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28/06/2023

Wharton Professor Ethan Mollick on the Urgency of Getting in Front of AI

Ethan Mollick teaches innovation and entrepreneurship at The Wharton School and writes the popular AI Substack One Useful Thing. In this episode of WorkLab, Mollick explains why business leaders should be using AI now and what it means for the future of work and education. Mollick is the final guest for season 4 of the WorkLab podcast, in which hosts Elise Hu and Mary Melton have conversations with economists, technologists, and researchers who explore the data and insights into why and how work is changing. WorkLab Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts here.

28/06/2023

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22 min
14/05/2025

Cassie Kozyrkov on How AI Can Be a Leadership Partner

Cassie Kozyrkov created the discipline of decision intelligence, combining the power of AI with data science to enable companies to make better choices. She's now an AI advisor, and she writes the popular Decision Intelligence newsletter. Kozyrkov joined the WorkLab podcast to discuss how leaders can maximize the potential of AI and data, why having too many options is as unhelpful as having too few, and how to avoid falling prey to confirmation bias. WorkLab Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter

14/05/2025

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24 min
18/04/2024

Innovative Culture and AI—Digital Transformation in the City of Kelowna

As the former CIO for the City of Kelowna in Canada, Jazz Pabla led a small team charged with delivering digital services and meeting the developing needs of a growing city. He talks with host Olivia Neal to explore how the team used Generative AI to test new approaches to service delivery, to support developers, and to create a culture of innovation that attracts and keeps talented people. Click here for more information about the City of Kelowna and their conversation. Click here for transcript of this episode. Olivia Neal [host] |  LinkedIn  Jazz Pabla [guest] |  LinkedIn Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise for more information and transcripts of all episodes Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at news.microsoft.com/podcasts/.

18/04/2024

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28 min
07/03/2024

Accessibility Fundamentals—Collaborating for Impact

Rich Corbridge is the Chief Digital and Information Officer for the UK's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the UK's biggest public service department with 100,000 employees, serving 20 million customers. Rich joins host Olivia Neal to discuss how DWP has been embedding approaches to accessibility, including by partnering with Microsoft to build the accessibility skills of their employees, which in turn helps them to support jobseekers with disabilities to better use technology in gaining and retaining employment in an increasingly digital workplace. Click here for transcript of this episode. Olivia Neal [host] | LinkedIn  Rich Corbridge [guest] | LinkedIn Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise for more information and transcripts of all episodes Join the Microsoft Ability Summit to learn more about how the newest tech can bridge the accessibility divide. Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at news.microsoft.com/podcasts.

07/03/2024

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22 min
08/07/2024

Platforms, Literacy and Responsible AI—Data Foundations to Better Serve Canadians

Ima Okonny is the Chief Data Officer at Employment and Social Development Canada. Ima leads work across the department of 40,000 people to better understand and use data to deliver services to Canadians. In this episode she joins host Olivia Neal to discuss foundational data platform approaches, responsible use of AI, and how she's building data literacy right across the organization. Click here for transcript of this episode. Click here for the corresponding blog post for this episode. Olivia Neal [host] |  LinkedIn  Ima Okonny [guest] |  LinkedIn Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise for more information and transcripts of all episodes. Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at news.microsoft.com/podcasts/.

08/07/2024

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26 min
18/07/2024

Building a Learning Culture for the Age of AI, with Joe Whittinghill

Joe Whittinghill is the Chief Learning Officer at Microsoft, where having a growth mindset is at the heart of the organization's culture, and key to its success. He joins host Olivia Neal to share his lessons in building a learning culture across 220,000 employees, based in 115 different countries. Joe shares practical insights as well as perspectives on the neuroscience of learning and the role of AI, to help us keep up to date at a time when pace of change has never been quicker. Click here for transcript of this episode. Click here for the corresponding blog post for this episode. Olivia Neal [host] |  LinkedIn  Joe Whittinghill [guest] |  LinkedIn Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise for more information and transcripts of all episodes. Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at news.microsoft.com/podcasts/.

18/07/2024

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24 min
08/02/2024

Transforming Public Sector Services using Generative AI—Global Case Studies

Robyn Scott, the CEO and Co-founder of Apolitical joins host Olivia Neal as they discuss the findings of a new report on generative AI in the public sector. Using examples from Japan, Canada and Portugal, they explore the potential for generative AI to transform government operations. Robyn shares the lessons other public sector organizations can learn from these leading examples, and the 'balance towards optimism' of public servants. Click here for transcript of this episode. Olivia Neal [host] | LinkedIn  Robyn Scott [guest] | LinkedIn Read the report: Transforming Public Sector Services using Generative AI Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise for more information and transcripts of all episodes Apolitical Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at news.microsoft.com/podcasts/

08/02/2024

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29 min
30/05/2024

Oversight of Government spending using Generative AI

Fabio Correa Xavier is the CIO of the Court of Accounts in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, and he has led his team to be early and enthusiastic adopters of Gen AI. The Court of Accounts oversees government spending of over $100bn, for the State which has a population of 44 million. It is critical that the people of São Paulo can trust how public funds are being used, and the Court of Accounts play a core role in ensuring this happens. In this episode, Fabio talks with host Olivia Neal to explore how using Gen AI has enabled them to actively improve how public funds are overseen and managed. Click here for more information on the Court of Accounts, São Paulo. Click here for transcript of this episode. Olivia Neal [host] |  LinkedIn  Fabio Correa Xavier [guest] |  LinkedIn Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise for more information and transcripts of all episodes. Click here for additional links and information on this episode with Fabio Correa Xavier. Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at news.microsoft.com/podcasts/.

30/05/2024

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21 min
08/01/2025

Conor Grennan on Moving Beyond the "Search Engine Mindset"

Learning how AI can help with a few tasks won't lead us to unlock its true power—for that, we need to fundamentally change how we think about the technology. So says Conor Grennan, Chief AI Architect at the NYU Stern School of Business and founder of the consulting company AI Mindset, who has studied the challenges that employees and organizations face in their AI journeys. He joins us to share insights about how making behavioral changes can help everyone get the most out of AI at work. WorkLab Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter

08/01/2025

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27 min
06/11/2024

Want Real AI Transformation? Focus on Your People and Processes

"The biggest advice I have for CEOs is to ask, what are you trying to solve? What's your strategy? What's your business problem? And then we can think about how AI can support that." That's the message of Delphine Zurkiya, a senior partner at the strategy and management consulting firm McKinsey & Company who works with clients while also leading her division's AI initiatives. In this episode, we discuss AI adoption, reskilling teams for this new era of work, and the value of being completely transparent about when and how you use AI. WorkLab Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter Microsoft Podcasts – Stay connected, informed, and entertained with original podcasts from Microsoft

06/11/2024

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25 min

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