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Could the disaster recovery plan designed to protect your company make a ransomware incident even worse? In this episode, I speak with Darren Thomson, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for EMEA at Commvault, about Resilience Operations, commonly known as ResOps, and why cyber recovery now requires security, infrastructure, identity and data teams to work from one coordinated plan. Darren argues that many companies are accepting a difficult reality. Even with considerable investment in prevention and detection, a breach may eventually succeed. That does not make cybersecurity controls any less necessary, but it means recovery can no longer be treated as a secondary activity managed by another department. The problem is that security operations and infrastructure teams have traditionally worked toward different objectives. Security specialists concentrate on identifying and stopping threats. Infrastructure teams protect data, maintain backups and restore systems after outages. During a cyberattack, a successful recovery requires both sets of expertise. A backup administrator may be able to restore data quickly, but a forensic specialist must establish whether that data is clean. Without that confirmation, the company risks restoring malware and restarting the incident. Darren explains why a conventional disaster recovery plan may be particularly dangerous during ransomware. These plans were commonly designed for physical failures such as a lost data center. Data would be copied from one location to another so operations could continue. If the source data is infected, however, fast replication can carry the malware into the recovery environment. This is where ResOps enters the discussion. Darren describes it as an operating model rather than a product. It combines established practices from security and infrastructure management into a continuous program for testing, learning and improving recovery. Individual technology projects may come from the program, but resilience itself never reaches a final completion date. AI adds pressure on both sides. Criminals can use it to create faster and more effective attacks, while defenders can use machine learning to inspect large volumes of information, detect patterns and identify the newest clean recovery point. Companies must also protect AI systems as they would any other business application, including the models, data repositories and identities connected with them. Darren offers one practical starting point for CIOs and CISOs: Mean Time to Clean Recovery, or MTCR. This measures how long it takes to restore an application and its data with evidence that both are free from compromise. Before measuring MTCR, leaders must define their minimum viable company. These are the systems and services the business cannot operate without. Once that list exists, teams can test how long a verified clean recovery would take and replace assumptions with evidence. The initial answer may be uncomfortable. Teams may know how to restore an application without knowing whether the backup is clean. Security may know how to inspect the system but lack an established workflow with the recovery team. Darren sees those gaps as the starting point for a useful ResOps program because they provide everyone with a shared problem and a measurable objective. If your most important systems disappeared today, how long would it take to bring the minimum viable company back using verified clean data? Listen to the episode and share your answer with me.

According to research by IBM, just 16% of AI initiatives have achieved scale. Why? Because few organizations have the structure and data to support long-term AI investments. So, how do you build an AI-ready system? Riley Rogers: Welcome to the Win/Win Podcast. I’m your host, Riley Rogers. Join us as we dive into changing trends in the workplace and how to navigate them successfully. Here to discuss this topic is Rich Weymer, Senior Director of Go-To-Market Strategy and Transformation at Yubico. Thank you so much for joining us today, Rich. I’m super excited to have you here to dig into all the expertise that you’re gonna bring to the table. As we’re kicking off, I’d love if you could just tell us a little bit about yourself, your background, and your role. Rich Weymer: Yeah. First off, thanks for having me. A repeat customer with Highspot, so excited to get invited to this, as we’ve worked with your organization for some time now. Like you said, Rich Weymer. I’ve spent time pretty much so in tech for most of my professional career in one form or fashion, from my earlier career days at Microsoft working in consumer goods, where I’ve worked on video games, your Office products, all your devices, through where I’m at today in the security world. RR: Well, amazing, and bravo, tech veteran. Not easy. RW: Yeah. It looks a lot different today than it did when I started, that’s for sure. RR: And I think that is exactly what we’re gonna talk about today. But before we go into where the world of tech has been to where we are today, I’d love if you could give us a little bit of foundational context for folks who might not be familiar with Yubico. Could you give us a little walkthrough of who your company is, what you do, who you serve? RW: Yeah. So Yubico does phishing resistance hardware MFA, which basically means we ship you a little bitty key that helps control access to all your online portals and logins and everything along those lines. RR: As somebody who is password challenged, I certainly see the value of that one. I wish we had a wonderful little bitty key that got me set up for success every single day. One thing that I think you set up early on is that Yubico, and pretty much every other organization in the industry, is moving fast, and it has to. Security in this day and age is harder than ever. And when it comes to working in a fast-moving organization, teams like yours also have to move fast. I’d guess that that pace of change is part of the reason why you have a really forward-looking approach to enablement and to go-to-market strategy. So why do you think it’s important to think critically about how technology can transform traditional workflows, processes that you’re accustomed to, things like that? RW: Again, to your point, things are moving so fast right now. That’s the biggest underlying factor that organizations really need to think through. Decisions that you’re making today are almost obsolete by the time you’re done signing the paperwork on whatever decisions or procurement you’re going through. So you need to be really thoughtful about the foundations that you’re building, the integrations that you’re gonna lean on, and the partners that you’re gonna select that are gonna be around for the long run. Measure twice, cut once, and also understand that there’s different types of decisions that you’re gonna be making. I use the analogy of a hat, a haircut, or a tattoo. What type of decision are you making when you’re thinking about your technologies? If it’s a hat, you can switch it in and out real quick. If it’s a haircut, maybe it takes a little bit of time to unwind. And those tattoos are the ones that you just can’t change. They’re gonna be– They’re– You’re gonna live with them forever. So you really gotta just understand the lens that you’re making the decisions through, as well as having an industry understanding of where things are heading. And as you look at your partners, thinking, “Hey, at the pace at which innovation is happening, is this someone that’s gonna be relevant six months, 12 months, 18 months from now?” RR: I have not heard that decision-making framework before, hat, haircut, tattoo. RW: It’s an easy one, yeah. A lot of organizations think everything’s a tattoo. So you make every decision like it’s the last decision you’re ever gonna make in that space. And it’s right for a lot of things, but framing it goes a long way, especially when you’re trying to move fast. Being able to categorize those decisions pretty quickly goes a long way. RR: Yeah. And it helps you avoid the problem of when everything’s important, nothing is. You mentioned systems, data, processes, having the right tools in place to move quickly. So with that perspective in mind, how are you thinking about layering on AI? RW: I think about it every day and night, in every meeting I’m sitting in, and every conversation I’m having, and every free minute when I’m thinking about work. The big thing is automation and AI for the sake of AI, and automation for the sake of automation, it really doesn’t mean anything unless you have a strong foundation and an understanding of your data. So to me, it all just boils down to a strong foundational data set and understanding what to measure and what moves your business, and then building around that first and foremost before you do anything else. RR: What do you need in that foundation before you can start building AI on top of it in order for those initiatives to be successful? RW: If I were to think through how I structure this, there’s no shortage of ways to measure the business, but landing on one that’s influential and helps you adjust the dials as you go is really important. So the way I operate is through the lens of sales velocity, which is a time-tested mathematical problem to give you a temperature check on how the business is doing. It’ll let you know whether you’re going up, down, left, right, staying center, or whatever it is. But where organizations stop is they stop at the top four measurements, which, if you think of sales velocity, is open opportunities, average deal size, win rate, and then you divide that by your deal cycle length. That gives you a daily throughput, which tells you part of the story because you can help understand your forecasting. When you take your close one business, you can use that to forecast days left in the quarter, what those numbers would look like. But where it gets really powerful, and what I think a lot of organizations haven’t spent the time to do, is go deeper on the leveling of those metrics. So if you think through the process lines, L1 is your executive metric. That’s the all-up number. Your L2s are your leadership numbers, where your managers need to understand those. But your L3, four, five, six, and you can keep going down the rabbit hole, really start impacting how your frontline folks operate. One of the things we’ll talk about today is AI Role Play, and when we think of it, we look at diagnosing issues in our win rates, and we think, “How is our competitive wins doing? What are we, we get very, very granular in how we look at those.” And then we can actually start layering on recommendations and automation. So we do that across probably close to 100 different metrics through the various layers that are our leading indicators. And this really helps us when we think through automation of where we go from here, ’cause once we understand those, we know how are we doing against certain competitors? Are we getting the right amount of MQLs? Are we talking about the right things? Do we get caught up in legal, security? We can understand all those different variables of the business, and then we can take a proactive approach to coaching where we need to coach, and then adjusting the business where we need to adjust the business. And you can’t really do that unless you have that entire foundation laid out and actually understand what all those levers are. So to me, taking the time to do that is really just beyond critical. RR: Yeah. Yeah. You know what you need to do, and you can start driving really aggressively against it, which I– it sounds like you alluded to an example there with AI Role Play, you’re doing the work to do. In that, you’re beginning to layer some of these new technologies, new tools on top of that foundation. What were some of those first use cases that you prioritized, and why did you start where you did? RW: I think the first win you always wanna go for is really a practical application of any new technology and how that can move the needle for the business. So when I think of practical applications, I think of AI Role Play as being a very early one. As an enablement team and a training team, how many times have people walked through certification programs, the one-on-ones with managers, all the Role Plays, all the back and forth and the headaches and the objectivity that goes into those exercises. That’s just a quick win that you can pick up and take care of almost all of that. The time saving alone and the cost of having a manager do these one-on-ones time and time again, it just drains an organization when every organization right now is trying to be lean, mean, focused on sales efficiency. So anything we can do to give back and level the team up, I think is just a no-brainer. So AI Role Play is a huge one for us. We looked at a lot of different places. We tried a lot of different things, and we landed on the Highspot implementation of that because it’s important to be able to do that stuff, but also it has to be within the context of everything you’re doing and all the content and everything that you do have. It can’t be this standalone siloed thing that happens in the background. We need to bring it to the forefront. Yeah, those are the really practical first-step wins that I’ve been excited about. RR: Yeah, and that’s such a good example of mapping it back to those foundational levers. The path there is very clear, I think. RW: Yeah, absolutely. Think of a competitive– your competitive intelligence programs. You do all this work understanding your competitors. Now you can understand when a seller of yours struggles with insert competitor X, Y, or Z. You can identify those trainings, you can recommend the trainings, you can verify they’ve been through them, and then if that’s not working, then you can escalate to coaching and go a little bit deeper from there. So the foundation of the data will help you identify that stuff, and then you start applying the technologies. That’s how you go fix the gap. And then you can monitor it and just keep it going, almost near real time, which is incredible. A lot of the time, organizations are really spending most of their time hearing yesterday’s weather. And when I mean that, I think of, you do a QBR, you go through a quarter, you spend 30 days doing the QBR. At the end of the QBR, you find the problems, you take 30 more days to figure out what the underlying problems are, then you spend 120 days fixing those problems. Then you’re six months removed from what the problem was, and now you got a whole new set of problems that you’re not even keeping up with the business. So being able to identify these things, move quickly, and make recommendations really fast is incredible in the amount of time it buys back an organization to execute, and that you’re focused on the right things at the right time. RR: I’d be curious to hear a little bit about, you mentioned a handful of teams there in some of the early AI Role Play rollout and piloting. How did you start thinking about who you wanted to test this with, the kinds of pilots you wanted to build, and how has that going so far? RW: We tested globally as a global organization. We tried US-based, EMEA, APJ folks. We took a look at various groups from various geographical regions because adoption’s an uptick, and accountability is different at the global scale. The use cases really were tied around what’s our biggest blind spots, and what do we not know, and how do we validate that? As a group that has a BDR team, an SDR team as an example, if you have sellers that don’t wanna work with their BDRs ’cause they’re not confident that their BDRs are competent, then here’s a great way to say, “Hey, actually, we’ve already been them– we’ve taken them through the ringer. We’ve seen that they’re able to demonstrate this stuff, and honestly, we’re building scenarios that are harder for them to get through than you actually deal with, with customers.” So we can stress test the teams, and then sellers don’t respond to customers with ABC answers. They have to be able to be versed in these conversations, so being able to do that was a huge unlock for us, because folks aren’t practicing with their paycheck. Well, the worst place you wanna go figure this stuff out is in front of a customer, so give someone a very safe space to go practice and cut their teeth, and they will just accelerate if they get behind it and really try this stuff out. So yeah, find the high ROI cases, double down on those, share that experience, be vocal about it, and make sure others feel it. Then yeah, that’s how you just get that adoption and the needle moving. RR: Something that I feel like is not as spoken about when it comes to training, Role Plays, et cetera, all of that stuff, is now you have this trust between your counterparts, and you have more of this connective tissue purely because of that, which is really interesting, and I’ve not, I don’t think, heard anyone speak to that element of it before. So curious if you could give me a little bit more of a sense of what that has done for you guys. RW: Yeah. And, as I mentioned, I’ve– I’m five-ish years into the security business, and this is just a business built on trust. So we have to gain the trust of our customers. It’s important in any sales cycle. It’s a hundredfold more important when you’re talking about the security of your organization. So I think intrinsically our– the businesses are highly trust-driven with the folks that they work with, even internally. So, if you think through customer journeys, from trusting they’re landing the right messaging and marketing, to the right message that BDRs are delivering, our sellers deliver it, talking about the right things and delivering the proposals towards the outcomes that the customers are expecting, to how your account team then goes and manages that account or gets ready for renewals. There has to be that thread of trust across those because each one sets one up for failure if not done correctly. And having a verified way of saying, “Hey, I can trust that my coworkers that are working upstream for me are doing the right things and they are competent,” that’s only gonna make you deliver and do better in your particular role, and it’s gonna want you to step your game up, too. RR: Sometimes I feel like folks present a strategy the way it’s working out for them, and I have a thoughtful response to it. But in this case, the only thing I have to say is that’s so cool. It’s really, really cool to see all the different ways that this can show up for an organization beyond what we expect. RW: If you were to turn the clock back two years, AI-based Role Play, that was beyond the bleeding edge. There wasn’t even an edge. It was so far out of the realm. But these things come up quickly, and you wanna be able to jump on ’em and move on ’em. Again, it’s just moving so fast that you have to have that trust and have a team around you that’s willing to build on the successes you’ve had in a past life. So it does take time to get to that point. It doesn’t happen overnight. It gets quicker, that’s the thing, ’cause now, if you think through how you go through a launch in a past life, go back two years: you spin up the marketing machine, they come up with the slides, you host a call, you do a webinar, you send the field out, say, “Go figure it out.” If you’re lucky, you did Role Plays with the managers, you had a competency test, you sat down, maybe you brought some external resources in to actually manage this. And now with technology, you can scope it, build it, deploy it, have everybody through it in a few weeks, and you can actually verify that people can do these things, where in a past life, just none of that existed. You can build trust faster and move quicker today because the technologies enable that stuff. It’s not the, I’ve got a six-month sales cycle, so I don’t know what my sales look like, or I don’t know how well things are going until six months down the line when you’re actually seeing the end-of-line conversions. You just move so much faster right now. It’s, yeah, really exciting. RR: Okay. So we’ve touched on, I think, a lot of some of the granular detail, and I think gotten a picture of what work at Yubico looks like right now. And I think it has been what sounds like a busy few months to get to this point. So since making some of these changes, being really thoughtful about building out your foundation, starting to layer in those early AI use cases, what impact have you seen on things like seller efficiency, time savings, productivity, anything like that? RW: We are cutting so much time out of the administrative burden of our team. It’s hard to put an exact number on it, but we’re looking at reducing sales cycles by upwards of 25% this year. Where if you think through a longer sales cycle on the security side, where things can take six, seven, eight months, if you can carve out a month back on those processes, it unlocks a lot of organizational capacity. So we are heavy on how we are doing that this year, and sales efficiency is one of our big topics for this year. And ideally, in a perfect world, you have the right team that, as you give efficiency time back and give them time to focus on selling, they go out and sell more. You can cut their day down to two hours a day, but what are they gonna do with the rest of the hours of those days to actually go get after it? So we’re cutting time out of their workload, making things easier on them, and then how are we surfacing the latest and greatest new opportunities and more guidance to them, to be a little bit more honed on where to go and focus on the stuff that technology’s not replacing right now, which is the human interaction and the conversations you have to have with your buyers. So that’s our goal today, it’s just every single day, how do we chip away, chip away, chip away? And I think we’re doing a pretty, pretty solid job of that right now. And things that take hours, three, four, five hours to do, you can do in a button click these days. So on a 40-hour week, if that’s all you work, that would be nice. But if you’re doing 40 hours a week and you’re cutting four or five hours out, 10%, 12% of your week is a huge give back on a timing perspective. So we are, yeah, really excited about all that work right now. RR: You mentioned that 25% reduction, which you said, “That’s a solid, that’s solid progress.” I would call that more than solid progress, but that’s just me. Would you say that part of that or some of that could be attributed to that improved ability to practice those conversations and show up better when you’re actually having them live? RW: Absolutely. There’s the process side of house, which is where we can carve a lot of time out, but the competency within that process goes a long way. Just the basics. Can you get somebody to set that follow-up call? Don’t let the customer off the call until you have a next step booked. Even just little things like that, that you get off the call and then it takes you a couple days to schedule that next meeting. You just get rid of coaching that stuff out. Those basics that every seller always knows about, that adds up when you’re thinking enterprise-wide. That goes a long way. So again, foundational data, even just looking at the basics and doing really good at the basics and training people to that, you’re gonna find time back. RR: To my earlier point about a lot of people are excited but don’t quite know what to do, that’s a very specific example of what can you coach to meaningfully? How can you use Role Play to help you train away those bad behaviors that decrease your velocity, decrease your momentum, and in turn cause that chain reaction down the line? So with all this work in mind, what do you think the future of go-to-market, of enablement, looks like at Yubico? What’s next? RW: Ooh, that’s the multi-multi-multi-million dollar question. Someone who’s been around tech for a while, you see patterns in where things are going. I challenge everybody that I talk to about some form of initiative, or obviously a lot of AI discussions today. But if you challenge things from a first-principles perspective, why are you even doing these things? And I think that is a question that organizations need to ask themselves, is why are you doing this, and why are you doing it this way? Does that even make sense in tomorrow’s world of where things are heading? It’s how are you driving decisions? How are you recommending actions? And how are you actually activating on the data and the information that you have? I think that’s where go-to-market goes. It becomes less understanding and reading yesterday’s weather, as I say, and it takes that data and makes it actionable and pushes us forward versus just catches us up, which is also very, very exciting because the things that we thought were out of reach six months ago are in reach now. RR: For people listening who might be, with that last sentence, feeling a little bit inspired but also uncertain, like, oh gosh, how do I keep pace? What would you say to leaders in tech and in other spaces who feel pressured to do AI, perform the thing, layer it into their programs where they can, but aren’t sure where to start? What would you– What advice would you give them, having done it yourself? RW: Start. That’s the key. It sounds silly, but everybody kinda has this not really sure where to start, and that’s okay. I think you just gotta start. First and foremost, you have to just dabble a little bit, get your feet wet, and it all starts to come clear. If you’re thinking through the models that are out there, ask it questions, use it to teach you what you don’t know and where to go. But really it’s your thought partner in how you use these things. You have questions? Ask it questions. You get stuck? Ask it why you’re stuck. Ask it wh– it can do a lot of the things that I think would really surprise people, that will help them head down the right direction. And again, we’re– I say it jokingly, we’re not protein folding. It’s not that crazy, the stuff that we’re doing. You’ll see that there’s a lot of people that have been successful, and you can go a long way just asking the right questions. Don’t be afraid. Do things in a smart way. Make sure your identities are locked down. Shout out, Yubico. Make sure that you’re working with your security teams and doing the right things, and you’ve got access controls in place, of course. But just start. That’s the biggest thing I could tell people, is just start. You’d be amazed how far you can go. RR: Very inspirational to close with. And also, I think a bitter truth sometimes. It’s very much the best way to learn is by doing. RW: Yeah, 100%. I always get the, “Rich, what should I do?” I’m like, “Well, just ask the question.” Just literally just start. Just start. Just get in there and do it, and get going. And really the other thing I would say, on the starting point, is try and build a system where you give people the guardrails to be successful, get the benefits of AI, but also don’t get in the way and stifle innovation. You wanna empower people to go figure things out. Give them the chance to start as well. If you’re a leader in one of these organizations, empower the folks on the front lines to do these things, because this technology is just peeling out those middle layers. The closer you sit to the customers, the more impactful work you’re gonna be able to do. So get your frontline people working on this stuff. RR: I have to say, I think I said it a couple times, but some really interesting, very actionable things, I think, you shared today. So I really appreciate you taking the time to give us some of those recommendations on how to get started with AI, what’s working for you with AI Role Play, all of the goodness on how to not be scared to get started. RW: Thank you again for having me. This has been a lot of fun. RR: Yeah. To our audience, thank you for listening to this episode of the Win/Win Podcast. Be sure to tune in next time for more insights on how you can maximize go-to-market success with Highspot.

