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From Lagging to Leading: Navigating AI Adoption Challenges
In this episode, AWS Enterprise Strategists provide a roadmap for organizations who may feel they've missed the first-mover advantage with generative AI. They share practical advice on overcoming common barriers like analysis paralysis, managing risk, and upskilling teams.
The State of Generative AI
Generative AI has a potential $2.6 to $4.4 trillion economic impact, but how do leaders unlock it? Join Tom Godden, Director, AWS Enterprise Strategy, and Aamer Baig, Senior Partner at McKinsey and Co., as they discuss the current state of generative AI, and where it can take us in the future.
Disrupt or Be Disrupted: Cultivating Resilience Through Innovation
The concept of 'business resilience' traditionally centers on an organization's capacity to handle failures and endure disruptions. However, truly resilient businesses go beyond mere response strategies; they proactively design and rigorously test plans to prevent such setbacks. In fact, the most resilient businesses don’t just withstand disruption, they create it.
Looking Forward by Working Backwards
Leaders from Mitsubishi Electric discuss their journey to drive digital transformation across the 100-year-old manufacturing conglomerate. They share how they have leveraged the Working Backwards methodology from Amazon to better understand customer needs and develop innovative new solutions, as well as the cultural challenges of shifting from a siloed, rule-driven organization to one that is more agile and data-driven.
Podcasts for cloud technology executives
The AWS Executive Insights Podcast features discussions with executive leaders who are transforming their teams and their organizations. Hosted by AWS Enterprise Strategists, the series explores topics such as leadership, culture, and managing change.
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Emotional Intelligence in the Age of AI
Featuring Rich Hua, AWS's Worldwide Head of EPIC LeadershipExplore the critical role of emotional intelligence in leadership with Rich Hua, AWS's Worldwide Head of EPIC Leadership, Innovation and Transformation Programs. Rich discusses how leaders can manage their own stress and mindset to effectively lead digital transformation and innovation initiatives in the age of rapid AI advancements. He also shares strategies for cultivating trust, psychological safety, and generative disagreement within organizations to unlock the full potential of human-AI collaboration.
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Unveiling Blind Spots in Cloud Financial Operations
Featuring Chris Hennesey, AWS Enterprise StrategistIn the evolving landscape of cloud technology, effectively managing finances is paramount to organizational success. However, while many organizations reap the benefits of cloud services, they often have blind spots that reduce financial visibility and control. This episode examines four common blind spots that can evade even the most vigilant executives’ radars.
Read more on the AWS Enterprise Strategy blog.
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Designing a Cloud Center of Excellence
Featuring AWS Enterprise Strategist Mark SchwartzMany companies have found that a cloud center of excellence (CCOE) can accelerate their migrations to the cloud and broader digital transformations. These CCOEs take many forms, which is appropriate because each company has unique challenges to overcome. Nevertheless there are certain patterns and antipatterns for using a CCOE, and in this episode Enterprise Strategist Mark Schwartz will clarify the purpose of a CCOE, its composition and operation, and the impact you should expect from it.
Learn more about these topics on the Enterprise Strategy blog.
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How Startup Parsyl is Revolutionizing the Insurance Industry with Generative AI
A conversation with Mike Linton, co-founder and CTO of ParsylHear from Mike Linton, co-founder and CTO of Parsyl, a data-powered risk management and insurance solution for essential supply chains. By leveraging real-time data and generative AI, Parsyl is able to offer more transparent pricing that incentivizes customers to improve efficiency and sustainability within their supply chains, ultimately reducing waste and emissions. This novel approach has allowed Parsyl to quickly scale and reshape what the insurance industry can look like.
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The Spirit of Leadership: Beverage Company Diageo on Sustainability, Data, and AI
The Spirit of Leadership: Beverage Company Diageo on Sustainability, Data, and AIJoin Tanuja Randery, AWS VP and Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, in a conversation with Nuno Teles, Managing Director for Diageo Great Britain. Nuno shares insights into the company's commitment to talent development, as well as his own leadership journey and the influential mentors who have shaped his approach. This episode offers a unique glimpse into the strategic and human-centric perspective driving one of the world's leading consumer brands, including how they're using AI to personalize their customers' experience.
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Uniting Leaders for Responsible Use of Generative AI
Featuring a panel from AWS Summit Washington DC 2024In this special episode, listen in on a panel from AWS Summit Washington DC 2024, featuring: Elizabeth Kelly, Director, US AI Safety Institute, National Institute of Standards & Technology; Rep. Ami Bera, M.D. , U.S. House of Representatives; Michael Sellitto, Head of Global Affairs, Anthropic; Dr. Radha Plumb, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, Department of Defense; and Olivia Igbokwe, Head of Federal Affairs and Federal AI, AWS
Leaders from government and industry discuss the rapid advancements in generative AI technology and the critical need to ensure its responsible development and use. Experts explore the opportunities AI presents, such as improved healthcare and national security, as well as emerging challenges around mitigating risks like disinformation and misuse. The conversation highlights the importance of public-private partnership, global coordination, and iterative research to advance AI safety and enable ethical innovation.