Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)

Retail is no longer about transactions, it’s about designing experiences that create joy. In this episode of Technovation , Peter High speaks with Prat Vemana , Chief Information and Product Officer at Target , about how one of the world’s largest retailers is redefining customer experience across digital and physical channels. Prat shares how Target is embedding design into every layer of the org...

What does it take to turn a portfolio of legacy retail brands into a scalable technology platform? In this episode of Technovation , Kumar “Kartik” Kartikeya , SVP and Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Catalyst Brands , shares how he is building a shared operating model across data, AI, and customer experience to unlock enterprise value at scale. Leading technology for a $9B multi-brand reta...

Most enterprises struggle to see beyond their immediate priorities. Toyota built a system to solve that. In this episode of Technoventure , Ro Gupta , Managing Director of Woven Capital , explains how Toyota uses a “speedboat” venture strategy to identify and act on emerging technologies before they become obvious. Drawing on his experience as both a founder and investor, Ro shares how corporate v...

AI disruption is no longer a future scenario, it’s already reshaping the workforce. In this episode of Technovation , Andrew Yang , Founder & CEO of Noble Mobile , author of Hey Yang, Where’s My Thousand Bucks?  shares why job displacement is accelerating faster than leaders and policymakers can respond. A former presidential candidate and founder of the Forward Party, Yang has been warn...

AI is becoming the missing layer that transforms agriculture from a physical practice into a data-driven system. In this episode of Technovation , Feroz Sheikh , Chief Information and Digital Officer of Syngenta , shares how AI, data, and digital platforms are reshaping how farmers make decisions and how innovation scales across global agriculture. Key highlights include: How AI completes the evol...

What does it take to modernize a 120-year-old real estate powerhouse without losing its entrepreneurial edge? In this episode of Technovation , Kamini Rangappan Lane , President and CEO of Coldwell Banker Realty , shares how she is transforming one of the largest residential real estate networks in the U.S. by standardizing the back end while preserving the human, local nature of the business. She...

AI transformation doesn’t fail because of technology, it fails because of culture. In this episode of Technovation , Peter High speaks with Trevor Schulze , CIO, and Eva Majercsik , Chief People Officer, of Genesys , about how they are jointly leading a human-centric AI transformation across a 6,000-person global organization. Together, they unpack why AI must be treated as a cultural shift and ho...

Most career advice gets one thing wrong: it always tells you to follow your passion. In this episode of Technoventure , Bill Gurley , recent Author of Runnin’ Down a Dream , General Partner at Benchmark and investor in companies like Uber and Zillow shares a more actionable framework: follow your fascination. Drawing from decades in venture capital and insights from his new book, Gurley explains h...

What if claims processing could be 10x faster without sacrificing accuracy? In this episode of Technovation, Pravina Ladva, Group Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Swiss Re, shares how one of the world’s leading reinsurers is using AI to transform claims processing, unlock insights, and redefine how work gets done across the enterprise. Key highlights include: How AI is reducing claims proce...

Apple’s greatest successes were built on failure. In this episode of Technovation , Peter High speaks with David Pogue , an Emmy-winning journalist, former New York Times technology columnist, CBS News correspondent and author of Apple: The First 50 Years, about how Apple transformed early product missteps into category-defining innovation. Drawing on 150 interviews and decades of coverage, Pogue...

The modern workplace wasn’t designed for today’s leaders, and it’s starting to break under the pressure. In this episode of Technovation , board director, author and former CIO Lisa Davis joins Peter High to examine why the workplace system, built decades ago, no longer supports the realities of modern careers. Drawing from her leadership experience across government, academia, and the private sec...

China is competing on control. In this episode, Ram Charan explains the “90% Model,” a strategy designed to dominate global manufacturing through scale, pricing power, and long-term positioning. Drawing on decades advising CEOs and global leaders, Charan breaks down how this model is reshaping industries—and what it means for business leaders navigating a fragmented, multi-polar world. Key insight...