In this episode of Critical Thinking, David Morrow, Global Insurance Proposition Leader at Mercer, is joined by Laurent Rousseau, CEO for EMEA and Global Capital Solutions at Guy Carpenter, and Eryn Bacewich, Head of Insurance Solutions within Mercer's insurance investment practice, to discuss the evolving role of alternative capital in the reinsurance market.Together, they consider the development of risk transfer, from the emergence of Bermuda as a reinsurance hub after Hurricane Andrew, to the growth of catastrophe bonds, sidecars and collateralised reinsurance. The conversation also highlights why investors are seeking exposure to insurance risk, how higher interest rates have renewed focus on insurance float, and what the convergence of financial and reinsurance capital could mean for insurers, reinsurers and institutional investors.This content is for institutional investors and for information purposes only. It does not contain investment, financial, legal, tax or any other advice and should not be relied upon for this purpose. The materials are not tailored to your particular personal and/or financial situation. If you require advice based on your specific circumstances, you should contact a professional adviser. Opinions expressed are those of the speakers as of the date of the recording, are subject to change without notice and do not necessarily reflect Mercer's opinions.This does not constitute an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities, commodities and/or any other financial instruments or products or constitute a solicitation on behalf of any of the investment managers, their affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt, this is not formal investment advice to allow any party to transact. Additional advice will be required in advance of entering into any contract. Read our full important notices - click here

We discuss USD take-aways from the soft CPI print countered by Fed hawkishness, main take-aways from our suite of systematic models and key drivers/ views in EM with focus on Latam and EMEA.    Speakers Meera Chandan, Global FX Strategy Patrick Locke, Global FX Strategy Antonin Delair, Global FX Strategy Anezka Christovova, Head of EMEA EM Local Markets Strategy    This podcast was recorded on 17 July 2026. This communication is provided for information purposes only. Institutional clients can view the related report at https://www.jpmm.com/research/content/GPS-5369697-0 for more information; please visit www.jpmm.com/research/disclosures for important disclosures. © 2026 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. This material or any portion hereof may not be reprinted, sold or redistributed without the written consent of J.P. Morgan. It is strictly prohibited to use or share without prior written consent from J.P. Morgan any research material received from J.P. Morgan or an authorized third-party (“J.P. Morgan Data”) in any third-party artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems or models when such J.P. Morgan Data is accessible by a third-party.

Daniel Rudnicki Schlumberger, a 30-year JP Morgan veteran, sits down with senior leveraged finance reporter Nicolle Liu to unpack how the bank is exporting its Security and Resiliency Initiative (SRI) from the US to EMEA — mobilizing private capital for the sectors governments now treat as strategic.Schlumberger also discusses:The $1.5trn, 10-year target and the full capital stack behind it: balance-sheet lending, syndicated loans, high yield, equity private placements, IPOs, venture and direct lending, second lien, PIK and hybrid capital;Where the money is going: aerospace and defense, nuclear, wind, solar, grid resiliency, AI, quantum, cyber, rare minerals, shipbuilding, robotics and critical medicines;Deals in focus: Oxford Quantum Circuits' equity private placement, Czechoslovak Group's HY bond and defense IPO, and CoreWeave's debut euro bond;Plus: private equity's push into defense consolidation, the sovereign data center question, government engagement, and how JP Morgan is staffing up its SRI team.Have any feedback for us? Send us a note at podcast@9fin.com. Thanks for listening!

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HXKeEQCrOa0 Catalina Salazar is the Global Senior Director of Retail Media at Wolt, a leading Rapid Delivery company in Europe and part of DoorDash and Paul Dahill is the MD of Sales EMEA at Koddi, one of the top Commerce Media Technology companies. We spoke with them at the show floor during Shoptalk Europe to discuss how they are working together to simplify retail media buying. From how the partnership enables brands and agencies to access Wolt's sponsored product inventory through the media-buying platforms they already use, to reducing fragmentation and connecting brand campaigns more directly with measurable purchases. Tune in to hear about Why retail media must become easier and more consistent to buy at scale How Wolt and Koddi are connecting commerce inventory with major demand-side platforms Why collapsing consumer journeys are bringing awareness and conversion closer together The complexity of operating across multiple European markets, currencies and languages Why Germany was selected as the first market for the collaboration How simpler integrations, connected measurement and automation could shape the future of commerce media More See Paul's other appearence on the podcast: https://www.fmcgguys.com/paul-dahill/  Audio Mixing by Modest Ferrer Voice Acting by Jason Martorell Parsekian Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the individual guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The FMCG Guys (Dwyer Partners SL) or its partners. The FMCG Guys make no representations or warranties about the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of any information discussed, and accept no responsibility for any decisions or outcomes based on this content. Listeners are encouraged to seek their own professional advice before acting on any of the topics covered.

