Show Notes
In this episode, Micah Smith sits down with Geoff Cronin, former CEO of Capgemini Canada and now a strategic advisor to Tangentia. Geoff breaks down what executives want to hear when you pitch them on AI initiatives. He explains why technology for the sake of technology fails almost every time. He shares how to frame outcomes in business language that resonates. He also discusses the real risks of shadow IT in the LLM era and why your human capital model must transform for AI to deliver valu...
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