What does it really take to scale a company 10X in just a few years? Jon McNeill argues it’s not genius, it’s a system. In this episode of Technoventure , Jon McNeill , former President of Tesla and CEO of DVx Ventures , breaks down “The Algorithm,” a five-step framework that powered Tesla’s rise from $2B to $20B in revenue. He shares how questioning assumptions, eliminating friction, and accelera...

Why do most AI initiatives fail to deliver real value? Because they automate broken processes instead of fixing them. In this episode of Technovation , Peter High speaks with Shobhit Varshney , Global Head of Artificial Intelligence at Citi , about how one of the world’s largest banks is rethinking AI from the ground up. With experience spanning Citi and IBM, Shobhit shares how a value-first, plat...

What happens when IT stops delivering projects—and starts delivering outcomes? In this episode of Technovation , Peter High speaks with Alex Gutman , CTO of Gilbane , about how a 150-year-old construction leader is transforming its IT operating model around value streams. Gutman shares how aligning technology to client-defined value is driving agility, accountability, and measurable business impac...

What does it take to scale technology across one of the world’s largest marketing organizations? In this episode of Technovation , Peter High speaks with Craig Cuyar, Global CIO of Omnicom, about leading technology transformation across a $25B global enterprise. Craig shares how Omnicom is evolving from a holding company to a more centralized operating model, particularly in the wake of its acquis...

Why do so many successful companies eventually lose their way? In this episode of Technovation , Peter High speaks with Eric Ries, entrepreneur, founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange , and author of The Lean Startup and his new book Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Companies Stay Great . Eric argues that corporate corruption rarely begins with bad actors. Instead, it emerge...

Is AI evolving beyond software into a new form of digital labor? In this episode of Technoventure , Peter High speaks with Sandhya Venkatachalam, Co-Founder and General Partner at Axiom Partners, about the next phase of artificial intelligence. Sandhya argues that AI is moving from a tool that assists humans to systems capable of performing entire jobs, from data science to network engineering. Th...

Enterprise leaders are investing heavily in AI, but many struggle to generate measurable business value. In this episode of Technovation , Peter High speaks with Kellie Romack of ServiceNow about how the company is scaling AI across its operations to produce real, quantifiable results. ServiceNow has already generated $355 million in AI-driven value internally , with automation resolving many serv...

Healthcare systems have traditionally been designed around individual encounters, not the patient journey. In this episode of Technovation , Peter High speaks with Rajan Mohan , Chief Marketing and Digital Experience Officer at Ascension Health , about how digital platforms, marketing strategy, and AI are reshaping how healthcare organizations engage patients. Drawing from leadership roles at Marr...

In this episode of Technovation , Peter High speaks with Stephen Witt , award-winning journalist and author of The Thinking Machine , which has been named Business Book of the Year by Financial Times. Witt writes about Jensen Huang’s improbable journey from near-bankruptcy in the 1990s GPU wars to leading NVIDIA at the center of the AI revolution. Witt unpacks how NVIDIA defeated nearly 70 competi...

What happens when you put revenue and technology under one executive leader? In this episode of Technovation , Peter High speaks with Drew Pinto , Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue and Technology Officer at Marriott International , a $26 billion hospitality leader approaching its 100-year anniversary. Pinto shares how Marriott is transforming technology from a support function into a stra...

Is AI just another tech bubble or the defining platform shift of this era? Duncan Davidson , Co-Founder and General Partner at Bullpen Capital , argues that the answer lies in one critical distinction: Is the technology being used for its core purpose? In this episode of Technoventure , Duncan draws on his experience across the PC boom, dot-com era, mobile, and now AI to explain why real adoption...

How do you scale AI in a regulated enterprise without risking trust, compliance, or credibility? In this episode of Technovation, Nick Colisto, CIO of Avery Dennison, and Sathish Muthukrishnan, Chief Information, Data & Digital Officer at Ally Financial, share how they are moving from AI pilots to measurable enterprise impact. From governance-first implementation inside a federally regulated b...

Can trust be engineered into digital systems or is it purely cultural? In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Jimmy Wales , co-founder of Wikipedia and author of The Seven Rules of Trust, about designing platforms that scale without sacrificing integrity. From neutrality policies to radical transparency and human-in-the-loop AI governance, Wales shares how trust must be built, not...