Best Businessintelligence Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 50: ServiceNow, Process Orchestration & The Next Chapter of BPM 25:34

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4h ago25:34

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In their 50th milestone episode, Caspar and Russell take a step back to reflect on the BPM 360 journey—50 episodes, 5,000 downloads, and countless insights into the evolving world of business process management. The hosts discuss recent market shifts, including ServiceNow’s acquisition of Apromore, and explore how major platforms like ServiceNow an…

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Rebuilding Security for the Data-Driven Future 53:42

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Join this DM Radio episode, recorded live at the TDWI Conference, as we explore how security must evolve in an AI-driven, real-time world. Discover why legacy TCP/IP approaches fall short as organizations push intelligence to the edge and leverage billions of sensors. Learn about the growing global maturity of cybersecurity and how industries are i…

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Cat Negotiations, Dishonest Chatbots, AI vs AI in the Job Market, and More Real World AI Use Cases 44:33

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Rob finally cracked his years long standoff with the podcast lair cat, and the fix was hilariously simple. That small victory ends up setting the tone for the whole episode, because everything that follows has the same energy: real problems that only make sense once you shrink the solution down. As Rob talks through the cat truce, Justin brings in …

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Move From AI Hallucinations to Production-Ready Intelligence 54:59

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The hard truth about enterprise AI? According to industry research, some 88% of AI pilots never reach production. And by 2027, roughly 40% of AI projects may be canceled entirely. The problem isn't the AI models; it's the data. While organizations rush to implement generative AI, they're hitting a fundamental wall: AI agents can't deliver reliable …

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Customizing AI for Your Business is Crucial But It Isn't Hard 12:53

2h ago12:53

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Everyone's talking about AI like it's plug-and-play. Spoiler: it's not. In this episode, Rob digs into why Big Tech's billions in AI R&D haven't yet turned into matching revenue — and what that means for the rest of us. The truth? The real business wins don't come from off-the-shelf models; they come from smart customization. Rob breaks down the "m…

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Frank Stadler | Navigating AI Governance in Healthcare 21:47

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In this episode of the Healthcare Growth Cycle podcast, host Christian Steinert interviews Frank Stadler, managing director at Kivorex, about the intersection of AI, data governance, and healthcare. They discuss Frank's journey from software engineering to founding a consultancy focused on AI regulation, the importance of data governance frameworks…

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Meeting of the Minds: Getting AI-Ready 45:40

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How Do You Know If Your Enterprise Is AI-Ready? It starts with data. Can your enterprise architecture support AI workloads, RAG, or Agentic AI? For most, the answer is not yet. But with the right strategy, any data environment can get there. Then comes Governance. Do you have the right policies in place, the right people involved? Do you understand…

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Is AI a Bubble? 9:50

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When the bubble pops, what's left standing? Everyone's calling AI a bubble — and yeah, there's some wild stuff happening behind the scenes. Billions changing hands between the same few tech giants. Investments that look more like circular loans than innovation. But what if the real bubble isn't AI at all? Rob breaks down what's really inflating, wh…

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From Legacy BPM to Digital Twins: Liam O’Neill on Evolving Process Management Beyond Compliance 46:57

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In this lively episode of the BPM 360 Podcast, Caspar and Russell welcome Liam O’Neill, Managing Director of BPM-D, for an engaging conversation about how process management must evolve from compliance-driven legacy practices to orchestrated, data-driven business transformation. O’Neill shares lessons from a decade of BPM consulting across Europe, …

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Real-Time Intelligence with Confluent 52:43

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Live from Current in New Orleans, join this special episode of DM Radio exploring how Confluent is redefining the data foundation for the age of Agentic AI. Host Eric Kavanagh will interview Andrew Sellers, who will unveil Confluent Intelligence - a new way to deliver trusted, contextual data to AI systems in real time. Then, Kamal Brar will join t…

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Getting Specific with AI via Categories: Chat, Headless, and Embedded 36:07

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Everyone's talking about AI. Almost no one's getting specific. And that's the problem. Rob and Justin break down the three categories that matter: chat agents you talk to, embedded assistants baked into your workflows, and headless systems running quietly in the background doing the grunt work nobody wants to do. This isn't theory. This is how AI i…

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From Process Pioneer to AI Navigator – Sven Schnägelberger on BPM’s Next Wave 1:02:46

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WARNING: This episode is in German - Caspar again exposes his hidden language capabilities! :) In this engaging episode of BPM360, hosts Caspar and Russell sit down with BPM veteran Sven Schnägelberger, founder of BPM&O. Sven’s journey from freight forwarding clerk to IT leader to BPM pioneer is rich with insight. He reflects on how BPM moved from …

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Private AI and the Data Race: Building Smarter, Safer Enterprises 52:54

