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DisrupTV

DisrupTV is a weekly podcast with hosts R "Ray" Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. The audience can expect A-list guests, the latest enterprise news, hot startups, insight from influencers, and much more. Tweet questions to #DisrupTV or @DisrupTVShow.
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Episodes

Cryptomania & Kind Leadership | Bonnie Hayden Cheng and Andrew Chow

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Bonnie Hayden Cheng, Author of The Return on Kindness and Andrew Chow, author of Cryptomania: Hype, Hope, and the Fall of FTX's Billion-Dollar Fintech Empire. Dr. Bonnie Hayden Chen discussed her book "The Return on Kindness," emphasizing the importance of kindness in leadership. She debunked myths about kindness being a weakness, highlighting its tangible benefits. Chen introduced the RISE model for kind leadership: Role Modeling, Intentional Flexibility, S...

Aug 30, 20241 hr 2 min

Elements of a Future-Ready Mindstate & Choosing Curiosity | Anand Iyer, Frederik Pferdt, Jeff W.

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Anand Iyer, PhD, MBA, Chief AI Officer at Welldoc, Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt, Google’s first (and former) Chief Innovation Evangelist and author of What's Next is Now: How to Live Future Ready and Jeff Wetzler, author of Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs in Leadership and Life. This episode of DisrupTV featured discussions on leveraging AI in healthcare, digital health, and future readiness. Anand Iyer, Chief AI O...

Aug 23, 20241 hr

Investing in relationships & transforming teams | Chris Morgan, Mo Bunnell, Dom & Laura Ashley-Timms

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Chris Morgan, AVP, Product Innovation at Jenzabar, Mo Bunnell, author of Give to Grow: Invest in Relationships to Build Your Business and Your Career and Dominic Ashley-Timms and Laura Ashley-Timms, Co-authors of The Answer Is A Question. This episode featured discussions on various topics. Mo Bunnell introduced the "Give to Grow" book, emphasizing the importance of deepening relationships in business growth. Chris Morgan from Jenzibar discussed technology-b...

Aug 19, 202457 min

How AI is quietly reshaping our lives & the “illusion of innovation” | Beth Rudden & Elliott Parker

This week on episode 371, we interviewed Beth Rudden, CEO of Bast.ai and author of AI For the Rest of Us and Elliott Parker, CEO and founder of venture builder High Alpha Innovation and author of The Illusion of Innovation: Escape “Efficiency” and Unleash Radical Progress. This discussion on DisrupTV featured insights from Beth Rudden and Elliot Parker on AI and innovation. Beth highlighted the shift from decentralized to centralized AI, emphasizing the need for transparency and ethical design. ...

Aug 09, 20241 hr 1 min

Are AI agents the next big thing in AI? | Ron Miller, Charles Henderson, Cristina A., Jannis K.

This week on episode 370, we interviewed Cristina Alaimo and Jannis Kalliniko, Co-authors of Data Rules: Reinventing the Market Economy, Charles Henderson, EVP of Cyber Security Services at Coalfire and Ron Miller, Enterprise Reporter at TechCrunch. Cristina Alaimo and Jannis Kalliniko discussed their book "Data Rules," emphasizing the sociological aspects of data and its impact on organizations and society. Charles Henderson highlighted cybersecurity challenges, noting that despite significant ...

Aug 02, 20241 hr 2 min

Why Boards Need Pragmatic AI Leadership | David Bray, Miriam Voguel, Teresa Carlson

This week on episode 369, we interviewed Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow at Stimson Center and Business Executives for National Security, Miriam Vogel, President and CEO of Equal AI and Teresa Carlson, General Catalyst Advisor, PagerDuty Board Member, Finch AI Board Member/Investor, Commure and Karat Board Member, Vice-Chair White House Historical Association and Investor. Topics covered include: 📌 Ethics, governance and impact of AI on future of business 📌 Why boards need pragmatic AI le...

Jul 12, 20241 hr 4 min

The Power of Community in Enterprise Software | Ryan Aytay, John Mullins, Leslie Zane

This week on episode 368, we interviewed Ryan Aytay, CEO of Tableau, John Mullins, PhD, London Business School professor and author of Break the Rules! The Six Counter-Conventional Mindsets of Entrepreneurs that Can Help Anyone Change the World and Leslie Zane, Author of The Power of Instinct: The New Rules of Persuasion in Business and Life. Topics covered include: 📌 The power of community in enterprise software 📌 What’s missing for enterprise AI to take off 📌 The most important workforce sk...

