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When it comes to adopting AI, how do organisations separate value from risk, and hype from reality?
Stay ahead of the curve on the latest AI advancements and their implications for the future of work with Great ExpectAItions, your trusted guide to AI in the workplace, with Jabra.
Featuring in-depth discussions with thought leaders and world-renowned experts, this podcast is designed for business decision-makers who want to leverage AI effectively and responsibly. Covering the full spectrum of AI's impact on business, we explore everything from the practical realities of AI adoption and preparing your workforce for the AI revolution, to building a cyber-resilient organisation and navigating the complex ethical landscape of AI.
At Jabra, understanding AI's impact on the workforce allows our engineers to create technology to enable seamless communication, collaboration and concentration. Your host Paul Sephton explores how emerging technology is shaping the future of work – and he's bringing that passion to every conversation in Great ExpectAItions.
Audio and video production from Joleen Goffin and Ollie Peart at Rethink Audio.
Stay ahead of the curve on the latest AI advancements and their implications for the future of work with Great ExpectAItions, your trusted guide to AI in the workplace, with Jabra.
Featuring in-depth discussions with thought leaders and world-renowned experts, this podcast is designed for business decision-makers who want to leverage AI effectively and responsibly. Covering the full spectrum of AI's impact on business, we explore everything from the practical realities of AI adoption and preparing your workforce for the AI revolution, to building a cyber-resilient organisation and navigating the complex ethical landscape of AI.
At Jabra, understanding AI's impact on the workforce allows our engineers to create technology to enable seamless communication, collaboration and concentration. Your host Paul Sephton explores how emerging technology is shaping the future of work – and he's bringing that passion to every conversation in Great ExpectAItions.
Audio and video production from Joleen Goffin and Ollie Peart at Rethink Audio.
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John Watson is the Founder and CEO of Evergreen Education Group and a leading educator researcher and advisor for over 20 years. In this episode we discuss topics such as adapting to online and hybrid learning, digital teaching best practices and how to use tech to give power back to teachers in virtual environments.
How can teachers lean-in to digital learning and hybrid classrooms, and how will AI support all educators in the future? In this episode, we hear from Angela Chin, Microsoft's Principal Program Manager Lead for Teams for Education. We discuss the challenges of moving to online learning, how schools and educators have adapted to the digital space and some of the technologies available that are fueling student learning across all ages.
What will the future of our office spaces look like and how can we use analytics to drive the best meeting experience from anywhere? In this episode, David Rosenthal, GTM Strategy for Meeting Solutions at Google, discusses topics including how to avoid digital burnout, embracing longer-term remote working and the ways in which Google are enabling new ways for people to connect around the world.
Sandhya Rao is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Teams, and in this episode we discuss topics including the explosive growth of the platform, optimizing our home-working and the changes we can expect to see for a safe return to the office.
Jeff Smith is Head of 'Zoom Rooms' at Zoom. In the first of our series of Tech Specials, we discuss returning to the office, how collaboration is changing, and what's been happening behind the scenes at Zoom
What is the future for remote work and how can we use it effectively? Whether you're a manager, business leader or employee, this episode covers the topic of remote work from all angles. In this episode, Paul speaks with Executive Professor of Management at Northeastern's D'Amore-Mckim School of Business, Barbara Larson. They examine a manager's guide to leading virtual or remote teams, how to work effectively from home as an employee and how a business can deploy a sustainable remote working strategy. You can mail us on podcast@jabra.com for any feedback, visit Jabra.com/podcast for more insights and episode transcriptions, and follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn for product and podcast news and updates.
Why have technological advancements not been matched with exponential advancements in productivity? Over the last 60 years, global business complexity has increased six times over, and internal organizational complicatedness by over 35 times in response to this external complexity. In this episode, we hear from the director of BCG's Institute for Organization, Yves Morieux, on the organisational changes required to unlock human potential. Discussing his theory of 'smart simplicity', Yves explores the needs for balance between autonomy and cooperation as well as the role managers can play in facilitating this. You can mail us on podcast@jabra.com for any feedback, visit Jabra.com/podcast for more insights and episode transcriptions, and follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn for product and podcast news and updates.
How does an idea become a business that repays its investors multiple times over? The man behind multiple Silicon Valley success stories, Aurangzeb Khan has consistently predicted the technology we will need and then spearheaded high performance teams to make them a reality. Now Senior Vice President of Intelligent Vision Systems at Jabra, he is a leading expert in computing and artificial intelligence. You can mail us on podcast@jabra.com for any feedback, visit Jabra.com/podcast for more insights and episode transcriptions, and follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn for product and podcast news and updates.
