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Economist and public thinker Tyler Cowen joins host Molly Wood to explore why AI adoption is so challenging for many employees, organizations, and educational institutions. As he puts it, "This may sound counterintuitive, but under a lot of scenarios, the more unhappy people are, the better we're doing, because that means a lot of change." Listen in for unvarnished insights on what leaders can expect as they push their organizations to reinvent how they operate and create value with AI.  Show Notes: WorkLab Subscribe to the WorkLab Newsletter

Economist and public thinker Tyler Cowen joins host Molly Wood to explore why AI adoption is so challenging for many employees, organizations, and educational institutions. As he puts it, "This may sound counterintuitive, but under a lot of scenarios, the more unhappy people are, the better we're doing, because that means a lot of change." Listen in for unvarnished insights on what leaders can expect as they push their organizations to reinvent how they operate and create value with AI.  Show Notes: WorkLab Subscribe to the WorkLab Newsletter

EY's Global Consulting AI Leader Dan Diasio joins host Molly Wood to discuss the future of work and how companies can reinvent themselves as AI-first Frontier Firms. Learn how AI is disrupting the consulting industry, why investing in upskilling your employees is now mandatory, and why the right combination of mindset, skill set, and tool set matters more than ever. Listen in to discover practical strategies for leaders to drive transformation and compete with AI-native disruptors. WorkLab | Subscribe to the WorkLab Newsletter

EY's Global Consulting AI Leader Dan Diasio joins host Molly Wood to discuss the future of work and how companies can reinvent themselves as AI-first Frontier Firms. Learn how AI is disrupting the consulting industry, why investing in upskilling your employees is now mandatory, and why the right combination of mindset, skill set, and tool set matters more than ever. Listen in to discover practical strategies for leaders to drive transformation and compete with AI-native disruptors. WorkLab | Subscribe to the WorkLab Newsletter

The journey to becoming a Frontier Firm requires leaders to reimagine every aspect of their organization—quickly and without a playbook. Harvard Business School's Raffaella Sadun joins host Molly Wood to explore what makes a Frontier Firm, why reskilling is so hard, and how leaders can build cultures that thrive on experimentation and human–AI collaboration. Discover actionable strategies for navigating uncertainty, driving transformation, and empowering every employee to become an AI-enabled inventor.  WorkLab | Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter

The journey to becoming a Frontier Firm requires leaders to reimagine every aspect of their organization—quickly and without a playbook. Harvard Business School's Raffaella Sadun joins host Molly Wood to explore what makes a Frontier Firm, why reskilling is so hard, and how leaders can build cultures that thrive on experimentation and human–AI collaboration. Discover actionable strategies for navigating uncertainty, driving transformation, and empowering every employee to become an AI-enabled inventor.  WorkLab | Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter

Agents can become essential team members at any organization—if they're deployed thoughtfully. In this episode, Pascal Bornet joins host Molly Wood to share practical frameworks for helping leaders design and implement agentic AI, run high-impact pilots, and build the human skills—creativity, critical thinking, and social authenticity—that set Frontier Firms apart. Bornet is a coauthor of the recent book Agentic Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work and Life. Show Notes: WorkLab | Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter 

Agents can become essential team members at any organization—if they're deployed thoughtfully. In this episode, Pascal Bornet joins host Molly Wood to share practical frameworks for helping leaders design and implement agentic AI, run high-impact pilots, and build the human skills—creativity, critical thinking, and social authenticity—that set Frontier Firms apart. Bornet is a coauthor of the recent book Agentic Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work and Life. Show Notes: WorkLab | Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter 

The AI-first future of business is coming into focus, and it's time for every firm to become a Frontier Firm—a human-led, AI-operated org that buys intelligence like it's electricity, deploys it across workflows, and compounds it like interest. The burning question for leaders: How do we get there?     The latest season of the WorkLab podcast will light the way, kicking off on October 29 with Pascal Bornet, coauthor of Agentic Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work and Life. WorkLab Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter

The AI-first future of business is coming into focus, and it's time for every firm to become a Frontier Firm—a human-led, AI-operated org that buys intelligence like it's electricity, deploys it across workflows, and compounds it like interest. The burning question for leaders: How do we get there?     The latest season of the WorkLab podcast will light the way, kicking off on October 29 with Pascal Bornet, coauthor of Agentic Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work and Life. WorkLab Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter

Rajesh Jha is Microsoft's EVP of Experiences + Devices, which means he oversees a wide range of products, from Microsoft 365 productivity tools and Surface devices to Copilot. Jha played a pivotal role in integrating AI into the company's offerings, and he joined the WorkLab podcast to share insights on navigating the complexities of becoming an AI-first organization. He also offers actionable advice on how leaders can adapt and compete while bringing their teams (and customers) along. WorkLab Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter  Click here to watch and subscribe to WorkLab on YouTube.  Microsoft Podcasts – Stay connected, informed, and entertained with original podcasts from Microsoft

Rajesh Jha is Microsoft's EVP of Experiences + Devices, which means he oversees a wide range of products, from Microsoft 365 productivity tools and Surface devices to Copilot. Jha played a pivotal role in integrating AI into the company's offerings, and he joined the WorkLab podcast to share insights on navigating the complexities of becoming an AI-first organization. He also offers actionable advice on how leaders can adapt and compete while bringing their teams (and customers) along. WorkLab Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter  Click here to watch and subscribe to WorkLab on YouTube.  Microsoft Podcasts – Stay connected, informed, and entertained with original podcasts from Microsoft

The beauty industry is massive, fast-paced, and hard to predict. There are 20,000 brands worldwide, and microtrends can spread around the globe in hours. That's the challenge facing Kalindi Mehta, Global VP for Consumer Foresight Strategy and Predictive Analytics at the Estée Lauder Companies. In the latest episode, she lays out how AI is transforming her industry, and explains how the technology can help all companies be more agile, improve their decision making, and reimagine their workflows. WorkLab Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter Microsoft Podcasts – Stay connected, informed, and entertained with original podcasts from Microsoft  

Cassie Kozyrkov created the discipline of decision intelligence, combining the power of AI with data science to enable companies to make better choices. She's now an AI advisor, and she writes the popular Decision Intelligence newsletter. Kozyrkov joined the WorkLab podcast to discuss how leaders can maximize the potential of AI and data, why having too many options is as unhelpful as having too few, and how to avoid falling prey to confirmation bias. WorkLab Subscribe to the WorkLab newsletter  

AI has crossed an important threshold, says Microsoft CMO of AI at Work Jared Spataro: it now has remarkable abilities to think and reason. What does that mean for organizations? Intelligence is on tap. "You can now buy intelligence like you would purchase a commodity like electricity," he explains. Spataro joined the podcast to discuss what it means for business, how he already sees agents transforming workflows and team structures, and why leaders need to "hire their first digital employee" now. WorkLab Subscribe to the AI at Work newsletter