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What Most Companies Get Wrong About AI Strategy with Jeff McMillan, former Morgan Stanley AI Leader
September 30, 2026 · 44 minEvery leadership team is arguing about which AI model is best, but that debate is a distraction from the real problem. In this episode, Jeff McMillan, founder of McMillanAI and former head of firmwide AI at Morgan Stanley, breaks down the…
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AI Literacy Starts in the C-Suite
September 16, 2026 · 37 minMost AI playbooks are built for a workforce tethered to a desk, but many workers are not near a keyboard. In this episode, Beth Miles, Chief AI Officer at Advantage Solutions, breaks down how she's building an AI-ready culture across a…
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3 Data and AI Books Every Leader Should Read in 2026
September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 27 minIn this special episode of The Data & AI Chief, host Cindi Howson sits down with three incredible authors to explore what it really takes to lead through the AI era, from scaling innovation to building AI-ready data foundations to…
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How Vanguard is Architecting its AI Semantic Layer
August 19, 2026 · 48 minSemantic layers and ontologies have moved from nice-to-have data modeling tools to the foundational engine required for enterprise AI. In this episode, Raman Tallamraju, Senior Director and Head of Enterprise Data Architecture and…
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How Grant Thornton Reimagines Core Processes in the AI Era
August 5, 2026 · 43 minImagine redesigning your most important processes from a blank sheet of paper, with no legacy systems to hold you back. Alpa Lally, Chief Product Officer at Grant Thornton, shares how the company is transforming into a frontier firm by…
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How Google Is Building Enterprise Trust in Agentic AI
July 22, 2026 · 39 minFor most enterprises, autonomous AI agents still feel like a risk waiting to happen. Andi Gutmans, Vice President and General Manager for Data Cloud at Google, joins Cindi Howson to explain what it takes to build the data foundation that…
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How Swire Coca-Cola Turned Governance Into an AI Growth Engine
July 8, 2026 · 25 minFor most data leaders, governance feels like the thing standing between them and progress. Bharathi Rajan, Vice President of Digital, AI, and Data at Swire Coca-Cola, joins Cindi Howson to share how she built the data foundation powering a…
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How to Transform a SaaS Company with AI from ELMO CTO
June 24, 2026 · 36 minWhat happens when a software company building AI tools for HR teams uses those same tools to transform itself? Josh McKenzie, Chief Technology Officer at ELMO Software Group, shares how his team rebuilt their entire software development…