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Modules
Student Slides Why Cloud Technology is
01 Revolutionizing Business
Introduction to Digital
Transformation with 02 Digital Transformation with
Google Cloud
Google Cloud
03 Scale the Innovation Mindset
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Topics covered

Innovations throughout
history and their impact
Module 1: Student Slides
Cloud technology and digital
Why Cloud Technology is transformation

Revolutionizing Business Trends in compute power

and data science

How cloud creates exponential

business value
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Inventions throughout history triggered thousands of innovations

in what are called “Kondratiev waves” or “innovation waves.”
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Supply

These waves all have one thing

in common. They transform
both the supply and the
Demand demand at the same time.
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What the printing press, the

steam engine, and electricity all
have in common is that they’re
all examples of a paradigm
shift: a fundamental and
irreversible change in the way
that humans work and engage
with the world.
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We’re right in the middle of

another paradigm shift. Cloud
technology is transforming
how businesses create value,
how people work, and
ultimately how people live.
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What is the cloud?

The cloud is a metaphor for the

network of data centers which
store and compute information
available through the internet.
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Cloud computing refers to the technology and processes needed to

store, manage, and access data that is transferred over the “cloud”,
rather than the data that remains on your computer's hard drive.
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Historically, organizations have had to spend a substantial amount of

money upfront to set up the necessary infrastructure that would store
and process their data.
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Companies such as Google

Cloud have invested heavily
in their own IT infrastructure,
and now, they’re helping
other organizations around
the world by offering them the
use of their digital platform to
run their applications at scale.
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When an organization takes

advantage of new technologies
such as cloud to redesign and
redefine relationships with their
customers, employees, and
partners the result is a company-
wide digital transformation.
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Collaborate Perceive Categorize Predict Recommend

Cloud enables each of the above in every industry and for every activity.
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Abandoning old technology for a new one is commonly referred to as the
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“burning platform” effect. It requires organizations to take a leap of faith

and to continually adapt as new technologies create new paradigm shifts.
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WHY? Successful companies

consistently focus on “why” they
exist, not “how” they operate.

HOW?
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Any business leader who

considers cloud technology as
“not relevant” to them, or even
worse—as a threat to the way
they’ve always done
business—risks disruption or
ceasing to exist entirely.
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Many organizations are already

realizing the benefits of secure
and fast application development
and deployment. These visionary
companies are leveraging new
technological capabilities to
reshape their customers’ lives
across multiple industries.
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What is the Internet of Things?

The “Internet of Things,” or

“IoT,” refers to everyday objects
or devices that are connected
to the internet and are able to
send and receive data.
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Today we can build highly

accurate statistical models to
predict complex behaviors and
use that information to
anticipate intent.
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The power of cloud also

changes the way we work by
automating processes and
enabling real-time collaboration
between people globally.
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What is computing?

Computing is the ability to

process information and
automate tasks most often
done by a computer program.

Compute power, refers to the

speed at which a computer is
able to process data.
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50x
more
powerful

The first disruption comes from processors that are specifically meant for
this type of application, and which we call TPUs, for Tensorflow Processing
Units. They are 50 times more powerful than traditional chips!
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more more
powerful powerful!

The second disruption comes from quantum computing,

which is a hundred million times more powerful.
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Right now, the requirements for these new processors can

only be met in large industrial environments.
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Computing will mainly be generated in plants, which are the data

centers, and accessed through a grid, which is the internet.
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Traditional computing is about

taking a piece of information—an
input— through an algorithm in
order to get an output.
Input Algorithm Output
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Input
With cloud computing, you can
Trained provide both the input and output
Algorithm
algorithm
data side by side and generate a
Output trained algorithm.
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Many apps use machine learning to learn about user preferences and intent.
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The accuracy and performance of

the algorithm is also based on the
millions of users that that algorithm
is constantly learning from.
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Topics covered

Adopting new ways of working

Traditional versus modern IT

infrastructures
Modern approach to application
Module 2: Student Slides development
The importance of data in
Digital Transformation
digital transformation
with Google Cloud
Security considerations
for cloud adoption

Google Cloud solutions

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As consumer expectations change, business models must adapt to remain relevant. The
traditional advantages of size and scale are no longer as differentiating as they used to be.
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The universal availability of cloud technology gives large and small companies
equal opportunity for success.
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Organizations now need to be... rib
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Innovative

Agile

Fast

Customer-focused
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The culture of an organization has

a direct impact on employees’
willingness to innovate. Innovation
relies on people being able to try
things and failing without judgement.
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How teams are structured, how

content is managed, and how
communication flows across an
organization are all elements
that impact innovation.
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Modernization focus areas

Infrastructure
There are three core focus
areas for modernization:
Business platforms

Applications
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‘Infrastructure modernization’ is a common term used to describe the process rib
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of replacing legacy hardware and systems and consolidating them in the cloud.