Jun 28, 20241 hr 3 min

How to lead in a disruptive economy | Grant Halloran, Kartik Hosanagar, Steve Dennis

This week on episode 367, we interviewed Grant Halloran, CEO of Planful, Kartik Hosanagar, UPenn Wharton professor and director of the Wharton AI Center and Steve Dennis, renowned thought leader on business strategy and innovation, former senior leader at two Fortune 500 companies, top global retail influencer and author of Leaders Leap: Transforming Your Company at the Topics covered include: 📌 Predictions on how businesses will drive value with AI in the future 📌 The impact of AI in business...

Jun 21, 20241 hr 1 min

Skills and humans in the AI and robotic age | Christopher Lochhead and Matt Beane

This week on episode 366, we interviewed Christopher Lochhead, thirteen-time #1 bestselling CoAuthor, #1 charting business dialogue podcaster, co-creator of Category Pirates and is best known as a "godfather" of Category Design and Matt Beane, Author of The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines. Topics covered include: 📌 Skills and humans in the AI and robotic age 📌 A closer look at the new announcement from Apple 📌 Tribute to Bill Walton DisrupTV is a weekly...

Jun 17, 20241 hr 5 min

The importance of having a venture mindset and rituals | Dominic Rizzo, Alex Dang, Michael Norton

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Dominic Rizzo, ex-Google leader and founder of Google’s OpenTitan Project and founder and CEO of zeroRISC, Alex Dang is a CEO, a senior technology executive, and an advisor on technology and innovation and co-author of The Venture Mindset and Michael Norton, Author of The Ritual Effect. Topics covered include: 📌 The importance of having a venture mindset and rituals 📌 How to make smarter bets and achieve extraordinary growth DisrupTV is a weekly podcast wi...

Jun 07, 20241 hr 6 min

Impact of AI on the Fan Experience | Boston Special Edition - Celtics, Bruins, RedSox, and Patriots

This week on a special edition episode, we interviewed Michael Israel, CIO New England Patriots, Josh Carley, VP, Technology, TD Garden & Boston Bruins, Brian Shield, SVP, CTO Boston Red Sox and Jay Wessland, CTO Boston Celtics. DisrupTV is a weekly podcast with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11 AM PT/ 2 PM ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

May 29, 20241 hr 6 min

Generous leadership and security challenges in the eye of the AI storm | Caroline Wong and Joe Davis

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Caroline Wong, Chief Strategy Officer at Cobalt, and Joe Davis, Managing Director and Senior Partner at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Author of The Generous Leader. Topics covered include: 📌 Security challenges In the eye of the AI storm: 2024 study highlights the push-pull relationships cyber security teams have with AI. 📌 What is generous leadership and how can it lead to profound benefits? DisrupTV is a weekly podcast with hosts R "Ray" Wang and...

May 17, 20241 hr

How will GenAI impact the future of work? James Whitemore, Joe Boggio, Peter Leyden, Jeff Willinger

This week on episode 363, we interviewed Jeff Willinger, Microsoft MVP, Advisory and Digital Experience Director, James Whitemore, Chief Growth Officer at Celigo and Joe Boggio and Peter Leyden, Co-founders of Reinvent Futures and Hosts of The AI Age Begins, https://peterleyden.substack.com/, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpnRrvcqCaa8ddT8hYs3mg. Topics covered include: - How will generative AI impact the future of work? - What is the impact of generative AI in the retail industry? - What lea...

May 10, 20241 hr 6 min

UBI and the Importance of Culture | Conrad Shaw, Scott Santens, Sally Helgesen

This week on episode 361, we interviewed Sally Helgesen, Author, Speaker and Leadership Coach, Conrad Shaw, UBI Trial Manager & Series Co-Creator of Bootstraps docuseries, Co-Founder of Comingle, Co-Founder of Income to Support All Foundation and Creator of UBIcalculator and Scott Santens, Founder and President of Income to Support All Foundation. Sally discussed the importance of organizational culture, and how the present activism against diversity, equity, and inclusion is not likely to a...

Apr 27, 20241 hr 3 min

Sustainability and the Future of Ecommerce | Eric Best, Kunal Agarwal, Maisie Ganzler

This week on episode 361, we interviewed Eric Best, Co-founder and CEO of SoundCommerce, Kunal Agarwal, CEO of dope.security and Maisie Ganzler, Chief Strategy and Brand Officer of Bon Appétit Management Company and Author of You Can't Market Manure At Lunchtime: And Other Lessons from the Food Industry for Creating a More Sustainable Company. Kunal took us on a deep dive into the world of cybersecurity. He discussed why people say SWGs are an outdated concept and shared why people use SSE, SASE...

