Me, Myself, and AI: A Podcast on Artificial Intelligence in Business

Why do only 10% of companies succeed with AI? For four years, BCG and MIT SMR have studied corporate adoption of artificial intelligence. The most recent research has found that 90% of organizations do not realize significant financial benefit from the technology. So, what are the other 10% doing right? Each episode of Me, Myself, and AI features a discussion with a leading practitioner helping his or her organization gain measurable value from AI.

Whether they work at a born-digital organization or (more often) a legacy company, our guests all have actionable insights to share. The series covers strategy, deployment, human-and-machine collaboration, and scaling. We also explore what first interested these leaders in AI, how they got to where they are today, and what keeps them excited about their field.

A One-Stop Data Shop: The Lego Group’s Anders Butzbach Christensen

The Lego Group’s digital transformation includes the goal of becoming a product-, architecture-, and engineering-led company. In this episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Anders Butzbach Christensen, Lego’s head of data engineering, explains how his product teams are deploying advanced approaches to data use and management, such as making synthetic data sets freely available organization-wide, to help the toymaker better serve consumers, shareholders, partners, and its employees.

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Season Six

Out of the Lab and Into a Product: Microsoft’s Eric Boyd

Eric Boyd, Microsoft’s corporate vice president, AI platform, joins this episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast to discuss the company’s Azure products and services and what recent technological advances like the ChatGPT chatbot from Microsoft partner OpenAI mean for the democratization of artificial intelligence tools and technologies.

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Helping Doctors Make Better Decisions with Data: UC Berkeley’s Ziad Obermeyer

Dr. Ziad Obermeyer, an entrepreneur and assistant professor at UC Berkeley, conducts research on the use of predictive analytics in health care. He discusses the risks and rewards of making health care data available to physicians to aid their decision making, the importance of data for medical breakthroughs, and more.

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A Third Path to Talent Development: Delta’s Michelle McCrackin

Delta Air Lines has begun upskilling front-line workers though its Analytics Academy program, which teaches students about analytics, coding, and machine learning and then places them in internships that can lead to new full-time roles with the company. In this episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Michelle McCrackin, Delta’s senior manager of analytics, learning, and development, discusses how the program is helping the company retain employees while closing the analytics talent gap.

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Season Five

Digital First, Physical Second

Wayfair’s CTO joins the podcast to discuss how the e-commerce retailer uses AI and machine learning to help customers narrow down their purchasing selections.

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Investing in the Last Mile

Senior director of data science at PayPal, Khatereh Khodavirdi, joins this episode to discuss PayPal’s AI strategy, the challenges of integrating data platforms, and her approach to creating effective teams.

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Keeping Humans in the (Feedback) Loop

Orangetheory's chief data and AI officer, Ameen Kazerouni, joins the podcast to explain how his company leverages member data and in-studio coaches to make an impact.

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The Three Roles of the Chief Data Officer

As ADP’s chief data officer, Jack Berkowitz has three primary responsibilities: data strategy, building data products, and overseeing the use of AI. In this episode, he discusses how ADP uses AI and their AI ethics board.

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From Data to Wisdom

Tonia Sideri, who leads Novo Nordisk’s AI and Analytics Center of Excellence, shares how her team partners with other business units to rapidly test new ideas before committing to technology projects.

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Big Data in Agriculture

How can descriptive analytics and AI help farmers improve crop production? Teddy Bekele, SVP and CTO of the agricultural cooperative Land O’Lakes, shares his experience.

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Inventing the Beauty of the Future

Stéphane Lannuzel, director of the Beauty Tech program at L’Oréal, discusses how artificial intelligence technology enables innovation in the cosmetics industry.

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Precision Medicine in Pharma

Frank Nestle, CSO and global head of research, explains how Sanofi uses AI to discover and develop targeted therapies.

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Season Four

The Beauty of AI

Sowmya Gottipati describes how Estée Lauder uses AI to offer better product recommendations to customers.

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AI in Aerospace

As Boeing China’s regional director of airspace and airport programs, Helen Lee is striving for innovative ways to improve operational efficiency on the ground and in the skies.

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Transforming Transactions With Technology

Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov, eBay's chief artificial intelligence officer, explains how the e-commerce platform uses AI to help both buyers and sellers.

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The Collaboration Muscle

LinkedIn’s Ya Xu discusses leading the site’s team of data scientists—and how they deliver value to consumers.

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Turning Sound Into Information

Warner Music Group’s Kobi Abayomi shares how AI helps customers discover new music, and his approach to hiring data scientists.

