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Stay Cognizant is a podcast for business leaders eager to find new ways to innovate as they embark on their digital transformation journey. Hosted by Pamela Axtell, Senior Director of Brand Strategy and Marketing, each episode features conversations with Cognizant leaders, partners, and clients about the most exciting innovations shaping the future of business. From AI and workforce upskilling to customer experience and responsible technology, these discussions offer practical insights you can apply today.   This is the podcast about the people, ideas, and technology that will help you get ahead and stay ahead. If you're looking for actionable ideas to drive meaningful change, you've come to the right place.   Welcome to Stay Cognizant.

Episodes

  1. MAR 24

    Building AI for the Physical World

    AI is transforming enterprises, but when it moves from dashboards into factories, grids, and warehouses, the stakes—and the risks—become very real. In this episode of Stay Cognizant, host Pamela Axtell (Senior Director, Global Brand Strategy and Marketing at Cognizant) sits down with Vijay Narayan (EVP and Business Unit Head, MLEU, Cognizant) to explore how context, human judgment, and system design are essential to scaling AI safely in the physical world. Vijay breaks down why “AI with brakes, not AI limitless” is critical when AI interacts with physical assets, from storm-impacted utilities to complex manufacturing lines. He shares how Cognizant engineers context-rich AI systems, orchestrating multi-agent frameworks and digital twins that allow humans and machines to share responsibility while mitigating risk. From shadow mode testing to cognitive data fabrics, Vijay explains the processes that turn AI pilots into enterprise-scale outcomes. Together, they discuss how leading organizations amplify their unique strengths, level off inefficiencies, and cultivate a culture of continuous learning to thrive in an AI-powered future. The conversation provides a grounded, human-centered perspective on what it takes to deploy AI with trust, predictability, and real-world value. 🔔 Love the podcast? Don’t forget to subscribe and rate us!

    26 min

  2. FEB 16

    De-Fearing the Future: How AI Is Reshaping Enterprise Work Today

    AI is already reshaping enterprise work, but the real challenge isn’t the technology. It’s how organizations help people navigate fear, build relevance, and redesign work in a world where humans and AI agents operate side by side. In this episode of Stay Cognizant, host Pamela Axtell (Senior Director, Global Brand Strategy and Marketing at Cognizant) is joined by Ganesh Ayyar (President, Intuitive Operations and Automation and Industry Solutions Group at Cognizant) to explore what enterprise transformation actually looks like in the AI era. Ganesh breaks down why job cuts are a flawed response to AI disruption and why skilling must be treated as core enterprise infrastructure. He shares how leading organizations are rethinking operating models, governance, and accountability as AI moves from experimentation to scale and why context, not raw intelligence, is what unlocks real enterprise value. From managing human and digital labor together to designing systems where AI augments judgment rather than replaces it, the conversation focuses on what works in practice. Together, they examine how enterprise leaders can move from fear to agency, build adaptable career paths, and create cultures where ambiguity is expected, and navigated, as AI continues to accelerate. The result is a grounded, human-centered view of how enterprises can compete, grow, and stay relevant in an unsettled world. 🔔 Love the podcast? Don’t forget to subscribe and rate us!

    41 min

  3. 12/16/2025

    Scaling Intelligence: Inside the Agentic Enterprise

    Agentic AI is redefining how enterprises create value, collaborate, and compete. In this episode of Stay Cognizant, host Pamela Axtell (Senior Director, Global Brand Strategy and Marketing at Cognizant) is joined by Naveen Sharma (Naveen Sharma, SVP and Global Practice Head, Data and AI at Cognizant) and David Schubmehl (Research Vice President for AI and Automation at IDC) to explore the rise of the agentic economy, a new era where autonomous, interconnected AI agents are transforming how work gets done. Naveen and David unpack what makes this moment different from past waves of automation, how agentic systems are becoming the new “operating system” for business, and what early adopters are learning as they reimagine workflows and labor models. They share real-world examples from multi-week processes reduced to 30 minutes to enterprises scaling AI-driven decision-making across entire ecosystems and discuss how leaders can prepare their organizations for this next phase of digital transformation. Together, they examine the opportunities, challenges, and human implications of an economy powered by agents that can sense, decide, and act, setting the stage for a new era of enterprise intelligence. 🔔 Love the podcast? Don’t forget to subscribe and rate us!

    38 min

  4. 11/18/2025

    Context Engineering: The Hidden Differentiator in Enterprise AI

    AI is shifting from better prompts to smarter foundations and that’s where context engineering comes in. In this episode of Stay Cognizant, host Pamela Axtell is joined by Shanker Udyaver (Vice President and Global Head of Technology Consulting at Cognizant) to explore why context engineering is emerging as the real differentiator in enterprise AI adoption. Shanker explains how context engineering goes beyond prompt engineering to help enterprises embed their unique organizational knowledge into AI systems. He shares why this shift is critical for reducing hallucinations, improving reliability, and extracting real business value from AI investments. They also discuss Cognizant’s approach to scaling context with context fabric, the role of multi-agent AI systems, and the technical and ethical challenges enterprises must overcome to adopt AI responsibly. The conversation makes one thing clear: the enterprises that master context engineering will be the ones that win with AI. 🔔 Love the podcast? Don’t forget to subscribe and rate us!

    31 min

  5. 10/21/2025

    Cognizant’s NeuroSAN Advantage: Driving Business Impact with Open-Source AI

    Open-source AI is redefining how enterprises innovate, scale, and collaborate. In this episode of Stay Cognizant, host, Pamela Axtell, is joined by Babak Hodjat (Chief AI Officer at Cognizant) and Dan Fink (AVP, Software Architect at Cognizant AI Labs) to explore the launch of NeuroSAN, Cognizant’s open-source, multi-agent AI accelerator. Babak and Dan unpack how NeuroSAN enables organizations to build interoperable, scalable AI systems that connect hundreds of agents, balance privacy and security, and empower non-coders to experiment in natural language. They reveal how an internal project that once required a year of human labor was completed in a single day using NeuroSAN—and why open ecosystems like this could become the “Linux” of enterprise AI. Together, they discuss the business case for open-source adoption, the engineering trade-offs of multi-agent systems, and what it will take to build trust and responsible AI practices as companies move from pilots to full-scale deployment. 🔔 Love the podcast? Don’t forget to subscribe and rate us!

    47 min
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Stay Cognizant is a podcast for business leaders eager to find new ways to innovate as they embark on their digital transformation journey. Hosted by Pamela Axtell, Senior Director of Brand Strategy and Marketing, each episode features conversations with Cognizant leaders, partners, and clients about the most exciting innovations shaping the future of business. From AI and workforce upskilling to customer experience and responsible technology, these discussions offer practical insights you can apply today.   This is the podcast about the people, ideas, and technology that will help you get ahead and stay ahead. If you're looking for actionable ideas to drive meaningful change, you've come to the right place.   Welcome to Stay Cognizant.

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  • Creator
    Cognizant Podcasts
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    5
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