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Ep 94 | Why Successful AI Models Can Still Fail the Business

An AI project can deliver a great prediction and still fail the business. Rajesh Kelvalkar has seen it happen firsthand. In one mining project, the model worked, but the team discovered that the downstream business process wasn’t configured to act consistently on its recommendations. The technology had done its job, but the transformation hadn’t. Recorded at EVOLVE26 Singapore, this episode of The AI Forecast brings Paul Muller together with Rajesh Kelvalkar, Senior Advisor at Tech Data APJ, to explore what more than 20 years of transformation work has taught him about putting AI into practice.

Corporate Sustainability Needs Better Integration, Not Another Ambition

Corporate sustainability has no shortage of ambition. Over the past several years, companies have set increasingly ambitious climate targets, expanded disclosures, and invested significantly in understanding and measuring their environmental impact. But working in the technology infrastructure industry has made one thing clear to me: Targets don't reduce emissions. Decisions do.

Why Your AI Strategy Is Failing

Every 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 real bottlenecks behind enterprise AI strategy. He shares why fixing your data matters more than picking a model, why your best AI leader is probably already inside your company, and why AI eliminates tasks rather than entire jobs.

Snowflake Cortex AI for Cybersecurity: How Sophos Built Real-Time Threat Monitoring

Looking to scale your cybersecurity and threat monitoring using generative AI? Learn how Sophos leverages Snowflake Cortex AI to analyze massive security telemetry datasets. Jason Mullin, Director of Enterprise Data and Analytics at Sophos, shares how his team modernised their security analytics pipeline on the Snowflake Data Cloud. By integrating Cortex AI alongside tools like CoWork and CoCo, Sophos cut security analysis times and enabled AI-driven insights across their organization.

Ep 93 | When Everyone Has AI, Your Data Sets You Apart

After 23 years in machine learning and data science, Cao Hong has seen plenty of AI projects come and go. His measure of success is simple: did it create value for the business? Recorded at *EVOLVE26* Singapore, this episode of The AI Forecast brings Paul Muller together with Cao Hong, Principal Director of Data Apps at NCS, to explore how organizations can turn AI experimentation into measurable business impact.

AI Literacy Starts at the Top

AI literacy across 60,000 people starts with the C-suite. In this clip from podcast, Bethany Miles, Chief AI Officer at Advantage Solutions, shares how she built enterprise-wide AI fluency, starting with 10+ hours of hands-on executive training and a CEO coding workshop. What you'll learn in the full episode:→ Why AI literacy has to start at the top before it can scale anywhere else→ How Advantage Solutions redesigned broken processes before automating them→ What to measure beyond adoption (service excellence and time-to-complete)

Introducing Lineos, Certent and Simba | insightsoftware

Meet Lineos, Certent and Simba, three focused technology brands from insightsoftware built to help finance, HR and technology leaders navigate an increasingly complex, AI-driven world. We’ve built our portfolio around a simple idea: specialized challenges deserve specialized solutions. “The launch of Lineos, Certent, and Simba represents the next stage of our transformation: focused brands with the domain expertise and innovation required to solve the distinct challenges facing CFOs, HR leaders and CTOs.”— Chris Jurasek, CEO, insightsoftware.

How Snowflake's PMM and Growth Build Campaigns with AI | AI Blueprint for Go-To-Market

Nicola Tagoe (Line of Business PMM, Snowflake) and Margaux Bouche (Manager, Demand Generation) show how AI changed the way they build campaigns together. They cover the shift from two-week positioning cycles and data scattered across five tools to a shared Snowflake foundation where PMM and Demand Gen now build in real time. Plus their honest take on the 80/20 rule: AI handles the research and structure. The last 20%, brand voice, bold bets, and the judgment that comes from years in the job, stays with the humans.

Ep 92 | Making AI Fluent in Your Business

Every new AI chat is another first day on the job. Rob Collie describes today’s general-purpose AI as a brilliant new hire who wakes up on their first day every time you start a new conversation. It may understand your industry, but your workflows and business context have to be explained all over again. In this episode of The AI Forecast, Paul Muller speaks with Rob Collie, founder and CEO of P3 Adaptive, former Microsoft product leader for Excel and Power BI, and author of “Fair Game: Bringing AI Into Reach for All Business” to explore why business context can make or break enterprise AI.