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From Journalism to Jeans

Katia Walsh, senior vice president and chief global strategy and AI officer of Levi Straus & Co., explains how the clothing company’s machine learning boot camp is expanding employee skills and driving innovation.

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AI in Your Living Room

Sanjay Nichani, vice president of artificial intelligence and computer vision at Peloton Interactive, describes one compelling use case in the at-home fitness space.

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Extreme Innovation With AI

Mark Maybury, chief technology officer at Stanley Black & Decker, shares what it’s like being the champion of extreme innovation across the company and the importance of managing risk and rooting out bias in AI systems.

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Season Three

Choreographing Human-Machine Collaboration

Spotify's global head of intelligent automation explains how technology helps employees make use of vast amounts of customer data, and how AI frees up workers to focus on more value-added, creative tasks.

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Imagining Furniture (and the Future) with AI

Discover how Ikea's digital transformation is a natural extension of its collaborative culture.

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Transforming a Technology Organization for the Future

Learn why AI was essential to Starbucks's digital transformation on the Me, Myself, and AI podcast.

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AI in the Supply Chain

This transportation and logistics company relies on AI to deliver COVID-19 vaccines safely and efficiently.

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Technology as a Force for Good

Salesforce’s Paula Goldman discusses how the tech company produces value-creating solutions with ethics in mind.

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Predicting Volatility and Risk: Nasdaq’s Doug Hamilton

Douglas Hamilton, an associate vice president and the head of AI research at Nasdaq, describes how his team predicts market performance and mitigates risk by using AI.

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Developing an Appetite for AI

Sarah Karthigan, an AI operations manager with ExxonMobil, explains how her team communicates the value of artificial intelligence to executives in order to obtain buy-in for a variety of technology initiatives.

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Democratizing Data in Hollywood

Kartik Hosanagar is the founder of Jumpcut, a venture-funded startup that aims to uncover new voices in TV and film. In this episode, he discusses how Jumpcut uses artificial intelligence to discover diverse talent that might otherwise be overlooked.

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Season Two

AI and the COVID-19 Vaccine

In this episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Moderna’s chief data and artificial intelligence officer Dave Johnson explains how AI helped the pharma company develop a COVID-19 vaccine in record time.

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Starting Now On Technology Ethics

Elizabeth Renieris, founding director of the Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab, discusses the risks of bias in AI and the importance of developing the right incentives and regulations for companies using the technology.

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No Need for AI Unicorns

Colin Lenaghan of PepsiCo talks dealing with cultural change, the types of AI skills and competencies organizations should cultivate, and the digital transformation projects that keep him learning every day.

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DIY With AI

Huiming Qu, senior director of data science at The Home Depot, discusses the reward mechanisms that motivate development teams, the importance of iteration to solve large problems, and how machine learning and artificial intelligence help customers execute their home improvement projects.

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Prototypes, Pilots, and Polymers

Chris Couch, senior vice president and CTO at Cooper Standard, describes the company’s open innovation initiatives and commitment to employee engagement as it deploys and scales its AI solutions.

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Designing for a Better Future

JoAnn Stonier, chief data officer at Mastercard, discusses how design thinking enables better AI implementation.

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Learning, Engagement, and Empowerment

Amit Shah, president of 1-800-Flowers, describes the platform business’ approach to problem-solving with technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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Games, Teams, and Moonshots

Will Grannis of Google Cloud describes how he brings cross-functional teams together with customers to drive innovation in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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Less Algorithm, More Application

Craig Martell, vice president of machine learning at Lyft, kicksoff season two with a discussion about bias, education, and the importance of cross-functional awareness throughout technology initiatives.

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Season One

Tech and Ethics

“Companies want to go in doing the right thing”: Kay Firth-Butterfield, head of AI and machine learning at the World Economic Forum, discusses the balance of power and ethics in technology.

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Fashion Forecasting

“It’s a combination of the human and machine, the gut feeling and the data”: Arti Zeighami, H&M’s chief data and analytics officer, talks about implementing AI at a global retailer.

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Better Together

In this week’s episode, Mattias Ulbrich, CIO of Porsche and CEO of Porsche Digital, talks about how AI can drive change in business, engineering, and society.

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The First Day Is the Worst Day

Gina Chung, vice president of innovation at DHL, explains how AI enhances front-line operations, and the importance of human collaboration and buy-in on AI implementations.

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Advancing Health Care With AI

Slawek Kierner, senior vice president digital health and analytics at Humana, talks about using data simulations to predict real outcomes.

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This Crazy Wave We’re Riding

In this episode, Prakhar Mehrotra of Walmart shares the ups and downs of leading AI teams and workstreams for the $500 billion retailer.

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