem, Ganesh Rangarajan, Rakesh Ravuri, Bob Van Beber, Melissa Trepinski, Joydeep Dey

We have spent a considerable amount of time working closely with our Founding Members to develop a platform that truly serves its community. Taking this into account, there are still a few members remaining for us to introduce to you... Abby Godee is an innovation and experience design leader with over 25 years in consulting and corporate management across Silicon Valley and Europe. She specialises in breaking down disciplinary and organisational silos to foster customer-focused solutions that drive market performance. With expertise spanning healthcare, telecom, and financial services, Abby has helped companies transition from traditional product and service models to future-focused, customer-centric solution providers. Today, Abby and her team are reshaping the way Experience and Design will continue to create human impact as the disciplines transform through AI. Currently at Publicis Sapient, Abby previously drove human-centric innovation and design at Deloitte and led the design of consumer and healthcare experiences at Philips. She has also held leadership roles at Frog Design and Smart Design. Her work focuses on leveraging technology, design, and research to develop digital service strategies and value propositions, creating new business opportunities within complex ecosystems.

Ok, first things first. I know many have been (and still are) looking for that next career adventure. For those who have been in the market for a few decades, we look back on those halcyon days of multiple “please pick us” offers with fondness and a lil’ longing because, well, today? Yeah, that’s not the experience most of us are having. It’s more of a hurry up n’ wait moment for a lot of seriously talented, badass, experienced and eager jobseekers. Not quite as fun. That being said, after what has turned out to be an absolutely amazing, near year-long respite (give or take a few small gigs), I’m really happy to share that I’m (re)joining Publicis Sapient as part of their Healthcare, Experience & Innovation leadership teams. (Kinda crazy. Back in 1997, I was part of Studio Archetype, the first company Sapient ever acquired.) I’m totally psyched. Like goofy, first day of school, psyched. The fact that former frogs, Abby Godee and Teaque Lenahan and J F Grossen and Joe Fletcher (and maybe more) are here just adds to the fun. Big shout out to Abby Godee for hiring me on TWICE now. ; ) So, that’s my news! I think what I’d like to stress is that, if you are in search mode, know that it will come. It will. It’s taking longer than we might like, but the work and the roles are there. Just gotta be patient and tenacious. And, if your sitch allows for it, enjoy the time you have to be open and exploratory. The gigs will come but these pockets of “leisure” are likely few and far between. Soak it up. As my Mom would say, “go ahead and have a good day, since you haven’t made other plans.” I hope you all are well and trekking the trails that make you happy. Much love. Linds

Big news! Thrilled to have Ashwaq Al Shathri join Publicis Sapient as Country Managing Director for Saudi Arabia. Her strategic vision will enhance our #DigitalBusinessTransformation initiatives in the Middle East. Welcome to the team, Ashwaq! Learn more about our work in #MENA: https://lnkd.in/g6XWcsTQ #DigitalTransformation #KSA #Publicis Sapient

Fun news: I’m excited to share that I started last week as a Managing Partner in the Travel & Hospitality industry vertical of Publicis Sapient! Acting as an Executive Client Partner, I will be accountable for some of the firm’s largest clients, and collaborating with amazing folks in leading growth and transformation programs. Many of you know I’m passionate about meaningful and profitable innovation. This role will certainly embrace that passion by integrating Publicis Sapient’s strategy, product, experience, engineering, and data/AI capabilities (known collectively by the cheeky but handy acronym, SPEED). I couldn’t work any other way. After exploring many potential options — going industry-side again, bringing a human-centered growth capability to private equity, launching a startup, or even being stridently independent — Publicis Sapient felt like the right blend of smart folks, a challenger mindset, and an innovative culture where I would thrive. Many thanks to the friends and colleagues who’ve lent their perspective as I explored, very notably Sapient colleagues like Abby Godee and J F Grossen (also ex-frogs), Eldridge Doubleday (also ex-Fjord), longtime friend Todd Cherkasky, Ph.D., and Jagdish Ghanshani. And for great reasons that are too numerous to mention, a shout-out to Justin Marshall, Rob Dalton, Eric R West, Graeme Asher, Martha Cotton, Steve Weinswig, Charles Stephens, Élida Cruz, Matt Kamhi, Lindsey Mosby, Ndidiamaka Oteh, Erik Long, Kevin Willer, Betsy Ziegler, Sara Whiteleather, Courtney Brown, Jennifer Kilian, Ebun Onagoruwa, Marin Gjaja, Christopher McNally, Josh Mallamud, Dan McCarthy, Jennifer Zierden Maurer, Jef Fowler, Mike Giansanti, Krista Reeder, Ajay Easo, Carrie Vincent, John Barratt, Andrew Falcon, Richard Tyson, Amanda Kranz, Dave Sonders, and Adam Caplan. I’m sure I’m missing someone, but I appreciate you all.

Thanks for a fascinating couple of hours Publicis Sapient. It was a real pleasure getting under the skin of how the integration of SPEED (Strategy, Product, Experience, Engineering, and Data & AI) is being applied to get to value fast for clients in GenAI use cases. Look out for a short HFS Research video series with the stars of the show Dan Liebermann, Sheldon Monteiro, Abby Godee, Rakesh Ravuri and Simon James. Thanks Debleena Paul for making it happen! Melissa O'Brien Neeraj Satpall

Thanks to our unique SPEED philosophy and human-centered approach to digital transformation, we are thrilled to announce that we have been named a Leader in both the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Experience Design Services 2023-24 Vendor Assessment and IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Experience Build Services 2023-24 Vendor Assessment 💡 Learn more about us: https://lnkd.in/g2gVPaSc #Experience #DigitalBusinessTransformation #IDC

After another record year ahead of expectations, with organic growth of +6.3%, Publicis unveils AI strategy to lead group into its second century: Six years after shifting from a holding company to a platform, Publicis today launches CORE AI to become the industry’s first Intelligent System.   Arthur Sadoun, CEO & Chairman of Publicis Groupe commented: “Our journey from a holding company to a platform has not been easy, but it definitely paid off, as you can see with our 2023 organic growth outperforming the industry for the fourth year in a row. The platform organization we have built over the last decade, our proprietary data of unmatched breadth and accuracy, and the 45,000 engineers, consultants and data analysts at the heart of our model, uniquely position us to push the boundaries even further by leveraging AI.    Putting CoreAI at the heart of our organization and truly becoming an Intelligent System company will make our people more efficient and more productive. But way more importantly, it will allow everyone to do things tomorrow that no one can do today, guided by the highest ethical standards, and at the service of our clients’ growth.    As we enter our second century, we are confident that all of the efforts we have made to transform and the ongoing investment we are making in our people and technology will allow Publicis to continue to outperform its peers on organic growth, sustain the highest financial KPIs, and lead the change in our industry.”    Click here for the presentation https://lnkd.in/gersc7PE Click here for the press release https://lnkd.in/gCVG86sh

That's a wrap of CES 2024! Over the last few days, the sense has been, on the most part, excitement. The proliferation of AI feels tangibly different compared to other technology we've seen before, where the hype never reached adoption. AI has real world use-cases that are beginning to be launched at scale. What is clear however, is that it’s easy to become led by the tech, rather than the people, and that every single organization needs to be human-first. CES 2024 might be over, but the opportunities have just begun. Make sure you have signed up to the PS CES Insider's Club. Stay tuned for strategic recommendations and next steps on how to implement the best technology for your industry use cases directly from our experts.   Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gW7d5reV .