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Josh Tyrangiel is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the book AI for Good.
“That was Josh Tyrangiel, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the book AI for Good, How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things That Matter.”
A biotech CEO told Adi Ignatius that Sam Altman had urged him not to miss the boat on AI.
“recently who had met with Sam Altman, who urged him, you know, y- you do not wanna miss the boat.”
Host Adi Ignatius says about 70% of attempted organizational transformations fail or fall short of their goals.
“Seventy, or more than two thirds, fail, or at least fall short of their intended goals.”
Julia Dhar is a managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group.
“Julia Dhar, managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group”
Harvard Business Review hosted a day-long event called the HBR Strategy Summit in 2026, covering strategy research and practice.
“A few weeks ago, Harvard Business Review hosted a day-long event looking at the cutting edge of strategy research and practice, the HBR Strategy Summit 2026.”
Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation company that helps organizations modernize and adopt artificial intelligence in their existing business models.
“The company is in the digital transformation business, helping organizations modernize and adopt artificial intelligence to their existing models.”
Linda Hill, a Harvard Business School professor, wrote Collective Genius about a decade before this episode and then published Genius at Scale.
“Linda Hill, professor at Harvard Business School, wrote the book Collective Genius about a decade ago and has just published a new one, Genius at Scale”
Adi Ignatius says Mastercard was risk-averse when Ajay Banga became its leader, which he believes was in 2010.
“MasterCard, as you wrote, was a risk-averse organization when Ajay Banga took over in, I think, 2010.”
Adi Ignatius says the Italian restaurant Osteria Francescana has twice been named the best restaurant in the world.
“you write about Osteria Francescana, uh, an Italian restaurant that has twice been named the best restaurant in the world.”
Don Tapscott is CEO of the Tapscott Group and author of the book You to the Power of Two, Redefining Human Potential in the Age of Identic AI.
“is CEO of the Tapscott Group and author of the new book, You to the Power of Two, Redefining Human Potential in the Age of identic AI.”
Adi Ignatius says many people have interacted with Reid Hoffman's Reid AI, which he describes as possibly a digital clone.
“A lot of people have interacted with Reid Hoffman's, you know, Reid AI, which is, uh, I don't know if the term is a digital clone.”
Adi Ignatius states that Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue and its biggest private employer, with 255 million customer visits per week.
“Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue, its biggest private employer, and boasts 255 million customer visits per week.”
Doug McMillon began at Walmart as an hourly associate in 1984 and became its CEO in 2014.
“Doug started working in Walmart as an hourly associate in 1984, becoming its CEO in 2014.”
Adi Ignatius says that at the time of recording, Donald Trump was expected to meet Xi Jinping before the end of 2025.
“Donald Trump is probably going to meet with Xi Jinping before the end of of 2025, and that could improve relations.”
Adi Ignatius says a recent headline reported that President Donald Trump was going after Intel because its CEO allegedly had ties to Chinese communists, which Intel called ridiculous.
“the latest headline is that President Trump is going after Intel because its CEO, you know, has had ties, quote unquote, with Chinese communists.”
According to the host, Karim Lakhani believes very few CEOs actually use AI or understand its potential, even though many talk about it.
“But in his view, very few CEOs are actually using it or actually understand its potential.”
At the time of the interview, Andy Jassy had been at Amazon for twenty-eight years and CEO for four.
“you've been at Amazon for twenty eight years, you've been in the CEO role for four.”
Andy Jassy succeeded founder Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO in 2021 after running Amazon Web Services.
“He succeeded Jeff Bezos, who was the founder CEO of Amazon. He ran Amazon Web Services, which grew phenomenally. You know, he's been the CEO since 2021.”
Adi Ignatius said Baidu's ERNIE Bot had more than 300 million users.
“your company introduced a ChatGPT-like product, Ernie Bot, last year that last I saw has more than 300 million users.”
Adi Ignatius said Townes-Whitley was one of two Black female CEOs in the Fortune 500.
“you're you're one of two black female CEOs in the Fortune 500.”
Sundar Pichai has been CEO of Google since 2015 and also leads its parent company Alphabet, which the host says had a market value above $800 billion.
“He's the CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet, a company with a market value of more than $800 billion. He's been its CEO since 2015.”