Have you ever wanted to learn a language? How about four in one year? For many people, learning slows down or stops when they leave formal education. Not so for Scott H Young whose achievements include teaching himself a four-year MIT degree course in just one and travelling the world with the sole intention of learning language in an applied way. In this episode, Scott covers just some of the topics examined in his book, ULTRALEARNING, as well as the 1300+ articles on productivity he's written since 2006. Questioning traditional methods of education, Scott shares his own recommendations for better mastering learning, self control, memory and habit. You can mail us on podcast@jabra.com for any feedback, visit Jabra.com/podcast for more insights and episode transcriptions, and follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn for product and podcast news and updates.
Have you ever heard the Gutenberg Press and the Amazon Echo mentioned in the same breath before? In this episode, Bret Kinsella explains how they have more in common than you'd think. The invention of the printing press signalled the end of a purely oral tradition and now, centuries later, voice technology is bringing it back - and also tearing us away from our screens. As the founder, CEO and research director of Voicebot.ai, Bret's considered a global authority and the go-to spokesperson on voice assistants and AI. He's also the host of the Voicebot Podcast and editor of the Voice Insider newsletter. If you're a brand, Bret wants to know whether you're in voice - and if not, why not? He also provides a new perspective on privacy issues and explains how voice assistants might radically change the workplace of the near future. You can mail us on podcast@jabra.com for any feedback, visit Jabra.com/podcast for more insights and episode transcriptions, and follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn for product and podcast news and updates.
What does it mean to be happy at work? Is it enough to keep your customers happy and not worry about your workforce? Absolutely not, says Matt Phelan, and he's got the data to prove it. Matt was previously a farmer, then he co-founded a global data and digital marketing agency, and is now Head of Global Happiness at The Happiness Index, the startup he co-founded. In this episode he makes the argument that keeping your staff's happiness at the forefront in everything you do will benefit in countless ways - and could even make you more money. He's passionate about understanding how people experience happiness, and advocates for using data to visualise the connection between employee happiness and customer happiness. You can mail us on podcast@jabra.com for any feedback, visit Jabra.com/podcast for more insights and episode transcriptions, and follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn for product and podcast news and updates.
Christian Schiester believes anyone can change their life. And he would know, having gone from a heavy drinker and 40-a-day smoker being told he wouldn't live to see 30, to becoming one of the world's great ultrarunners. Within two years of deciding to make a change he had completed the New York marathon and won his first Austrian half-marathon crown. In this episode we meet Christian at the Red Bull HQ in Fuschl, Austria, and hear how he's ended up accomplishing incredible things like completing the Marathon des Sables - a gruelling six-day race across the Sahara Desert - and even winning the hardcore five-day Himalayan Run. He explains how recording his progress is absolutely crucial to keeping him going, and how he had to go to extremes in his running to make sure there was no option to back out and finish halfway. You can mail us on podcast@jabra.com for any feedback, visit Jabra.com/podcast for more insights and episode transcriptions, and follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn for product and podcast news and updates.
It's impossible to briefly sum up Rahaf Harfoush's career; and she wants you to know that you don't have to fit into anyone else's definition of success, as she's absolutely created her own. She's a strategist, digital anthropologist and best-selling author who focuses on the intersections between emerging technology, innovation and digital culture. From working on Obama's digital media team during the 2008 presidential campaign, helping identify disruptive-startups at the World Economic Forum, to writing New York Times bestsellers, Rahaf has her finger firmly on the pulse of digital culture. In this episode she talks about the difficulty of measuring success when your work is so varied, speaks from personal experience on the dangers of burnout and explains how to stay creative no matter what industry you're in. You can mail us on podcast@jabra.com for any feedback, visit Jabra.com/podcast for more insights and episode transcriptions, and follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn for product and podcast news and updates.
Do you know how many things your brain can actively concentrate on at one time? Or how your 'biological prime time' can help you be your best self? If the answer to either of these questions is 'No', then look no further than Chris Bailey for guidance. In this episode, Chris, a productivity expert, best-selling author and TED speaker, shares his insights into how we can achieve more with our time, beat those distraction demons once and for all - and live happier lives as a result. You can mail us on podcast@jabra.com for any feedback, visit Jabra.com/podcast for more insights and episode transcriptions, and follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn for product and podcast news and updates.
