The Boardroom Memo

The Boardroom Memo is a podcast by NETCONOMY about the future of commerce, customer relationships, and digital business.

In each episode, leaders, innovators, and industry experts discuss the shifts that are changing the market right now: from AI and agentic commerce to loyalty, personalization, retail transformation, and evolving customer expectations.

The focus is not on empty hype, but on what is actually changing, why it matters, and what companies need to do next. Boardroom Memo offers sharp conversations, practical perspectives, and real strategic insight for decision-makers who want to understand where digital business is heading.

Powered by NETCONOMY, the podcast brings together forward-looking thinking and hands-on experience from the frontlines of transformation.

The Boardroom Memo

Latest episodes

Winning Hearts and Market Share: AI-Powered Customer Loyalty

Winning Hearts and Market Share: AI-Powered Customer Loyalty

‧ 40m 34s

Why do consumers belong to dozens of loyalty programs yet remain active in only a fraction of them? In this episode of The Boardroom Memo Powered by NETCONOMY, we dive into the radical evolution of customer loyalty—from generic transactional discounts to deep emotional brand love.

Joined by Julia Knutti (Chief Revenue Officer Customer Experience, SAP MEE) and Manuela Fritzl (Head of Business and Platform Advisory, NETCONOMY), we unpack what enterprise retail and CPG decision-makers need to know about modernizing loyalty strategies. Together, they discuss why technology can never save a bad process, how SAP Customer Loyalty Management and autonomous Agentic...

Demystifying ERP: Building the Connected Enterprise

Demystifying ERP: Building the Connected Enterprise

‧ 36m 47s

How do business leaders survive mounting margin pressures, rigid new regulations, and AI pilot fatigue? The secret lies in bridging the gap between front-end customer experience (CX) and your digital backend.

In this episode of The Boardroom Memo, we are joined by Martin Barzauner (CEO of NETCONOMY) and Patrick Pierron (Executive Director ERP Practice at NETCONOMY) to demystifying the complex world of modern ERP. Together, they officially announce the launch of NETCONOMY’s groundbreaking, integrated SAP practice and explore what it truly means to transition from a traditional systems integrator to an "enterprise orchestrator."

What we tackle in this episode:

Why...

Agentic AI Use Cases with Real ROI

Agentic AI Use Cases with Real ROI

‧ 58m 45s

Welcome back to The Boardroom Memo, the NETCONOMY podcast where we cut through the noise on enterprise technology and focus on what actually moves the needle. In this episode, we step out of the proof-of-concept hype of previous years and firmly into the Agentic Era of 2026. What does it take to turn agentic AI technology into actual corporate value? Our host Leon Haider (Marketing Manager) is joined by NETCONOMY experts Boban Djordjevic (AI and Data Department Lead) and Maximilian Zollneritsch (Head of Technical Enablement). Together, they share their first-hand experiences from the field, dissecting why enterprise execution is less...

Agentic Commerce: Buying Without Buyers

Agentic Commerce: Buying Without Buyers

‧ 50m 29s

What happens when your best customer isn't a human, but an algorithm?

In this episode, Manuela Fritzl (Head of Consulting) and Daniel Reicher (Customer Director) explore the monumental shift from human-centric web design to machine-to-machine commerce. As Gartner predicts $15 trillion in B2B spend will be agent-mediated by 2028, the stakes for businesses have never been higher.

We move beyond the hype to discuss:
The "Back Door" Metaphor: Why ignoring agentic commerce is like locking your warehouse and turning off the lights.

- GEO vs. SEO: Why you need Generative Engine Optimization to stay visible in an AI-first world.
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