Clarity at the Top

Thomas Anglero
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Clarity at the Top podcast is for boards, CEOs, and senior executives navigating AI, geopolitical disruption, and the redefinition of leadership itself. Hosted by Thomas Anglero — a Keynote Speaker and Strategic AI Advisor to executive leaders and boards. He has delivered 450+ keynotes on AI leadership and transformation across 30+ countries — for organizations including IBM, WHO, the World Governments Summit, and the European Commission — and advises senior leaders one-on-one through his firm MerkabaPhi AS, Oslo. New episodes weekly.

  1. 3d ago

    How leadership stopped AI pilot projects from succeding

    Many leaders struggle to scale AI pilot projects beyond their initial phase. A key reason is that these pilots are often designed to be small-scale, like a chihuahua that can never grow into a larger breed. This limitation stems from outdated LLMs (older than 2-3 months), which lead to excessive costs and poor output due to rapid AI innovation. Furthermore, the wrong leadership can derail projects. Is the person heading the AI initiative truly visionary, or were they chosen based on title or popularity? Finally, consider the problem statement. Did you clearly define what you needed AI to solve, or was a presented problem statement not truly yours? AI is not just a technology project; it's a fundamental business and cultural transformation. It requires a complete re-evaluation of your entire organization. #AIStrategy #Leadership #DigitalTransformation #BusinessGrowth #InnovationContact Thomas at: Thomas@Anglero.com https://Anglero.com

  2. Aug 4

    Why You Will Soon Own the AI You Run

    Most boards are still funding AI the expensive way, and an inflection point has just arrived. In this episode I set out what changed in the summer of 2026, why open-weight models are closing the gap with the closed frontier models, and what that means for a chief executive rather than for an engineer. When models run inside your own business rather than through someone else's API, three things change at once: the cost of every query, your visibility of what is actually being used, and your position on the regulation that already applies to AI touching decisions about people. I also make an argument that will be unpopular with consultants. AI has not disappointed anyone. Strategy has. Most companies bought AI as a project, ran it as a hobby, and never appointed anyone to own the whole picture. If your deployment has underdelivered against its budget, that is not a failure of the technology and it is not your failure either. You were badly advised. What this episode is for: knowing enough to make the decisions that are coming. Where to allocate funds, what to build inside the business, which vendor relationships to keep, and what to ask your own people before the board asks you. Thomas Anglero is a Strategic AI Advisor and the author of Intro to Artificial Intelligence, with over 450 keynotes delivered across 30 countries. He works with boards and executive teams on AI strategy and governance. To continue the conversation: thomas@anglero.com AI strategy, board governance, open source AI, open weight models, local AI, frontier models, DeepSeek, chief executive, board of directors, EU AI Act, AI governance, AI compliance, enterprise AI, AI cost, inference cost, Chief AI Officer, AI leadership, digital transformation, Nordic business, Thomas Anglero, Clarity at the Top

  3. Jul 28

    The EU AI Act Just Moved. Your 2027 Budget Did Not.

    The EU AI Act changed on 27 July 2026. Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 is now in force, and almost every summary of it used the same word: delay. One part of the AI Act moved and one part did not, and the difference is where the risk now sits. The high-risk obligations covering AI used in recruitment, performance management, credit scoring and education have shifted to December 2027 for Annex III systems and August 2028 for AI embedded in regulated products. The transparency obligations, the rules requiring people to be told when they are dealing with a machine, still arrive on 2 August 2026. The prohibitions that have applied since February 2025 were not touched at all, and they carry the highest penalty tier in the regulation. In this episode of Clarity at the Top I go through what actually changed, why December 2027 is a budget question rather than a compliance date, and why the Norwegian position is the least understood part of the file. The AI Act is not law in Norway yet. It waits on EEA incorporation and the KI-loven has slipped, which some leaders will read as breathing room and should not. The question underneath all of it is not legal. It is whether anyone in your company can say which AI systems are running, which of them touch a decision about a person, and who owns each one by name. Most leadership teams cannot, and it is not carelessness. Nobody was ever given the job. Thomas Anglero is a Strategic AI Advisor and keynote speaker who founded the IBM Watson AI Lab for Cancer at Oslo Cancer Cluster and was Cognizant's Nordic CTO.

