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What's it like hosting 100+ major AI events?

Ask AI Podcast - March 06, 2024 17:37 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In Episode 53 of the Ask AI podcast, host Melissa meets with David Scharbach, a proud father, community builder, and founder of multiple major AI events, including the Toronto Machine Learning Series, MLOps World, Generative AI Summit, and Impulse AI Latam which has involved planning and coordin...

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E52 What's the role of AI in modern legal systems?

Ask AI Podcast - February 13, 2024 19:55 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode of the Ask AI podcast, host Melissa Kargiannakis explores the intricate relationship between artificial intelligence, law, and technology with Dr. Maura Grossman, a lawyer, researcher, and a faculty member at the University of Waterloo and Osgoode Hall Law School. Their conversa...

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Skills intelligence: building organisations with a skills-first approach

Candid Conversations - February 11, 2024 22:45 - 24 minutes
How might we make our work and our workplaces even more meaningful, impactful and achieve results faster? Reconfiguring our organisations with a skills-first approach may be the answer.    In this episode of Candid Conversations, you'll hear from Artie Gindidis, Deloitte Australia's Workfo...

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E51 How can AI support human-centered healthcare?

Ask AI Podcast - January 24, 2024 21:28 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
At first glance, the use of AI tools and the goal of delivering increasingly person-focused healthcare might seem at odds, and that might be true except for the fact that treating patients has become incredibly complicated. Combine that with a global shortage of healthcare professionals and sudd...

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E50 How should AI be used in our universities?

Ask AI Podcast - January 03, 2024 20:44 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
If an AI model at a university performs an analysis of a large dataset and detects a new pattern, or generates a fresh insight, who should get the credit? The algorithm? The academic? Both? Academic integrity is just one of the many ways in which artificial intelligence is poised to disrupt the...

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E49 What goes on behind-the-scenes at Meta’s Fundamental AI Research hubs?

Ask AI Podcast - December 18, 2023 20:39 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Catch the Ask AI interview with Joelle Pineau, Vice President of AI Research at Meta, to learn about her AI journey, her work leading Meta’s FAIR teams from Montréal, and the importance of repeatability, openness, and diversity in AI research. Special thanks to our series sponsor Cinchy, the en...

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The future of EVs is more than EVs - How electrifying your vehicle will electrify your energy ecosystem

Candid Conversations - December 07, 2023 00:45 - 21 minutes
When we talk about EVs, the conversation is often just about batteries and charging, but what else does it mean for us? In this episode, we look at EVs as more than just EVs, but a way into an electrified energy ecosystem what will fundamentally shift the way we interact with energy and transp...

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The LLM Inflection Point Moment and the Implications for the Specialty Pharmaceutical Industry

Digital Conversations - December 06, 2023 21:43 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Recent advancements in AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) have caught the world’s attention and for good reason. It’s a big deal.  Specialty pharmaceuticals are typically costly, sometimes ranging from $10,000 to over $5 million per patient, per year. The onboarding and approval process that ...

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47: The Autonomous Enterprise: What Is It? And Are We Ready for It?  

Bots and Beyond - November 30, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes
In this episode Bots & Beyond host Wayne Butterfield is joined by Doug Shannon, an intelligent automation leader, to discuss the concept of the autonomous enterprise. They explore the role of automation, AI and IoT in creating a cohesive and user-centric business environment. They also discuss t...

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Killing Puppies and the Art of the Pivot

Candid Conversations - November 02, 2023 01:56 - 23 minutes
What’s one of the worst things in the world you could think of? Killing puppies – but in this case we’re not actually talking puppies.  In the latest episode of Candid Conversations, we get to hear from our Consulting Innovation Team about one of our own innovation stories, and how we applied ...

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Mining Mavericks: Uncommon Market Partnerships Driving the EV Era

Candid Conversations - September 20, 2023 03:30 - 27 minutes
If creativity is connecting things, then how about market partnerships? The transition to a world filled with EVs is well underway but the challenges of accessing and securing the critical minerals for EV batteries at pace requires organisations in the supply chain to adopt new ways of operati...

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46: The Path to Effective Automation Governance

Bots and Beyond - September 18, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes
As automation and AI technologies become more sophisticated, how can enterprises ensure that their automations are set up and managed in a way that is not just efficient, but also safe, reliable and aligned with the organization’s strategic goals? The answer is governance. In this episode of...

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Lessons from a data fluency journey with Transurban | Data Fluency Mini-Series

Candid Conversations - September 06, 2023 20:00 - 18 minutes
When people talk about ‘data fluency’, some of the big questions in the room are “What does good like? How do I improve this capability? And what needs to be true?” Here on Candid Conversations we talk to changemakers about what is happening in their industry right now. In the latest episode o...

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Setting the stage to fail with purpose and learn faster

Candid Conversations - August 22, 2023 05:46 - 27 minutes
Failure is a big word in the innovation space - we talk about reframing it, learning from it and always here the phrase 'fail fast'. But how do you do it tactically and purposefully so that drives outcomes and impact? On this episode of Candid Conversations, we speak to Susanna Kass, Designer an...

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Leading in the Age of Climate: Embracing Ambiguity

Candid Conversations - August 08, 2023 05:56 - 34 minutes
Here on Candid Conversations we talk to changemakers about what is happening in their industry right now. In this episode we talk to Alan Marshall and Katherine Wannan about:   - The need for optionality in strategy development for it to survive implementation   - The necessary role o...

