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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Loren Thomas, Head of People Strategy and Experience at Trade Me, to explore how one of New Zealand's most iconic tech companies is navigating AI transformation from the inside. Loren shares how she took the initiative to drive AI adoption without formal authority, why foundational training was the real turning point, and how Trade Me's "blast radius" framework is bringing governance to a fast-moving space. Plus: the identity crisis facing skilled workers, reimagining roles for an AI-native workforce, and why the jobpocalypse narrative may be overblown.
\In this episode we discuss:
00:00 – Intro & guest bio02:10 – Trade Me's AI journey from 2025 to now05:30 – Why AI transformation is a people initiative09:15 – Foundational training and the adoption spike14:40 – The blast radius governance framework20:05 – Hackathon design and what worked26:30 – Identity shifts for skilled workers31:20 – Junior talent and the apprenticeship problem36:00 – Measuring ROI and outcomes40:15 – Future of roles and workforce fluidity44:30 – Outro & next stepsLOREN'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loren-thomas-58947a53/
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Nyssa Waters, founder of possibl.ai, to explore how a consulting firm of builders and engineers grew across New Zealand, Australia and beyond into the Gulf, the US and India. You'll hear why Nyssa argues agile is dead, how she forecasts the "black art" of token spend after months north of fifty grand, and why getting your scaffolding right beats building dozens of throwaway agents. Plus a look under the hood of RCRT, her agentic backend platform, the coming Ritual consumer product, and why she believes the next wave of AI innovation is coming from the East.
In this episode we discuss:
• 00:00 – Intro & guest bio
• 02:30 – From consulting to builders and doers
• 06:00 – Strategic AI versus baby steps
• 10:00 – Why Claude Skills wipes out point solutions
• 14:00 – The black art of forecasting token spend
• 18:30 – Agile is dead, intent-driven build wins
• 22:00 – Skilling engineers and the technical analyst gap
• 26:00 – Why the real tsunami comes from the East
• 31:00 – RCRT, Ritual and the seed raise
• 34:30 – Outro & next steps🎧 Subscribe for NZ's AI news: https://theaicorner.co.nz/subscribe
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Join host Mike Bayly and returning guest Justin Flitter, founder and Chief AI Officer of NewZealand.AI, to unpack why most Kiwi businesses are still using AI as a glorified Google search and how to shift from scattered shadow adoption to trusted, scalable systems. You'll hear Justin's view on the literacy and confidence gap, how an engineering firm cut a three-hour reporting task to ninety seconds with a Copilot agent, plus where IT ownership of AI should sit, the case for AI-in-a-box tools, and a preview of his eight-city AI for Business Masterclass roadshow.
In this episode we discuss:
• 00:00 – Intro & guest bio
• 01:00 – AI adoption results across NZ
• 03:30 – ChatGPT as Google replacement
• 06:00 – Literacy versus confidence gap
• 09:00 – Are we asking too much of people
• 12:00 – AI for business in a box
• 14:30 – Roadshow eight-city tour preview
• 17:30 – Featured speakers and case studies
• 20:00 – Where IT ownership should sit
• 23:30 – Engineering firm proof point
• 27:00 – Building momentum through proof points
• 30:00 – Outro & next stepsJUSTIN'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinflitter/
MIKE'S LINKEDIN: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/mikebayly
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Steven Baker, co-founder of Node (formerly Vendor Sage), to explore how he's building an AI-native company that acts as a CIO in your pocket. You'll hear why the CIO role is disappearing in mid-market, how Node's "curiosity loop" diagnoses workflows by connecting to Notion, Slack, CRMs, and HRIS systems, plus Steven's take on why 70% of software implementations fail (and 90% of AI ones), why shadow IT isn't the real problem, and how he's building a transparent, bootstrapped business with customers like Halter, Tracksuit, and Partly.
