Catalyst Podcast The building power of AI: With Maryam Ashoori
Jul 15, 2025
Maryam Ashoori, Director of Product Management at IBM's watsonx.ai, shares her extensive knowledge on AI implementation and ethics. She discusses exciting AI applications and the crucial balance of risks and opportunities in enterprise environments. Maryam emphasizes the significance of building diverse, high-performing teams rooted in trust and accountability. Additionally, she highlights the role of AI in enhancing collaboration between engineers and creatives, alongside the need for ethical guidelines in digital transformation.
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From Papers To People-Focused AI
- Maryam shifted from theoretical AI research to human-computer interaction to build solutions people actually use.
- She moved from papers to products to scale impact and focus on the human side of AI.
Delegate With Clear Strategy
- Delegate decision-making to experts on your team and give them autonomy to deliver.
- Supply clear strategy, vision, mission, and priorities so they have the data to make sound choices.
Diagnose Diversity With Direct Listening
- Use retrospectives, skip-levels, and 360 listening tours to identify real diversity gaps.
- Root assessments in the actual problems you need to solve rather than generic metrics.