What if one of the biggest obstacles to digital transformation isn't your technology stack, but the agreements connecting it all together? Recorded live at Docusign Momentum in London, this episode continues my conversations from the show floor by looking at one of the most overlooked challenges facing modern organisations. Companies have spent years investing in CRM platforms, ERP systems, HR software and cloud infrastructure, yet many of the agreements linking those systems together still rely on manual processes, email chains and static documents. Joining me is Stéphane Barberet, President of EMEA at Docusign. Having spent more than three decades helping organisations across Europe use technology to improve the way they work, Stéphane shares why he believes agreements have become one of the biggest blind spots in enterprise transformation and how AI is beginning to change that. We discuss why organisations are starting to view agreements as business intelligence rather than administrative paperwork, where businesses unknowingly lose value after contracts have been signed, and why removing friction from everyday workflows often delivers greater returns than simply introducing another AI tool. Stéphane also explains why organisations across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and many other industries are all asking the same questions about AI, how leaders should approach adoption without trying to automate everything at once, and why measurable business outcomes matter far more than launching ambitious AI programmes. Throughout our conversation, we also explore how executives should measure success, what separates organisations making genuine progress from those still experimenting, and why the future of AI may be one where the technology becomes almost invisible, quietly improving the way businesses operate every day. After spending the day speaking with customers, executives and attendees at Momentum, one message kept coming back to me. The organisations creating the greatest value from AI aren't chasing the latest trend. They're solving meaningful business problems, building trust and helping their people spend more time on work that truly matters. Where do you see the biggest opportunities to remove friction from the way your organisation works? I'd love to hear your thoughts after listening and continue the conversation.  

Craig Durr, Chief Analyst and Founder at The Collab Collective, discusses his revised five-year video conferencing device market forecast and why he has taken his compound annual growth rate prediction down from roughly 6% to just under 3%.• The "triple replacement wave": Windows 10 to 11, Android 10 to 12, and ageing BYOD devices are driving room refresh priorities across enterprises• Budget compression: rising DRAM costs are pushing device prices up, meaning IT teams can refresh fewer rooms with the same budget (for example, 85 rooms instead of 100)• How the Mythos AI model creates an unexpected new variable. Cisco reviewed over a billion lines of code, and upcoming network infrastructure refreshes could pull budget away from collaboration devices• Regional outlook: North America stays competitive, EMEA remains strong, and Asia Pacific (including India) emerges as a key growth opportunity• AI in the room: the "brain in the room" concept is driving excitement, but feature velocity continues to outpace adoption• OEM competition: with more vendors entering a slower-growing market, management platforms and support models are becoming key differentiatorsThanks to Nuwave, this episode's sponsor, for their continued support of Empowering.Cloud

This episode features a discussion between host Chad Main and Rebecca Anderson, Head of Legal EMEA, Associate General Counsel at Microsoft, regarding the integration of artificial intelligence in corporate legal departments. The conversation covers Rebecca's career progression from a law firm associate to an international in-house counsel role. The core of the discussion examines Microsoft's internal AI deployment strategies, including the shift from personal productivity to intent engineering. Additionally, the episode addresses changing expectations for outside counsel regarding AI adoption and outlines the necessary skills for future legal professionals. Episode Highlights AI Deployment Phases: AI integration in legal departments progresses through three stages: personal productivity (prompt engineering), context engineering (curating institutional knowledge), and intent engineering (autonomous agents operating with human guardrails). Scaling Legal Support: Corporate legal teams can manage high volumes of client requests by utilizing AI-driven triage systems overseen by paralegals, which allows senior lawyers to focus on complex, high-value legal work. Expectations for Outside Counsel: Corporate clients expect law firms to implement AI strategies to improve efficiency, which will likely shift the industry's economic focus from billable hours to value-based billing. Future Legal Skills: While AI literacy and data curation are critical, foundational skills such as human judgment, emotional intelligence, and strategic business context remain essential for legal professionals. Things we talk about: Copilot for Legal  

Recorded on the ground at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, this Cannes special closes the current series of TellyCast before the summer break. Host Justin Crosby meets three guests working at the point where advertising, entertainment and technology now converge.Jason Day, Head of EMEA at Luma AI, explains how the company is unifying multiple video and image models into a single creative platform, why he believes the technology has moved ahead of consumer expectations, and how brands are building AI capability in-house rather than outsourcing it. He also discusses Luma Agents and the Moses drama series produced with Wonder Project and Amazon Prime.Will Scougal, EVP of Brand and Commercial Partnerships at ITV Studios' Studio 55, unpacks Double Date Island, the TikTok-first dating format built with Tinder and OMD. He sets out why ITV Studios is bringing broadcast-grade IP and creator craft to brands, and why production groups are still rare at Cannes.Emma Hardie Commercial and Brand Director at Aardman, marks 50 years of the studio with a look at how Shaun the Sheep, Wallace and Gromit and a forthcoming Pokémon series translate into brand partnerships, gaming, Roblox and live experiences, from a Japanese farmhouse recreation to Feathers McGraw tattoos in China.TellyCast returns in September, with the Digital Content Forum taking place in London on 5 November. Explore the back catalogue of more than 270 shows, plus recent content from the studio and events, on the TellyCast YouTube channel.

In this episode, we step back from our case study (covered in Episode 1 Parts One and Two) to address a key question: how does GenAI compare to technology-assisted review (TAR)? David Beck (Head of eDiscovery UK & EMEA), Meghan Ryan (Senior Manager, eDiscovery) and Danbee Kim (Head of Digital Legal, US) cut through the hype to explore how these technologies work in practice. They examine why TAR remains central to large-scale review - particularly for precision, consistency and defensibility - and where GenAI adds value, including contextual insight and early case analysis. Drawing on real-world experience, they show why GenAI is often reinforcing (not replacing) TAR, and reframe the debate around a more practical question: what is the right approach for the matter, the data and the client?

In the second episode of a special On Aon mini-series on the 2026 Human Capital Trends study, Aon's Human Capital leaders discuss why gaining a competitive advantage in an AI-powered future will depend as much on workforce readiness as it does on technology. While many organizations are accelerating AI adoption, lasting value comes from how leaders build the skills, culture and trust needed to put these tools to work. The conversation explores the leadership priorities that will shape the future of work, from developing critical capabilities and fostering adaptability to making better decisions in an increasingly AI-enabled environment. Key Takeaways:     AI success depends on workforce readiness and technology. Organizations that invest in skills, leadership and culture alongside AI adoption will be better-positioned to capture long-term value. Workforce readiness is becoming a strategic priority. Leaders who continuously build capabilities and help employees adapt to new ways of working will be better equipped to stay ahead as business needs evolve. Trust, transparency and wellbeing play a critical role in sustaining transformation. Clear communication and strong people practices help organizations build confidence, accelerate adoption and realize the full potential of AI. Experts in this episode:    Byron Beebe, CEO of Human Capital, Aon     Lisa Patel, Head of Health and Talent, EMEA, Aon John McLaughlin, CCO and Head of Assessment, Talent Solutions, EMEA, Aon Key Resources:  2026 Human Capital Trends Study Key Moments:     (01:10) Why organizations need leaders who can combine AI capability with critical thinking to make better decisions, manage risk and capture opportunity. (05:25) The risk of focusing on technology without investing in workforce readiness — and why culture, skills and employee experience remain central to AI adoption. (12:15) How skills-based talent strategies, continuous learning and workforce insights can help leaders build resilience and stay ahead of changing business demands. Soundbites:     Byron Beebe: "I do think the more senior leaders need to embrace AI, but I also think we'll have more junior colleagues who really drive a lot of the development in all organizations going forward." Lisa Patel: “One thing I'd say about all of this is that we can't look at any of these modules in isolation. So, if we truly want to unlock the full potential of AI, we need a holistic approach to the whole thing.” John McLaughlin: "You want people to be high on both critical thinking and AI capability. You want them to be able to spot and manage risks while taking advantage of the opportunity in front of them."

The checkout has become one of the most important moments in the customer journey — where growth, customer experience and digital transformation converge.   In this episode, Patricia Brolly, head of EMEA Merchant Acquiring Product, and Ciaran Walsh, head of Europe Corporate Sales at J.P. Morgan Payments, explore why the checkout has evolved from an operational necessity into a strategic growth engine. They discuss how businesses can reduce friction, localize payment experiences, leverage data and AI, as well as balance innovation with security to drive conversion and scale across EMEA's diverse markets.     This episode was recorded on May 26, 2026.   J.P. Morgan and third parties listed on this page have not entered into a legal partnership to provide the services described above. Third party trademarks, brand names, and descriptions of products and services that appear on this page are provided by the respective third party. J.P. Morgan is not liable or responsible for such trademarks, brand names, descriptions of products, companies, and/or services. J.P. Morgan may generate profit from the use of any services or products provided by the third parties. Nothing in this material shall be taken as an endorsement of any third party or advice on the suitability of the third party services for the client. You shall make an independent determination for selection of the services provided by the third parties. Neither J.P. Morgan nor its affiliates shall be liable to you for any loss or liability suffered by you from the use of the third party services. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of J.P. Morgan, its affiliates, or its employees. The information set forth herein has been obtained or derived from sources believed to be reliable. Neither the author nor J.P. Morgan makes any representations or warranties as to the information's accuracy or completeness. The information contained herein has been provided solely for informational purposes and does not constitute an offer, solicitation, advice, or recommendation to make any investment decisions or purchase any financial instruments and may not be construed as such. Any future capabilities of mobility payment systems are under development. Features and timelines are subject to change at the bank's sole discretion. Copyright 2026 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Member FDIC. Deposits held in non-US branches are not FDIC-insured. Non-deposit products are not FDIC-insured. The statements herein are confidential and proprietary and not intended to be legally binding. Not all products and services are available in all geographical areas. Visit jpmorgan.com/paymentsdisclosure for further disclosures and disclaimers related to this content.

On today's Legally Speaking Podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Madeleine Weber. Madeleine is Senior Counsel, EMEA at Sitetracker. She has had an unconventional route into the legal profession, studying-CILEx, New York Bar, QLTS and SQE2. Madeleine also runs inhousew, an education platform helping aspiring solicitors prepare for SQE2 through different resources. She is committed to supporting the next generation of solicitors, having helped 2,000 students over the past 3 years. So why should you be listening in? You can hear Rob and Madeleine discussing:- Non-Traditional Route to Qualifying as a Solicitor- Building a Successful In-House Legal Career- Overcoming Qualification Challenges with Resilience- Making SQE Preparation More Accessible for Students- Supporting the Next Generation of SolicitorsConnect with Madeleine Weber here - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/madeleine-weber-0261aba2

Defence investing has been one of the hottest topics in European private equity over the past year. Firms including Warburg Pincus, PEI Group owner Bridgepoint, Carlyle Group and Tikehau Capital have all launched strategies or are mulling them, while LPs such as AkademikerPension, PensionDanmark, M&G Investments, PenSam and Finnish pension insurer Varma have either already invested in PE defence strategies or are considering doing so. In this episode, senior editor Adam Le sits down with EMEA editor for investor intelligence Joe Marsh to delve into the types of strategies LPs are looking for in the defence arena; the challenges that come with exiting defence assets; the role that ESG plays in LPs' investment policies; and why the themes of security, sovereignty and resilience are increasingly on investors' minds. Find all Private Equity International's defence-related coverage here.

According to Money20/20, the EMEA region accounts for 48% of the world's outbound cross-border payment flows — just under half!Now put yourself in the position of assessing those billions of transactions, moving at incredible speed, for financial crime risks and suspicious patterns. Sounds like a headache, right?Our expert host, Robin Lycka, is joined by René Hofer, CRO/CCO & Branch Director Germany at Holvi, to ask: "What keeps payments players up at night?" The pair discuss: the challenges facing compliance professionals in the payments industry, the solutions that could make a difference, and all the industry drama too.Producer: Matthew Dunne-MilesEditor: Dominic DelargyVideo: Loïs Dunford____________________________________The Laundry explores the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, sanctions, and global financial regulation.Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading experts from banking, fintech, regulatory bodies, and investigative journalism — dissecting headline news, unpacking regulatory trends, and examining the real-world consequences of non-compliance.The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.Get in touch: laundry@strise.aiSubscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.Check out our new short-film Yes, Chef! here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you sustain an ethical culture across 113,000 employees in more than 80 countries with a team of just four ethics professionals? Kendall Mills shares how JLL has built one of the world's most enduring ethics programs, earning recognition from Ethisphere 19 times as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. She explains how ethics becomes more than a policy or annual training requirement when leaders consistently reinforce trust, transparency, accountability, and speaking up. Kendall also shares a defining moment early in her career when she was pressured to alter an investigation report, and the decision she made that shaped her approach to leadership. Throughout our conversation, she reveals how organizations can operationalize integrity, create psychological safety, build trust at scale, and help employees make the right decisions even when nobody is watching. Kendall is a licensed attorney and Certified Information Privacy Professional. She started her career at a Fortune 100 insurance company where she led more than 250 internal investigations, including matters involving C-suite executives. Today, she serves as Executive Director of Ethics & Compliance for the Americas at JLL, a Fortune 200 commercial real estate firm, where she also has global oversight for the ethics program spanning the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.  Kendall is known for translating complex regulatory issues into practical guidance, implementing compliance programs that work in the real world, and partnering with leadership to strengthen cultures of integrity and accountability. Her team develops the investigation trends and risk insights that go directly to JLL's Board, giving senior leadership clear visibility into where the risks are and what's being done about them. A Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Kendall is passionate about elevating compliance as a strategic function and developing a high-performing, globally aligned team. You'll discover: How JLL scales ethics across 80+ countriesWhy integrity starts with small decisions What builds trust in speaking-up culturesHow leaders create psychological safetyWhy accountability strengthens organizational trustConnect with Kendall on Social MediaLinkedIn  ResourcesJLL Ethics Everywhere Annual Report Check out all the episodesLeave a review on Apple PodcastsConnect with Meredith on LinkedIn

Can Europe build the next generation of global fintech leaders?In this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun, Stefan Klestil, General Partner Fintech EMEA, joins the show to discuss venture capital, fintech investing, AI, digital assets, founder psychology, and why the Middle East and Africa have become one of the world's most compelling investment opportunities.Stefan explains why Speedinvest launched its dedicated EMEA fund, what separates exceptional founders from everyone else, and why venture investors are increasingly looking beyond Europe for the next wave of global fintech success.The conversation explores the rise of AI-driven fintech, stablecoins, tokenization, venture capital, cross-border financial infrastructure, regulation, and why governance often determines whether startups become lasting businesses.