In this episode we discuss:
• 00:00 – Intro & guest bio
• 01:30 – From Salesforce to Vendor Sage to Node
• 03:00 – What Node actually does
• 06:00 – The curiosity loop and discovery
• 09:00 – Mapping business goals to workflows
• 13:00 – Data privacy and trust concerns
• 18:00 – Avoiding regression to the mean
• 21:00 – Customer base and growth
• 25:00 – Shadow IT, AI sprawl, and source of truth
• 30:00 – Multi-agent architecture under the hood
• 33:00 – Pricing strategy and bootstrapped growth
• 38:00 – Outro & next stepsSTEVEN'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-baker-395855128/
MIKE'S LINKEDIN: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/mikebayly
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Andrew Dentice, Partner at Hudson Gavin Martin, for a grounded look at the legal reality behind AI deployment in New Zealand. Andrew unpacks what AI procurement, governance and IP actually look like day-to-day, why developers building with generative models struggle to give clients a standard IP indemnity, and where agentic tools sit in the risk picture. You'll hear his take on the EU AI Act for NZ exporters, the shift from intelligence work to judgment work inside law firms, and why AI is quietly widening access to legal advice.
• 00:00 – Intro & guest bio
• 01:20 – What Hudson Gavin Martin actually does
• 03:20 – Procuring Copilot vs bespoke AI builds
• 05:30 – Why AI IP risk is different
• 08:00 – Who's liable when AI infringes copyright
• 11:30 – Output risk and agentic oversight
• 12:45 – Indemnity gaps in AI builds
• 15:00 – NZ as a regulation price-taker
• 17:50 – EU AI Act and NZ exporters
• 21:00 – Intelligence work vs judgment work
• 27:30 – Juniors, Harvey and AI-native lawyering
• 31:30 – Future of the entry-level lawyer
• 37:40 – AI widening access to legal advice
• 41:30 – Outro & next stepsANDREW'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-dentice/
MIKE'S LINKEDIN: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/mikebayly
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Dan Browne, creative agency owner in Napier with 16 years in video production, to explore how AI is reshaping the creative industry from the inside. You'll hear why Dan treats AI as a strategic tool rather than a sales pitch, how node-based workflows are collapsing VFX budgets, and where Nano Banana, Seedream and Kling 3 Omni are delivering real creative gains — from bringing pre-earthquake Napier Pā sites back to life for Ngāti Pārau, to helping tell the stories of the last remaining Holocaust survivors in New Zealand.
In this episode we discuss:
• 00:00 – Intro & guest bio
• 02:00 – Twofold AI: senior leadership coaching vs creative production
• 04:30 – The Ben Lick / Netflix shift and creative identity
• 05:00 – The "handcrafted furniture" analogy for human-led creative
• 07:00 – Jevons Paradox and why the pie grows
• 09:00 – AI slop, LinkedIn's authenticity algorithm and pushback
• 10:30 – The Ngāti Pārau project: pre-1931-earthquake Napier
• 14:00 – Cultural consultation, IP and the decision not to show faces
• 17:00 – Inside the Krea node-based workflow
• 18:30 – Landscape extension, colourisation and Kling start/end frames
• 20:00 – Prompting LLMs to write your prompts
• 22:30 – Model selection: Kling over Runway, Veo, Sora and Luma
• 25:30 – Fireflies to reverse brief: the end-to-end agency workflow
• 27:30 – The drone-through-a-logo shot that used to need a VFX budget
• 29:00 – Why AI never leads the pitch — and why margins go up
• 31:30 – The karaka seed and kete scene with the historian
• 36:30 – The Holocaust documentary and the 102-year-old survivor
• 40:30 – Working around Nano Banana and Seedream guardrails
• 43:00 – Advice for creatives: experiment, stay grounded in craft
• 45:00 – Outro & next stepsDAN'S LINKEDIN: linkedin.com/in/dhtbrowne/?skipRedirect=true
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Tom Lintern, Head of AI at New Zealand Post, to explore how a data scientist with experience at homes.co.nz and Trade Me is now driving AI transformation across one of New Zealand's oldest and most complex logistics networks. You'll hear why Tom treats governance as a value accelerator rather than a risk barrier, how being a late AI adopter creates strategic advantage through selectivity, and where parcel image classification and process automation are delivering real operational gains. Plus his view on the evolving data science role, why waiting for perfect data is organisational avoidance, and how agent commerce could reshape the logistics industry.