In this episode of Great Expectations, we explore the evolution of leadership in the age of AI with expert Elisa Farri. Moving beyond productivity tools, Elisa introduces the concept of "co-thinking" with AI—treating artificial intelligence as a 24/7 thought partner rather than just an output generator. Elisa shares practical strategies for balancing individual AI use with team collaboration, explaining when to shift from productivity assistance to strategic co-thinking. She discusses the cultural factors that determine successful AI adoption, common pitfalls leaders make, and why judgment must remain switched on in every AI interaction. Elisa Farri is a leadership expert and author specializing in human-AI collaboration. She is Vice President and Co-lead of Capgemini Invent's Management Lab, a global think-tank that aims to democratize management and bridge the latest management ideas into practice. A Jabra podcast hosted by Paul Sephton. Audio and video production from Joleen Goffin and Ollie Peart at Rethink Audio.
Is your company truly AI-ready, or just AI-obsessed? David de Cremer, author of "The AI Savvy Leader" reveals what's actually working in AI adoption today. In this episode, we explore why being "AI-driven" might be sabotaging your success, how to measure real AI ROI beyond flashy metrics, and why the future belongs to leaders who can blend empathy with algorithms. David shares practical frameworks for creating psychological safety around AI experimentation and explains why agentic AI might be the next big thing—or another shiny distraction. David de Cremer is the Dunton Family Dean and Professor of Management and Technology at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business, and founder of the Center on AI Technology for Humankind at the National University of Singapore. A global thought leader in AI ethics and leadership, he is the author of "The AI Savvy Leader." A Jabra podcast hosted by Paul Sephton. Audio and video production from Joleen Goffin and Ollie Peart at Rethink Audio.
What if happiness isn't just a nice-to-have, but actually the secret to better business outcomes? In this episode, we sit down with Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute, to explore why measuring wellbeing is becoming as important as tracking GDP—and what that means for your workplace. From Denmark's consistent happiness rankings to the surprising link between employee satisfaction and stock performance, Meik breaks down the science behind workplace wellbeing. We discuss why happier employees are 13% more productive, how stress can actually boost performance when managed right, and what early AI adoption tells us about the future of work satisfaction. A Jabra podcast hosted by Paul Sephton. Audio and video production from Joleen Goffin and Ollie Peart at Rethink Audio.
AI is used by both cybersecurity attackers and defenders. So how do we navigate these emerging cyber threats - and also foster responsible innovation? We're joined by Oykü Işık who provides practical guidance to help us understand the evolving threat of AI, drawing insights from real-world examples. We also examine how businesses can leverage AI for good to enhance their security, while looking ahead to the future, particularly the implications of the EU AI Act and the need for organisations to adopt a cyber-resilient mindset. Öykü Işık is Professor of Digital Strategy and Cybersecurity at IMD (International Institute for Management Development) Business School and the leader of IMD's Cybersecurity Risk and Strategy program. Named on the Thinkers50 Radar 2022 list of up-and-coming global thought leaders, she helps businesses to tackle cybersecurity, data privacy, and digital ethics challenges. A Jabra podcast hosted by Paul Sephton. Audio and video production from Joleen Goffin and Ollie Peart at Rethink Audio.
Productivity is up. AI is streamlining work. Digital tools are everywhere. But many employees feel more disconnected than ever – and it's starting to show. In this episode, Constance Noonan Hadley reveals why workplace loneliness has become one of the most overlooked barriers to sustainable success. We examine how post-pandemic work patterns, the relentless pursuit of efficiency, and emerging technologies like AI are reshaping workplace relationships - often in ways that inadvertently undermine the very collaboration they're meant to enhance. Finally we find out about the solutions: conversation prompts, the importance of recruiting people to social events, and how team rituals transform culture. Dr. Constance Noonan Hadley is an organisational psychologist, professor at Boston University and founder of the Institute for Life at Work. A leading expert on team dynamics and workplace loneliness, her research has been featured in Harvard Business Review and focuses on building psychological safety and authentic connection in modern workplaces. A Jabra podcast hosted by Paul Sephton. Audio and video production from Joleen Goffin and Ollie Peart at Rethink Audio.
How is AI impacting productivity, and how are leadership roles evolving to navigate this technological shift? In this episode, Professor Tom Davenport joins us to separate hype from reality, and explore the challenges of enterprise AI adoption. We discuss the differences between analytical and generative AI and their practical implications for businesses. All that, plus the importance of ensuring proper training for employees. Tom Davenport is the President's Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, the co-founder of the International Institute for Analytics, a Fellow of the MIT Initiative for the Digital Economy, and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte Analytics. He is also the author of many books including "All Hands on Tech: The AI-Powered Citizen Revolution", "All-in On AI: How Smart Companies Win Big with Artificial Intelligence" and "Working with AI: Real Stories of Human-Machine Collaboration". A Jabra podcast hosted by Paul Sephton. Audio and video production from Joleen Goffin and Ollie Peart at Rethink Audio.
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