AI Transformation Playbook Podcast
AI Transformation Playbook is a podcast for executives, business leaders, and transformation professionals navigating the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence. Hosted by Scott Archibald, former Gartner leader and executive transformation strategist, and Eric Bannavti Suiseka, AI and digital literacy thought leader, each episode explores AI readiness, governance, leadership, workforce transformation, scaling strategies, and real-world lessons. Practical insights, candid conversations, and actionable frameworks help organizations accelerate AI adoption while reducing risk at scale.
Episodes
AI is evolving faster than most organizations can retrain their people. So how do leaders build a workforce—and an organization—that can keep adapting?
In this episode of the AI Transformation Playbook, host Eric Bannavti Suiseka sits down with Asim Kumar, Solution Architect, founder of AVIGNA, and author of UNBLOCKED: The Power of Real Intelligence in the Era of AI, for a wide-ranging conversation about AI readiness, wo...
What are CEOs still getting wrong about AI?
After speaking with more than 1,800 CEOs and business owners about AI adoption, Enterprise Futurist and bestselling author Brett Schklar has seen a pattern: organizations are rushing toward AI while their leadership, workforce, processes, and operating models aren't necessarily ready for it.
In this episode of the AI Transformation Playbook Podcast, Eric Bannavti Suiseka sits down with Bret...
AI Transformation Is a Human Challenge Before It Is a Technology Challenge
Organizations are investing heavily in AI tools, platforms, and automation—but many leaders are discovering that technology alone does not create transformation.
The biggest question is:
Can your organization actually adapt?
In this episode of the AI Transformation Playbook Podcast, Eric Bannavti Suiseka speaks with Carolyn Moore, Consultant, Fractional CH...
Why do so many AI pilots appear successful but fail to create measurable enterprise value?
In this episode of the AI Transformation Playbook Podcast, Eric Bannavti Suiseka speaks with Damon C. Gatison, SVP and Head of North America at SYNTHESIS, about what organizations must do to move AI from experimentation into production.
Damon brings more than 25 years of experience across investment banking, capital markets, wealth management, ...
Artificial intelligence can process more data, accelerate work and automate repetitive tasks.But none of that guarantees meaningful transformation.In this episode of the AI Transformation Playbook Podcast, Eric Bannavti Suiseka speaks with Stephanie Sylvestre, technologist, entrepreneur, social-impact innovator and co-founder of Avatar Buddy, about why successful AI adoption must begin with people, purpose and clearly defined outco...
Artificial Intelligence is advancing faster than most organizations can govern.
In this episode of the AI Transformation Playbook Podcast, Eric Bannavti Suiseka sits down with Latha Karthigaa Murugesan, Head of AI Governance at the Global AI Certification Council (GAICC), to explore why AI governance has become one of the most important executive responsibilities of the AI era.
Rather than viewing governance as bureaucracy, Latha exp...
Artificial Intelligence is becoming more powerful every day.But perhaps the bigger question isn’t what AI will become.It’s what humans must become.In this episode of the AI Transformation Playbook Podcast, Eric Bannavti Suiseka sits down with leadership coach, keynote speaker, executive advisor, and two-time cancer survivor Savio Clemente to explore the human capabilities that become more valuable as AI becomes more int...
Artificial intelligence may not remain a tool forever.
In this episode of the AI Transformation Playbook Podcast, Eric Bannavti Suiseka speaks with Dr. Craig A. Kaplan, an AI pioneer who has spent more than four decades studying intelligent systems, ethics, AI safety, and Superintelligence.Dr. Kaplan explains what Superintelligence really means, why values and system design matter more than most leaders realize, and how Democratic A...
AI transformation is not just about tools. It is about people, judgment, leadership, and the willingness to work differently.
In this episode of AI Transformation Playbook, Eric Bannavti Suiseka speaks with Yosi Kossowsky about why many organizations talk about transformation but struggle to actually transform.
Yosi explains why companies often try to use new technology with old habits, why AI adoption loses momentum, and why leaders...
Why do so many AI initiatives never make it beyond the pilot stage?