Infrastructure
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Most organizations want to operate a hybrid model. This means operating across multiple rib
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cloud providers or one cloud provider combined with some on premises solutions.

Infrastructure
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effective and scalable way.

Infrastructure
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With cloud computing, businesses can scale in rib
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the cloud and pay for what they use, when they use it.

Infrastructure
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Business application platforms enable integration between systems and rib
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granting users the correct access privileges in an organization and beyond.

Business platforms
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Business platforms

What is an API?

Application processing interfaces,

commonly known as APIs, are
technical tools that enable
integration between applications.

API
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Applications

What is an application?

The term ‘application’ is widely

used to refer to programs and
software that enable people to
perform various digital tasks.
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Applications

Today’s customers expect instant

access to services wherever they
are. An organization’s ability to
develop and launch applications
is central to their success in
today’s competitive market.
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Applications

What is DevOps?

DevOps, or Developer
Relations, is a set of practices
that aim to increase software
delivery velocity, improve
service reliability, and build
shared ownership among
software stakeholders.
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Data is no longer about only

retrospective insight; rather,
real-time insight, smart
predictions, and intelligent action.
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With the right platform, organizations can generate instant insights from data at any scale.
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Machine Learning and Artificial

Intelligence, or ML and AI, mean
you can generate insights from
data, both past and present, and
you can also perceive, predict,
recommend, and categorize data
in new ways.
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Traditionally, IT security models focused on keeping threats out. They built an on-premises
perimeter that individuals required access to in order to gain entry. That model worked
when all hardware and systems were controlled and managed centrally.
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Now, employees want to create, share and access information virtually. In an increasingly
global workforce, businesses need to grant access to applications and relevant data with
a high degree of security.
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In the cloud, the best practice for security is called a ‘shared responsibility security model.’ The cloud
provider is responsible for the physical infrastructure, while businesses are responsible for access.
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Compliance with regional

regulations is also part of
security and governance.
These regulations govern
where data is stored and
how it is managed.
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Google takes what it has learned

from serving billions of users and
creates Google Cloud products
and solutions available to
organizations around the world.
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Now, customers can build their

own applications and manage
their own workloads on that same
infrastructure to achieve their
mission and serve their users.
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The Google Cloud Solution Pillars are: ut
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1 2 3
Infrastructure Business applications Application
modernization platform portfolio modernization

4 5 6 7
Database and Smart Artificial Security
storage solutions analytics intelligence
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Infrastructure
1
modernization

Google Cloud and its partners

offer flexible infrastructure
modernization approaches
from rehosting customer’s
existing IT to replatforming.
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Infrastructure
1
modernization

Once companies have

modernized their infrastructure
with Google Cloud, they can then
leverage the innovation built into
Google Cloud’s technology to
create new business value.
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Business applications
2
platform portfolio

With Google Cloud’s business application platforms portfolio, businesses can securely unlock their data
with APIs, automating processes and creating applications across clouds and on-premises without coding.
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3 Application modernization

Businesses can better serve their

users through application
modernization. The tools within
this pillar help businesses develop
and run applications anywhere.
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Database and
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storage solutions

Google Cloud’s database and

storage solutions include tools
that help businesses migrate and
manage enterprise data with
security, reliability, high availability,
and fully managed data services.
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5 Smart analytics

The smart analytics portfolio

helps businesses generate instant
insights from data at any scale
with a serverless, fully managed
analytics platform.
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6 Artificial intelligence

Google Cloud’s artificial

intelligence tools are built to
enhance innovation and improve
productivity, by integrating
seamlessly into a company’s
existing workflow and products.

