What is a digital twin and how does it help A2A to optimize the maintenance and increase efficiency? How digital relates to sustainability? Why women are better managers than men in the Digital Transformation journey?

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode Marco Moretti, CIO of A2A, talks with Hendrik Deckers about the future of A2A and the impact technology can have on sustainability. Marco explains what is A2A SmartCity and how the big data digital ecosystem was created to cater for 35 different smart services identified by users. Marco also outlines a 10 years Digital Transformation Plan for A2A:

✅ Digital twin
✅ Process effeciency
✅ Stakeholder management
✅ Digital savvy team

Marco is a visionary who believes that a great CIO should not only be the real coordinator of #DigitalTransformation and innovator who is not afraid of mistakes and changes, but also the person who influences and enables cooperation between different business units.

Every year CIONET nominates top CxOs as finalists of the European Digital Leader of the Year. Marco represents Italy in the Public Sector category.

Table of contents

01:26 | Introduction and Marco Moretti’s background

03:23 | About A2A

04:57 | Drivers for change

08:07 | Sustainability and the digital

10:40 | Digital twin

12:09 | Process efficiency

13:24 | Ultimate goal: cloud platform strategy

16:44 | Stakeholder management

17:59 | Becoming more digital

20:18 | A2A SmartCity

27:20 | Startup as key to innovate

29:27 | Sensors in agriculture

31:47 | Joint venture for smart data centers

34:16 | Operating model of Marco’s team

36:26 | Tri-modal organization

39:20 | New role of CIO

42:42 | Marco’s management & leadership style

48:22 | MBTI: the Executive

52:01 | The importance of coaching

53:41 | Ways to relax

56:52 | Marco’s core values

59:15 | Personal mantra

01:00:43 | Marco’s mentors

01:02:33 | The most brilliant failure

01:04:49 | The worst & the best thing that has ever happened to Marco

01:07:49 | Advice for fellow CxOs who struggle in their digital transformation journey

01:09:24 | Advice for people starting out