AI and the Executive Table

When compliance enters an AI initiative at the end of the process, it becomes friction. When it is built in from the beginning, it creates clarity — and clarity allows organizations to move faster. That shift, from compliance as checkpoint to compliance as capability, is what this episode is about. Kenza and Naureen explore why traditional compliance models struggle with AI, what compliance by des...

AI responsibility is quietly moving up the executive agenda. The question is no longer whether to use AI — but how to govern it properly while still moving fast. And that is where many organizations hesitate: they assume governance will slow them down. In this episode, Kenza is joined by Naureen, a governance and compliance expert with over twenty years of experience in complex regulated environme...

SHOW NOTES Once organizations move beyond early AI experiments, a new question appears: Do we have the right people to scale this? Eventually internal learning reaches its limits. You need deeper expertise. But hiring AI talent is one of the most competitive challenges companies face today — and the real question is not just who to hire, but how to build the right combination of people. In this ep...

SHOW NOTES When organizations talk about AI transformation, the instinct is often to hire. But that is usually the wrong starting point. The real question is how to enable the people already inside the business. In this episode, Kenza and Amanda explore what AI literacy actually means inside organizations and why treating it as a training program rather than a business capability is where most com...

SHOW NOTES When executives ask about AI transformation, the question is often: what is the right organisational design? Central team or decentralised? The honest answer is: you need both - and the balance shifts as your transformation matures. In this episode, Amanda and Kenza explore what it actually takes to structure an organisation for AI. They discuss why a dedicated central team is critical...

When organizations talk about AI transformation, the instinct is often to ask: how do we measure culture? But the harder question is how to shape it. Culture is not what is written on a values poster - it is what people do when no one is watching. In this episode, Amanda and Kenza explore why culture is the single most important lever in any AI transformation and how to move it deliberately. They...

Right now, in boardrooms everywhere, the same question keeps coming up: What are we actually doing about AI? Not in theory. Not in a pilot. But in the business. In this first episode, Kenza and her co-host Amanda introduce the podcast and the question that drives it: why AI transformation has moved from the innovation lab to the executive agenda — and what that shift really means for leaders. They...