In this episode, Cory Connors welcomes Danielle Goad to discuss her journey at Specright, her recent move to London to lead the EMEA division, and the growing importance of packaging data management in the age of PPWR. Danielle shares how Specright helps companies build a foundational data infrastructure to navigate complex regulations, reduce reporting burdens, and drive sustainable innovation. She and Cory also reflect on the Sustainable Packaging Summit in Utrecht and what to expect at this year's expanded three-day event in November.Key Topics Discussed:Danielle's eight-year journey at Specright, from intern to Director of EMEAHer relocation to London and experience building a new team abroadWhat Specright does as an AI-powered specification and data management platformThe difference between EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) and PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation)Why PPWR is a long-term data foundation challenge, not just a one-time reporting exerciseKey PPWR milestones, including the August 2026 deadline around PFAS and declaration of conformityHow having accurate data helps companies avoid over-reporting and potential finesThe maturity scale from static/chaotic data to a standardized, confident data foundationSpecright's role in helping companies evaluate portfolios and model the impact of material changes (e.g., adding PCR content)The value of the Sustainable Packaging Summit in Utrecht — quality speakers, collaborative atmosphere, and industry depthSpecright's upcoming workshop at this year's Summit focused on PPWR and spec management transformationThe partnership between Specright and Lorax EPI as complementary best-in-breed solutionsResources Mentioned:SpecrightContact:Listeners can connect with Danielle Goad on LinkedIn or reach her directly at danielle@specright.com.Support our Sponsors Learn more here:- 3M- Specright- Forest https://anewearthproject.com/collections/new-earth-approvedConnect with CoryConnect with Cory on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-connors/I'm here to help you make your packaging more sustainable! Reach out today and I'll get back to you asap. This podcast is an independent production and the podcast production is an original work of the author. All rights of ownership and reproduction are retained—copyright 2022.

Maxville Winery, the Maxville Experience, Forever Wild, the Bear Republic and interview with Quinton Jay, CEO of the Maxville Winery in the Napa Valley. ON THE ROAD with MR CA WINE is about California's cool, aspirational lifestyle and awesome wines hosted by Chuck Cramer, a California native, living in London and is the Director of EMEA & Asia, sales & marketing, Terlato Wines. This is a wine journey covering the hottest topics in CA wine, chatting along the way with the experts who make it all happen. This week's episode includes an interview with Quinton Jay, CEO, Maxville Winery in the Chiles Valley AVA in the Napa Valley. 

Most client briefs describe symptoms, not the real problem. In this episode, Emma Beckmann explains why Consultative Selling starts by challenging assumptions, uncovering hidden business challenges, and reframing the conversation before proposing a solution. Harry sits down with Emma Beckmann, Group Chief Growth Officer at Landor, to explore why many B2B sales teams, agencies, and consultants accidentally commoditize themselves by responding to briefs at face value. From sales discovery and value based selling to proposal strategy, growth strategy, and trusted advisor relationships, Emma shares a practical framework for uncovering what clients actually need rather than simply delivering what they ask for.

Join us this week for a Tech Leaders Podcast Special, where Gareth sits down with John Abel, MD, Office of the CTO, and Alex Rutter, EMEA MD for AI, fresh from the Google Cloud Summit in London.On this episode Gareth, John and Alex discuss how organisations can effectively deploy Agents, future skills the workforce will need to use Agentic AI, and how to simulate a virtual board meeting.Timestamps:John Abel Introduction (1:25)Agentic AI Adoption and Data Readiness (3:39)Future Skills – John's take (12:09)How to move beyond “Pilot Mode” (15:50)Alex Rutter Introduction (19:16)The Integrated Google Tech Stack (22:50)AI Automation vs Human Oversight (27:55)Is Agentic AI Adoption Maturing? (30:48)Future Skills – Alex's take (35:48)Data Quality (38:35)The UK's AI Position (41:01)https://www.bedigitaluk.com/

How prepared are businesses for a new wave of attacks targeting the apps, APIs, and AI systems now powering digital growth? In this episode, I speak with Richard Meeus from Akamai Technologies about the latest findings from Akamai's State of the Internet report, with a focus on apps, APIs, and DDoS activity across EMEA. Richard explains why APIs have become such an attractive target for attackers, especially as AI adoption accelerates. We discuss the sharp rise in API abuse, the growing use of automation to industrialize attacks, and why many organizations still lack visibility into the APIs exposing sensitive data. We also examine the rise in layer 7 DDoS attacks, how attackers are combining multiple techniques to distract defenders, and why sectors such as retail and manufacturing are facing growing pressure. Richard also shares his view on the geopolitical forces shaping DDoS activity and why hacktivist groups continue to use these attacks as a public statement. Another major theme is the security risk around AI chatbots. As more organizations deploy chatbots to improve customer service, Richard explains how overly helpful AI systems can expose data, respond to prompt injection attempts, or create new blind spots if the right controls are missing. But this conversation is not all about risk. Richard also explains why AI can help defenders strengthen visibility, improve testing, analyze logs faster, and support more proactive security strategies. So, as businesses race to adopt AI and modern digital services, are they paying enough attention to the APIs and infrastructure sitting underneath it all? Share your thoughts.

Critical Minerals, Energy and A.I. – Liv Carroll, Critical Minerals Expert, former Managing Director - EMEA Mining Lead and Global Natural Resources Lead for Data & A.I. at Accenture   "The energy transition is certainly where critical minerals started, but now we're obviously supporting all of the digital technology and the AI infrastructure such as data centers and others…now, there are conversations addressing the minerals required to feed this ginormous population of over 8 billion that we have because that is actually not possible without mining certain minerals that then go into the fertilizers to ensure that we have sufficient yields to feed the population of the planet…There's another factor as well as them being at risk of a supply shock." Liv Carroll on Electric Ladies Podcast   There are uses of critical minerals that we may not think about, such as how they are critical to our food supply. Now we have a huge need for them with the rapid expansion of data centers and A.I. as well as the rest of our electronics, appliances, computers, automobiles, weaponry and aircraft. But they are also at the mercy of geopolitical and economic forces, and the climate. What do we need to know? Listen to Liv Carroll, a top critical minerals expert for over 20 years who recently served as Managing Director - EMEA Mining Lead and Global Natural Resources Lead for Data & A.I. at Accenture in this illuminating conversation with Electric Ladies Podcast host Joan Michelson. Liv has also served on the board of Women in Mining and on the board of the Global Mining Guidelines group for many years. You'll hear about: ●        How critical minerals are vital to our food supply for this massive population. ●        Where and how critical mineral supplies are at the mercy of geopolitical and economic forces, as well as climate change. ●        The role of critical minerals in "responsible A.I."….and so much more. ●        Plus, career advice, such as:   "I think it's really important to gather along the way a number of people that you feel it's not just that they wave a flag for you and they're a cheerleader, but you feel that they seriously, they see you, you don't have to explain yourself for what you meant by something that you said to them…the people who really get you, you don't have to elaborate.… And they are often not in the company you are working in at the moment.  They could in fact be a boss from a previous company….The other piece of advice I would say is continue adding strings to your bow. And they might not be the strings that you think you would want or need, but as you get into later stages in your career, they're the strings that will stand you apart." Liv Carroll on Electric Ladies Podcast   Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.   You'll also like: ·       Critical Minerals 101: Abby Wulf, Critical Minerals Expert, Former Head of Critical Minerals at the Dept. Of Energy, & Center for Critical Minerals Strategy ·       The State of Energy Today Might Surprise You - with Lisa Jacobson, President of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy on their 2026 Energy Factbook ·       Managing IT in the Midst of a Tech Revolution - with Elizabeth Hackenson, Chief Information Officer, Schneider Electric ·       What We Can Learn From Canada's Energy Policies – with Claire Seaborn, energy attorney and former Chief of Staff to the Canadian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources ·       Reducing The IT Sector's Carbon Footprint – with Monica Batchelder, Chief Sustainability Officer of HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprises) ·       Making Computers Sustainably – with Page Motes, Chief Sustainability Officer at Dell Technologies Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson

Today's podcast is a masterclass with an expert in a class of business that has exploded with growth over the past decade. M&A insurance is a broad church that holds a large number of products that are all related to inter-company transactions. Representations and Warranties, potential tax liabilities, litigation risk and other contingencies related to M&A are the subject of this incredibly innovative segment of insurance. Three decades ago Alistair Lester was in on the ground floor as the class of business developed out of the D&O market. Today this is a class that is producing $10-12bn in annual revenue and can put out very meaningful maximum limits of around $1.5bn dollars for any one deal. But it's a class that most of us won't be familiar with, or perhaps one that some of us might think we won't be suited to because we imagine it's full of people who first trained as lawyers and then got into insurance. Now Gallagher's CEO of Private Equity and M&A for Europe the Middle East and Africa, Alistair is proof that this is a class where traditional insurance brokers can thrive. This is one of the most energetic and fun conversations I have had on the show for some time. Alistair's passion and enthusiasm are contagious and through the course of this interview I learned an awful lot about this exciting class and its enormous commercial potential. We all know insurance is often a grudge purchase and always marked down as a cost, but here it can be an investment that immediately pays for itself many times over. That's incredibly rare and perhaps explains why this class has so much opportunity and is giving Cyber and renewables a run for their money for the title of highest-growth segment of the global insurance market. Time with Alistair makes it clear that despite growing tenfold over the past decade, this maturing class has a huge amount of growth left in it. So listen on. If after 45 minutes you're not as enthusiastic as Alistair or I, I'd be enormously surprised. LINKS: We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo, now part of Sapiens: https://www.advantagego.com

