The AIQUALISER Podcast: discover how people are really using AI

In this episode of The AIQUALISER Podcast, John Bennett talks to Katelin O'Shea, who is a Project Manager at Dropbox, a Perplexity Business Fellow and has created a consultancy and training business called AI That Works. Katelin saw AI being used in a fintech start-up in 2022, so she was already aware of the possibilities when ChatGPT launched. She put that to good use at Dropbox, where she has bu...

In this episode of The AIQUALISER Podcast, John Bennett talks with Victoria Westcott, who juggles many roles including producing films and managing a winery, about how she uses AI across very different businesses and why the one place she keeps it out is the work she cares about most. Victoria and her sister Jen make independent films. To do that without a studio or investor, they need income that...

In this episode of The AIQUALISER Podcast, John Bennett talks with James O'Regan, co-host of The Impact of AI Explored , about who is actually accountable when AI gets something wrong.   James has been podcasting about AI since February 2024. His view of the technology is practical and consistent: useful, incremental, and nowhere near as groundbreaking as the hype suggests. The conversation moves...

Join John as he talks with Corinne Thomas, founder of Ethical Sales, about what responsible AI adoption actually looks like inside real organisations, and how to implement it without creating confusion, risk, or resistance. They discuss how AI adoption is usually driven by leadership, and why pressure to “move fast” often clashes with reality. Corinne shares what she sees when individuals respond...

In this episode of The AIQUALISER Podcast, John Bennett talks with Russ Henneberry, co-author of  Digital Marketing for Dummies , about why AI often frustrates us, and why structure and judgement matter more than prompts, tools, or model choice. Russ reflects on a career shaped by repeated reinvention, from early internet marketing through to content, SEO, and platform shifts such as Google, Faceb...

Many people try AI, enjoy it briefly, then struggle to make it genuinely useful.   In this episode, John Bennett talks with Dr Dan Maggs about the shift from experimenting with AI to building practical tools, and what that makes possible for non-technical founders. They discuss how AI has moved from novelty to something you can actually build with, why context degradation causes long AI chats to b...