• 00:00 – Intro & guest bio
• 01:00 – Why Tom chose NZ Post and the complexity of logistics
• 02:30 – Legacy data systems and the modernisation journey
• 03:15 – AI maturity at a state-owned enterprise
• 06:00 – Governance as value-first, not risk-first
• 08:30 – Avoiding pilot purgatory and proof-of-concept traps
• 10:00 – Building AI literacy and managing expectations
• 13:30 – Productivity AI versus engineered process transformation
• 16:00 – ROI beyond email summarisation
• 19:00 – Parcel image classification and foundation-building
• 22:00 – Building an AI centre of excellence
• 26:15 – The changing role of data scientists
• 31:00 – Why waiting for perfect data is avoidance
• 36:30 – What NZ Post looks like in 10 years
• 41:00 – Agent commerce and machine-readable logistics
• 43:00 – Advice for new heads of AI
• 46:15 – Outro & next stepsTOM'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomlintern/
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Fiona Millar, Digital Transformation Manager at Christchurch International Airport, to explore how a 200-person organisation running a campus of 7,000 daily workers is embedding AI across every layer of the business. You'll hear how controlled pilot cohorts led to choosing ChatGPT over Copilot, why a self-taught automation specialist became their biggest Copilot advocate, and the sprint-based model that's delivering use cases team by team. Plus her take on executive AI training mandates, the talent risk of blocking AI tools, and why proving value in high-performing environments is the hardest AI challenge of all.
In this episode we discuss:
• 00:00 – Intro & guest bio
• 00:45 – Christchurch Airport as a small city
• 02:15 – Where the AI journey started
• 03:30 – Avocado AI training cohorts
• 04:45 – ChatGPT vs Copilot pilot results
• 05:15 – Executive team 12-week AI training
• 07:00 – Three layers: productivity, process, strategic
• 08:30 – Copilot Studio and Azure tooling
• 09:00 – Sprint-based AI operating model with Jed
• 11:30 – People & culture use cases first
• 14:00 – Data warehouse chatbot and BI unlock
• 19:15 – Use case prioritisation and governance
• 23:15 – Strategic use cases: LiDAR, CCTV, forecasting
• 28:00 – Change management in the AI era
• 30:00 – Talent risk of blocking AI tools
• 34:00 – CIO Awards and non-traditional tech careers
• 36:00 – Outro & next stepsFIONA'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionamillar/
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Sean Narayan, AI and BI Lead at Bidfood New Zealand, to explore how a background in statistics and data led him to become one of the most hands-on AI builders in New Zealand enterprise. You'll hear how Sean secured exec buy-in at a billion-dollar food business using a concrete roadmap, why he chose to build custom AI over rolling out copilot, and the real-world pilots across sales, procurement, and cash flow that delivered measurable ROI. Plus his framework for build vs buy decisions, governing AI access across 2000 staff, and his honest advice on retooling your career before AI does it for you.
In this episode we discuss:
• 00:00 – Intro & guest bio
• 01:15 – From statistics and Stats NZ to enterprise AI
• 03:30 – Getting exec buy-in at Bidfood
• 07:45 – Early pilots: sales menus, procurement forecasting, cash flow
• 13:00 – Why data insights beat process automation for ROI
• 15:30 – Dealing with legacy systems and siloed data
• 19:30 – Why Sean skipped copilot and built custom instead
• 24:15 – Change management and why humans are the hardest part
• 29:00 – Governing AI access across a large organisation
• 32:15 – Build vs buy: Sean's decision framework
• 35:30 – How to retool your career for the AI era
• 40:45 – Intuition, asking good questions, and Jensen Huang's hiring lens
• 45:45 – NZ vs Asia: what we're not seeing
• 49:30 – Outro & next stepsSEAN'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-narayan-691546140/
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Derrick Edward, co-founder of Harnex AI and AuraScope, to explore his journey from software engineer at Datacom to AI entrepreneur. You'll hear how Derrick and co-founder Misha spotted the GPT-4 moment inside Air New Zealand and decided the pace of change was too fast for enterprise, the cultural challenge of convincing senior engineers that AI makes them more valuable, and why most NZ businesses are invisible in AI-generated search results. Plus, Derrick breaks down how AuraScope approaches AI engine optimisation differently from every other platform, and why agentic development is the unfair advantage nobody's talking about.
