Episodios

  • Give First, Build Later: Brad Feld’s Strategy for Ecosystem-Driven Innovation

    Give First, Build Later: Brad Feld’s Strategy for Ecosystem-Driven Innovation
    Nov 7 2025
    6: What does it take to play the long game in innovation? Venture capitalist Brad Feld has spent four decades answering that question as a founder, mentor, and early-stage investor in companies like Fitbit, MakerBot, and Techstars. In this episode, Feld unpacks the enduring impact of mentorship, the logic behind his "Give First" philosophy, and how startups and enterprises alike can benefit from ecosystem thinking.
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    1 h y 10 m
  • Inside Paychex’s Data Strategy: Monetizing Insight for AI, Clients, and the U.S. Economy

    Inside Paychex’s Data Strategy: Monetizing Insight for AI, Clients, and the U.S. Economy
    Nov 6 2025
    1026: What if your company’s data could become a public good and a competitive moat? Beaumont Vance, SVP of Data and AI at Paychex, shares how his team transforms payroll and HR data into real-time economic insight, powering everything from AI copilots to U.S. government response efforts. With 1 in 11 U.S. workers on the platform and 39 million client interactions annually, Paychex treats data as infrastructure.
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    34 m
  • Why CIOs Make Great CEOs: Saul Van Beurden’s Leadership Playbook

    Why CIOs Make Great CEOs: Saul Van Beurden’s Leadership Playbook
    Nov 3 2025
    1025: What does it take to go from CIO to CEO? For Saul Van Beurden, tech leadership was the ideal proving ground. Now CEO of Consumer, Small, and Business Banking at Wells Fargo, Saul shares how his background in IT helped him lead at enterprise scale. In this episode, he speaks with Peter High about the strategic, operational, and cultural mindset shifts that enabled his rise—and why CIOs are uniquely positioned to lead beyond technology.
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    41 m
  • How Norfolk Southern Measures Real Impact from AI and Data

    How Norfolk Southern Measures Real Impact from AI and Data
    Oct 30 2025
    1024: Where is AI actually moving the needle in industrial operations? In this episode, Anil Bhatt, Chief Information and Digital Officer of Norfolk Southern, shares how the $12B freight rail company is turning AI into measurable value — without overhyping its potential. Topics include: A disciplined approach to AI deployment with measurable ROI Norfolk Southern’s “3 As” framework for enterprise data strategy Copilot adoption to augment associate workflows Lessons from customer-centric redesign of freight experiences The role of AI in enabling safety, resilience, and transformation
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    24 m
  • Balancing Innovation and Risk: AI Leadership at T. Rowe Price

    Balancing Innovation and Risk: AI Leadership at T. Rowe Price
    Oct 27 2025
    1023: What does it really take to scale AI responsibly across a global enterprise? In this episode, Ramon Richards, Chief Technology Officer at T. Rowe Price, shares how his team is advancing AI capabilities with discipline and speed—balancing innovation with the need for risk controls, data readiness, and workforce enablement. Ramon unpacks T. Rowe Price’s multi-pronged approach to artificial intelligence, from founding an AI Labs function to piloting autonomous agents, all while modernizing infrastructure and investing in talent development.
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    24 m
  • Barry Eggers on How Lightspeed Uses Learning Investments to Find the Next Big Thing

    Barry Eggers on How Lightspeed Uses Learning Investments to Find the Next Big Thing
    Oct 24 2025
    5: How can venture investors consistently identify the next breakout market? Barry Eggers, Founding Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, reveals the firm’s thesis-driven approach to venture capital of using early “learning investments” to test conviction, then scaling fast into emerging markets before the crowd arrives. In this episode, Barry shares insights from Lightspeed’s foundational bets in enterprise tech, Snap’s billion-dollar rise, and how the firm built multi-company portfolios around early themes like flash storage and analytics.
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    47 m
  • The CIO as Matchmaker: How América Móvil Finds and Scales External Innovation

    The CIO as Matchmaker: How América Móvil Finds and Scales External Innovation
    Oct 23 2025
    1022: What if your innovation team operated more like a venture fund than a lab? In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Andres Vazquez, Chief Digital Intelligence Officer of América Móvil, about how he leads open innovation at scale, evaluating thousands of companies a year to drive customer value, operational efficiency, and revenue.
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    48 m
  • Turning Buildings into Energy Assets: Manish Kumar on AI-Powered Infrastructure

    Turning Buildings into Energy Assets: Manish Kumar on AI-Powered Infrastructure
    Oct 20 2025
    1021: Is your infrastructure ready to flex? In this episode of Technovation, Manish Kumar, EVP of Digital Energy at Schneider Electric, explains how buildings can become interactive energy assets with the help of AI, real-time data, and distributed energy systems. He shares the strategy behind Schneider’s Energy Command Center model, which reduced energy use by 25 GWh across 23 buildings, and outlines how AI can be deployed both locally and enterprise-wide to drive sustainability and efficiency.
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    28 m