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Deconstructing the myth of innovation immaturity in government and public sector HR with Isabeau Korpel and Carl Diggins

Candid Conversations - July 25, 2023 23:07 - 31 minutes
Here on Candid Conversations we talk to changemakers about what is happening in their industry right now. In this episode we talk to Carl Diggins, Director in Consulting from Deloitte Australia and Isabeau Korpel, Executive Director People and Culture, Department of Transport, Western Australia ...

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Leveraging AI to advance in the era of skills with Pip Dexter, Artie Gindidis and Kelley Steven-Waiss

Candid Conversations - June 22, 2023 23:06 - 24 minutes
Globally, organisations are beginning to shift their attention away from an employee’s ‘job’, focusing instead on the skills their workforce can provide. While many companies are seeing the benefits of this skills-based approach, the rapid shifts in technology (particularly with AI) are acceler...

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Turning the tide by digitising water for customer experience and climate action with Amina Crooks and Sanj Perera

Candid Conversations - June 14, 2023 23:10 - 17 minutes
Here on Candid Conversations we talk to changemakers about what is happening in their industry right now. In this episode we talk to Amina Crooks and Sanj Perera about: - The challenges the water sector faces towards digital transformation  - The shifts in customer expectations and what it m...

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45: Mastering Efficiency: Achieving Process Excellence with RPA

Bots and Beyond - June 09, 2023 04:30 - 27 minutes
  Mastering efficiency is critical for businesses today. Most of us feel like we need to beg, borrow and steal any spare minutes we can to combat never-ending to-do lists and transformational goals. Refining our processes is one of the best ways to make ourselves and our organizations more eff...

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Talk 'Data' to Me | Data Fluency Mini-Series with Lisa Lombardi and Thierry Lotrian

Candid Conversations - May 18, 2023 23:09 - 18 minutes
Here on Candid Conversations we talk to changemakers about what is happening in their industry right now. In this episode we kick-off our Data Fluency Mini-Series where our host Maddy Anderson talks to Lisa Lombardi and Thierry Lotrian about: - Demystifying what Data Fluency actually means -...

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44: What Education Does the Modern Worker Need?

Bots and Beyond - April 21, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes
The way we work is changing, thanks to rapidly advancing technologies and shifting societal needs. In the future, emerging technologies such as robotics, IoT, blockchain, virtual and augmented reality, and AI, are expected to create further disruption to the workplace, bringing about a huge shi...

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43: Powering the Future of Customer Service with Large Language Models.

Bots and Beyond - March 24, 2023 06:00 - 43 minutes
79% of those surveyed by ISG research rated customer experience as "very important" or "extremely important," with a further 17% referring to it as "important." It's also the most protected engagement from cost takeout, according to those surveyed. This is no surprise, but companies believe thei...

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Connecting Through Diversity: How Energy Innovation Can Bring People and Places Together with Carly Irving-Dolan and Alina Dini

Candid Conversations - March 07, 2023 21:48 - 32 minutes
Here on Candid Conversations we talk to changemakers about what is happening in their industry right now. In this episode we talk to Carly Irving-Dolan, NRMA's CEO of Energy & Infrastructure Division and Dr Alina Dini from Deloitte Australia about: The shifts in EVs and the role they play in Au...

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42: RPA: The Past, The Present, The End?    

Bots and Beyond - February 23, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes
In this episode Bots & Beyond host Wayne Butterfield speaks to Nikki North, an Intelligent Automation Product Manager at New Day. Nikki has worked in robotic process automation (RPA) and intelligent automation since 2006 and has witnessed many of the major advances in the industry. Together, th...

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41: Connect Your Automation Tech with Process Orchestration

Bots and Beyond - February 02, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes
Say you’ve automated most of an end-to-end business process using RPA, some AI and just a touch of machine learning. There’s just one sub-process where a human needs to be involved… oh, and the initial input comes from data entered by a natural language processing automation, and you want human ...

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Building Conversational AI for Healthcare: Tips for Delivering High Patient Satisfaction in a Complex, Regulated Environment

Digital Conversations - January 12, 2023 18:51 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The full power of conversational AI is being unleashed on the world through a steady stream of technological advancements, such as ChatGPT. It’s only a matter of time before language becomes the dominant interface between humans and machines. The healthcare industry will become one of the prime ...

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40: Conversational AI: Past, Present & Future

Bots and Beyond - January 06, 2023 05:00 - 26 minutes
This podcast episode description was written partially by artificial intelligence (AI). Some people might find that cool – others might be immediately put off by the concept of using AI as a writing aid. Similarly, you might have some bad memories of an old chat bot experience – either as an ann...

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The Power and Potential of Conversational Analytics for Healthcare

Digital Conversations - December 07, 2022 17:52 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Business intelligence is a cornerstone of every digital transformation, with businesses spending $140B per year in analytics software. As conversational AI and digital engagement technology matures, a new domain of performance insights is emerging with the ability to measure every moment of the ...

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Art of the Possible - Predicting or preparing for an ecosystem-led future with Giselle Hodgson and Peter Evans-Greenwood

Candid Conversations - December 06, 2022 23:19 - 22 minutes
Here on Candid Conversations we talk to changemakers about what is happening in their industry right now. In this episode we talk to Giselle Hodgson and Peter Evans-Greenwood about: The evolution of the ecosystem in the modern firm and how organisations can respond The need to actively partic...

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39: Why You Need to Address Culture to Unlock Automation Success

Bots and Beyond - November 30, 2022 05:00 - 18 minutes
Why should a developer on your automation team try something new? Wouldn’t it be easier to keep her or his head down and just do the job? The answer to this depends on what your company rewards and recognizes – in short, on your company’s culture. In this week’s episode of Bots & Beyond, host ...