Great ExpectAItions: The AI edge for enterprises

In this episode of Great Expectations, we explore the evolution of leadership in the age of AI with expert Elisa Farri. Moving beyond productivity tools, Elisa introduces the concept of "co-thinking" with AI—treating artificial intelligence as a 24/7 thought partner rather than just an output generator.  Elisa shares practical strategies for balancing individual AI use with team collaboration, exp...

Is your company truly AI-ready, or just AI-obsessed? David de Cremer, author of "The AI Savvy Leader" reveals what's actually working in AI adoption today. In this episode, we explore why being "AI-driven" might be sabotaging your success, how to measure real AI ROI beyond flashy metrics, and why the future belongs to leaders who can blend empathy with algorithms. David shares practical frameworks...

What if happiness isn't just a nice-to-have, but actually the secret to better business outcomes? In this episode, we sit down with Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute, to explore why measuring wellbeing is becoming as important as tracking GDP—and what that means for your workplace. From Denmark's consistent happiness rankings to the surprising link between employee satisfaction...

AI is used by both cybersecurity attackers and defenders. So how do we navigate these emerging cyber threats - and also foster responsible innovation? We're joined by Oykü Işık who provides practical guidance to help us understand the evolving threat of AI, drawing insights from real-world examples. We also examine how businesses can leverage AI for good to enhance their security, while looking ah...

How is AI impacting productivity, and how are leadership roles evolving to navigate this technological shift? In this episode, Professor Tom Davenport joins us to separate hype from reality, and explore the challenges of enterprise AI adoption. We discuss the differences between analytical and generative AI and their practical implications for businesses. All that, plus the importance of ensuring...

Productivity is up. AI is streamlining work. Digital tools are everywhere. But many employees feel more disconnected than ever – and it's starting to show. In this episode, Constance Noonan Hadley reveals why workplace loneliness has become one of the most overlooked barriers to sustainable success. We examine how post-pandemic work patterns, the relentless pursuit of efficiency, and emerging tech...

When it comes to adopting AI, how do organisations separate value from risk, and hype from reality?   Stay ahead of the curve on the latest AI advancements and their implications for the future of work with Great ExpectAItions, your trusted guide to AI in the workplace, with Jabra.   Featuring in-depth discussions with thought leaders and world-renowned experts, this podcast is designed for busine...

Anne-Laure Fayard is an associate professor of innovation, design and organization studies at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering. The return to the office is central to many debates, as well as how organizations should rethink these spaces and the technology that teams use to collaborate.   In this episode, we look at how to recodify and design the office for hybrid work, what we should use it for...

Vijay Govindarajan is the Coxe Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, a faculty partner at Silicon Valley incubator Mach49 and an executive fellow at Harvard Business School. In this episode, we discuss how technology will disrupt education models, why corporations will need to play a bigger part in higher education and what skills the job market might have as a result.   ...

Sara Nyström, the executive director of the Center for Body Language, is a global leader in body language training for business. Understanding micro expressions and body language is key for sales, negotiations and leaders. In this episode, we talk about building better relations across hybrid teams and understanding micro expressions to enhance our emotional intelligence and adapt to the cues and...

David JP Phillips, international author, speaker and coach, is an expert on the skills it takes to communicate with others. In this episode, we examine how to use storytelling in a professional context to master presenting in hybrid work environments. Find out why introverts are usually better presenters than extroverts, how to use neuroscience to your advantage in your storytelling and how commun...

Michael Leiter, an internationally renowned psychologist, has focused much of his career on improving the quality of work life and studying the causes of burnout. In this episode, we discuss the relationship problem at the core of burnout, how to recognize, prevent and recover from burnout and the ways in which organizations can create a better ways of working for employees for our hybrid working...

Alyssa Westring, is an associate professor of management at the Driehaus College of Business at DePaul University and author of Parents Who Lead : The Leadership Approach You Need to Parent with Purpose, Fuel Your Career, and Create a Richer Life. For over 15 years she has been studying work life integration with a particular focus on working parents and women's careers. In this episode, we discus...

Julian Treasure, top-rated international speaker on sound and communication skills, and founder of audio branding company the Sound Agency, has a mission to help people and organizations listen better. In this episode, we discuss the rarity of conscious listening, the skills needed to speak powerfully and how sound affects our productivity and wellbeing. Find out more about Julian by visiting his...

Matt Abrahams, Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer, and co-founder of consulting agency Bold Echo, knows first hand that our ideas are only as good as our ability to express them. While it's challenging to effectively present and communicate in-person, it has a whole new dimension in virtual environments. In this episode, we discuss overcoming speaking anxiety, how to capture and hold ot...

What have we learnt after one year of remote working? In this episode, we recap some of the best pieces of advice from season one, covering productivity, self-control, remote working and the relationships we have with our jobs.  Next week, the second season of the Soundbar launches. You can expect conversations with leading academics and professionals around the new normal ways of hybrid working....

John Watson is the Founder and CEO of Evergreen Education Group and a leading educator researcher and advisor for over 20 years.  In this episode we discuss topics such as adapting to online and hybrid learning, digital teaching best practices and how to use tech to give power back to teachers in virtual environments. 

How can teachers lean-in to digital learning and hybrid classrooms, and how will AI support all educators in the future?  In this episode, we hear from Angela Chin, Microsoft's Principal Program Manager Lead for Teams for Education.  We discuss the challenges of moving to online learning, how schools and educators have adapted to the digital space and some of the technologies available that are fu...

What will the future of our office spaces look like and how can we use analytics to drive the best meeting experience from anywhere? In this episode, David Rosenthal, GTM Strategy for Meeting Solutions at Google, discusses topics including how to avoid digital burnout, embracing longer-term remote working and the ways in which Google are enabling new ways for people to connect around the world.

Sandhya Rao is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Teams, and in this episode we discuss topics including the explosive growth of the platform, optimizing our home-working and the changes we can expect to see for a safe return to the office.

Jeff Smith is Head of 'Zoom Rooms' at Zoom. In the first of our series of Tech Specials, we discuss returning to the office, how collaboration is changing, and what's been happening behind the scenes at Zoom

What is the future for remote work and how can we use it effectively?    Whether you're a manager, business leader or employee, this episode covers the topic of remote work from all angles.   In this episode, Paul speaks with Executive Professor of Management at Northeastern's D'Amore-Mckim School of Business, Barbara Larson. They examine a manager's guide to leading virtual or remote teams, how t...

Why have technological advancements not been matched with exponential advancements in productivity? Over the last 60 years, global business complexity has increased six times over, and internal organizational complicatedness by over 35 times in response to this external complexity. In this episode, we hear from the director of BCG's Institute for Organization, Yves Morieux, on the organisational c...

How does an idea become a business that repays its investors multiple times over?   The man behind multiple Silicon Valley success stories, Aurangzeb Khan has consistently predicted the technology we will need and then spearheaded high performance teams to make them a reality. Now Senior Vice President of Intelligent Vision Systems at Jabra, he is a leading expert in computing and artificial intel...

Have you ever wanted to learn a language? How about four in one year?   For many people, learning slows down or stops when they leave formal education. Not so for Scott H Young whose achievements include teaching himself a four-year MIT degree course in just one and travelling the world with the sole intention of learning language in an applied way.   In this episode, Scott covers just some of the...