AI
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7 Security

Google Cloud’s comprehensive

security solutions cover all aspects of
protecting your business in this digital
era. businesses are able to detect,
investigate, and protect themselves
against online threats before attacks
result in damage or loss.
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Google Cloud
Adoption Framework

To help organizations optimize

1) their cloud adoption, Google
developed the Google Cloud
2)
Adoption Framework. This best
3) practice guide provides a
4) framework to assess where an
organization is in its journey and
what they need to do next.
cloud.google.com/adoption-framework
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Topics covered

Six focus areas for

transforming culture
Module 3: Student Slides
Three rules to scale an
Scale the Innovation Mindset innovation mindset

Example from the

banking industry

How to adopt an
innovative mindset
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When you see cloud as a tool to do things the way you’ve always done them, you risk
vanishing into irrelevance. Using cloud to do new, transformative things means
embracing wholesale change.
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This change may involve radically rethinking business practices, structures, and even
business models so you can better serve your customers globally.
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Here are six core tenets that we have developed based on that learning. They
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are foundational to creating a fast-moving, customer-centric and future-proof

business that optimizes its use of cloud technology.

1 2 3
Talent Environment Structure

4 5 6
Strategy Empowerment Innovation
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1 Talent

Talent refers to a “holistic view”

of the people that make up an
organization. It covers the
entire lifecycle from attracting,
to hiring, to nurturing, to
retaining, to celebrating, and
growing the talent.
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2 Environment

The ability of people to thrive in an organization–especially during major changes–is

connected to their work environment.
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3 Structure

Structure is a blueprint for how certain programs and tasks are grouped and how
the people managing them are led toward a common goal.
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4 Strategy

Strategy is how you align

people to your organization’s
purpose or mission.
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5 Empowerment

Empowerment means
enabling employees by giving
them access to relevant
information and encouraging
them to use it to take
initiative to solve problems
and improve the business.
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6 Innovation

Innovation is central to
embracing new technology.
Innovation is about doing
something in a surprisingly new
way, or discovering something
entirely new that adds value.
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6 Innovation

Innovation, can’t be owned or

ordained. But you can create
the environment and right
conditions for innovation to
evolve organically.
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Focus on the user Think 10X Launch and iterate

Google has established three simple rules that govern its day-to-day business
practice and help to nurture and scale a culture of innovation.
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Focus on the user

has two dimensions:

01 Who they are—paying

customers, those outside
the business and employees.

02 What they expect

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consider the following focus areas:

1 2
Access Engagement

3 4
Customization Communication
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1 Access

When it comes to access,

users expect faster and easier
services, with ‘always-on’
capabilities, that can be
accessed anywhere.
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2 Engagement

In terms of engagement, users

are looking for sources of valued
content. They expect up-to-date,
reliable content from multiple
fields of expertise.
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3 Customization

When it comes to customization,

users expect that a product or
service seamlessly adapts to their
individual needs and preferences.
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4 Communication

Users expect to be able to

communicate with service
providers through a two-way
feedback channel—this means
that the company also
engages in conversation.
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1 2
Access Engagement

3 4
Customization Communication

Who is your user? With innovation in mind, is there room to drastically improve or or re-invent
your products or services by examining your user’s expectations?
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10X thinking is about generating big

ideas. It’s about transformation over
improvement and using technology
to achieve that transformation.
Improvement projects help make
things better by perhaps 10%.
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10X thinking leads to solutions that

are simple, empowering, and deeply
transformative. Just like focusing on
the user, thinking 10x helps
organizations achieve their mission
in new ways and to differentiate their
offering from competitors.
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Launch and iterate is often referred to as ‘continuous learning’.

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Launch and iterate is both a mindset and a practice where, instead of starting off with a perfect
solution, you figure it out through experimentations.
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10X
You can apply the launch and
iterate rule to your own work
by asking yourself:

Does my project or initiative

support my WHY?

Am I applying 10X thinking?

How might I use technology to
reframe the problem or find a
transformative solution, instead
of a minor improvement?
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“
A shared belief held by
members of a team
that the team is safe for
Organizational behavioral
scientist Amy Edmondson of
Harvard first introduced the
construct of “team
psychological safety”.
interpersonal risk taking
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What is psychological safety?

When people feel

psychological safety and begin
applying the launch and iterate
rule into their day-to-day work
the result is the prototyping
effect. The more ideas you try,
the more you learn, and the
more you eventually succeed.
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Ideas don’t have to be limited to hardware or service products. This way of thinking
can also be used for any employee-customer or employee-employee interaction.
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Embracing cloud technology and cultivating an innovative mindset are not limited to
elite data scientists or company leaders. You can cultivate this mindset in your role, in
your team, and across your organization, no matter where you are.
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Try it yourself: Write down your thoughts

on the following 4 questions:

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
What is your WHY? How are you How can you use How can you
meeting user technology to serve launch and iterate
expectations? users 10x better? ideas more often?