Why Data Centers Are Becoming America's New Industrial Backbone w/ Tom Sullivan of Air2O - AZ TRT S07 EP09 (291) 6-14-2026         What We Learned This Week 1. AI Is Creating One of the Largest Infrastructure Booms in History The AI revolution isn't just software. It requires: physical buildings massive electrical systems cooling infrastructure energy innovation The data center buildout may become one of the biggest infrastructure projects ever undertaken. 2. Cooling Technology Is Becoming Just as Important as Computing Power The future winners in AI may not only be software companies. Engineering and thermal management firms could become critical infrastructure players. Cooling is no longer an afterthought: it's now central to AI scalability. 3. Arizona Is Quietly Becoming a Strategic Technology Hub Arizona's: land climate business environment power infrastructure are making it increasingly attractive for: semiconductors data centers advanced manufacturing Phoenix continues evolving into a major technology corridor. 4. Many Public Narratives Around Data Centers Are Outdated The perception that modern data centers waste massive amounts of water may no longer reflect reality. Modern facilities: increasingly use closed-loop systems focus on efficiency consume more electricity than water The real long-term challenge may actually be: grid power generation. 5. Nuclear Energy May Return Through AI Demand AI could accelerate adoption of: SMRs localized nuclear power next-generation energy systems Technology growth may revive public discussions around nuclear power in ways not seen in decades.       Guest: Tom Sullivan, CEO & Co-Founder of Air2o LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-sullivan-491706b4/ Bio: Tom is a seasoned leader with a diverse background, rooted in military service and later refined in the civilian sector. Commencing his professional journey in 2007 with enlistment in the British Army. Graduating from the Military College of Leadership & Development in Harrogate, he went on to pursue advanced studies in Electrical Engineering at the Military College of Electronic & Aeronautical Engineering. His operational deployments, spanning both peace and wartime roles, equipped him with invaluable experience. Tom served as a pivotal military liaison to civilian weapons development contractors, specializing in diverse missile platforms, including ground-to-air and ground-to-ground systems. Recognition for his exceptional service came as he was awarded a Commander's Commendation for his work on a mission-critical system and process development project he led in Afghanistan. Beyond the battlefield, Tom further underlined his pursuit of excellence and commitment to professional development by achieving accreditation by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).  In 2014, Tom brought his wealth of experience to the fledgling startup Air2O, joining the three-person company as the Operations and Project Management Lead. His role evolved, culminating in his appointment as Chief Operating Officer in 2020. In this capacity, Tom led a management team responsible for the development and implementation of foundational processes and routines, encompassing HR, recruitment, retention, IT management, Health and Safety, and Vendor management. Under Tom's operational guidance, Air2O witnessed substantial growth, expanding from a modest three-person team in 2014 to a multinational workforce of over 100 employees across four countries today. His initiatives included implementing modern Quality Management Systems (QMS) and Project Management (PM) techniques, culminating in the recent ISO 9001 company accreditation with zero non-conformances reported during external assessment.   Website: https://air2o.com/  Air2O is a global leader in advanced thermal management solutions to the mission critical environments of Data Centers, Indoor Agriculture/Cultivation and large Industrial Facilities such as Lithium Battery and Semi-Conductor production globally. With custom build capabilities, a culture of creative engineers and an infrastructure to support the manufacture of the most innovative of solutions, Air2O aims to deliver the most efficient and optimal solutions for our clients globally. Air2O is an Eren Groupe company, a multi billion organization based in Luxembourg whose mission is to support innovative technological solutions in the fields of renewable energy production, energy conservation and energy storage. Together, we deliver a unique solution for highly efficient, ecologically sound thermal management systems that can be deployed cost-effectively in the most demanding environments.   Our reach spans North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific, emphasizing custom-engineered solutions prioritizing efficiency and sustainability. We stand proud as Arizona's exclusive low dew point HVACD system manufacturer.     About Air20 Company Focus "Thermal Management Without Compromise" Industries served: data centers semiconductors pharmaceuticals healthcare lithium industry Growth Story 3 employees in 2017 150+ employees today rapid scaling after COVID fueled by VC and private equity investment   Episode Theme The future of data centers, cooling technology, AI infrastructure, and why Arizona has become a major hub for next-generation digital infrastructure. Segment 1 — What Data Centers Really Are Core Concepts Data centers have existed for more than 30 years, but the explosion of: the Internet cloud computing smartphones AI has dramatically increased demand. Society now depends on massive amounts of digital infrastructure to support: computers cell phones cloud applications AI processing streaming business systems Tom Sullivan predicts that within a few years: 40–50% of the population may live within 5 miles of a data center. What a Data Center Looks Like Usually located in industrial areas Large buildings with few or no windows Inside are: server racks data halls GPUs backup batteries power systems cooling infrastructure The Biggest Challenge: Heat Servers consume enormous electricity and generate significant heat. Cooling systems can account for: roughly 30% of a data center's electricity usage. Evolution of Cooling Traditional Cooling Similar to a computer fan system Cool air pushed in, hot air pulled out Older facilities maintained temperatures around 72°F Modern Efficiency Newer facilities can safely operate in the 90°F range. Immersion Cooling Servers submerged in special cooling fluid (not water) Highly efficient but: expensive difficult to maintain operationally complex Direct-to-Chip Cooling Emerging next-generation solution Liquid cooling piped directly to processor chips More efficient and scalable for AI workloads Segment 2 — The AI Infrastructure Boom Why Cooling Matters More Now AI workloads require: far more computing power denser server environments advanced thermal management Cooling Technology Timeline Immersion cooling gained momentum around 2020 Direct-to-chip cooling accelerated around 2023 Historic Infrastructure Buildout Tom discussed the scale of current infrastructure spending: Estimated global data center infrastructure investment: $7 trillion Comparisons: 12x the U.S. roadway network cost 23x the Apollo moon mission cost Who Is Investing? Major technology companies are driving this expansion: Microsoft Amazon NVIDIA Investment areas include: data centers utilities energy construction AI infrastructure Air20 Company Background Origins Started in 2012 as a part-time engineering company Specialized in: thermal management data centers semiconductor facilities pharmaceuticals healthcare engineering Founder Background Tom Sullivan: former military electrical engineer 10 years military experience entrepreneur with deep engineering expertise Company Growth In 2017: connected with venture capital in Scottsdale moved operations to Arizona expanded manufacturing and engineering Current Capabilities Air20 now handles: engineering software programming manufacturing construction coordination Cooling systems can range from: $50,000 units to $1 million+ systems Private Equity Company was eventually acquired by private equity Significant scaling followed VC and PE investment Segment 3 — Why Arizona Became a Data Center Hub Arizona Advantages Tom explained why Arizona attracts major data center investment: Business Climate business-friendly environment attractive economics supportive infrastructure Geography flat land affordable real estate low natural disaster risk Climate predictable weather conditions strong operational reliability Debunking the "Water Usage" Myth A major discussion centered around misconceptions about data centers and water consumption. Historical Cooling Older evaporative cooling systems: used more water used less electricity Modern Systems Current systems: use more power use significantly less water Closed Loop Cooling Modern cooling systems circulate water through: sealed piping systems closed-loop infrastructure This minimizes water loss. Bigger Water Users Tom pointed out: electric generation plants steam turbines nuclear facilities often use far more water than data centers themselves. Massive Power Consumption Data centers now operate at unprecedented scale. Power progression: homes → kilowatts industrial → megawatts hyperscale data centers → gigawatt-level demand One comparison: A large data center can equal the energy usage of 833,000 homes. Future Energy Solutions Potential future solution: Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) compact nuclear reactors already proven in: submarines aircraft carriers Potential advantages: localized power generation reduced grid strain scalable infrastructure support Segment 4 — Nuclear Energy & The Future Nuclear Energy Perception Tom discussed how technology industries often face negative PR cycles. Modern Nuclear Technology According to Tom: nuclear technology has evolved significantly safety standards are dramatically improved waste is greatly reduced efficiency is far higher Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) SMRs are now: being tested deployed experimentally explored for powering data centers directly Benefits: smaller footprint scalable deployment less pressure on public grids reliable energy generation Key Point "The water usage myth is dead." 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New Fed Chair Warsh moved markets meaningfully – we discuss how to think about US monetary policy from here. Kevin Warsh's first FOMC meeting as Chair caused a big reaction in markets; we outline what to expect from US monetary policy from here. In Europe, we look at the increasing divergence in our ECB and Bank of England rate calls. In Asia, we discuss Bank Indonesia's recent hikes and the upcoming Bank of Thailand decision. Chapters: Rates Special: 01:53, US: 08:18, EMEA: 20:29, Asia: 24:18.

In an era of AI-driven information overload, consumers are moving away from pure search queries and toward trusted, human-centered proof. “People want answers that are grounded in human experience.” David Trencher, Managing Director of Reddit (UK & EMEA), sat down with Lavina Suthenthiran to break down how consumer trust is actively shifting away from polished brand messaging and moving toward peer-to-peer validation. According to Trencher, AI and search may be the start of the journey, but they do not guarantee action. In fact, 60% of US users search for products with AI, and half of them go directly to Reddit to verify results. Inside the episode: - Why traditional retail funnels are failing: Learn how purchase intent now forms in community spaces long before a consumer hits a brand site - How brands must redefine marketing success: Discover why you need to look beyond last-click attribution to find where decisions are actually made - Why community participation must replace community control: Find out how to navigate digital spaces that actively reject polished corporate messaging Metrics, creative, and insights still matter, but the real question is: Are you part of the journey before the last click? Listen to the full episode above to find out.

Le Carnet de Maxime Blot "Devenir un Artisan Hôtelier" pour 39€ seulement !Fruit de plusieurs années d'expérience sur le terrain, ce carnet signé Maxime Blot, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, offre un regard affûté sur les enjeux actuels du service hôtelier.1️⃣ Présentation de l'invitée :Et, si le spa était l'un des leviers de performance les plus sous-exploités de l'hôtellerie de luxe ?Mon invitée du jour en est convaincue — et elle l'a prouvé sur le terrain. Charlotte Cointement est Senior Spa Director pour la région EMEA chez Four Seasons. Elle supervise aujourd'hui plusieurs spas Four Seasons. Mais, ce qui rend son parcours vraiment unique, c'est qu'elle a commencé par les chambres avant de basculer dans l'univers du bien-être.J'ai rencontré Charlotte au Congrès International Esthétique & Spa, organisé par Laure Jeandemange — que j'ai reçue à ce micro.Aujourd'hui, nous allons parler biohacking, intégration des technologies dans le SPA et performance bien-sûr.2️⃣ Notes et références :▶️ Toutes les notes et références de l'épisode sont à retrouver ici.3️⃣ Le sponsor de l'épisode : MewsMews, c'est la plateforme de gestion hôtelière qui réunit tout ce dont vous avez besoin : PMS, POS, RMS, housekeeping et paiements.L'objectif ? Automatiser les tâches répétitives à faible valeur, pour que vos équipes puissent se concentrer sur ce qui compte vraiment : créer des expériences mémorables pour vos clients.Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus ou demander une démo, contactez Mews de ma part — et bénéficiez d'une offre exclusive. Rendez-vous sur mews.com !4️⃣ Chapitrage : 00:00:00 - Introduction00:02:00 - Le biohacking et l'intégration des technologies dans le soin00:09:00 - La performance économique et le ROI du spa00:17:00 - Management, formation et expérience collaborateur00:26:00 - Un parcours atypique : de l'hébergement à la direction de spa00:34:00 - Supervision multisites et lancement du Yacht Four Seasons00:46:00 - Questions signaturesSi cet épisode vous a passionné, rejoignez-moi sur :L'Hebdo d'Hospitality Insiders, pour ne rien raterL'Académie Hospitality Insiders, pour vous former aux fondamentaux de l'accueilLe E-Carnet "Devenir un Artisan Hôtelier" pour celles et ceux qui souhaitent faire de l'accueil un véritable artLinkedin, pour poursuivre la discussionInstagram, pour découvrir les coulissesLa bibliothèque des invités du podcastMerci de votre fidélité et à bientôt !Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

What happens when some of the world's leading spa and wellness executives gather to discuss the future of the industry? Recorded live at the W3Spa EMEA event in Portugal, Lisa Starr sits down with hospitality and wellness leaders Sharon Barcock, Louise Moore, Egle Ruksenaite, and Kerry Turpin to explore the trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping spa, wellness, longevity, and hospitality across Europe, the Middle East, and beyond. From the rise of longevity-focused guest experiences and wellness-driven hotel design to the growing importance of natural resources, accessibility, and inclusive wellness, this conversation offers a fascinating look at where the industry is headed next. What You'll Learn • Why longevity has become one of the most important conversations in hospitality and wellness • How leading hotel brands are integrating sleep, movement, nutrition, and mindfulness into the guest journey • The role technology should play in spa and wellness experiences • Why education and staff training remain critical to successful wellness innovation • How natural resources such as thermal waters, climate therapy, and local healing traditions are shaping future     wellness destinations • Why the future of wellness may depend on making experiences more accessible to broader populations Episode Highlights  03:35 – Why longevity is becoming a defining trend in hospitality wellness 05:15 – Hilton's approach to meeting guests where they are on their wellness journey 07:30 – Wellness technology: What's worth investing in and what may be a passing trend? 10:25 – The ongoing challenge of training and educating wellness teams 15:45 – How geopolitical events are impacting tourism and hospitality across the Middle East 20:00 – Why today's travelers are seeking wellness, culture, and meaningful experiences 24:00 – Egle Ruksenaite's vision for wellness development beyond luxury 29:00 – Designing wellness destinations that serve people of all abilities 31:00 – Building one of Northern Europe's largest thermal wellness destinations 38:45 – Why the future of wellness is about creating healthier ways of living Meet the Guests Sharon Barcock is Director of Spa Operations for Hilton across the Middle East and Africa, overseeing a rapidly growing portfolio of luxury wellness destinations throughout the region. Louise Moore is Director of Spa Development and Operations for Hilton across Europe and brings extensive expertise in hospitality wellness, guest experience, and spa strategy. Egle Ruksenaite is Founder of E77 and one of Europe's most respected wellness consultants, known for developing innovative spa, medical wellness, thermal, and hospitality projects throughout Europe and beyond. Kerry Turpin is Global Head of Spa and Wellness for Corinthia Hotels, where she leads wellness strategy across a growing luxury hotel portfolio. In this conversation, she shares how Corinthia is integrating movement, mindfulness, recovery, and nourishment into the guest experience.  Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned • Longevity and healthy aging • Wellness hospitality trends • Spa development and operations • Wellness tourism • Guest experience design • Natural healing traditions • Thermal wellness destinations • Accessibility and inclusive wellness • Hospitality leadership • Future wellness concepts Closing Insight "The future of wellness isn't just about building more luxury spaces. It's about creating healthier ways of living that are accessible, meaningful, and connected to the needs of real people." If you enjoyed this episode of StarrCast, subscribe and follow for more conversations with the leaders shaping the future of spa, wellness, hospitality, and longevity. Subscribe to StarrCast for more conversations with the innovators, operators, and thought leaders shaping the future of spa, wellness, hospitality, and longevity. Looking for expert advice in Spa Consulting, with live training and online learning? Spa Consulting: https://wynnebusiness.com/spa-management-consulting  Live Training: https://wynnebusiness.com/spa-management-courses/  Online Learning: https://wynnebusiness.com/spa-management-courses  Other Links: Connect with We Work Well: https://weworkwellevents.com/ Connect with Sharon Barcock: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-barcock-7379704/ Connect with Louise Moore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-moore-205ab46/ Connect with Egle Ruksenaite: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruksenaite-egle-00593174/ Connect with Kerry Turpin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-turpin-35572a180/ Follow Lisa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisastarrwynnebusiness  Listen or Watch StarrCast Podcast on Your Preferred Platform or YouTube: https://wynnebusiness.com/starrcast-podcast/  Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wynnebusiness/?ref=bookmarks  Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wynnebusiness/   

