What’s the BUZZ? — AI in Business

Your next customer may never see your ad. More and more shoppers ask an AI assistant for the best option and take the answer it gives them, and agents are starting to recommend and buy on our behalf. So how do you advertise to an AI agent?

In this episode of "What's the BUZZ?", host Andreas Welsch sits down with Maarten Albarda, Marketing Executive and Consultant, to explore how marketing must change when AI agents shop, recommend, ...

AI adoption is often treated as a one-size-fits-all approach. But individual employees and users have individual needs and preferences that successful AI programs consider.

In the latest episode of "What's the BUZZ?", host Andreas Welsch sits down with Christina Fischer, principal AI consultant and founder of Human Pattern Works, to unpack why so many AI transformations quietly fail the people meant to carry them, and what a...

Your next customer might not be a person. It might be an agent that searches, compares, and negotiates on someone else's behalf. So what happens to advertising, to pricing, and to trust when that becomes normal?

In this episode of "What's the BUZZ?", host Andreas Welsch sits down with Michael Carroll, Strategic Advisor and Fellow at LNS Research, to work through what actually changes when the customer is an AI agent. Michael spends ...

Most organizations are sprinkling agentic AI on top of a legacy, heterogeneous stack — and calling it a strategy. That works until the low-hanging fruit runs out, because it rests on a flawed assumption: that the business will keep operating exactly as it always has, only faster.

In this episode, host Andreas Welsch sits down with Grant Ecker, Chief Architect at Ecolab and founder of the Chief Architect Network — a 682-m...

AI agents are everywhere in the headlines, but successful agentic AI is about much more than deploying the latest technology. The organizations that succeed will be the ones that build the right foundation across data, culture, and strategy.

In this episode of “What’s the BUZZ?”, Andreas Welsch welcomes Sebastian Wernicke, author of Data Inspired, to explore what it takes to turn AI ambition into business outcomes.

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When your AI agents start transacting on your behalf, who’s protecting your interests — and how do they prove it?

In this episode, host Andreas Welsch sits down with Nitin Badjatia, enterprise software veteran and board member of Customer Commons, to explore one of the most consequential and least-discussed gaps in agentic AI adoption: the absence of enforceable, machine-readable contracts between autonomous agen...

How fast is AI really moving, and what does that mean for your business strategy?

In this episode, host Andreas Welsch reconnects with Doug Shannon, an intelligent automation and generative AI leader, to explore the accelerating pace of AI innovation and what it means for organizations navigating this transformation. Together, they discuss why the speed of change has become almost impossible to predict, how companies should ...

What if the real competitive advantage in AI isn't about having the biggest models, but about building systems that can be trusted, audited, and governed at scale?

In this episode, host Andreas Welsch explores the convergence of AI, cybersecurity, and quantum computing with Joseph Ng, Chief Strategy Officer at GeneGenius and author of "The Hybrid Mind: The Human-AI Convergence." Together, they challenge the prevailing narrat...

What happens when AI moves faster than your ability to govern it safely?

In this episode, host Andreas Welsch sits down with Reid Blackman, founder and CEO of Virtue and author of "The Ethical Nightmare Challenge," to explore the critical ethical risks that emerge as AI evolves from narrow systems to generative and agentic solutions. Reid brings a philosopher's perspective to the business challenges of AI deployment, discuss...

What happens when you deploy multi-agent systems into your HR operations—and how do you ensure they elevate your workforce rather than replace it?

In this episode, host Andreas Welsch sits down with Kris Saling, Senior Data Science Leader working on AI integration for personnel management at scale, to explore the critical foundations needed for successful multi-agent deployments in human resources. Together, they discuss how t...

AI is moving quickly from experimentation to deployment, but what does it actually take to operationalize AI successfully?

In this episode of “What’s the BUZZ?”, host Andreas Welsch speaks with Kristen Kehrer about the operational realities behind deploying AI, LLMs, and agentic systems in enterprise environments.

Three key insights stand out:

• Production AI requires more than a successful demo
   Many organ...

AI is getting a lot of attention, but where does it actually create measurable impact?

In this episode of “What’s the BUZZ?”, host Andreas Welsch speaks with Ariana Smetana, CEO of AccelIQ Digital, about how finance teams can move from experimentation to real outcomes using AI in document processing and reporting.

Three key insights stand out:

- Start with the bottleneck, not the technology

What if you could get your executive's feedback before your big presentation to them (with zero effort)? Agentic AI makes it possible.

In the latest episode of “What’s the BUZZ?”, host Andreas Welsch sits down with Elise Neel, SVP of Global Strategy and Strategic Partnerships at Panasonic, to explore what it really takes for executives to lead in an era of Agentic AI.

This conversation goes beyond the hype and gets ...

What does it actually take to build AI governance that enables innovation instead of slowing it down?

In this episode of “What’s the BUZZ?”, host Andreas Welsch sits down with Walter Haydock, CEO of StackAware, to break down how leaders can move from reactive AI usage to structured, scalable governance without killing momentum.

Together, they discuss why most organizations get AI risk wrong, where governance efforts...

What do you do when AI takes the junior roles, and attention becomes your most valuable resource? 

Steven Puri and host Andreas Welsch map a practical path from distraction and short-term thinking to sustainable high performance.

In this episode, Steven, a former studio exec, serial founder, and the mind behind a focus app, explains why entry-level jobs are changing, where real human value is rising, and how individuals and team...

The uncomfortable trust for leaders is this: AI is changing how leadership works, or is it?

In the latest episode of the “What’s the BUZZ?” podcast, host Andreas Welsch sits down with Sadie St. Lawrence, founder of Human Machine Collaboration Institute and author of Becoming an AI Orchestrator, to discuss what it really takes to lead in the age of AI.

Sadie introduces a powerful idea: the future of w...

Stop chasing the rainbow—this episode shows how to turn AI pilots into repeatable programs that actually deliver business value.

Host Andreas Welsch talks with Ivo Strohhammer about the hard work behind scaling AI adoption: moving from experiments to production, building a community that learns together, and helping small and medium businesses avoid the same pitfalls large enterprises faced. Ivo shares hands-on approaches from...

Stop building the same capabilities over and over when everyone builds agents. Standardize and reuse common features across your business.

In this episode of “What’s the BUZZ?”, Andreas Welsch sits down with Samantha McConnell to discuss how large enterprises can build reusable AI agents that create real business value. The conversation moves beyond vendor claims to examine how organizations operationalize agentic ...

Imagine shrinking a one-hour code review to under ten minutes—and using that same agentic approach to boost sales, reduce fraud, and make branch and call‑center staff far more productive.

In this episode, Andreas Welsch interviews Mo Jamous, CIO at U.S. Bank, who has taken agentic AI from experiments into real production at a major financial institution. Mo walks through what worked, what surprised him, and the practical guard...