#303 Increasing Your Organization's AI Maturity with Iwo Szapar & Eryn Peters, Founders at AI Maturity Index

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May 26, 2025

Iwo Szapar and Eryn Peters, co-founders of the AI Maturity Index, bring their expertise in transforming organizational approaches to AI. They dive into the importance of cultural readiness and strategic implementation for successful AI integration. The conversation highlights how organizations can assess their AI maturity, balance top-down and bottom-up adoption, and cultivate a culture of experimentation. Listeners will gain insights into practical frameworks and strategies used by successful companies to achieve measurable business value through AI.

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ADVICE

Segment Tasks to Guide AI Use

List your daily tasks and categorize by automation, augmentation, or human-only.
This helps identify current AI use and areas for effective implementation.

ADVICE

Measure Culture Alongside Usage

Measure not only AI usage but also organizational sentiment and culture around AI.
Address fears and ethical concerns to ensure genuine adoption, not just usage.

INSIGHT

The Symbiotic Data-AI Relationship

Data maturity and AI maturity are tightly linked, each enhancing the other.
AI democratizes data access, encouraging broader experimentation and collaboration.

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AI maturity isn't achieved through technology alone—it requires organizational alignment, cultural readiness, and strategic implementation. Companies across industries are working to move beyond experimental AI use toward systematic integration that delivers measurable business value. How do you assess where your organization stands on the AI maturity spectrum? What frameworks can help prioritize your efforts?

Eryn Peters, Co-founder & co-creator at AI Maturity Index, is a future of work evangelist. She is the co-creator of a tool for assessing AI maturity, and regularly advises companies on how to assess and improve their AI maturity. Eryn is also the Editor of the Weekly Workforce newsletter and the Principal at the Startup Consortium consultancy. Previously, she was the Global Director of the Association for the Future of Work, and VP of Marketing at Andela.

Iwo Szapar is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for creating impactful solutions that enable people to work smarter, not harder. He is the co-founder of several innovative initiatives, including Remote-how, Remote-First Institute, AI-Mentor, and the Saudi AI Leadership Forum. Throughout his career, Iwo has helped transform how over 3,000 companies—including Microsoft, Walmart, and ING Bank—approach the future of work.

In the episode, Richie, Eryn, and Iwo explore AI maturity in organizations, the balance between top-down and bottom-up AI adoption, the relationship between data and AI maturity, the importance of change management, practical steps for AI implementation, and much more.

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