Byte Size

Byte Size

Byte Size is a podcast supported by HP and Intel that cuts through the AI hype to give Australian small business owners practical, no-nonsense guidance on using AI tools that actually work. Season 2 is hosted by Lisa Teh and Dr Matt Agnew, each episode delivers accessible strategies and real-world examples to help SMEs compete smarter without getting overwhelmed by tech jargon.

  1. 1 day ago

    Why Some Businesses Win With AI and Others Get Left Behind with Dr Simon Angus

    Most AI tools cost less than a coffee a week, so why do some businesses get real value and others just get a subscription? Economist Dr Simon Angus joins Lisa and Louis to work through what AI really costs, when it pays off, and where the money gets wasted. About The Guest Dr Simon Angus is a Professor of Economics at Monash Business School and a lead figure in SoDa Labs, combining machine learning, data science and natural language processing with real-world economic questions. He has taught AI and big data to non-technical business audiences for years. What We Cover - AI explained in 60 seconds for a busy business owner - What agentic AI is, and one task you could hand an agent today - The hidden costs beyond the subscription fee - Where the return shows up first: time, cost or sales - What saved time is actually worth, and whether it should change your pricing - The gap opening between businesses using AI well and those waiting Powered by HP and Intel Byte Size is brought to you by HP and Intel, helping small businesses unlock the power of AI through accessible, affordable technology. Learn more at hp.com.au/intel and hp.com.au/smb. Connect With Simon, Louis, Lisa, HP and Intel Dr Simon's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-angus-3a5b5b51/ Monash Business School: https://www.monash.edu/business/home HP Australia: https://www.instagram.com/hpaustralia/?hl=en Intel Australia: https://www.instagram.com/intelanz/?hl=en Louis' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-gleeson-a86144211/ Louis' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louisgson/ Louis' TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@louis.gson Lisa's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisateh/ Lisa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisateh_/?hl=en Lisa's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lisateh?lang=en

    Why Some Businesses Win With AI and Others Get Left Behind with Dr Simon Angus

  2. 20 Oct

    The Treasury Wine Estates Playbook: AI Strategies Any Business Can Use

    Everyone talks about AI saving time. The more interesting question is what happens when people get that time back. Do they simply get through more work, or can they do things that were not possible before? Adele Felsch takes Lisa and Louis inside how one of the world's largest wine companies answered that. About The Guest Adele Felsch leads marketing strategy, creative and consumer insights at Treasury Wine Estates, home to Penfolds, Wolf Blass and 19 Crimes. She sits across brand, data and creative. What We Cover Where AI genuinely adds value inside a large marketing functionThe hardest part of introducing AI across a businessA moment where a team result genuinely surprised herMoving people from curiosity to confidence with new toolsEncouraging experimentation while keeping people responsibleWhere a small business owner should start Powered by HP and Intel Byte Size is brought to you by HP and Intel, helping small businesses unlock the power of AI through accessible, affordable technology. Learn more at hp.com.au/intel and hp.com.au/smb. Connect With Adele, Louis, Lisa, HP and Intel Adele's LinkedIn Treasury Wine Estates HP Australia⁠ ⁠Intel Australia⁠ ⁠Louis' LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Louis' Instagram⁠ ⁠Louis' TikTok⁠ ⁠Lisa's LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Lisa's Instagram⁠ ⁠Lisa's TikTok

    The Treasury Wine Estates Playbook: AI Strategies Any Business Can Use

  3. 13 Oct

    AI, Cybersecurity and Trust: Protecting Your Business in the Age of AI with Mohammed Khan from HP

    AI is making small businesses more productive than ever, and it is giving cybercriminals better tools at the same time. Phishing is harder to spot, scams are more convincing, and every connected device is another way in. HP Security Expert Mohammed Khan joins Lisa and Louis on how to adopt AI without opening yourself up. About the guest Mohammed Khan is a Security Expert at HP specialising in endpoint security, cyber resilience and emerging threats. He works with organisations across Australia to build security into the devices, systems and behaviours people rely on every day. What we cover How AI is changing the cyber threat picture for small businessAI-generated phishing and deepfakes, and how realistic the threat isWhy endpoint security matters beyond antivirusThe risks that come with hybrid work and cross border travelWhether small businesses are really too small to be targetedWhere to invest first on a limited security budget Powered by HP and Intel Byte Size is brought to you by HP and Intel, helping small businesses unlock the power of AI through accessible, affordable technology. Learn more at hp.com.au/intel and hp.com.au/smb. Connect With Mohammed, Louis, Lisa, HP and Intel Mohammed's LinkedIn HP Australia⁠ ⁠Intel Australia⁠ ⁠Louis' LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Louis' Instagram⁠ ⁠Louis' TikTok⁠ ⁠Lisa's LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Lisa's Instagram⁠ ⁠Lisa's TikTok