In this first of two special episodes recorded in partnership with Sumsub's What the Fraud? podcast, and our seventh recorded at Money20/20 Europe, we explore the rapidly shifting landscape of AI‑driven fraud, digital trust, global onboarding and cross‑border financial access. From foundation models powering entire payment stacks to the rise of agentic commerce and the operational realities of scaling internationally, this episode brings together four leaders working at the front line of financial crime prevention and global payments innovation. Tom Taraniuk, Head of Partnerships at Sumsub took on hosting duties and was joined by: 1/ Georgios Kolovos, Payments & FinTech Leader, NVIDIA 2/ Joe Wilson, Chief Evangelist, bunq 3/ Rik Goslinga, Vice President, Account Management, EMEA, Adyen 4/ Ivan Zhiznevsky, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, 3S Money

BONUS: Why Your Organization Is Still a Factory — And What an Octopus Can Teach You About Transformation Phil Le-Brun and Dr. Jana Werner both work inside Amazon, advising Fortune 500 leaders on transformation. But before Amazon, they spent decades in the trenches — Phil as International CIO of McDonald's, Jana leading change in banking and logistics. Together they wrote The Octopus Organization (HBR Press) to explain why most companies are still running on a hundred-year-old factory model, and what the alternative looks like. "We Want to Help You Make Your Own New Interesting Mistakes" "We keep saying, as Phil likes to say, can we help you make your own new interesting mistakes and avoid the mistakes that we see again and again."   Jana and Phil are both practitioners who have led large-scale changes — and made mistakes they're now happy to share. Jana describes working with incredible, smart, thoughtful people inside large organizations who weren't trusted, weren't allowed to do the work they could do, and couldn't be their best selves. She managed to turn teams considered underperforming into rock stars simply by listening and giving them space. Phil saw the same pattern at McDonald's — incredible people who knew the answers but weren't allowed to act on them. A disastrous standardization push from 2002 to 2004 taught him that top-down efficiency mandates don't work. The CEO left, and Phil got the opportunity to tap into people lower in the organization, define a common mission, and start building from there. The Factory Model Nobody Questions "There was no upside for her people taking ownership because you could have career-limiting effects if you made a mistake, if you were seen to be making a mistake or overstepping."   Jana shared two sides of the same problem. A CEO of a large investment company told her he has to sign off on every small decision — and his people assume he wants to. Neither side wants this, but nobody questions the processes in place. On the other side, a COO told Jana "my people don't want ownership." After half an hour of coaching, the COO realized there was no upside for her people to take ownership — mistakes meant career-limiting consequences. Jana is honest about her own experience too: a team member told her she was micromanaging, and she denied it. They created a secret signal — scratching an ear in meetings whenever she micromanaged. He was scratching a lot. Phil adds that what he calls "yoga babble" — abstractions like "we're going to become an agile platform-based culture" — lets leaders avoid saying what they actually mean. Nobody challenges it because the boss said it, and it sounds sort of right. The result: completely meaningless direction. The Octopus — Distributed Intelligence in Practice "It has two thirds of its intelligence, its neurons, in its arms. The arms connect independently — they don't always need a central brain, but they also have one, so they can stay aligned but also work independently."   The octopus has distributed neural clusters in each arm. It can adapt, shape-shift, change the texture of its skin, and even alter its RNA to switch between cold and hot water within hours. For Jana and Phil, this is the organizational metaphor: teams that can think locally and act without waiting for permission from the center, while staying aligned on mission. Phil translates this for team leaders of 8-10 people inside traditional enterprises:   Put together teams with cognitive diversity and encourage constructive conflict — what Linda Hill at Harvard Business School calls "creative abrasion" Invest in the storming, norming, performing cycle instead of cutting through it Leave the "how" to the team — the leader's job is the "why" and the "what" Don't jump to the answer — Einstein said if you have an hour to solve a problem, spend 55 minutes understanding the problem Start executing quickly through rapid experimentation; you can't plan your way to success in novel situations Don't Build the Pedestal — The Monkey Comes First "Get to the most tricky problems first, and try and solve them. If you can't, figure out fast — and if you can't, just stop, because your whole project is useless."   Astro Teller, CEO of Alphabet X's Moonshot Labs, says: "If you want to teach a monkey on a pedestal to recite Shakespeare, don't start by building the pedestal." Jana explains that organizations, once they get a project through the gauntlet of approvals and business cases, start working on the easy, visible things to show progress — the pedestal. But if you can't get the monkey to speak, the pedestal is useless. The counterintuitive move: when passionate people dispassionately tell you the hard problem isn't solvable, give them hugs, put them on a pedestal themselves, give them bonuses — because they just freed up resources for something better. Phil reinforces that this isn't a money problem. At McDonald's, before building a handheld order-taking device, they built a block of wood to test how comfortable it was to hold. Organizations waste far more money trying to plan for things they can't possibly plan for than they would by running quick experiments. Single-Threaded Leaders — The Pig at Breakfast "Who's that person waking up every morning saying, are we actually putting the focus on the things that are going to get us to the finish line of delivering value — not within my function, but across the organization?"   Phil tells the classic joke: a pig and chicken are walking down the road. The chicken says "let's open a restaurant." The pig asks what they'll sell. "Ham and eggs, of course," says the chicken. The pig stops: "I need to be far more committed than you." Organizations are full of chickens — people who lay their half-baked decisions, want to sign off, want to say no. What's needed are pigs. Amazon calls them single-threaded leaders. Apple calls them directly responsible individuals. The key: one person owns an initiative end to end, waking up every morning focused on delivering value across the organization, not just within their function. Mow the Lawn — Bureaucracy Grows While You Sleep "Your bureaucracy grows while you sleep. Think about your bureaucracy like mowing a lawn. You can't mow a lawn once."   Jana references Parkinson's Law — a senior Royal Navy leader found that even as the fleet shrank, the number of administrators grew by 5-10% annually. This applies to every organization. Middle managers fill their time by adding processes. One person's mistake becomes a process that penalizes 10,000 people. The solution is continuous gardening. At Google, a senior leader added positive friction: if you want more than 5 interviews in the hiring process, you need my approval. At Amazon, the principle "invent and simplify" asks everyone every year: what are we simplifying? The simplification work has to come from those closest to the problems — most leaders don't know half of what people are actually doing. Innovation Belongs to Everyone — Not a Lab "Psychological safety — it's not even a prefrontal cortex thing, it's not a conscious thought, it's that fight-or-flight reaction you have in the moment."   Phil makes the case that innovation starts with psychological safety at the team level, not an organization-wide mandate. It's the team leader asking questions, being humble, responding to disagreement with "tell me more" instead of "I don't agree." It means celebrating intelligent failures — someone who tested a hypothesis, found it didn't work, and stopped. At Amazon town halls, executives open by making fun of Amazon's failures, like the Fire Phone. The message: if you're thinking big, you'll also fail. The Fire Phone didn't work, but it informed future hardware investments. The only true failure is not learning from experimentation. Phil and Jana both emphasize that once leaders experience what happens when people are truly freed to do their best work, they get addicted to it. About Phil Le-Brun and Dr. Jana Werner Phil Le-Brun is the former International CIO of McDonald's and now leads the AWS Executives in Residence team, advising Fortune 500 leaders on transformation. Dr. Jana Werner is an Executive in Residence at AWS who built their EMEA transformation practice after leading digital change in financial services. Together they wrote The Octopus Organization: A Guide to Thriving in a World of Continuous Transformation (HBR Press).   You can link with Phil Le-Brun on LinkedIn and Jana Werner on LinkedIn.   Book site: theoctopusorganization.com Book on Amazon: The Octopus Organization

Something has changed at the board level. Recorded in the media room at Infosecurity Europe 2026 in London, Ian Schenkel, VP Sales, EMEA & APAC of Intel 471, describes directors who no longer take security on faith. After a year of headline breaches from Jaguar Land Rover to Marks and Spencer and the Co-op, leadership wants proof rather than promises. What does the board actually want to know? A straight answer to one question: are we okay? Ian Schenkel starts with geopolitics. Nation-state activity, supply chain exposure, and shifting global markets all shape whether a business can keep running. Threat intelligence becomes the early warning system leaders use to decide where to move and which actors have a history of targeting their industry. The next question gets personal. Does this affect us? Have we already been hit? This is where Intel 471 leans on retroactive threat detection. When new indicators of compromise surface, an analyst can build detection queries in seconds against a SIEM, SOAR tool, SentinelOne, Microsoft, or Palo Alto, then report back to the board with a clear answer. How does intelligence reach the board without getting lost in the weeds? It travels as a story the board can act on. Intel 471 pulls its three core areas, cyber threat intelligence, attack surface management, and threat hunting, into a single report that scales from an executive summary to a detailed account of what was found and neutralized. The stories make it real. During merger rumors, an attacker registered a look-alike domain and emailed employees from it. In another case, Intel 471 warned an organization it did not yet work with about a politically motivated actor that was openly discussing it. The value is the early signal, long before perimeter and endpoint defenses ever engage. Sometimes the right move is not technical at all. It might be briefing executives on targeted ransomware or reminding employees to stay alert against the email that has not arrived yet. The throughline, as Ian Schenkel frames it, is prevention over reaction, and a board finally asking the right questions. This is a Brand Spotlight. A Brand Spotlight is a ~15 minute conversation designed to explore the guest, their company, and what makes their approach unique. Learn more: https://www.studioc60.com/creation#spotlight GUEST Ian Schenkel, VP Sales, EMEA & APAC, Intel 471 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianschenkel/ RESOURCES Learn more about Intel 471: https://www.intel471.com Connect with Ian Schenkel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianschenkel/ Infosecurity Europe 2026 event coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/infosecurity-europe-2026-infosec-london-cybersecurity-event-coverage Are you interested in telling your story? ▶︎ Full Length Brand Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#full ▶︎ Brand Spotlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#spotlight ▶︎ Brand Highlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#highlight ▶︎ Get your own Brand Briefing at an upcoming event: https://www.studioc60.com/buy-brand-briefings KEYWORDS Ian Schenkel, Intel 471, Sean Martin, brand story, brand marketing, marketing podcast, brand spotlight, cyber threat intelligence, threat hunting, attack surface management, board reporting, geopolitical intelligence, early warning system, indicators of compromise, retroactive threat detection, business resilience, Infosecurity Europe 2026 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Sarah Thorpe Scott, an executive coach and advisor working at the intersection of leadership, capital, and family enterprise systems. She supports executives, investors, and multigenerational families navigating the moments that matter, including succession, wealth transfer, leadership transitions, governance decisions, and spouses marrying into family systems. Her work focuses on the emotional and relational dynamics that often sit beneath these moments, helping families prepare the next generation for leadership and stewardship while strengthening the dialogue and trust required for long-term success across generations. Sarah is the Founder of Thorpe Scott Coaching & Advisory, Coach-in-Residence at Bedrock, a global multi-family office with offices in Geneva, London, and Monaco, and a Special Advisor to Horizons, a member network of millennial next-generation leaders and investors. Sarah began her career in investment banking at Credit Suisse in New York and later worked across leading media organizations including CNBC and Forbes. She went on to hold senior leadership roles at The New York Times, where she became Managing Director, EMEA, leading global teams and executing dozens of complex, multi-million-dollar partnerships with multinational organizations across virtually every major industry. Married into a fifth-generation family enterprise herself, Sarah brings both professional rigor and lived experience to her work with family offices, next-generation leaders, and the executives and advisors who work alongside them. She has served as Chair of the Young Vic Development Board and the Duke UK Alumni Board. We delve into the topic of spousal integration into UHNW families and the experiences of spouses within the broader family enterprise. We start by having Sarah sharing her observations on how family structures see and treat spouses today, and how enterprise family systems are organized to receive and engage spouses and in-laws. Sarah describes how spousal integration works presently, outlining the typical experience of a spouse joining a multigenerational family of wealth. She highlights some of the common challenges faced by spouses entering these sometimes-complex family systems. One common, and often controversial, practical tool that is part of the spousal integration process is the prenuptial agreement. Sarah shares her thoughts and lived experiences on how well prenups work and offers her views on where there may be room to improve and enhance the experience of the soon-to-be-married couple going through the process. Finally, Sarah lays out her vision and roadmap for a better spousal integration process, including the elements, the approach, and the spirit that can provide a more positive, engaging, and pleasant experience for spouses and the entire family. Enjoy this illuminating conversation with a highly regarded family member-turned-practitioner providing thought leadership in the spousal integration topic that impacts every enterprising family.