In this episode we discuss:
00:00 – Intro & guest bio02:00 – From DevOps engineer to AI founder05:30 – Why enterprise couldn't keep up with AI08:00 – The evolution of AI coding tools11:30 – Convincing engineers AI makes them better18:00 – What is AEO and why does it matter28:00 – Why you can't actually rank in ChatGPT35:00 – How AuraScope's recommendation engine works41:00 – Why small NZ brands are getting disintermediated43:00 – Agency-first go-to-market strategy48:00 – Should you build a startup in the AI era?51:00 – Outro & next stepsDERRICK'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-edward/
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Habib Baluwala, AI Transformation Lead at Fonterra and former GM of AI and Data Foundations at One New Zealand, to explore what 15 years of enterprise AI leadership across telco, government, and dairy really looks like. You'll hear why most organisations get governance wrong, how Habib thinks about mapping processes before introducing AI, what New Zealand businesses can learn from more competitive markets, plus his original Human Delta framework — a new way to measure the direction, judgement, and relational trust that humans still bring to AI-assisted work.
In this episode we discuss:
00:00 – Intro & guest bio00:59 – Career journey: biomedical engineer to AI exec04:16 – Comparing Spark, One NZ, and Fonterra's AI maturity06:44 – Why NZ businesses lack competitive urgency for AI11:11 – How enterprise organisations approach responsible AI13:58 – Advising mid-market businesses on responsible first steps15:52 – Building trust with executives and the C-suite26:13 – Designing governance that feels like a service30:56 – Process mapping before introducing AI workflows35:15 – Shadow AI: real risks and how to manage them42:18 – The cognitive cost of AI-driven scale52:25 – The Human Delta framework explained01:00:30 – Outro & next stepsHABIB'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/habibbaluwala/
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Join host Mike Bayly as he dives into Trade Me Property's launch as New Zealand's first ChatGPT app, and unpacks what this distribution shift means for every business. Mike walks through the live experience, exploring how property listings show up mid-conversation, why content written for humans falls short when AI agents are doing the shopping, and how structured data becomes your competitive moat. Plus, the parallels to the early smartphone app store era, what OpenAI's UX guidance tells us about building these experiences, and why early movers in this space could capture habits that are hard to break.
In this episode we discuss:
00:00 – Intro & the ChatGPT apps shift01:00 – App store parallels to smartphone era02:00 – Distribution moving from websites to chat03:00 – Live demo of Trade Me Property app05:00 – Why listings must be agent-readable07:00 – Context and personalisation as competitive edge09:00 – Agentic commerce in real time11:00 – Can the app invoke itself mid-conversation?14:00 – Data privacy and advertising concerns16:00 – Businesses losing control of the interface19:00 – Design shifts and experience fragmentation20:00 – OpenAI's UX rules and unit of value24:00 – Early mover advantage and low barriers26:00 – Outro & next stepsMIKE'S LINKEDIN:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebayly/
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Toby Cox, founder of Geodde, to explore how he went from leading 70 engineers at Paloma to building an entire B2B product solo using AI coding agents. You'll hear why AI search is creating a powerful new distribution channel for niche players, how Geodde helps businesses rank in ChatGPT and Google AI summaries, and Toby's approach to shipping fast with Ruby on Rails and Claude Code. Plus his take on the difference between vibe coding and agentic engineering, why product market fit hasn't changed, and how founders should stay lean as AI capabilities accelerate.
In this episode we discuss:
00:00 – Intro & guest bio01:15 – What Geodde does and the problem it solves03:00 – GEO vs SEO in plain terms05:15 – How AI search creates new opportunities07:30 – Observability and share of voice challenges08:00 – Why Toby chose GEO as a business09:00 – How the product works end to end12:15 – Why Webflow and B2B SaaS specifically14:45 – Using Geodde to grow Geodde17:00 – Precision marketing in the AI era18:00 – Tech stack and building with Claude Code21:00 – Vibe coding vs agentic engineering23:00 – The future pipeline for developers27:00 – Advice for new founders in the AI age32:45 – Outro & next stepsTOBY'S LINKEDIN:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycox/
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Adam Holt, Co-founder of thecolab.ai & po2order, to explore how Adam's building autonomous AI agent teams that work 24/7, what OpenClaw (formerly ClaudeBot/MoltBot) can actually do, and why prompt injection is the biggest security risk most people ignore.
