The Agentic Exec
In a world where AI and automation dominate every boardroom conversation, AI & Automation: The Route to Unlocking EBIT and Cash cuts through the noise and gets straight to what matters, turning technology into measurable financial value.
Hosted by The Agentic Exec, the AI & Automation Acceleration Partner for enterprise, this series brings CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and CTOs into the same room to answer one question: how do you actually make more money with AI?
Each episode dives deep into the realities of digital transformation, from automating finance and optimising working capital, to re-engineering operations for human + agent collaboration. You’ll hear from C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who are already using AI to drive EBITDA, accelerate cashflow, and future-proof their operating models.
This isn’t hype. It’s the new enterprise playbook, how to move from pilot projects and PowerPoints to profit, resilience, and scalability.
If you’re leading growth, investment, or transformation, this podcast gives you the frameworks, stories, and strategies to turn AI into a line item on your P&L.
The Agentic Exec
Episode 2 - Jordan Barry-Bayliss (Award-Winning FTSE CPO)
The Agentic Exec brings you another board-level deep dive into the realities of AI adoption - this time from the people side of the house.
In this episode, we sit down with Jordan Barry-Bayliss, award-winning FTSE Chief People Officer and executive performance advisor, to tear down one of the biggest myths in enterprise transformation: AI is not a tech problem. It’s an operating-model problem, and a people problem - and most legacy organisations are nowhere near ready.
Jordan reveals what’s really coming for HR, culture, leadership, and organisational design as enterprises move toward synthetic organisations where humans and AI agents work side-by-side. Expect straight talk on:
What Enterprise Leaders Will Learn
- Why legacy operating models are already collapsing under AI pressure
- How to redesign your organisation into an ecosystem, not a hierarchy
- Why efficiency gains alone are a race to the bottom
- The cultural landmines: fear, resistance, status, disengagement
- Why C-suite leaders must become AI-enabled first — not last
- How to balance efficiency wins with workforce trust
- Why HR must transform itself before it can transform the business
- How to build AI-ready roles, teams, and leadership behaviours
- The future of people functions: strategic partners, not policy police
- Why the companies who listen will massively outperform the ones who dictate
Jordan doesn’t sugar-coat anything. She breaks down what’s actually required to move a brownfield, politically charged, change-averse enterprise into a flexible, adaptive, AI-enabled organisation - without nuking culture or losing your best people.