{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f6db0ab2dc2346e2dd1a808/6af5b9777067884bc9473e4b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"E318 - Dell moved 1,900 jobs out of Limerick. What does it do in Ireland now? | Mark Hopkins","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f6db0ab2dc2346e2dd1a808/1794488583394-163d500d-62a6-4c1b-b797-32ccb6433e58.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What does Dell do in Ireland now?</p><p><br></p><p>Dell computers and Viagra once did a fair bit of the heavy lifting for Irish exports. Then Dell moved PC production to Poland and 1,900 Limerick jobs went. So what does the company actually do here today?</p><p><br></p><p>Conall Ó Móráin asks Mark Hopkins, General Manager of Dell Technologies Ireland, how Dell went from the laptop on your kitchen table to the kit behind AI. Mark tells us what happened when Michael Dell asked his leadership team to imagine the company that could put Dell out of business, and how staff came back with more than 650 ideas for using AI.</p><p><br></p><p>There’s a useful bit for anyone running a smaller business. Pick a job that costs you time or money. Work out what fixing it would be worth. Then decide what technology, if any, you need. You can do the first two with a pencil.</p><p>Plus, how a visit to Dell in Limerick helped start a conversation that led to a £72m film studio outside Belfast, and who Mark would Hire in a Heartbeat. Conall guessed Michael Dell. He guessed wrong.</p><p><br></p><p>Sponsored by De Facto Shaving Oil. The world’s best shaving oil. Not a beard oil. Made in Mayo, sold worldwide. DeFactoShave.com.</p>","author_name":"Conall Ó'Móráin"}