You'll hear Adam's journey from developer to AI-first entrepreneur, how he contributes to the OpenClaw open-source project, why he grabbed the OpenClaw Academy domain, plus his take on building functional prototypes in minutes, managing AI agent memory systems, and the very real risks of giving agents access to your email and CRM without proper guardrails.
In this episode we discuss:
00:00 – Intro & guest bio01:00 – Journey from developer to AI-first03:15 – What is OpenClaw (ClaudeBot/MoltBot)05:00 – The rebrand to OpenClaw06:30 – Grabbing OpenClaw Academy domain08:15 – How autonomous agents differ from chat10:45 – Building AI agent teams that work 24/715:30 – Prompt injection security risks explained20:00 – Real examples of agent capabilities23:00 – From idea to prototype in minutes27:00 – Email access and CRM integration dangers30:00 – Memory systems and context management35:00 – Live demo: market research to dashboard48:30 – Building a beef/lamb market website live53:15 – Outro & next stepsADAM'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohnholt/
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Join hosts Mike and Erin Bayly for an anniversary episode reflecting on how The AI Corner went from an idea when living in a campervan in South American holiday to New Zealand's most-read AI newsletter.
You'll hear how they grew from zero to 5,800+ subscribers in twelve months, the ACP (Audience-Community-Product) framework that guided their strategy, and why Claude Code became a tipping point for content production. Plus, their plans to take AI on the Couch further in 2026 and help more Kiwis move beyond surface-level AI knowledge.
In this episode we discuss:
00:00 – Intro & guest bio01:00 – Reflecting on one year since launch02:00 – The South American holiday where it began03:00 – Why newsletters became valuable again04:00 – Greg Isenberg's ACP framework explained06:00 – Building audience before building product22:00 – How automation collapsed content effort23:00 – Claude Code as a tipping point24:00 – Erin's role and the newborn phase25:00 – Why AI on the Couch resonates27:00 – Plans for 2026 and beyond27:30 – Outro & next stepsMIKE'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebayly/
ERIN'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-howard/
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Damon Kelly, Founder and CEO of Enlighten Designs, to explore 26 years of building with AI—from cognitive science studies to today's generative revolution. You'll hear how Damon slashed a 290-hour recruitment process to just 10 hours using AI agents, why retrieval augmented generation isn't just bigger memory, and his take on conversational commerce reshaping brand discovery. Plus, his provocative prediction: the next five to ten years will be "a total bloodbath" for businesses that don't adapt, and why New Zealand needs sovereign GPU infrastructure.
In this episode we discuss:
00:00 – Intro & guest bio00:57 – Psychology, cognitive science and early AI03:19 – Founding Enlighten Designs 26 years ago05:07 – RAG, machine learning and voice interfaces08:27 – Why RAG isn't just bigger memory11:16 – When to use AI vs algorithms15:32 – The AI recruitment experiment: 290 to 10 hours21:15 – AI won't kill roles, just headcounts25:27 – The coming AI bloodbath for laggards29:15 – Agents, GEO and the collapse of the funnel36:16 – Conversational interfaces and NLWeb41:50 – Why NZ needs local GPU infrastructure49:35 – Quick-fire: Claude, underhyped AI, and getting started53:25 – Outro & next stepsDAMON'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damonkellyenlighten/
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Ben Reid, technology futurist and founder of Memia, to explore how exponential technology is reshaping New Zealand's future. You'll hear Ben's journey from philosophy student to founding executive director of the AI Forum NZ, his thesis on why Western nations have surrendered sovereignty to hyperscale cloud providers, and his prediction of an imminent AI investment correction. Plus his take on why AI agents are overhyped, how China is playing a three-horse race across software, energy and robotics, and why open source investment is the only path forward for countries outside the US and China.
