Lenovo Work Reborn Podcast
🎙️ Lenovo Work Reborn Podcast explores how organizations are transforming the modern workplace through AI, hyper-personalization, and employee-centric innovation. Recorded live at industry events, each episode features real conversations with IT leaders, HR experts, and innovators reacting to compelling data from Lenovo's Work Reborn research. Listen in as we draw cards, share fun facts, and unpack what it really takes to build smarter, more human work experiences. To download your copy of the Work Reborn report, visit: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/digital-workplace/work-reborn/
Episodes
201 episodes
AI Governance Works When Risk Teams Join the Build | Scott Beasley, NFU Mutual
AI governance works best when risk teams join the build instead of reacting after deployment. Scott Beasley explains how NFU Mutual created tailored governance frameworks, safer experimentation environments, and more practical cont...
AI Adoption Fails Without Real Use Cases | Johan SkĂĄnberg, Camfil
Johan SkĂĄnberg believes organizations should prove AI value before pushing deployment at scale. From Copilot rollout and manufacturing workflows to R&D data models, super-user enablement, and governance controls, Johan explains...
AI Fitness Will Define the Future Workforce | Ole BĂĽlow, Egiss
AI fitness, not one-time training, may become the defining factor between organizations that sustain AI adoption and those that stall after rollout. Ole BĂĽlow explains why leadership alignment, continuous enablement, workforce amba...
AI Adoption Accelerates When Employees Feel Safe to Experiment | Sushant Suman, Expedia Group
AI adoption accelerated once employees stopped watching and started building. Sushant Suman explains how Expedia teams used Claude as a collaborative soundboard, reduced planning time, and turned ideas into working prototypes durin...
AI Adoption Requires a Culture Shift | Nicholas Williamson, Klöckner Pentaplast
AI implementation isn’t just a technology challenge it’s a cultural and organizational one. Nicholas Williamson explains why training, communication, experimentation, and risk tolerance are becoming critical to enterprise AI succes...
AI Adoption Depends on Change Management | Keith Howell, Ricoh
AI only creates value when people know how to use it. Keith Howell breaks down why organizations need more than tools to succeed with AI; they need change management, clear policies, cross-functional ownership, and a human-centered...
You Can’t Say No to AI Anymore | Tal Klein, Lakeside Software
You can’t stop employees from searching for productivity, and that’s reshaping enterprise AI adoption. Tal Klein explores why shadow AI is accelerating across organizations, why saying “no” to AI is no longer realistic, and how lea...
The AI Marathon Requires Workforce Enablement at Scale | Daniel Langton, Microsoft
Enterprise AI is not a sprint; it requires preparation, trust, and sustained enablement. Daniel Langton shares how organizations can move from experimentation to scalable deployment by building AI champions, enabling managers, crea...
AI Governance Is a Business Survival Issue | Paul Birkett, Ricoh
AI adoption without governance can quickly become a business risk. Paul Birkett explains how organizations can move beyond fragmented AI experimentation by building cross-functional AI leadership, creating practical guardrails, and...
AI Experimentation Is Over | David Rabin, Lenovo
If your organization is still “experimenting” with AI, you may already be falling behind. David Rabin breaks down why enterprise AI success now depends on execution, workflow integration, and organizational alignment, not just aspi...
AI Adoption Starts With Fixing Everyday Workflow Friction | Christian Lambert, Vivint
AI doesn’t create value at the strategy level; it shows up in the small workflow fixes.In this conversation, Christian Lambert (Vivint) shares why real AI value starts with solving small workflow problems, and why training, trust, and f...
AI ROI Needs a Vision | Thilo Bayerlander, Lenovo
AI is moving fast, but ROI is not always keeping up. Thilo Bayerlander unpacks what enterprise leaders are facing as AI moves from hype to implementation, from unclear Copilot returns and trust gaps to proactive IT, governance, and...
The Biggest AI Risk Is Not Confronting It | Wayne, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Agentic AI is changing software development in a way that feels different from past waves of technology hype. Wayne explains why AI can make skilled developers dramatically more productive, but also why it can amplify weak practice...
Scaled, Governed AI Wins the Enterprise Race | Rakshit Ghura, Lenovo
Pilots are easy, but enterprise AI value is not. Rakshit Ghura explains why organizations need scaled, governed, business outcome-oriented AI, with IT acting as the emerging coach that creates the platform, connects departments to ...
AI Transformation Requires the Right Partner, Not Just the Right Tools | Tiago Da Costa Silva, Lenovo
AI isn’t failing because of the tools; it’s failing because organizations haven’t aligned it to real business outcomes.In this conversation, Tiago Da Costa Silva (Lenovo) explains how organizations can align AI with business outcomes, s...
AI Doesn’t Work Effectively Without Integration | Josh LeBlanc-Shulman, Salt River Project
The real shift in AI isn’t happening at the organizational level; it’s happening with individuals.In this conversation, Josh LeBlanc-Shulman explains why common AI usage stats can be misleading, and what real adoption should actually lo...
AI Can Do Far More Than You're Asking It To | Jaymes Davis, Kasm Technologies
We’re not just adopting AI tools, we’re shifting to a new computing model.In this conversation, Jaymes Davis explains why generative computing is changing how work gets done, why AI must be applied role by role, and why over-trusting it...
The Future of IT Is Enabling AI Across the Organization | Gavin Campbell, Amazon
AI adoption is already happening at scale, but enablement, integration, and training are struggling to keep up.In this conversation, Gavin Campbell from Amazon shares how IT must evolve into an enablement platform, empowering teams to b...
AI Success Depends on Mindset and Motivation & Not Just Tools | Abhilash Shashidhara, Pure Storage
AI adoption isn’t just a technology shift; it’s a cultural one.In this conversation, Abhilash Shashidhara from Pure Storage explains why mindset, enablement, and individual motivation are critical to unlocking AI’s full value across the...
AI Tools Are Only as Good as Their Implementation | Andrei Serban, Console
AI adoption is accelerating, but most organizations are underestimating the importance of implementation.In this conversation, Andrei Serban from Console explains why AI success depends on execution quality, focused deployment, and reth...
Why AI Adoption Is Outpacing Enterprise Readiness | Vikas Srivastava, UST
What's the difference between individual AI adoption and enterprise AI readiness? In this conversation, Vikas Srivastava from UST breaks down why data governance is the real gap, makes the case for lean governance as the model that...
If You Don’t Provide AI Tools, Employees Will Find Their Own | Mike Schumacher, Lakeside
Employees are already bringing AI expectations into the workplace, but most organizations are still catching up on visibility, governance, and training.In this episode, Lakeside CEO Mike Schumacher explains why AI success depends on und...
You Can’t Scale AI on Top of Broken Processes | Kelsey Ziser, InformationWeek
AI adoption is accelerating, but many organizations still lack clarity on governance, accountability, and execution.In this episode, Kelsey Ziser, Senior Editor from InformationWeek, shares what CIOs are seeing right now, from shadow AI...
Security for AI Matters as Much as AI for Security | Mudit Sinha, Lineaje
AI can help security teams move faster, but the AI systems themselves also need to be secured. Mudit Sinha explains why leaders need visibility into AI workflows, costs, black-box behavior, and controls before relying on AI to opti...
Endpoint Resilience Starts Below the OS with Ed Metcalf, Absolute Security
When a device goes missing, powers down, or drops off the network, the risk does not disappear with it.Ed Metcalf of Absolute Security joins Lenovo to discuss why endpoint resilience is becoming critical for distributed and AI-enabled w...
