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Valeriya Pilkevich
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AI Made Simple: The Transformation Series explores how AI is reshaping how organisations work, lead, and scale. Hosted by international AI trainer and speaker Valeriya Pilkevich, the show features conversations with senior leaders, innovators, and practitioners driving real-world AI transformation. Each episode reveals what it really takes to make AI work — from leadership and culture to data, governance, and everyday workflows.

Episodes

  1. Mila Devenport on AI Literacy, Digital Wellbeing, and the Cognitive Offloading Crisis

    3D AGO

    Mila Devenport on AI Literacy, Digital Wellbeing, and the Cognitive Offloading Crisis

    Your employees can use AI tools, but do they understand their relationship with them? Most companies focus on "button-pressing skills" while ignoring the deeper question: are we building human capacity or accidentally outsourcing it? In this episode, I'm joined by Mila Devenport - AI ethicist, founder of Kigumi Group, and certified AI ethics assessor - who has spent over a decade working with digital natives, schools, and enterprises on digital wellbeing and responsible AI use. We discuss: Why soft skills and human intelligence matter more than ever in the age of AIWhat companies get wrong when recruiting and onboarding AI-native employeesHow to prevent cognitive offloading from turning your workforce into algorithm-dependent thinkersThe AI process journal framework that helps people understand where their thinking stops and AI's beginsConnect with Mila:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mila-devenport/ Kigumi Group: https://www.kigumigroup.com Connect with Valeriya:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeriya-pilkevich YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aimadesimpletalks  Podcast: https://aimadesimple.buzzsprout.com Need help building AI capability in your organization? Book a call.

    24 min
  2. Ashu Bhatia on Value Engineering and AI Strategy That Actually Works

    JAN 30

    Ashu Bhatia on Value Engineering and AI Strategy That Actually Works

    Most companies invest millions in AI tools but fail because they skip the foundation that makes AI work. In this episode, I'm joined by Ashu Bhatia - Global Head of Dexian and Season Technology, AI Transformation Leader with 25+ years at Accenture, Microsoft, American Express, and Siemens, and author of "Value Creation" - who reveals why 60-70% of consulting work still focuses on data foundations, not AI deployment. We discuss:  – Why messy data gets exposed (not fixed) by AI – The three pillars 95% of organizations overlook when building AI readiness  – Three critical leadership behaviors: clarity, simplification, and prioritization – How to escape "pilot purgatory" and move AI projects into production  Connect with Ashu Bhatia:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashubhatia/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TechBytesWithAsh His Book: "Value Creation": https://www.amazon.com/Value-Creation-Information-Technology-Business/dp/1612540368 Connect with Valeriya.  Need help building AI capability in your organization? Book a call.

    32 min
  3. Nufar Gaspar on Building AI Champions and Agent Readiness at Scale

    JAN 23

    Nufar Gaspar on Building AI Champions and Agent Readiness at Scale

    AI adoption is failing in most organizations - not because of the technology, but because culture, governance, and people enablement often gets ignored. In this episode, I'm joined by Nufar Gaspar - enterprise AI consultant, former AI leader at Intel where she built a 12,000-member AI champions community, and head of research at Superintelligent - who reveals the exact playbook for building AI capability at scale and preparing for agentic workflows. In this conversation, we explore: Why AI ROI comes from improved decision-making and new capabilities, not just efficiency gainsThe CHANGE framework for leading AI transformation without stifling innovation or creating chaosHow to structure AI champions and builders across your organization (and why this matters for agent readiness)The governance sweet spot between being too permissive (creating chaos) and too restrictive (stifling innovation)Need help building AI capability in your organization? Book a call.

    31 min
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AI Made Simple: The Transformation Series explores how AI is reshaping how organisations work, lead, and scale. Hosted by international AI trainer and speaker Valeriya Pilkevich, the show features conversations with senior leaders, innovators, and practitioners driving real-world AI transformation. Each episode reveals what it really takes to make AI work — from leadership and culture to data, governance, and everyday workflows.

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    Valeriya Pilkevich
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