Bernard Marr's Future of Business & Technology Podcast

Most businesses are now using AI. Far fewer are transforming with it. 🤖

In this episode, I sit down with Tanuja Randery, VP and Managing Director of AWS EMEA, to unpack the findings of AWS's latest Unlocking Europe's AI Potential report, one of the most comprehensive studies of AI adoption across European businesses, and explore what the findings mean for business leaders everywhere.

We cover what the data actually s...

🌍🤖 How is Google reimagining Search, Maps, and AI agents for the next era of technology? In this interview, I speak with Nick Fox, Senior Vice President of Knowledge and Information Products at Google, about the future of Google Search, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Google Maps, agentic AI, reasoning models, personal intelligence, digital trust, and how AI is transforming product development at scale.

We explore how Google is ena...

AI is transforming business, work, leadership, education, healthcare, investing, and society. In this conversation, I sit down with Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, Manas AI and Inflection AI, founding team member at PayPal, pioneering investor in companies including OpenAI and Airbnb, author, podcaster, and one of the most influential thinkers in technology and entrepreneurship.

We explore why Reid describes himself as...

How should we really talk to AI, and how can we use tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini without losing our own judgment?

In this episode of the Future Of Business And Technology podcast, I speak with Jamie Bartlett, author of How To Talk To AI, about one of the most important skills of the AI age: communicating well with intelligent machines. 🤖💬

We explore why prompt engineering is only part of the story, and why ...

Autonomous AI and agentic AI are moving from experiments into real enterprise workflows. But are businesses truly ready to let AI systems plan, decide and take action on their behalf?

In this interview, I speak with Shayan Mohanty, Chief Data and AI Officer at Thoughtworks, about the next phase of enterprise AI and what leaders need to do now to prepare.

We explore the shift from AI assistants and copilots to autonomo...

In this interview from Bosch ConnectedWorld 2026, I speak with Dr. Tanja Rueckert, Member of the Board of Management and Chief Digital Officer at Bosch, about how AI is transforming industry and manufacturing.

For many years, Industry 4.0 promised connected machines, better use of data and smarter factories. But according to Tanja, the real tipping point is happening now, as generative AI and agentic AI make it possible for ...

AI is changing how we search, browse, shop, learn and make decisions online. But as AI becomes the new interface to the internet, one big question emerges: will AI break the internet, or make it better? 🌐🤖

In this conversation, I’m joined by Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, CEO of Mozilla, the company behind Firefox and one of the strongest voices for an open, trusted and user-controlled web.

We explore how AI agents coul...

AI agents are becoming one of the biggest topics in enterprise technology, but there is a critical challenge many organizations are still overlooking: context.

In this conversation, I speak with Massimo Merlo from Elastic about why context engineering is becoming essential for the next phase of enterprise AI. We explore why powerful AI models are not enough on their own, why real-time enterprise data matters, and how busines...

🧠 From Fluency To Thinking: Why Reasoning Models Are The Next Leap In AI

For years, AI progress has been measured by how convincingly machines can talk. The next phase is defined by how well they can think. This conversation explores why that shift matters and what it means for science, industry, and high-stakes decision-making. #MBZUAIPartnership #Sponsored

In this episode, I sit down with Jon Carvill, Vice Preside...

AI is changing communications and marketing faster than most organizations can keep up.

In this in-depth conversation, I’m joined by Ephraim Cohen, Global Head of Data and Digital at FleischmanHillard, to explore how leading agencies are actually using AI in real workflows, not as experiments, but as everyday tools that improve strategy, creativity, and decision making. 🤖📊

We cover:
✅ How AI is reshaping ca...

AI is changing filmmaking, because it is shrinking the gap between imagination and a finished frame. 🎥🤖 In this conversation with Samir Mallal and Bouha Kazmi, co-founders of OneDay, we explore how director-led AI workflows are reshaping the creative process, from story development and character choices to building cinematic scenes through rapid iteration.

We talk about why iteration is becoming a creative advantage, how d...

🚀 AI adoption is surging in 2026, but are organizations actually ready to scale it safely and responsibly?

In this interview, I sit down with Nathan Turajski, Senior Director for Product Marketing at Informatica, to explore the key findings from Informatica’s CDO Insights 2026 report and what they reveal about the next phase of enterprise AI. We discuss why trust in AI is rising faster than readiness, what the AI trus...

AI is moving beyond experimentation and into the backbone of the enterprise.

In this interview, I sit down with Pascal Brier, Chief Innovation Officer at Capgemini, to unpack TechnoVision 2026and the five technology trends that will reach an inflection point next year. We discuss how AI is reshaping software development, cloud architectures, and enterprise operations, and what this shift means for business leaders who want m...

What does CES 2026 really tell us about the future of technology, business, and geopolitics? 🌐🤖

In this conversation, I speak with Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association and the driving force behind CES, about the trends shaping the global tech landscape.

We explore how artificial intelligence is moving from experimentation to real productivity, why robotics, healthcare tech, and mobility are becom...

When the CEO of a major freelance platform tells his own employees that AI is coming for their jobs, including his, you know we're at a real inflection point. 🚨

I'm joined by Micha Kaufman, co-founder and CEO of Fiverr, to discuss why he delivered such a blunt warning instead of reassurance, the "steam engine on a carriage" problem we're facing with AI right now, why AI giving everyone superpowers means it gives no one supe...

Why are startups racing ahead with AI while half of enterprises remain stuck in pilot purgatory?

🚀 I’m joined by Sasha Rubel, GenAI Policy Lead for AWS in EMEA, and Alexandru Voica, Head of Public Affairs at Synthesia, to discuss the widening two-tier AI economy, the four critical barriers holding companies back (infrastructure, regulation, funding, and skills), real-world impact stories from Rwanda to Ukraine, the ri...

🤖 The Agentic Enterprise Revolution: Inside Salesforce's AI Strategy

Why do 95% of AI pilots fail to reach production? The answer might surprise you. In this exclusive interview from Dreamforce 2025, I sit down with Adam Evans, Salesforce's Executive Vice President of AI and General Manager for AI, to uncover what it really takes to build a successful agentic enterprise. #Salesforcepartnership #Sponsored

🎯 What You...

💼 Cybersecurity is now a boardroom priority — and CFOs are at the center of it. In this conversation, I talk with Michael Wignall and Soriya Shariff from Microsoft about how finance leaders can navigate today’s AI-powered cyber threats and safeguard business resilience and profitability. #MicrosoftPartnership #Ad

🔹 Why cybersecurity is a core business risk, not just an IT problem
🔹 How CFOs can build strong...

💼 At Dreamforce 2025, I sat down with Hannah Calhoon, VP of AI at Indeed, and learned what real AI transformation looks like at scale. Indeed serves 615 million job seekers across 60 countries, and they're not just experimenting; they're systematically reimagining work with AI. #Salesforcepartnership #Sponsored 

📊 The measurement-first approach: 

Hannah's philosophy is refreshingly practical: "95% of enter...