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AI Made Simple
AI Made Simple: The Transformation Series explores how AI is reshaping how organisations work, lead, and scale. Hosted by international AI trainer and speaker Valeriya Pilkevich, the show features conversations with senior leaders, innovators, and practitioners driving real-world AI transformation. Each episode reveals what it really takes to make AI work — from leadership and culture to data, governance, and everyday workflows.
Episodes
10 episodes
Dave Drodge on Why Imagination Beats Efficiency in AI Adoption
Most companies treat AI as an efficiency play. Cut costs, save time, do more with less. But what if that mindset is exactly what's holding them back? In this episode, I'm joined by ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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28:26
Tris Papakonstantinou on Why People Distrust AI and What Leaders Can Do
Most organizations treat AI trust as a compliance exercise. Check the box, file the documentation, avoid the fine. But compliance and trustworthiness are not the same thing. In this episode, I'm joined by
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Episode 9
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30:42
Shakil Awan on Building a 17000-Member Learning Community at Deutsche Telekom
Most companies invest millions in learning platforms - but the best learning communities are often built with zero budget and no permission.In this episode of AI Made Simple: The Transformation Series, I'm joined by
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Episode 8
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21:08
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Dr. Elisa Konya-Baumbach on the Psychology of AI Acceptance
AI adoption is failing in most organisations - not because of technology, but because of psychology. Even when AI demonstrably outperforms humans, people resist it. The question is: why?In this episode, I'm joined by
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Episode 7
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28:34
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Dr. Benedikt Flöter on Turning AI Regulation Into a Business Advantage
The EU AI Act is live, but most companies are still treating it like another GDPR. It's not. It's a fundamentally different kind of regulation, one that's tied to how your business operates, not just how it stores data. In this epis...
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Episode 6
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33:32
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Toju Duke on Why Responsible AI Is a Business Strategy, Not a Checkbox
AI is being rolled out at scale across industries - but the safeguards haven't kept up. Bias in AI has improved less than 5% despite years of awareness, agentic AI is amplifying risks faster than companies can manage them, and most organization...
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Episode 5
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30:30
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Tatevik Mkrtchyan on Building Learning Culture at Scale: IKEA's Skills-Based Approach
Most AI training programs fail not because of content, but because they ignore how people actually work. Shop floor employees, scheduled workers, and frontline teams need something radically different from desk-based learning. In th...
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Episode 4
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22:17
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Mila Devenport on AI Literacy, Digital Wellbeing, and the Cognitive Offloading Crisis
Your employees can use AI tools, but do they understand their relationship with them? Most companies focus on "button-pressing skills" while ignoring the deeper question: are we building human capacity or accidentally outsourcing it?In t...
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Episode 3
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24:22
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