Not a Threat: Building the AI-First Future

My guest today is Luke van der Waals. Luke manages the North American offshore supply chain for SLB, a multinational oil field services company. Previously, he led digital transformation across SLB's global planning and supply chain operations. His focus has been on using technology to drive real-world impact, streamlining operations, embedding sustainability, and rethinking how data and auto...

My guest today is Kenon Chen. Kenon leads strategy and growth at Clear Capital, a real estate analytics, data solutions, and valuation technology company. With a background in tech, he's grown to love the housing and real estate space, bringing an innovative outlook to product development and organizational growth. In our conversation, we delve into how Kenon translates technical language acr...

My guest today is Supriya Gupta, the founder and CEO of an AI advisory studio. Supriya previously led AI-driven product innovation at companies like Credit Karma, Facebook, and IBM. Today she works with business leaders to help them harness AI for both efficiency and invention. Her first product, a personal executive ghostwriter called The Agent C , is emerging from stealth this month, and we disc...

My guest today is Milind Sawant, a leader in product innovation with 30 years of global R&D experience. At Siemens Healthineers, he founded the Center of Excellence for AI and Machine Learning, growing it to more than 200 cross-functional team members and achieving significant business impact. Milind shares a structured approach to AI deployment, covering common pitfalls, a problem-first adopt...

My guest today is Joe Mazzone. Joe leads the product development for Coding Rooms, an interactive training platform owned by Wiley, the multinational academic publishing company. During our discussion, we explore how the team at Wiley is addressing the challenges, risks, and opportunities presented by AI. We also talk about how the education sector and the role of teachers are likely to evolve as...

My guest today is Ralph Burns. Ralph is the Founder and CEO of Tier 11, a leading digital marketing agency that manages over $200 million in annual ad spend. Ralph is also the co-host of Perpetual Traffic, a digital marketing podcast with hundreds of thousands of monthly listeners. During our conversation, Ralph describes the evolution of the industry and some of the challenges he’s overcome whils...

My guest today is Michal Heiplik. Michal is the President and CEO of Contributor Development Partnership. CDP develops data driven insights and provides fundraising services to more than 230 public radio and television stations across the United States. During its first five years as an independent organization, CDP has brought 500,000 new donors to public media and has facilitated more than 200 m...

Hello and welcome everyone, I'm Sam Chappell and this is ' Not a Threat '. This show documents practical strategies for deploying AI at work. With interviews spanning industries and professions, listeners will gain insights from business leaders who are implementing AI within their organizations; the challenges they've encountered and how they're positioning their companie...