At Infosecurity Europe 2026 in London, Matt Ellison, Director of Sales Engineering EMEA & APAC at Corelight, joins Sean Martin to unpack the visibility gap widening across security operations. The SOC is either drowning in data or missing the data that matters most. Corelight, custodian of the open-source Zeek project, builds a platform that turns raw network traffic into evidence teams can actually use. Why do today's most evasive attacks slip past endpoint detection? Because they are designed to. Ellison points to typhoon-style campaigns staged from network and hardware devices specifically to avoid EDR. When a platform sees all of the network traffic moving backwards and forwards, those moves stop being invisible. Seeing more is only half the battle. Ellison describes teams trapped by a fear of missing something, switching on every "just in case" detection until alert volume becomes its own crisis. The real question shifts from "what fired" to "what does this actually mean for my environment." How do you investigate a detection you cannot see inside? A black box hands down a verdict with no evidence behind it. Corelight takes an open approach, exposing the data behind every conclusion so analysts can follow a flow to its root cause and apply the one thing no vendor ships: their own knowledge of the network. The proof tends to show up fast. Ellison recalls a proof of value where, within thirty minutes, the team surfaced sensitive information moving unencrypted across the network. Other finds are smaller but telling, like a finance team's certificate using a weak cipher. Corelight even names its catch-all logs plainly, the "weird" log and the "unknown" log. Visibility feeds compliance too. Frameworks like NIS2, DORA, and GDPR demand evidence, not a tool humming in the corner that no one reviews. Ellison previews a coming release that adds asset classification, identifying every device on the network and explaining the why behind it. This is a Brand Spotlight. A Brand Spotlight is a ~15 minute conversation designed to explore the guest, their company, and what makes their approach unique. Learn more: https://www.studioc60.com/creation#spotlight GUESTMatt Ellison, Director of Sales Engineering EMEA & APAC, Corelight LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewrellison/ RESOURCES Learn more about Corelight, including customer stories: https://corelight.com Zeek, the open-source NDR project Corelight maintains: https://zeek.org Infosecurity Europe 2026 coverage from ITSPmagazine: https://www.itspmagazine.com/infosecurity-europe-2026-infosec-london-cybersecurity-event-coverage Are you interested in telling your story? ▶︎ Full Length Brand Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#full ▶︎ Brand Spotlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#spotlight ▶︎ Brand Highlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#highlight ▶︎ Get your own Brand Briefing at an upcoming event: https://www.studioc60.com/buy-brand-briefings KEYWORDS Matt Ellison, Corelight, Sean Martin, brand story, brand marketing, marketing podcast, brand spotlight, network detection and response, NDR, Zeek, open source security, network visibility, threat hunting, SOC alert fatigue, EDR evasion, encrypted traffic analysis, NIS2, DORA, GDPR, Infosecurity Europe 2026 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Most employees spend their careers feeling confused about compensation, how it works, what’s negotiable, and what’s actually going on behind the scenes. In this episode, Sandrine Bardot breaks down how salaries are actually set, what professionals consistently get wrong about negotiation, and why the psychology of pay matters more than most people realise. From how companies build and allocate salary budgets to the best moments in your career to push for more, to the concept of procedural justice and why it shapes whether employees accept or reject pay decisions, this is the compensation conversation most workplaces never have. Our Guest: Sandrine Bardot Sandrine Bardot is a senior Performance and Reward advisor, founder of The Bardot Group, and a Transformational Performance and Reward Architect working at the intersection of strategy, governance, executive compensation, performance, and human capital. With more than 30 years of experience mostly across EMEA, including over a decade advising organisations across the Middle East, Sandrine brings deep technical reward expertise, corporate leadership experience, regional judgement, and Board-level advisory perspective. She advises Boards, Nomination and Remuneration Committees, CEOs, CHROs, Heads of Total Rewards, family business leaders, and senior decision-makers on the performance and reward systems behind strategy execution. Her work spans executive and Board remuneration, incentives, reward governance, performance management, job architecture, pay equity and transparency, nationalisation- linked reward design, pre-IPO readiness, and the modernisation of legacy reward models. Before founding The Bardot Group, Sandrine held senior Performance and Reward roles at Majid Al Futtaim and Mubadala, and worked with organisations including Apple, Microsoft, Airbus, Philips, and Fiat. She is known for her candour, cultural intelligence, and ability to help organisations design reward systems that are practical, explainable, governable, and defensible under scrutiny. References: Sandrine Bardot LinkedIn profile Listen to the next Episode All Podcast Episodes

Going Long Podcast Episode 635: Leading into Dealcraft Advisory - Tom Kindermans  ( To see the Video Version of today's conversation just CLICK HERE. )   Billy welcomes Tom Kindermans to the show to talk about the transition from the corporate world to entrepreneurship, while sharing advice that comes from an expert in all relevant fields! Tom has recently founded Dealcraft Advisory : a consultancy firm specializing in go-to-market strategies, deal crafting, and negotiations. Alongside his advisory practice, Tom delivers training programs centered on negotiation excellence in a corporate environment. He is also actively involved with several startups and scale-ups, serving as investor, mentor, advisor, and board member. Prior to founding Dealcraft Advisory, Tom held a series of senior executive roles at SAP across Asia Pacific and EMEA. Most recently, he served as Managing Director of SAP Central & Eastern Europe, overseeing operations across 26 countries stretching from Austria in the West to Kazakhstan in the East.   In today's episode of The Going Long Podcast, you'll learn the following:   [00:24 - 02:27] Billy welcomes and introduces today's special guest, Tom Kindermans [02:27 - 07:09] Billy asks Tom to share insights into how he came to be exploring opportunities for greater optionality in his life and what that looks like  presently. [07:09 - 09:25] Tom describes how discipline is part of how he got to where he is today. [09:25 - 12:30] Billy asks Tom to explain how to navigate the day to day experiential changes of leaving corporate life behind.  [12:30 - 18:57] Tom explains how he has been able to lead and share his point of view in a way that is widely accepted. [18:57 - 21:17] Billy asks Tom to explain the links and differences between ethics and compliance in entrepreneurship. [21:17 - 27:30] Tom describes the various impacts that living abroad has had for him. [27:30 - 26:28] Tom explains what he has been able to leverage from the wealth of experience he has as a senior corporate leader to help others today. [26:28 - 35:44] Billy asks Tom to share some advice for those who are still in corporate who are looking to make their first moves and take their first actions towards moving on. [35:44 - 44:10] Tom tells us all about what he does at his company, Dealcraft Advisory, and how they are serving people today. [44:10 - 46:47] Tom shares the message that she would like to hear from himself three years from now. [46:47 - 48:50] Billy sums up all we've learned from Tom today and asks him to share the best ways we can get in contact and find him online. [48:50 - 49:37] Billy wraps up the show.   How best to get in touch with and find out more about Tom Kindermans: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-kindermans/  If you're a corporate executive who wants to make your role optional, then grab your FREE ebook with Billy's proven 3 step process at:  www.makeitoptional.com What you can expect to get out of this ebook: Learn how to achieve corporate optionality Gain true control over your career Turn corporate skills into personal assets With 26 years of experience in corporate sales leadership, achieved optionality through multiple income streams, Billy has helped dozens of executives build their paths to take control of their time. This free ebook gives you everything you need to identify, plan, and take control of your career while building financial optionality, leveraging your skills, and start living your IDEAL day - today! Go to: www.makeitoptional.com Click the above link or just copy and paste the following directly into your browser to sign up and get your free ebook: https://www.makeitoptional.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p2olm  To see the Video Version of today's conversation just CLICK HERE.   How to leave a review for The Going Long Podcast: https://youtu.be/qfRqLVcf8UI     Be sure to connect with Billy!  He's made it easy for you to do…Just go to any of these sites:   Website: www.billykeels.com Youtube: billykeels Facebook: Billy Keels Fan Page Instagram: @billykeels Twitter: @billykeels LinkedIn: Billy Keels

In this episode, Trade Show Talk host Danica Tormohlen explores how the events industry is adapting to digital transformation, the strategic role of finance within global trade shows, and leadership insights with Michèle Tiley-Hill, CFO of RX, one of the world's largest trade show organizers.   Whether you're a show organizer, a marketing professional, or a business leader, her experience offers valuable perspective on navigating today's complex landscape.  Key Topics:  How RX integrates face-to-face and digital innovations in live events  The evolving role of a CFO in a decentralized, global organization  Strategies for launching new shows and managing risks  Building trust and cultural safety across international teams  The importance of transparency, vulnerability, and celebrating failures  Diversity initiatives and gender equity in finance leadership  Leadership legacy: fostering trust, collaboration, and curiosity   In our monthly advocacy update, Exhibitions & Conference Alliance President and CEO Tommy Goodwin discusses the success of the 2026 Legislative Action Day in Washington, D.C. He highlights the record attendance and the importance of engaging with congressional staff to advocate for the exhibitions industry. Goodwin emphasizes the value of sharing personal stories with lawmakers to raise awareness of the industry's impact. He also shares insights into the unique culture of Capitol Hill and the significance of building relationships with congressional staff.  Timestamps:   00:00 - Introduction to Michele Tiley-Hill, CFO of RX Global 02:14 - Michele's career journey from KPMG to leading global events 06:12 - How the events industry is shifting with digital and data innovation 08:36 - Daily work of a CFO in a multi-country organization 10:06 - Managing variability in trade show revenues and strategic growth 12:32 - Operational innovation and the role of AI in live events 14:40 - Recent wins and lessons learned in post-COVID recovery 17:47 - Embracing failure and the importance of vulnerability in leadership 19:37 - Diversity and gender equity in global finance leadership 22:31 - Building relationships between finance and show leaders 25:51 - Insights from attending flagship shows like Facon and BookCon 28:39 - Planning and risk mitigation for launches and relaunches 31:44 - Leading across cultural and geographic diversity 33:44 - Michele's London-based office environment and hybrid work approach 36:07 - Her legacy at RX and guidance for the next generation of leaders 37:53 - Tips for hiring and building diverse high-performing teams 39:43 - The best career advice Michele has received 40:22 - Alternative careers and passions outside finance 42:10 - How trade shows like World Travel Market inspire industry standards 43:50 - Personal recharge routines and work-life balance 44:53 - Dinner with a leader past or present to seek insights 45:59 - Michele's vision for the future of the exhibitions   46:23 - Introduction to Tommy Goodwin and the Legislative Action Day  46:50 - Tommy discusses the significance of recording in person  47:00 - Record attendance and meetings at the event  47:34 - Highlights of the day and the importance of large group meetings  48:10 - The role of weather and special guests at the event  49:18 - Importance of sharing personal stories with lawmakers  50:19 - The scavenger hunt and its competitive nature  51:29 - Unique aspects of Capitol Hill culture  52:18 - Construction in D.C. and preparations for America's 250th  54:25 - The value of meeting with congressional staff  56:14 - The influence of congressional staff on decision-making  56:45 - Conclusion of the day and social gathering at Bullfeathers  Guest Bio: Michèle Tiley-Hill - Chief Financial Officer, RX             No stranger to entrepreneurial businesses where the pace of change is exceptional, Michèle's experience has been invaluable at RX since she joined as CFO. A seasoned finance executive, Michèle trained at KPMG and developed her financial career in the sports, media and entertainment sectors. Prior to joining RX in 2017, Michèle was Global CFO at MEC (a founding partner of GroupM, now WPP Media, the company's media investment group) where she had also held finance and commercial leadership roles in the EMEA region during her 11 years there.     A qualified chartered accountant, Michèle was attracted to RX by the opportunity to combine the best of face to face with digital and data, something that has benefitted enormously from Michèle's many years of hands-on commercial experience and success in leading financial and commercial operations in decentralized and complex structures. The combination of Michèle's approachability, humility and empathy enables her to build and maintain relationships across our global business, while the real transparency and openness she brings to her leadership style builds trust and confidence in those around her.    With an ability to laugh at herself and show vulnerability, Michèle encourages colleagues to share their views and diverse perspectives and is inspired by those that make a difference. Values that are all-important in her involvement with the RX Global Inclusion Council. Michèle is also executive sponsor to the RX Operations Leadership Team and a member of the RELX Compliance Committee.    Want to know more? Read One to Watch: RX CFO Michèle Tiley-Hill. She shares leadership lessons from the C-suite and 10 ways to inspire a trade show team. 

