AI and the Future of Work: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace, Business, Ethics, HR, and IT for AI Enthusiasts, Leaders and Academics

This week, we're re-sharing an episode that originally aired August 2019 because it's more timely than ever. In it, Jordan Husney, founder and CEO of remote work pioneer Parabol talks about the future of work in remote teams.Listen and learn... About Jordan's entrepreneurial journeyWhy he started ParabolHow to hold distributed teams accountableWhy cultures that support remote workers attract and retain better talenthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jrhusney/https://www.parabol.co/

Ash Rust, startup entrepreneur and pre-seed investor, discusses what he looks for in founding teams, why the best founders succeed, how he evaluates companies, and what opportunities he’d fund if he saw the right pitch. Listen and learn... The three common attributes of the best startup CEOs What Ash looks for when coaching entrepreneurs The best pitches Ash has heard recently… and a few bizarre ones “The one that got away” Ash missed Ash’s advice for a younger version of himself Learn more about the amazing companies Ash discussed at Sterling Road.

Reza Nazeman, serial CIO from Microsoft and McKinsey and current CIO of SAP Concur, discusses the evolving role of IT in the era of automation and why thinking business first is how he adds value as a technology leader.Tune in to learn...How Reza got his start in Germany and earned his way into roles of increasing responsibilityWhat are the attributes of a great culture and what McKinsey and Microsoft get right (and wrong)Reza's philosophy on hiring and grooming leadersWhat skills will never be replaced by AIWhat "CIO" really stands for

Charlene Li is a 20-year analyst and researcher who has written six best-selling books. A well-known consultant, acclaimed social media and technology expert, and the author of the recent book "The Disruption Mindset", Charlene is a serial disruptor who has helped millions of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs.In this AI and the Future of Work podcast, Dan Turchin interviews Charlene Li. She discusses how disruptive leaders are needed everywhere. Charlene shares how a small university like Southern New Hampshire grew from just 3,000 students to the #1 online educational institution. Their approach...let us rethink what it means to have a degree. Charlene explains why we're in a disruptive time. She shows us how to make sense of it all and teaches us how to believe the impossible.Key questions Charlene encourages listeners to ask:1) Do you know your future customer?2) Do you know what will have to change to go after that customer?3) How can we create disruptive leaders in all industries? 4) Does disruption create growth or growth create disruption?5) Isn't innovation disruptive by design? To learn more about Astound, visit: https://astound.ai/To learn more about Charlene Li, visit: https://twitter.com/charleneli and https://charleneli.com/

Passion? Excitement? Driven? These are all qualities of this dynamic CEO. Tess Posner is changing the world with her positive attitude and her great approach to problem solving in issues of all things related to AI and Education. In this AI and the Future of Work podcast, Dan Turchin interviews Tess Posner, CEO of A.I. 4 All. She discusses how to mitigate AI bias and hiring best practices and how AI will impact women and youth. She also talks about what she would tell her younger self. Tess has an eye in gaining Data Literacy for all through her successful summer camp programs that are helping youth learn about AI. Today, students in middle and high school are benefiting their communities through their knowledge of AI through her program efforts.Challenges for AI and Education, IT Leaders, and Youth:1) How can AI help students start AI Clubs at school or via Hack a Thons?2) How can knowledge and data literacy lead us to understand what businesses need in regards to hiring practices?3) How can we provide teachers with curriculum that empowers them to teach their students about AI?4) Is AI the driver of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?5.) How AI solves a problem for Global DiversityTo learn more about Astound, visit: https://astound.ai/To learn more about A.I. 4 All, visit: http://ai-4-all.org/

What causes a Start-Up to stumble?  Is your company becoming culturally lazy? Learn some helpful entrepreneurial tips and find out what data exhaust means on the latest podcast session on AI and the Future of Work with Dan Turchin.Bob Moore is the CEO of CrossBeam. They help companies bring data together and create a third party environment so that data doesn't just cross over to another company but rather is kept separate. In this episode, Bob shares the key to keeping info out while understanding there is a fear to share data. He also addresses how to find the key things that matter in a partnership. Listen and learn from one of the best in the business!

Julie addresses how knowledge and the customer economy are driving a rapid change in business. In addition she discusses how to not focus only on product but instead to look at data to define our customer-driven innovation. Julie believes there's a balance between people, process and tools. Is traditional service management relevant? Julie answers these questions and more."We must see the need for what our customers want. Automation IS what the customers want! They have a palate for it. The companies that see this are winning!" - Julie Mohr  Challenges for CIO's and IT Leaders Addressed in this Podcast:1) How can Automation help companies use data to drive revenues? 2) How can knowledge and data lead us to understand what customers want?3) How can we get better at making agile models to support service management?To learn more about Astound, visit: https://astound.ai/For more information on AI expert Julie Mohr, visit her website. 

Will people lose their enthusiasm to a machine that writes as a person? Will AI impact economists, investors and journalists? Tiernan Ray, business, technology and finance writer and editor talks about AI theories and how they will impact everyone around us including the role of a journalist.In this podcast episode, he breaks down Moore's Law, AI and the demise of Journalism, or as he asks, "can AI summarize an author's work?" These questions and more will be covered in this episode of AI and the Future of work! Tiernan also talks about what he would tell his younger self.Challenges for CIO's, IT Leaders and Journalists added in this Podcast:1) How can AI help authors go through "The Process" of an idea, words on paper, to something actually published?  2) How can knowledge and data lead us to understand what customers want?3) How can we get better at knowing, who is a "Noise Trader" verses who is a "Rational Investor"? 4) How has Deep Learning developed over decades? And how does it materialize in the market? To learn more about Astound, visit: https://astound.ai/For more information on Tiernan Ray, visit his LinkedIn page.

Doug Tedder, ITSM expert discusses how a virtual agent has the ability to transform your help desk with Dan Turchin, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Astound. He discusses how service management must now be truly end-to-end and how AI is needed to address the needs of our customers and improve business benefits. The role of the IT leader is changing with service delivery expectations but how can AI  drive accuracy and speed for the customers that IT is being asked to support in organizations? Doug and Dan talk about how a virtual agent has the ability to free up highly technical resources so that they can do more innovative work as opposed to repeat mundane tasks. This helps to reduce downtime for employees while also improving the overall service experience.Challenges for CIO's and IT Leaders Addressed in this Podcast:1) How to reduce your call volume and reduce your mean time to resolution (MTTR)?2) When is it appropriate to use a virtual agent?3) How can IT leaders be faster and more accurate in their service delivery work?4) How can a virtual agent help a CIO with digital transformation strategies?To learn more about Astound, visit: https://astound.ai/To learn more about Doug Tedder visit Tedder Consulting.

Fruition Partners founder Marc Talluto joins the podcast to share his invaluable experience and advice around entrepreneurship, leadership and service management. Marc began his career in consulting at both Accenture and Deloitte and eventually broke away to start Fruition which specializes in ITSM and Cloud Service Management, specifically ServiceNow, as a Value Added Re-seller (VAR). As founder and CEO, Marc was instrumental in building Fruition's partnership network and its culture, leading to the sale of the firm in 2015. Challenges for CIO's and IT Leaders Addressed in this Podcast:1) Building a successful culture within your organization that is unique to you. 2) How to find pockets of opportunity within service management and beyond.3) Shifts in the ITSM space and what you can do to be on the front lines of that change.To learn more about Astound, visit: https://astound.ai/