    AI, Cybersecurity and Trust: Protecting Your Business in the Age of AI with Mohammed Khan from HP

  4. 6 Oct

    How Natural Velocity Co-Founder Noodles Groves Gets AI Out of the Lab and Into Real Businesses

    Plenty of businesses have run an AI pilot. Far fewer have turned one into something they use every day. Noodles Groves built a company around closing that gap, and her Innovation Centre in Docklands is where Melbourne founders go to test AI before they bet on it. About The Guest Noodles Groves is the co-founder of Natural Velocity, a Melbourne based ethical AI company running an AI Innovation Centre and accelerator in The District Docklands. She works with founders testing a first idea through to established businesses trying to get AI past the pilot stage. Access Noodle's AI Adoption Pathway resource here: https://bit.ly/aiadoptpathway What We Cover How Australia compares to the rest of the world on AI adoptionGetting people actually using AI, not just aware of itBalancing experimentation with ethics and governanceThe most common mistake businesses are making with AI right nowWhat separates the businesses that get results from the ones that stallWhere a small business should start testing an AI idea safely Powered by HP and Intel Byte Size is brought to you by HP and Intel, helping small businesses unlock the power of AI through accessible, affordable technology. Learn more at hp.com.au/intel and hp.com.au/smb. Connect With Noodles, Louis, Lisa, HP and Intel Noodles' LinkedIn Natural Velocity HP Australia⁠ ⁠Intel Australia⁠ ⁠Louis' LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Louis' Instagram⁠ ⁠Louis' TikTok⁠ ⁠Lisa's LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Lisa's Instagram⁠ ⁠Lisa's TikTok

    How Natural Velocity Co-Founder Noodles Groves Gets AI Out of the Lab and Into Real Businesses

  5. 29 Sept

    The Legal AI Exposure Most Businesses Don't Know They Have With Emily Sahhar (Cornwalls)

    Most business owners can tell you which AI tools they are using. Far fewer can tell you who is on the hook if one of those tools gets something wrong. Emily Sahhar spends her working life in that gap, and in this episode she closes it. Disclaimer: The views shared by Emily Sahhar in this episode are general in nature and do not constitute legal advice. They don't take into account your business's specific circumstances. If you need advice on how AI affects your legal obligations, speak with a qualified legal professional. About The Guest Emily Sahhar is a Partner at Cornwalls, where she works with business owners and teams to figure out where their real exposure sits once AI tools enter the picture. In her experience the risk is rarely the tool itself, it is the absence of a policy or a plan for when something goes wrong. What We Cover Why every business needs an AI policy and what belongs in itWhat clients actually worry about, and whether it is the right worryA real situation where a business found its exposure the hard wayLetting a team experiment while staying responsible for the outputThe first thing to put in place before your team starts using AIThe one question every owner should be able to answer about their AI use Powered by HP and Intel Byte Size is brought to you by HP and Intel, helping small businesses unlock the power of AI through accessible, affordable technology. Learn more at hp.com.au/intel and hp.com.au/smb. Connect With Emily, Louis, Lisa, HP and Intel Emily's LinkedIn Cornwalls HP Australia⁠ ⁠Intel Australia⁠ ⁠Louis' LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Louis' Instagram⁠ ⁠Louis' TikTok⁠ ⁠Lisa's LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Lisa's Instagram⁠ ⁠Lisa's TikTok

    The Legal AI Exposure Most Businesses Don't Know They Have With Emily Sahhar (Cornwalls)

  6. 22 Sept

    She Was Told It Was Anxiety. Now Dr Ariella Heffernan-Marks's AI Platform Ovum Is Diagnosing What Doctors Missed

    Ariella was a medical student telling doctors about her own migraines and being told it was anxiety. That experience is the reason Ovum AI exists. She built the health platform she needed as a patient, using her training as a doctor, and it now tracks things about women's bodies that traditional medicine has never measured in one place. About The Guest Dr Ariella Heffernan-Marks is a medical doctor turned founder and the person behind Ovum AI, a health platform built for women. She trained at Monash, completed her MD at Macquarie, worked as a doctor at Prince of Wales Hospital, is doing a PhD in FemTech and AI at The George Institute, and has raised $5.7M. What We Cover - What Ovum is and the story behind building it - Building the first women's health-specific longitudinal dataset - What the Ovum Brain does that a general chatbot cannot - Earning trust from people the medical system has already dismissed - What responsible AI looks like day to day inside a product - What to do with years of customer data and no plan for it Powered by HP and Intel Byte Size is brought to you by HP and Intel, helping small businesses unlock the power of AI through accessible, affordable technology. Learn more at hp.com.au/intel and hp.com.au/smb. Connect With Ariella, Louis, Lisa, HP and Intel Dr Ariella's LinkedIn Ovum HP Australia⁠ ⁠Intel Australia⁠ ⁠Louis' LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Louis' Instagram⁠ ⁠Louis' TikTok⁠ ⁠Lisa's LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Lisa's Instagram⁠ ⁠Lisa's TikTok