  4. Jun 25

    Leadership is Lonely and What to Do About It

    Leadership is very lonely. Everyone expects you to have the answer, to be available, and to work harder than them, but no one's taking care of you. No one's asking you anything about what you need, about your day, about your family, or about your lack of time with your family. How do you change this? How did you get there? The answer lies in prioritising you, just you: no phone, no PC, no internet, just you, the trees, some grass, and the sounds of nature. Time for you to find you.

  5. Jun 25

    Leaders are Reducing Their AI Budget, This is Your Moment to Increase Yours

    Leaders are now announcing that their AI budgets have been blown apart internally, and their colleagues have overspent and seen almost no return on investment. This is your moment to double down and double your expenses on AI.The problems they've had are their weaknesses, and this is your moment to shine. They didn't have: a strategyproper leadershipproper trainingproper motivationThat's not how you deploy any project. You know how to deploy a project. You're the master of it. You're the best there is.You now see that your competitor is not going to invest in the technology that can solve their problems and elevate them. Your competitor is like an ostrich, putting his head in the ground. This is your moment to shine. This is your moment to embrace AI. This is it.

  6. Jun 24

    Setting Expectations as a Leader to Drive Results and Culture

    Are you the role model for the expectations that you put on your people, or are the KPIs their role model? Are people working for KPIs, or are they working for the betterment of the company, or are they working just to look good in your eyes? You as a leader define what their end goal is, not their KPIs. Ask yourself a question. Really, what do they work for, or do they work for the weekends and work for vacations? Then they definitely don't work for you, and they definitely don't work for your client. It's time for you to become that role model. Otherwise, they're working just for a paycheck, and definitely not for you.

  7. Jun 9

    Your Best People Are Using AI and Not Telling You | Clarity at the Top

    Your top performers are quietly accomplishing twice as much as the rest of your team. They are not working longer hours. They are using AI, and they are not sharing how. While the productivity spike looks like a win, it masks a deeper problem: the growing gap between how your organisation operates and how you believe it operates. In this episode, Thomas Anglero explores the leadership challenge hiding beneath AI adoption. Whether you are managing a team of quiet AI users or you are the executive outperforming your leadership peers, the root cause is the same. Something about the culture is not working, and the answer starts with you. If your best people do not see a culture worth staying for, they will take their capabilities elsewhere.

  8. Jun 2

    Is Your Traditional Partner Failing You in the Age of AI?

    Are your traditional enterprise partners failing you in the age of AI? In this episode of Clarity at the Top, we dive directly into the friction between legacy corporate structures and modern AI execution. Many senior executives, enterprise sales leaders, and board members are secretly frustrated that the traditional strategies, PowerPoint frameworks, and elite consulting firms they have relied on for decades are suddenly failing to generate revenue. We expose why traditional tech consultancies keep asking for "more time and more billable hours" instead of delivering rapid AI ROI, and we tackle the hidden discomfort executives face when navigating real digital transformation. Learn what it truly means to shift from basic software usage to becoming an "AI-native" leader—leveraging cognitive, agentic workflows that push insights directly to your decision-making layer before you even have to ask. If you are trapped in back-to-back meetings and ready to reframe how you coach your sales teams and govern your organization, this episode is a mandatory reality check. Listen in to discover why legacy plays won't work on an AI-driven field, and how to step into the future of executive leadership. Interested in accelerating your organization's AI adoption? Let's take this discussion one-on-one. Contact me directly at: https://anglero.com Business Strategy, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Management, Executive Leadership, Corporate Training, Sales Performance

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Clarity at the Top podcast is for boards, CEOs, and senior executives navigating AI, geopolitical disruption, and the redefinition of leadership itself. Hosted by Thomas Anglero — a Keynote Speaker and Strategic AI Advisor to executive leaders and boards. He has delivered 450+ keynotes on AI leadership and transformation across 30+ countries — for organizations including IBM, WHO, the World Governments Summit, and the European Commission — and advises senior leaders one-on-one through his firm MerkabaPhi AS, Oslo. New episodes weekly.

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  • Creator
    Thomas Anglero
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Thomas Anglero
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    Clarity at the Top