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*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" tabindex="-1" data-turn-id= "ac8cfec3-3da1-4287-a1b8-acd552845cab" data-testid= "conversation-turn-2" data-scroll-anchor="false" data-turn= "assistant"> Dive into this episode of DM Radio, as host Eric Kavanagh joins experts from Cloudera and Hitach…

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AI Agents for the Manufacturing Industry, w/ Interpak CFO Bill Krolicki 1:16:01

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AI without the committee: Most manufacturers are still holding meetings about AI. Bill Krolicki just built it. As CFO of Interpak, he didn't wait for a strategy deck or a vendor pilot—he wired Power BI and Power Automate into a self-running operation. His bots read supplier emails, catch late shipments before they blow up production, and update the…

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Good AI vs Bad for AML, KYC and Fraud 56:18

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Know your customer? Know your bad guy! The power of AI extends to both black hats and white, and with Generative AI now in the toolset, all bets are off. Bad actors can whip up pixel-perfect, fraudulent web sites in seconds to pilfer your username and password. They can mimic your spouse's voice to put you in a panic. And they can use Agentic AI to…

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AI is "Just" a New Faucet, plus the Value of Getting Specific 35:06

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Last week we got a facelift—new name, new look, same deep data dives. This week? We prove the rebrand wasn't just cosmetic. Rob kicks things off with a time machine moment: his first gig at Microsoft in the '90s, building the Windows Installer. The running joke back then? "Installing yesterday's apps tomorrow." Cut to 2025, and that exact same code…

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Processes, Purpose & Pragmatism: Holger Wüsthoff on Making BPM Real 54:27

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Strap in, process nerds — this episode of the BPM360 Podcast with Holger Wüsthoff is a wild ride through the evolution of process work, from “they dragged me into SAP” stories to bold claims about process-driven AI. Caspar, Russell, and Holger spar over whether business must bend to systems or if systems should dance to business moves — and land sq…

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YOU are the AI Cavalry 15:04

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Everyone's talking like AI is coming for your job. Rob's here to tell you it's coming for your skill set. If you already think in tables, models, and relationships, congratulations—you're built for what's next. This episode is part pep talk, part reality check, and all proof that data people aren't getting replaced. We're getting promoted. Rob take…

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Preparing Analytics for the AI Rewrite 53:21

1M ago53:21

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The revolution has begun. AI will rewrite most major enterprise applications. Analytics will play a central role, but big questions remain. How can deterministic BI meld with probabilistic AI? How will fast-evolving AI systems be effectively governed? What's the secret to building trust in data and interactive dashboards in this new era? Register f…

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Can AI Go Straight from Requirements to Power BI Models? 40:34

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Nobody loves requirements docs. They're the corporate equivalent of writing a novel just so someone can skim the back cover. The real question is whether you can ditch all that and go straight from "here's what I need" to a working Power BI model. In this episode, Rob and Justin push AI into that role and see what breaks, what builds, and what actu…

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Process Makes Perfect: A Spirited Conversation with Prof. Hajo Reijers 1:01:09

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In this lively BPM360 episode, Caspar and Russell sit down with Prof. Hajo Reijers, whose career spans coding, consulting, and co-authoring the BPM field’s “bible.” The discussion is as energetic as it is insightful: from the quirks of workarounds in hospitals to the excitement of process hackathons, from redesign heuristics to the promise (and pit…

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Act Now: Visual Immediacy At Scale 51:09

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When time-to-action requires very low latency, the immediacy of data visualization makes all the difference. Being able to analyze vast amounts of multi-dimensional data in real-time requires massive throughput, and an in-memory architecture designed to deliver instant insights at scale. Check out this episode of DM Radio to hear how advanced optim…

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AI Isn't Magic - It's Middleware (And That's Good News) 35:17

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Large language models aren't magic. They're pivot tables for words. That's the real breakthrough — not a crystal ball, not a robot overlord, but a new way to roll up all the noise in your business into something you can actually use. And that's why AI belongs in the middle layer. Just like BI gave you visibility across systems, AI is becoming the c…

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Powering AI: Inside the Next-Gen Data Center 53:48

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Join this episode of DM Radio, as host Eric Kavanagh dives into the emerging concept of "AI factories" with special guests Mark Madsen of Third Nature and Denise Muyco of Ravel. Together, they explore how modern data centers are being transformed to handle the massive compute demands of AI-balancing workloads, optimizing power usage, and rethinking…

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Whack-a-Mole, AI Pilots, and the Process Lens: Why 95% of AI Projects Fail 38:34

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In this episode, Caspar and Russell kick things off with Russell’s mole invasion at home (a perfect metaphor for stubborn BPM stakeholders who pop up where you least want them). From there, they dive deep into why so many AI pilots collapse before reaching scale, and how process management must act as the “guide rails” for AI to deliver real busine…

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Data Products, On-Demand 52:48