    She Was Told It Was Anxiety. Now Dr Ariella Heffernan-Marks's AI Platform Ovum Is Diagnosing What Doctors Missed

  7. 15 Sept

    Would You Let AI Book Your Holiday? Luxury Escapes Founder Adam Schwab Thinks You Should

    Booking a holiday used to mean hours of tabs, reviews and second guessing. Luxury Escapes now has an AI trip planner that builds a bookable itinerary from a few preferences, and its site quietly rearranges itself for every one of its millions of members. Adam Schwab joins Lisa and Louis to explain how a deals business became a personalisation business, and what any company with customer data can copy. About The Guest Adam Schwab co-founded Luxury Escapes and built it from a Melbourne startup into a global travel brand with millions of members. Matching the right offer to the right customer is the whole game, which is why the business moved early on AI-driven personalisation. What We Cover - How the AI Trip Planner works, from customer input to bookable itinerary - Keeping the human feeling in a personalised customer experience - Experimenting with AI in a high-trust purchase like travel - When to build on existing AI platforms instead of building your own - What AI at Luxury Escapes has not worked - Where SMEs without big teams should start Powered by HP and Intel Byte Size is brought to you by HP and Intel, helping small businesses unlock the power of AI through accessible, affordable technology. Learn more at hp.com.au/intel and hp.com.au/smb. Connect With Adam, Louis, Lisa, HP and Intel Adam's LinkedIn The Contrarians Podcast Luxury Escapes HP Australia Intel Australia Louis' LinkedIn Louis' Instagram Louis' TikTok Lisa's LinkedIn Lisa's Instagram Lisa's TikTok

    Would You Let AI Book Your Holiday? Luxury Escapes Founder Adam Schwab Thinks You Should

  8. 21 Jan

    From Chaos To Clarity: Your Business AI Action Plan

    Welcome to Byte Size, the AI podcast for small business owners who want practical tech advice without the overwhelming jargon. Powered by HP and Intel.​ What You'll Learn On This Episode​ We've covered the tools, the ethics, the hardware, and the workforce. Now it's time to put it all together into your personalised AI action plan. By the end of this episode, you'll know exactly where your business sits on the AI maturity scale and your specific next steps to get ahead of competitors. This isn't about becoming an AI company. It's about becoming a better business using AI.​ About the Windows 11 SMB Study and HP AI PCs​ Did you know 88% of Aussie SMBs want to use AI, but barriers are holding them back? The HP x Microsoft Windows 11 SMB Study shows what's stopping progress and how to get ahead. Don't fall behind the curve. Download the Windows 11 SMB Study at hp.com.au/SMB.​ Running a small business is like juggling fire. You need tech that doesn't drop the ball. That's where HP AI PCs come in. Powered by Intel Core Ultra processors, they streamline your work, boost productivity, and free up your time. Smarter tools for sharper business. Learn more at hp.com.au/intel.​ This is the final episode of the season. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to listen to Byte Size, and a huge thank you to our partners HP and Intel for making this podcast possible. We hope you walk away feeling inspired to integrate AI into your business and your life. Remember: AI maturity isn't about tool count. It's about strategic impact. The businesses that act now will have significant advantages over those that wait. In 30 days, you should be able to point to specific ways AI has made your business faster, better, or more competitive. Start small, but just start.​ Connect With Matt, Lisa, HP and Intel​ ⁠Matt’s LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Matt’s Instagram⁠ ⁠ Matt’s TikTok⁠ ⁠ Lisa’s LinkedIn⁠ Lisa’s Instagram⁠ ⁠ Lisa’s TikTok⁠ ⁠ HP Australia⁠ ⁠ Intel Australia Instagram⁠

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Byte Size is a podcast supported by HP and Intel that cuts through the AI hype to give Australian small business owners practical, no-nonsense guidance on using AI tools that actually work. Season 2 is hosted by Lisa Teh and Dr Matt Agnew, each episode delivers accessible strategies and real-world examples to help SMEs compete smarter without getting overwhelmed by tech jargon.

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  • Creator
    Byte Size
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    16
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