Apr 22, 20241 hr 3 min

Think Remarkable | Guy Kawasaki and Michael Southworth

This week on episode 360, Guy Kawasaki, Chief evangelist at Canva, former chief evangelist at Apple, former trustee at Wikipedia, and Author of 16 books including Think Remarkable: 9 Paths to Transform Your Life and Make a Difference and Michael Southworth, CEO of Babel Street. Guy talked about his new book, Think Remarkable, and he shared what inspired him to to connect the book title to Apple's iconic "Think Different". He also touched on confronting Steve Jobs during a "Think Different" rollo...

Apr 15, 20241 hr 1 min

Is AI reinventing the way we work? | Paul Daugherty and Eric Siegel

This week on episode 359, we interviewed Paul Daugherty, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Accenture and Eric Siegel, Author of The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment. Paul brought us up to speed on Accenture's plans on investing in AI over the next three years. He also touched on how AI is reinventing the way we work and discussed how we can ensure that the industry continues to innovate, but does so ethically and responsibly. Eric shared the details on ...

Apr 05, 20241 hr 3 min

Has the enterprise reached a tech paradox? | Rob Wolcott, Kaihan K., Jeremie Kubicek, Jon Reed

This week on episode 358, we interviewed Robert C. Wolcott and Kaihan Krippendorff, Co-authors of Proximity: How Coming Breakthroughs in Just-in-Time Transform Business, Society, and Daily Life, Jeremie Kubicek - Speaker/Best Selling Author, Co-author of The Communication Code: Unlock Every Relationship, One Conversation At A Time and Jon Reed, Co-founder of diginomica. Jeremie touched on the four stages of deciphering people’s expectations and explained why different relationships have differen...

Mar 31, 20241 hr 2 min

The Age of AI and Human Collaboration | Grant Halloran, Jeremy Utley, Kian Gohar, Chris Deaver

This week on episode 357, we interviewed Grant Halloran, CEO of Planful, Jeremy Utley, Author of Ideaflow, Kian Gohar, Founder and CEO at Geolab and Chris Deaver, Co-author of Brave Together: Lead by Design, Spark Creativity and Shape the Future with the Power of Co-Creation. Grant talked about issues around scaling a SaaS company and the impact of AI on the future of finance and planning. Jeremy and Kian discussed their latest research on how AI can help you solve problems better, and shared a ...

Mar 22, 20241 hr 3 min

FOMO and Unlearning Silence | Clint Oram, Patrick McGinnis, Elaine Lin Hering

This week on episode 356, we interviewed Clint Oram, Chief Strategy Officer at SugarCRM, Patrick McGinnis, Co-founder & Coach at XQuotient and Inventor of FOMO, Elaine Lin Hering, Author of Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully. Clint touched on the intersection of GenerativeAI and CRM, he explained what's helpful vs. what's hype. Patrick discussed FOMO in the business world. He shared the triggers that drive FOMO and shared the strategies one can us...

Mar 15, 20241 hr 3 min

Deployment Empathy for Cloud and AI | David Bray, Rhonda Vetere, Teresa Carlson, Chirag Mehta

This week on episode 355, Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow - Stimson Center and Business Executives for National Security, Rhonda Vetere, Advisor, Global C Suite Technology Executive, STEM Global Ambassador, 2x Author, and All World Athlete Ironman 70.3, Teresa Carlson, General Catalyst Advisor, Finch AI Board Member/Investor, Commure and Karat Board Member, Non-Executive Chair KnightSwan, Vice-Chair White House Historical Association and Investor and Chirag Mehta, Vice President and Princip...

Mar 08, 20241 hr 4 min

Implications of AI in the workplace | Dr. Paramjit "Romi" Chopra, Gyner Ozgul, Kate Bravery

This week on episode 354, we interviewed Dr. Paramjit "Romi" Chopra, M.D, CEO at Mimit Health, Gyner Ozgul, CEO of SMC Roofing Solutions and Kate Bravery, Author of Work Different: 10 Truths for Winning in the People Age. Romi shared lessons learned from navigating digital transformation in the healthcare industry and Gyner discussed the headwinds impacting the trades as it relates to technology and the workforce. Kate wrapped up the show by sharing key details from her new book like how employe...

