Hard Lessons: War Stories From The Corporate Innovation Frontlines

Suman’s work sits at the collision point of AI ambition and enterprise reality. From Aetna and Highmark to Merck and Pfizer, he has repeatedly been asked to build new data science and AI capabilities inside complex healthcare organizations, where fragmented data, regulatory pressure, and internal politics shape what can actually scale. In this conversation, he traces how the field evolved from ear...

Across Nike and American Express, Elaine Barsoom had a front-row seat to one of the hardest problems in corporate innovation: how to turn promising technology into something a large organization can actually absorb. She reflects on the moments that defined that work, from helping Nike pursue a direct-to-consumer shift through external partnerships and startup pilots, to standing up an AI center of...