In this episode of the AI Transformation Playbook Podcast, Eric Bannavti Suiseka sits down with Brian Beck to explore one of the biggest challenges organizations face today—not implementing AI, but becoming truly AI-ready.
Rather than discussing the latest AI tools, this conversation focuses on what actually determines enterprise success:
- Why do executives b...
Most AI initiatives don’t fail because of the technology—they fail because leaders never earn genuine buy-in.In this episode of the AI Transformation Playbook Podcast, Eric Bannavti Suiseka and Scott Archibald sit down with leadership consultant and author Joe Rockey to explore why organizational culture, trust, and leadership matter far more than the latest AI tools.Joe explains why agreement isn’t the same as co...
What if AI isn't replacing your website—but making it more important than ever?
In this episode of the AI Transformation Playbook Podcast, Eric Bannavti Suiseka sits down with Wes Towers, Founder of Uplift 360, to explore how Artificial Intelligence is fundamentally changing the way customers discover, evaluate, and trust businesses.
As AI-powered search engines, ChatGPT, and intelligent assistants reshape buyer behavior, organ...
AI doesn't build successful companies. People do.
In this episode of AI Transformation Playbook, Eric Bannavti Suiseka sits down with ST Tangirala—Co-Founder & COO of Sobo, entrepreneur, author, growth operator, and host of The Next In Time Podcast—to explore why execution remains the ultimate competitive advantage in the age of Artificial Intelligence.
While AI has made powerful tools accessible to everyone, many org...
Artificial Intelligence isn't replacing leadership—it is raising the standard for leadership.
In Part 2 of our conversation with Amazon Best-Selling author Philip Topham, we move beyond AI hype to explore one of the most important questions facing executives today:
How do you use AI to improve your thinking without surrendering your judgment?
Philip introduces his CRAFT Thinking™ framework—a practical approach that helps l...
When ChatGPT first launched, Philip Topham thought it was little more than an interesting novelty.
Instead of dismissing it, he challenged himself to explore its potential by writing 100 articles with AI.
That experiment evolved into more than 200 published articles, a new leadership framework called CRAFT Thinking™, and ultimately his Amazon Best-Selling book, CRAFT Thinking™: A Playbook for Clear Thinking and Better Decisions with ...
As artificial intelligence becomes more powerful, a critical question emerges:
👉 What happens when AI gives the wrong answer?
Most conversations focus on:
• AI tools
• Automation
• Productivity
• Efficiency
But very few leaders are discussing the skill that may become more valuable than AI itself:
Judgment.
In Episode 4B of AI Transformation Playbook, Scott Archibald and I explore why executive success in the AI era will de...
Most organizations measure AI success through:
✅ Productivity✅ Efficiency✅ Cost Savings✅ Automation
But what if those metrics are hiding deeper organizational risks?
In Episode 4A of AI Transformation Playbook, Scott Archibald and I explore the hidden costs of AI that rarely appear in business cases, executive dashboards, or boardroom discussions.
We discuss:
🔹 AI Dependency and Skill Erosion🔹 Shadow AI and Governance Risks🔹 Why ...
Scaling AI successfully requires much more than technology.In this episode of AI Transformation Playbook, Eric Bannavti Suiseka and Scott Archibald discuss why many organizations struggle to scale AI across business units—even after successful pilots.The conversation explores why operational maturity, governance, process discipline, and leadership alignment are becoming the real differentiators in successful AI transformation...
Artificial intelligence transformation is not just a technology challenge — it is a people challenge.In this episode of AI Transformation Playbook, Eric Bannavti Suiseka and Scott Archibald discuss one of the most overlooked aspects of AI transformation: workforce readiness and the human side of organizational change.Many organizations spend enormous time evaluating AI tools while underestimating:
- employee fear
- resistance t...
Artificial intelligence is moving faster than many organizations are prepared to handle.In this episode of AI Transformation Playbook, Eric Bannavti Suiseka and Scott Archibald explore why so many organizations struggle with AI transformation—not because of the technology itself, but because of gaps in operational readiness, leadership alignment, AI literacy, and organizational maturity.The conversation focuses on the growing...
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