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You can always build a better mousetrap. Data warehouses and lakes turn out to be overkill for many business teams. A new approach makes enterprise data readily available for last-mile transformations. In other words, don't build it until they come, then do so dynamically in minutes. Register for this DM Radio to learn how enterprise data from any …

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What Exactly IS an AI Agent? We Propose a Friendly, Non-Gatekeeping Definition 40:46

2M ago40:46

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This isn't another AI think-piece, it's a full-on data brawl. Copilot is out here plagiarizing Rob's pivot table crusade while the self-appointed nerd police try to lock down the definition of agentic AI. Meanwhile, thirty years of fantasy football become the unexpected proof that tuning beats buzzwords every single time. What starts as a slip from…

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Bridging the Gap: Driving Innovation with Data 52:27

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The blessing and curse of today's data landscape is diversity. Hundreds of vendors, scores of databases, a dozen cloud providers and an infinite array of information architectures: That's the reality facing business analysts and engineers every day. But there is one foundational player that can help make sense of all these variations: the battle-te…

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Season 4 Kickoff: From Soldering Mishaps to BPMN Turbulence – Balancing Structure and Agility in BPM 31:16

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Caspar and Russell are back behind the mics to launch Season 4 of the BPM 360 Podcast. After a summer of sun, paint brushes, and a bit of Raspberry Pi miswiring, the duo jump straight into how real-life lessons connect to the world of BPM. From DIY cellar ventilation gone wrong to reflections on process modeling conventions, they explore the balanc…

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Is CoPilot the End of Filters? (Plus a Cautionary Tale) 46:35

2M ago46:35

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Pivot tables finally auto-refresh. Humanity wins, but our host Rob Collie is still annoyed. Why? Because he asked for it back in 2007 and got shot down. That little gripe kicks off a bigger conversation: what else in data is overdue for a shake-up? Copilot might be next. Forget filters. Forget dashboards. Rob put it to the test on his beer-league h…

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The "Steal My Money" Lever: A Timely Tale of Data Saving the Day 14:16

2M ago14:16

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Every campaign has it: that shiny "more reach, lower cost" lever that looks like marketing gold but really just siphons your budget into digital quicksand. We pulled it. The metrics looked fantastic. And that's exactly how we knew we'd been had. In this episode, Rob breaks down a real-world lesson in false signals, phantom clicks, and why data disc…

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Good Vibes or Bad? Agentic DevOps Evolves 54:55

3M ago54:55

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DevOps is undergoing a radical transformation, fueled by AI-driven platforms like Bolt, Lovable, Anthropic, OpenAI and others. They are seriously disrupting the market with agentic capabilities that can design, test, and deploy code at lightning speed. While the power of these tools is breathtaking, there are serious risks: quality, security, gover…

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Even in the AI Era, Communication is the Central Theme 31:32

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AI is rewriting the rules of analytics. Copilot can pull answers straight from your semantic model and bypass the dashboard entirely. But for all the tech fireworks, the same old truth holds: communication is still the hardest part. Stakeholders don't always know what they want, builders don't always know how to translate it, and requirements docs …

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How to Get Noticed by ChatGPT 52:31

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Google built their trillion-dollar empire on keywords, but text is just a thin layer of abstraction that only ostensibly represents the real world. Video is a much different story! With video, modern algorithms from Gong, Otter, Read and other tools can ascertain a whole host of valuable dimensions: confidence of voice, engagement level, thoughtful…

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Episode 200: The Road Ahead for Data and AI 28:07

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Two hundred episodes in, and we're done with the warm-up! Episode 200 finds Rob flying solo and pulling zero punches on the question everyone's quietly asking: what's the future of data work? No anniversary nostalgia here, just uncomfortable truths about AI bootcamps at Starbucks, semantic models going naked, and why being "pretty good" at anything…

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The Rise of the Composable CDP 52:21

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CDPs have long promised unified, personalized marketing, but legacy systems often create new data silos, slow implementation, and lock-in. Join this episode of DM Radio as host Eric Kavanagh interviews Adam Greco, Product Evangelist at Hightouch to explore a disruptive new approach: the composable CDP. By operating directly on top of the data wareh…

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The "Dobie Moment" (The Awesome Power of AI/CoPilot Frontends - AND a Cautionary Tale) 29:27

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Most of us have been in the trenches long enough to know when something's about to flip the script. And brother, we're standing at the edge of a cliff most data folks don't even see coming. Rob Collie thought he had Power BI figured out. Then Copilot did something impossible; it cracked a question that should've left it scratching its digital head.…

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Data + AI = A Revolution in Healthcare 52:43

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Join this episode of DM Radio as host Eric Kavanagh speaks with Steve Sobel of Databricks and Anmol Madan of RadiantGraph. Discover how data and AI are driving a long-overdue transformation in the U.S. healthcare system, a sector that accounts for nearly 20% of the GDP. Learn how modern data architectures, real-time analytics, and AI-driven persona…

