How to find the right balance between the traditional model of a company and empowering the employees? How to break the silos without compromising the security in a platform for capital markets?

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Michał Paprocki, CTO of Euroclear, talks with Hendrik Deckers about challenges of #DigitalTransformation in a highly sensitive Finance sector. “We are the Facebook of capital markets”, Michał says and explains how Euroclear is evolving from a traditional model to agile company with strong relationship between technology and business.

Michał shares his view on Automation:

✅ Tools for digital workflow substituting paper implemented in a blink of an eye
✅ RPA processing of unstructured data
✅ Managing automation and having control of it, and then standardize
✅ Using creativity, social skills and moral judgment while the data “heavy lifting” is done by technology
✅ Combination of RPA and AI

Michał also explains his path toward conscious leadership and how Star Wars saga helps him to bring positive energy to the team.

Table of contents

01:23 | Introduction and Michał Paprocki’s background

02:47 | About Euroclear

05:17 | Drivers for change

09:40 | Transformation at Euroclear

11:33 | Collaboration model: business and IT

15:03 | Reinventing the business: workplace

23:03 | Workforce

28:18 | Workflow – how to automate?

38:43 | Euroclear’s organizational model

40:29 | Michał’s role at Euroclear

42:28 | Management style

44:10 | Putting ideas into words and the Star Wars saga

46:18 | Michał’s leadership style

48:35 | MBTI: the Consul

51:53 | Self-development: NLP Program

54:11 | Michał’s core values

56:10 | Ways to relax

58:11 | Best & worst thing that has ever happened to Michał

01:02:55 | Personal mantra

01:03:47 | Advice for people starting out