In this episode we discuss:
00:00 – Intro & guest bio00:28 – Early computing and science fiction influences03:20 – Ray Kurzweil and the singularity thesis08:03 – Is the singularity scary or exciting?14:15 – Technology speciation and homo capitalists18:07 – New Zealand's AI position globally19:59 – The coming AI bubble correction23:17 – Tech feudalism and digital sovereignty29:31 – US versus China AI dynamics35:49 – Why AI agents are overhyped44:51 – Robotics and biotech as the next frontier49:09 – Tool recommendations and getting started55:17 – Outro & next stepsBEN'S LINKEDIN: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/benreid
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Hannah Hardy-Jones, co-founder of Contented and previous founder of mental health app The Kite Program, to explore how she moved from mental health tech into AI, what voice-powered conversation intelligence looks like across wealth management and enterprise, and why solving actual problems beats dabbling with recipes. You'll hear about the 70 coffee challenge that built product-market fit, how Contented creates thirty strategic assets from one conversation, plus Hannah's take on leading with problems not AI, managing bias through purposeful outputs, and why agent hype is overblown.
In this episode we discuss:
00:00 – Intro & guest bio00:30 – Journey into AI02:20 – From ChatGPT to consulting04:11 – Building custom AI tools05:05 – Conversations versus meetings06:29 – The 70 coffee challenge08:19 – How Contented works11:33 – Target markets and positioning13:21 – AI innovation layers15:15 – Data privacy and security16:39 – Managing bias purposefully19:07 – User-led insights not automation19:36 – Leading with problems not AI22:26 – Change management challenges23:26 – OpenAI and UN showcase25:17 – Visual outputs and future roadmapHANNAH'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-hardy-jones-63b3b238/
MIKE'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebayly/
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Dave Howden, CEO and co-founder of Superhuman AI with over two decades in emerging tech, to explore how he moved from cloud migrations to industrial AI applications, what automation looks like across regulated sectors, and why the cost of doing nothing falls hardest on employees. You'll hear Dave's take on knowledge work heading to zero cost, the fiduciary tension between protecting jobs and serving shareholders, plus his views on rare earth supply chains, Google's enterprise dominance, and why business-savvy CTOs will define the next wave of transformation.
In this episode we discuss:
00:00 – Intro & guest bio01:04 – AI as bigger than the internet03:25 – Jobs unfit for human biology06:16 – Fiduciary responsibility tension08:11 – Future of work and purpose11:34 – Anti-AI movements emerging14:24 – Acclimatisation to AI oversight16:22 – Philosophical tension for founders18:37 – Building consent automation example20:04 – Amazon's 30,000 layoffs pattern22:24 – Price disruption threshold26:00 – Incumbents' advantages and disadvantages30:35 – Executive excitement versus paralysis34:01 – Industry versus company solutions38:51 – Rare earth supply chain dynamics45:05 – OpenAI versus Google enterprise play53:15 – Data centre hype assessment56:47 – Stealth mode companies emerging58:05 – Leadership advice for transformation01:00:12 – CTO role evolutionDAVE'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davehowden/
MIKE'S LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebayly/
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Join host Mike Bayly and guest Bindi Norwell, group CEO of ProCare and recent winner of the New Zealand Leadership Award for Innovation, to explore how she's leading New Zealand's largest primary care network through AI-driven transformation. You'll hear how Bindi moved from real estate to healthcare, why she started internal before going external with AI adoption, plus her approach to building innovation culture through empowerment rather than mandates. Discover the Health Accelerator joint venture reaching 2 million patients, how Heidi Health saves 7 minutes per consult, and why Singapore and Denmark are leading the way on AI in healthcare.
In this episode we discuss:
00:00 – Intro & guest bio00:30 – Early AI experiences in real estate02:51 – Transition into healthcare and identifying pain points04:41 – Internal AI adoption and empowerment strategy07:25 – Partnering with experts for transformation workshops09:44 – Change management and bringing detractors along12:38 – Strategic focus versus shiny toy syndrome13:37 – Health Accelerator launch and governance model18:24 – New Zealand as innovative test bed22:12 – Heidi Health implementation and patient trust27:48 – Data strategy for preventative healthcare32:24 – Wearables and open healthcare model34:49 – Cross-sector collaboration for national progressBINDI'S LINKEDIN: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/bindi-norwell
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