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The Million-Token Myth and the Magic of Digital Colleagues 29:08

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AI looks unstoppable… until you hand it a hundred pages of meeting notes. Rob and Justin dig into why context windows and token limits quietly run the show. That "million-token" brag from Google? More like weighing the Titanic in bananas. From Shakespeare to SharePoint, this episode shows why AI remembers the Roman Empire better than your company h…

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Responsible AI Starts with Ethical Humans 53:56

4M ago53:56

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The rise of Artificial Intelligence ignites age-old questions about ethics, responsibility, and the nature of decision-making. As AI systems become more embedded in daily life, shaping what we see, buy, and believe, the call for "Ethical AI" grows louder. But what does that really mean? Is it about aligning machine behavior with human values? Can r…

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Semantic Models Give You (and Microsoft) the AI Upper Hand - Plus a History Lesson on Why Frontends Matter 41:59

4M ago41:59

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Back in 2010, Tableau beat smarter tools with a better demo. No brain, all charm and the market loved it. Fast-forward to now: same playbook, new costume. The AI dashboard crowd is selling "natural language BI" with zero semantic model, zero memory, and a whole lot of LinkedIn swagger. In this episode, Rob and Justin revisit why Tableau's empty-cal…

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Modern Data Platforms: The Journey to Agentic AI 52:29

4M ago52:29

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A major bank can ideate through a data product 100 times in a morning, to test new data for a Machine Learning engine. It can now refine a new model in a day, when it used to take six weeks! That's the kind of experimentation made possible by a governed, federated data architecture. Removing the bottlenecks to discovery helps organizations achieve …

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Everything's Real, Everything Matters, and Everyone Knows It w/ Quadrant Concrete CFO Joseph Graziano 1:06:20

4M ago1:06:20

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Let's say your business runs on sun, sweat, and schedule precision. You've got crews in the field, materials that don't wait, and about 90 minutes to get it right before the product turns into a thousand-pound paperweight. That's the world Joseph Graziano lives in. He's the CFO of Quadrant Concrete and also the guy keeping the trucks moving, the fo…

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From Pools to Pinkpop to Process Mining: Wrapping Up BPM360 Season 3 in Style 33:23

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In this sizzling summer finale of BPM360 – Covering Every Angle, Caspar and Russell take a reflective and witty journey through the highlights of Season 3. What began with pool-cleaning confessions and festival weather banter quickly turned into a deep dive into process thinking, change facilitation, and agentic AI. 🧩 Key Takeaways from Season 3: H…

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Cyber, AI and the Economics of Storage 51:47

5M ago51:47

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Join this episode of DM Radio as host Eric Kavanagh welcomes back Eric Herzog of Infinidat to explore the intersection of cybersecurity, AI, and data storage economics. They dive into the escalating arms race between cybercriminals and enterprise defenders, highlighting how AI is being used on both sides. Learn why storage is often the weakest link…

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It's Time to Start Giving Power BI CoPilot a Serious Look (For End User Interaction) 25:25

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It started as a side project. Rob Collie built a Power BI model for his rec league hockey team. Just for fun. Just to see what the data could say. But something weird happened. The dashboards were solid. The data model was solid. But, the users still had questions. And lots of them. And that's when it clicked: people don't think in slicers. They th…

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From BBQs to Black Boxes: Why AI Agents Might Be Your Next Process Colleague (or Frenemy) 43:07

5M ago43:07

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In this dynamic and thought-provoking episode, Casper and Russell take a detour from birthday barbecues into the brave new world of AI agents in process management. With their trademark mix of humour and depth, they explore how agentic AI is shifting the BPM landscape—from guided automation to autonomous orchestration. Drawing parallels between pas…

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Transforming Global Payments with Data and AI 52:26

5M ago52:26

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Dive into this episode of DM Radio as host Eric Kavanagh interviews Tapan Parekh of Convera about how fintech companies expertly navigate the growing complexity of global payment compliance. Discover why quality AI depends on quality data, especially in the highly regulated and complex fintech landscape. Learn how Convera manages payments across 20…

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Live from Databricks Data+AI Summit 50:52

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Live from the Databricks Data + AI Summit at the Moscone Center, this DMRadio episode kicks off with a high-energy segment featuring Ari Kaplan and a deep dive into the risks of handing proprietary data to public LLMs. The conversation explores safer alternatives like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and the power of enterprise knowledge graphs…

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Connecting AI to Your Company's Internal Information 43:44

5M ago43:44

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AI wants your data, but it can't handle the truth . . . "We'll just plug our data into ChatGPT." Sure. Sounds easy. Rob thought so too, right up until he hit token limits, had to install Python, and discovered that even two megabytes of transcripts was too much for the world's smartest models to handle. In this episode, Rob and Justin break down wh…