Fired Up
How do culture and leadership shape performance in the AI era?
That’s the question Paulette Rowe is putting to some of fintech’s most admired leaders on Fired Up, a brand new podcast on the PYMNTS Business News Network.
One of The Financial Technology Report’s Top 25 Payments Executives of 2025, Paulette has built a reputation for value creation and business transformation at global companies as well as scaling high-growth, PE-backed businesses.
Culture has always been central to her formula for success. Now she’s finding out if culture is the real competitive advantage in a world where everyone has access to the same AI tools.
Fired Up
Latest Episodes
The Trailblazer: Becoming Truly AI Native with Aled Miles
This Episode of Fired Up with Paulette Rowe dives into what happens when you realize that the business you've just taken on as CEO has to fundamentally reinvent itself while the technology disrupting it is changing almost faster than you can im...
The Heat Is On: Why AI Demands More Human Leadership w/ Sophie Wade
In this episode of Fired Up, host Paulette Rowe sits down with Sophie Wade — founder of Flex Network, author of Empathy Works, and a leading voice on the future of work — to unpack why human-centric leadership might be the real competi...
Out of the Frying Pan w/ PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster: Does Culture Determine Whether AI Delivers?
How do culture and leadership shape performance in the AI era?That’s the question Paulette Rowe is putting to some of fintech’s most admired leaders on Fired Up, a brand new podcast on the PYMNTS Business News Network.Hosted by ...