Masters of Automation - A podcast about the future of work.

Building the Future of Enterprise AI: From Harvard PhD to YC Founder w/ Gokhan Egri

Key Takeaways Gokhan transitioned from academia to entrepreneurship after realizing the potential of AI. His first startup, O'Leo, was born out of a need for automation in education. Brainbase evolved from O'Leo, focusing on enterprise AI solutions. Customer feedback is crucial for shaping product development and messaging. The concept of the 'digital worker' is central to Brainbase's mission. ROI in automation can be measured through clear metrics and pilot programs. The 'black box test' helps ...

AI-Powered Negotiations for the Best Deal w/ Kaspar Korjus

Key Takeaways Negotiations are happening everywhere in life, from personal relationships to business deals. AI can assist in negotiations by understanding potential terms, their value, and making trade-offs. The future of negotiations involves both parties using AI agents to engage in continuous negotiations. Transparency in AI decisions is important, and interfaces need to be developed to provide clarity and control. Entrepreneurship and participating in an Ironman race require mental resilienc...

Re-inventing Customer Support with AGI w/ Jonathan Corbin

How to be Remarkable and Make a Difference in the Age of AI w/Guy Kawasaki

Investing in Emerging Europe and AI w/Enis Hulli

How to drive better customer experience (CX) in Enterprises with AI Agents w/Tatyana Mamut

What’s next for RPA? RPA 2.0 and Agentic AI w/Antti Karjalainen

How to Democratize Access to AI Agents: AI Evolution, Language Translation, and Building AI for Everyone/Hassan Sawaf

Building A Culture of Radical Candor: Innovative, Creative & Collaborative Teams w/Jason Rosoff

During the interview with Alp Uguray and Jason Rosoff provided several key insights about Large Language Models (LLMs), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and their convergence to help people with coaching. Firstly, Rosoff mentioned that LLMs have the potential to be used as conflict resolution experts, acting as a more neutral intermediary between two parties in conflict. This could be particularly useful when emotions are high and an unbiased perspective is needed. LLMs can detect the content and em...

Navigating AI Policy, Job Market, Research, and Generative AI w/Eric Daimler

I recently spoke with Dr. Eric Daimler about how we can build on the framework he and his colleagues established during his tenure as a contributor to issues of AI policy in the White House during the Obama administration. Eric is the CEO of the MIT-spinout Conexus.com and holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. Here are the interesting results of my interview with him. His ideas are important as part of the basis for ACM SIGAI Public Policy recommendations....

A Future Unwritten: Short & Long Term Impacts of AI on Economy, Products & Life

Designing the Future of Work w/Donald Sweeney & Marshall Sied

Some questions we discussed: Founding Story of Ashling Partners and defining a manifesto that cultivates talent: Don & Marshall share their unique and inspiring founders’ story that led them to the path of finding Ashling Partners. Even before starting the company, they wrote what is known as the “Ashling Manifesto”, which highlighted the key principles that govern the people at Ashling to continuously improve and become a better version of themselves. Process Mining, creating a frictionless...

How to win with AI w/Prof. Tom Davenport

What inspired you to pursue a career in analytics and data science, and how did you get started? You've written several books on the topic of analytics, including "Competing on Analytics" and "The AI Advantage." What led you to focus on these areas, and what insights have you gained from your research and writing? How do you see the field of analytics evolving in the coming years, and what opportunities and challenges do you anticipate? In your opinion, what are some of the most important skills...

Automation & AI for all w/Antti Karjalainen

The Future of Low Code AI w/Jonathon Reilly

The story of the Design Thinking w/Joy Mountford

Some questions we discussed: As a pioneer in your field, how did your journey begin that led you to explore the human-computer interface? What led you to explore this field? As the builders of the future, we are told that what we invest our time in today creates what's next for the children of tomorrow. What is the number 1 thing that today's design thinkers think about differently, and what are some things that may lead to bad experiences? This is more of an open-ended question. As robots and s...

The story of the Document Understanding w/George Roth

The personal story that led Rob Enslin to Cloud, Automation and Beyond

A Low Code platform that enables you to change the UI of everything for a better UX w/Todd Schiller

Todd Schiller is the co-founder and CEO of PixieBrix , a company empowering everyone to customize their web and desktop applications for their use. With their low code platform, you can add a new button that triggers the automation, makes an API call, or change the UI for the UX your employees and customers need. Before founding PixieBrix, he built knowledge management and business analytics tools for the world's most significant hedge funds and consumer companies. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer S...

The story of the Godfather of Process Mining w/Prof. Wil van der Aalst

Some questions we discussed: How did you get into Process mining, and what led to people calling you the Godfather of Process Mining? What was your first inspiration, driver, and reason to purpose Process Mining? What drove you forward? Live transactional processing and execution management is core to achieving digital transformation. How do you see the process mining evolving over the years not to be only a tool but a product that touches each stage of the process transformation journey? How do...

The story of the Intelligent Automation w/Ian Barkin

Some questions we discussed: How did you get started with RPA and process automation? What made you passionate about the future of work? What inspired you to dedicate yourself to being a thought leader, teacher, and investor in this space? What do you think is coming next in the future of work space? For those adopting the future of work technologies, what should they look out for? Why should you care? Hear Ian’s personal story on how he joined the process automation world To be successful as a ...

The story of the product builder behind UiPath w/Param Kahlon

Some questions we discussed: How did your journey begin with process automation? What led you to UiPath? What attracted you the most? What is the future of work for you? Applying it to the life of a Chief Product Officer. What are you most excited about the impact of hyper-automation? As a CPO, you decide where the product is headed. What do you think is expecting us? Why should you care? Hear Param’s personal story on how he joined the process automation world How did the world change since his...