Feb 23, 20241 hr 2 min

Growth Strategies and Leadership | Tim Eun, Jerry Colonna, Rebecca Homkes

This week on episode 353 we interviewed Tim Eun, CEO & founder of Socratics.ai , Jerry Colonna, Author of Reunion: Leadership and the Longing to Belong and Rebecca Homkes, Author of Survive, Reset, Thrive: Leading Breakthrough Growth Strategy in Volatile Times. Tim shared how he built SocraticsAI and the role AI plays in the financial world, while Jerry touched on his new book, Reunion, and explained what the ‘Reunion’ process is and how acknowledging our ancestral history can make us better...

Feb 16, 20241 hr 2 min

Investing and the State of Manufacturing | Marta Cruz, Patricia Pastor, Raj Badarinath

This week on episode 352, we interviewed Marta Cruz, Co-founder & General Partner at NXTP Venture, Patricia Pastor, Founder & General Partner at NextTier Ventures, and Raj Badarinath, Chief Marketing and Product Officer at Rootstock. Marta and Patricia discussed getting into venture capital and becoming entrepreneurs and the future of the venture capital industry. Raj gave us an overview of the state of manufacturing and how AI will play a role in the future of the manufacturing industry...

Feb 11, 202457 min

Tech adoption trends & Future Learning | Crawford Del Prete, Carmen Vetere, Eric Potterat,Alan Eagle

This week on episode 351 we interviewed Crawford Del Pete, President of IDC, Carmen Vetere, Chief Marketing Officer at O’Reilly Media, and Eric Potterat and Alan Eagle, Co-authors of Learned Excellence: Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from the World's Top Performers. We discussed economic demand, tech adoption trends, AI's role in the future of work, learning in the age of remote work, the ethical use of AI, mental disciplines of the world’s best performers and more! DisrupTV is a wee...

Feb 03, 20241 hr 3 min

The Chief Friction Fixer and AI + Automation | Graham Sheldon and Huggy Rao

This week on episode 350 we interviewed Graham Sheldon, Chief Product Officer of UiPath and Huggy Rao, Author of The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder. Graham discussed how he sees AI and automation coming together and where he sees the convergence of RPA with BPM, workflow, process mining, integration tools, and API management. He also touched on where he sees the future of enterprise software. Huggy shared how to identify good and bad ...

Jan 29, 20241 hr

Cybersecurity and Women in Leadership | Larry Chinski, Elisa Van Dam, Susan MacKenty Brady

This week on episode 349 we interviewed Larry Chinski, VP of Global IAM Strategy at One Identity, Elisa van Dam, Vice President for Allyship & Inclusion at the Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership and Susan MacKenty Brady, founding CEO of The Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership. Larry explained why he feels that identity represents a crucial part of cyber strategy and discussed the state of the IAM industry right now. He also shared what he would advise a C...

Jan 19, 202452 min

DisrupTV Special Edition Live From Davos 2024

This week on DisrupTV, we hosted a special edition episode live from Davos with Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow - Stimson Center and Business Executives for National Security, Sandy Carter, Chief Operating Officer at Unstoppable Domains, Rhonda Vetere, Board Of Directors, Advisor, Global C Suite Technology Executive, Perry Hewitt, CMO at DataDotOrg, Jim Harris, Author, Columnist, Speaker, Influencer, Gaurica Chacko, VP – Global Life Sciences at Wipro and Ravi Kumar, CEO of Cognizant. This p...

Jan 16, 202437 min

Is it Time for AI to Save the World? | Frank Schneider, Mark Minevich, W. Russell Neuman

This week on episode 348 we interviewed Frank Schneider, Vice President, AI Evangelist at Verint, Mark Minevich, Chief Digital AI Strategist, Global Social Innovation Technology Executive & Chair, UN Advisor, Private Investor and Author Columnist and W. Russell Neuman, Author of Evolutionary Intelligence: How Technology Will Make Us Smarter, founding faculty of the MIT Media Lab, and former Senior Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Frank shared his gen...

Jan 12, 20241 hr 2 min

The Science of Failing Well & Learn How to Talk Smarter | Amy Edmondson and Matt Abrahams

This week on episode 347 we interviewed Amy Edmondson, Author of Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well and Matt Abrahams, Author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot. We discussed the science of failing well, psychological safety and standards in failure science, intelligent failures, how to get better at communication and small talk, the single best communication tool, the importance of listening, learning how to listen better and much ...

Jan 05, 20241 hr 1 min
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