Are organizations investing enough in cybersecurity, or are they simply spending more money while falling further behind? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Martyn Ditchburn, CTO in Residence for EMEA at Zscaler, about the findings from the company's latest Ripple Effect Report and what it reveals about the growing gap between cybersecurity investment and true organizational resilience. Drawing on insights from more than 1,700 IT leaders across 14 countries, Martyn explains why many organizations are still struggling to adapt to a threat landscape that is evolving faster than their security strategies. While cyber resilience budgets continue to rise, many leaders admit their approach remains too inward-looking, leaving critical vulnerabilities across supply chains, cloud environments, third-party ecosystems, and emerging AI deployments. We explore why shadow AI is rapidly becoming the new shadow IT challenge, with employees adopting AI-powered tools faster than governance frameworks can keep pace. Martyn discusses how AI is quietly being embedded into countless business applications, creating visibility and security challenges that many organizations have yet to recognize fully. The conversation also examines the growing importance of supply chain resilience. As businesses become increasingly dependent on external providers, cloud platforms, and interconnected digital services, traditional security perimeters continue to disappear. Martyn shares why third-party risk remains one of the biggest blind spots in modern cybersecurity programs and how organizations can better understand their expanding attack surface. Agentic AI is another major focus of our discussion. As AI systems move beyond assisting users and begin taking autonomous actions, security teams face entirely new challenges around identity, governance, accountability, and risk management. Martyn explains why many organizations are racing ahead with adoption while still lacking the guardrails needed to manage these emerging technologies safely. We also discuss lessons from previous technology shifts, including cloud computing and shadow IT, and why history keeps repeating itself when innovation outpaces security planning. Martyn offers practical advice on limiting risk, reducing blast radius through segmentation, and treating AI agents as digital identities that require the same controls and oversight as human users. As organizations pursue AI-driven growth and competitive advantage, are they building resilience into their foundations or creating new risks they cannot yet see? And in a world where AI is becoming embedded in everything, how can security leaders stay ahead of threats that are evolving faster than ever before?

In this episode, Adam Torres interviews John D. Reighard, Founder & CEO of MomentumNow. John shares insights on Silicon Valley culture, private equity investing, faith-based leadership, philanthropy, and helping entrepreneurs scale businesses while making a meaningful impact. About John D. Reighard Reighard's experience provides the network and knowledge to create equity and venture capital for any Business he works with.  Further, to designs Equity Capital Funds with ideal Legal solutions. For some of his clients, Reighard will step in as an short-term Executive to jump start the business. Reighard has directly transacted over $6.9B in commerce through his teams and business execution.  At Exodus, the company made the Deloitte & Touche “Fast 50” list. During the challenging early years of the company, Reighard was named Worldwide Sales Dir. of the Year for three consecutive years.  In the second year, his team brought in $111.5 million dollars.  He accomplished this by developing a winning strategic plan, hiring A+ people, training them, holding them accountable, and enthusiastically focused on winning.  Reighard has worked for large organizations like Exodus Comm., Lucent Technologies, Octel Comm and Brady Corp. and with many smaller companies in his Consultant practice.  He has Intl experience leading sales teams in USA, EMEA and Asia Pacific.  He has also serves as an Advisory Board member for 9 businesses.  These experiences have taught him the challenges that businesses of many sizes, industries and countries have,and gives him a unique background to understand their needs, both as buyers and sellers.   Watch Full Episode on ⁠Youtube⁠. --- Follow Adam on Instagram at ⁠https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/⁠ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule. Apply to be a guest on our podcast: ⁠https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/⁠ Visit our website: ⁠https://missionmatters.com/⁠ More FREE content from Mission Matters here: ⁠https://linktr.ee/missionmattersmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Adam Torres interviews John D. Reighard, Founder & CEO of MomentumNow. John shares insights on Silicon Valley culture, private equity investing, faith-based leadership, philanthropy, and helping entrepreneurs scale businesses while making a meaningful impact. About John D. Reighard Reighard's experience provides the network and knowledge to create equity and venture capital for any Business he works with.  Further, to designs Equity Capital Funds with ideal Legal solutions. For some of his clients, Reighard will step in as an short-term Executive to jump start the business. Reighard has directly transacted over $6.9B in commerce through his teams and business execution.  At Exodus, the company made the Deloitte & Touche “Fast 50” list. During the challenging early years of the company, Reighard was named Worldwide Sales Dir. of the Year for three consecutive years.  In the second year, his team brought in $111.5 million dollars.  He accomplished this by developing a winning strategic plan, hiring A+ people, training them, holding them accountable, and enthusiastically focused on winning.  Reighard has worked for large organizations like Exodus Comm., Lucent Technologies, Octel Comm and Brady Corp. and with many smaller companies in his Consultant practice.  He has Intl experience leading sales teams in USA, EMEA and Asia Pacific.  He has also serves as an Advisory Board member for 9 businesses.  These experiences have taught him the challenges that businesses of many sizes, industries and countries have,and gives him a unique background to understand their needs, both as buyers and sellers.   Watch Full Episode on ⁠Youtube⁠. --- Follow Adam on Instagram at ⁠https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/⁠ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule. Apply to be a guest on our podcast: ⁠https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/⁠ Visit our website: ⁠https://missionmatters.com/⁠ More FREE content from Mission Matters here: ⁠https://linktr.ee/missionmattersmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sebastian Blum, head of mobility, and Jens-Oliver Schünzel, head of land based transportation for EMEA, at KFW-IPEX Bank, discuss the merits of Engineering, Procurement, Construction + Financing, offering expert insight on possible use cases for rail projects with International Railway Journal Editor-in-Chief Kevin Smith. (Intro music: Tired Traveller on the Way to Home by Andrew R Codeman)

Wise, the Glue, DTC, Helping Wineries Succeed, Mystery Shopper and interview w Jennifer Warrington, Coach & Partner, Wise (Wine Industry Sales Education). ON THE ROAD with mrCAwine is about California's cool, aspirational lifestyle and awesome wines hosted by Chuck Cramer, a California native, living in London and is the Director of EMEA & Asian sales & marketing, Terlato Wines. This is a wine journey covering the hottest topics in the business of California wine, chatting along the way with the people who work in wine, and make it all happen. This week's episode includes an interview with Jennifer Warrington of WISE, Industry Sales Education. 

Agentic AI can accelerate how enterprises modernize, but introducing the capability to established environments—while keeping them running—becomes architectural Sudoku. As these systems introduce new privileges and autonomous actions, they also demand stronger governance, visibility and control. This episode invites a solution architecture point of view about what it really takes to move from agentic experimentation to trusted, real-world impact.   Featured experts  Ninad Joshi, Senior AI Solution Architect, EMEA, Agentic AI and LLMs, Amazon Web Services Logan Wolfe, Partner, Global Enterprise Transformation, AI and Tech Strategy, Kyndryl

Episode web page: https://bit.ly/42TFjM4 Episode summary: In this episode of Insights Unlocked, Manú Bartlett speaks with Pedro Hernandez, advocacy manager for EMEA and Latin America at Figma, about how AI is reshaping design, leadership, and the future of creative work. Drawing from more than 15 years of experience across UX, product design, and design operations, Pedro shares why the industry is moving beyond a narrow focus on speed and toward a deeper balance between experimentation, craft, and human-centered thinking. Pedro explores how design communities across Europe and Latin America are adapting to AI in different ways, why leaders must rethink how they evaluate design work in the age of rapid prototyping, and how “craft” now means being intentional, critical, and thoughtful when collaborating with AI tools. He also discusses the growing importance of soft skills, curiosity, and research as teams become more multidisciplinary again. The conversation also dives into how leaders can stay connected to customer needs while navigating AI-driven workflows, why experimentation matters at every level of an organization, and how Figma is researching what design leaders truly need from modern collaboration tools. You'll learn: How AI is changing the relationship between speed, experimentation, and design craft Why the best design leaders are learning to balance rapid production with intentional decision-making What “craft” means in the era of AI-powered design workflows How Latin American and European design communities are approaching AI differently Why curiosity, research, and soft skills are becoming more important in modern product teams How leaders can stay closer to customers while adopting new AI tools and workflows Why the future of design may look more multidisciplinary and collaborative again Resources & links Pedro Hernandez on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedrohernandez/) Figma's Config (https://config.figma.com/) Figma's State of Design report (https://www.figma.com/state-of-design/) Manú Bartlett on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/manubartlett/) Nathan Isaacs on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanisaacs/) Learn more about Insights Unlocked: https://www.usertesting.com/podcast

Going Long Podcast Episode 631: Advising EMEA Startups to Scale Up - Marie Campagne  ( To see the Video Version of today's conversation just CLICK HERE. ) In today's episode of The Going Long Podcast, you'll learn the following:   [00:24 - 02:20] Billy welcomes and introduces today's special guest, Marie Campagne [02:20 - 06:48] Billy asks Marie what the end of her corporate relationship was like, why she ended it, and where she is focused today. [06:48 - 11:11] Marie shares insights from her views on taking risks, how she takes calculated risks, and what kinds of risks there are beyond financial. [11:11 - 13:11] Billy asks Marie to describe pressures she experiences, where they come from and how she deals with them. [13:11 - 17:34] Marie explains what led her to end up living and working in so many countries and what impacts and fruits this led to. [17:34 - 21:32] Billy asks Marie what drove her to focus on a space that nobody else currently was. [21:32 - 24:30] Marie explains how she identifies and predicts problems that start ups will find and how she works out solutions for them. [24:30 - 27:47] Marie explains what it takes to back yourself and the ways that she has shown up for herself to get where she is today. [27:47 - 33:34] Billy asks Billy to share details about her current projects and entrepreneurial vocations. [33:34 - 36:21] Marie shares the message that she would like to hear from herself three years from now. [36:21 - 39:15] Billy sums up all we've learned from Marie today and asks her to share the best ways we can get in contact and find her online. [39:15 - 40:04] Billy wraps up the show.   How best to get in touch with and find out more about Marie Campagne: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariecampagne    Websites: www.hanae.es   www.hervestclub.com      If you're a corporate executive who wants to make your role optional, then grab your FREE ebook with Billy's proven 3 step process at:  www.makeitoptional.com What you can expect to get out of this ebook: Learn how to achieve corporate optionality Gain true control over your career Turn corporate skills into personal assets With 26 years of experience in corporate sales leadership, achieved optionality through multiple income streams, Billy has helped dozens of executives build their paths to take control of their time. This free ebook gives you everything you need to identify, plan, and take control of your career while building financial optionality, leveraging your skills, and start living your IDEAL day - today! Go to: www.makeitoptional.com   Click the above link or just copy and paste the following directly into your browser to sign up and get your free ebook: https://www.makeitoptional.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p2olm  To see the Video Version of today's conversation just CLICK HERE.   How to leave a review for The Going Long Podcast: https://youtu.be/qfRqLVcf8UI     Be sure to connect with Billy!  He's made it easy for you to do…Just go to any of these sites:   Website: www.billykeels.com Youtube: billykeels Facebook: Billy Keels Fan Page Instagram: @billykeels Twitter: @billykeels LinkedIn: Billy Keels

“Every new technology has a hype cycle, so your use case and business rationale must stay the North Star. No flashy AI solution replaces fixing your foundations, processes, and underlying business challenges first.”Katya Lobynko is IT & Data Director at Danone and a digital transformation leader with 15+ years of experience across FMCG and pharma in EMEA and Asia, with expertise spanning commercial operations, data & analytics, conversational AI, and emerging technologies. Before Danone, she spent several years at Sanofi leading innovation and emerging technology initiatives, including helping build the company's conversational AI capability. Katya began her career at Procter & Gamble as a Project Delivery Manager for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, leading global media planning transformation initiatives for the world's largest advertiser, before earning her MBA through the Asia School of Business, a partnership with MIT Sloan School of Management and the Central Bank of Malaysia. Originally from the Russian Far East and now based in Paris after years living and working across Asia and Europe, Katya brings a deeply international, people-centered perspective to conversations about digital transformation, AI, international careers, and women in tech.This conversation is hosted by podcast co-founder and P&G Alum Drew Tarvin, Founder & CEO of Humor That Works. Drew spent six years at P&G leading IT + brand initiatives before turning his background in engineering, improv, and stand-up comedy into a career helping organizations use humor to improve leadership, communication, and workplace culture. He's the author of Humor That Works and his TEDx talk on "the Skill of Humor" has been viewed more than 16 million times.