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Play: Transform Better is for executives, board members, and transformation professionals leading with clarity in times of uncertainty. Gain insights on digital transformation, AI adoption, and change management to turn bold visions into real, lasting impact. Each episode delivers actionable strategies to align teams around the right priorities and shared goals.

  1. Need AI Talent? Ask This One Question

    12/29/2025

    Need AI Talent? Ask This One Question

    We tackle one of the biggest constraints holding back AI and digital transformation: capacity. While most organizations focus on hiring and external talent, the fastest path forward is often already inside the company. This episode explores how a single, well designed question can uncover self taught AI and digital talent hidden across the enterprise and unlock transformation capacity in weeks, not quarters. In this episode, you will learn:• Why AI transformation stalls even when ideas and budgets are available• How one question reveals the 3 to 7 percent of employees driving real capability• What makes self taught, high agency talent different from traditional L&D participants• How executives can redeploy internal talent without creating shadow IT risks• The leadership commitments required to turn internal skills into measurable ROI• A real case where internal AI champions delivered margin improvement and cost reduction within weeks If you are a CEO, CIO, CHRO, board member, or transformation leader, this episode offers a practical executive playbook to unlock hidden AI capacity and accelerate transformation using the talent you already have on the payroll.

    14 min
  2. Rebuilding While Flying: Modernizing at Full Speed

    12/09/2025

    Rebuilding While Flying: Modernizing at Full Speed

    In this episode, we examine one of the toughest leadership challenges today: modernizing core operating processes while the business is flying at full speed. Legacy systems were designed for control and predictability, yet in today’s volatile environment they create drag, block innovation, and disconnect teams from the customer. Leaders must effectively rebuild the engine mid-flight because landing the plane is not an option, and failing to act puts long-term competitiveness at risk.  This episode covers:  • Why legacy processes create inflexibility, customer friction, and operational bottlenecks  • What composable, modular, and data driven operating models enable in speed and resilience  • Real-world cases from Amazon, Domino’s, and ING proving mid-flight transformation is achievable  • How to start with small pilots, scale rapidly, and build cross-functional ownership  • Practical ways to overcome resistance and embed continuous improvement  If you are a CEO, COO, transformation leader, or board member, this conversation clarifies how to rebuild your operating model for speed, adaptability, and customer impact while the business keeps moving.

    14 min
  3. AI Became Autonomous, Distributed, and Harder to Govern

    12/01/2025

    AI Became Autonomous, Distributed, and Harder to Govern

    November 2025 was the month AI became autonomous, distributed, and harder to govern.This episode breaks down how eight major developments reshaped the AI operating model and what they signal for enterprise leadership. In this episode:• The global compute crunch and why it is forcing a shift toward hybrid and on-device AI• Apple’s on-device generative models and the new privacy-first architecture emerging around them• OpenAI’s expanded memory and early autonomous modes• New research showing AI is accelerating work while fragmenting cross-team coordination• The rise of synthetic employees inside customer operations• Escalating AI-powered credential attacks and expanding enterprise attack surfaces• Regulatory acceleration after a landmark UK ruling on training data• Anthropic’s extended reasoning and tool-use capabilities reshaping decision support If you’re a CEO, CIO, CISO, or board member, this episode clarifies how fast AI capabilities are shifting — and why your governance, architecture, and workforce decisions in 2026 will determine the value and risk balance of everything that comes next.

    13 min
  4. Why Saying No to Doing Everything Accelerates Transformation

    11/14/2025

    Why Saying No to Doing Everything Accelerates Transformation

    In this Executives Shift episode, we examine why large organizations often slow down when they try to speed up. A global consumer goods company was running more than 40 digital initiatives, yet results were scattered, teams were exhausted, and leaders could not answer the CFO’s simple question: where is the ROI? This episode covers:• How overload and fragmentation quietly stall digital transformation• What a structured maturity assessment revealed about alignment and change capability• Why saying no to 14 projects freed 2.3 million dollars and 22,000 FTE hours• The five cross functional priorities that delivered 4.5 million dollars of value in nine months• How disciplined prioritization increases trust, accelerates ROI, and strengthens leadership alignment If you are a CEO, CFO, COO, CDO, or transformation leader, this conversation will help you confront overload, make sharper strategic choices, and accelerate measurable progress across your organization.

    13 min
  5. Making Transformation Work Through Internal Communication

    11/11/2025

    Making Transformation Work Through Internal Communication

    Strategy sets the direction, but communication keeps it alive. This episode explores how leaders use internal communication to sustain trust, alignment, and momentum through transformation.   This discussion covers:  • Why transformation fails without clarity and trust  • How the 4A and 3H frameworks build alignment and momentum  • The role of leadership visibility and empathy in communication  • Practical tactics to create message consistency and cultural trust  • How to measure communication success during transformation  If you’re a CEO, CHRO, or transformation leader, this episode will show how communication turns strategy into shared belief — and shared belief into lasting change.

    17 min
  6. Agentic AI Went Enterprise

    10/31/2025

    Agentic AI Went Enterprise

    October 2025 was the moment AI stepped into the boardroom.This episode unpacks how agentic AI — autonomous, workflow-driven enterprise AI — is transforming leadership, governance, and accountability. In this episode:• OpenAI’s pivot from consumers to enterprise workflows• Google’s Gemini Enterprise and the rise of AI agents inside companies• Why fashion and luxury brands are appointing Chief AI Officers• How cybersecurity is becoming an agentic defense model• Why boards are now formally disclosing AI risk in their filings If you’re a CEO, CIO, or board member, this episode reveals how fast autonomy is moving from labs to leadership — and why the future of business depends on how you balance control, speed, and accountability.

    14 min
  7. Rethinking Leadership Through the Japanese Lens

    10/27/2025

    Rethinking Leadership Through the Japanese Lens

    In this Executive Shift episode of Play: Transform Better, we explore what Japan’s philosophies of Shinto and Kaizen can teach today’s leaders about sustainable success.While Shinto brings harmony and respect, Kaizen turns those values into daily action through continuous improvement.This episode covers:• Why respect is the foundation of quality and trust• How harmony enables progress without chaos• Real-world practices like Jidoka, Ringi, and Nemawashi that blend people and process• The 3H approach — Head, Heart, Hands — for applying these principles in any organisationIf you’re an executive seeking new ways to solve leadership challenges, this episode offers a calm yet powerful shift in perspective — one respectful step at a time.

    14 min
  8. The Transformation Paradox: Measuring What Really Drives ROI

    10/10/2025

    The Transformation Paradox: Measuring What Really Drives ROI

    In this Boardroom Transformation Talks episode, we confront a critical question for every enterprise: how do you prove the real value of transformation? Budgets keep rising, initiatives keep multiplying, yet ROI remains unclear. Most companies measure activity instead of impact — and that’s the paradox slowing progress across industries. This episode covers:• Why transformation often fails to connect with measurable business outcomes• How maturity measurement reveals the link between capability and performance• Real-world cases where structured measurement led to 30% revenue growth and 9% churn reduction• How to build an executive dashboard that ties transformation KPIs to financial results• The single question every board should ask before approving the next transformation budget If you’re a CEO, CFO, CIO, or transformation leader, this conversation will help you connect the dots between maturity, measurement, and measurable value — and turn transformation into a true engine of ROI.

    15 min
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Play: Transform Better is for executives, board members, and transformation professionals leading with clarity in times of uncertainty. Gain insights on digital transformation, AI adoption, and change management to turn bold visions into real, lasting impact. Each episode delivers actionable strategies to align teams around the right priorities and shared goals.

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