Great ExpectAItions: The AI edge for enterprises – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode of Great Expectations, we explore the evolution of leadership in the age of AI with expert Elisa Farri. Moving beyond productivity tools, Elisa introduces the concept of "co-thinking" with AI—treating artificial intelligence as a 24/7 thought partner rather than just an output generator. 

Elisa shares practical strategies for balancing individual AI use with team collaboration, explaining when to shift from productivity assistance to strategic co-thinking. She discusses the cultural factors that determine successful AI adoption, common pitfalls leaders make, and why judgment must remain switched on in every AI interaction. 

Elisa Farri is a leadership expert and author specializing in human-AI collaboration. She is Vice President and Co-lead of Capgemini Invent's Management Lab, a global think-tank that aims to democratize management and bridge the latest management ideas into practice. 

A Jabra podcast hosted by Paul Sephton. Audio and video production from Joleen Goffin and Ollie Peart at Rethink Audio. 

Is your company truly AI-ready, or just AI-obsessed? David de Cremer, author of "The AI Savvy Leader" reveals what's actually working in AI adoption today.

In this episode, we explore why being "AI-driven" might be sabotaging your success, how to measure real AI ROI beyond flashy metrics, and why the future belongs to leaders who can blend empathy with algorithms. David shares practical frameworks for creating psychological safety around AI experimentation and explains why agentic AI might be the next big thing—or another shiny distraction.

David de Cremer is the Dunton Family Dean and Professor of Management and Technology at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business, and founder of the Center on AI Technology for Humankind at the National University of Singapore. A global thought leader in AI ethics and leadership, he is the author of "The AI Savvy Leader."

A Jabra podcast hosted by Paul Sephton. Audio and video production from Joleen Goffin and Ollie Peart at Rethink Audio.

David JP Phillips, international author, speaker and coach, is an expert on the skills it takes to communicate with others. In this episode, we examine how to use storytelling in a professional context to master presenting in hybrid work environments. Find out why introverts are usually better presenters than extroverts, how to use neuroscience to your advantage in your storytelling and how communication can better every area of our lives.

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Michael Leiter, an internationally renowned psychologist, has focused much of his career on improving the quality of work life and studying the causes of burnout. In this episode, we discuss the relationship problem at the core of burnout, how to recognize, prevent and recover from burnout and the ways in which organizations can create a better ways of working for employees for our hybrid working future. 

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Alyssa Westring, is an associate professor of management at the Driehaus College of Business at DePaul University and author of Parents Who Lead: The Leadership Approach You Need to Parent with Purpose, Fuel Your Career, and Create a Richer Life. For over 15 years she has been studying work life integration with a particular focus on working parents and women's careers. In this episode, we discuss a toolkit for working parents, and how managers and organizations can support their teams for a hybrid working future.

See more of Alyssa's work at alyssawestring.com or purchase her book, Parents Who Lead, on Amazon. 

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Julian Treasure, top-rated international speaker on sound and communication skills, and founder of audio branding company the Sound Agency, has a mission to help people and organizations listen better. In this episode, we discuss the rarity of conscious listening, the skills needed to speak powerfully and how sound affects our productivity and wellbeing.

Find out more about Julian by visiting his website at juliantreasure.com

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Matt Abrahams, Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer, and co-founder of consulting agency Bold Echo, knows first hand that our ideas are only as good as our ability to express them. While it's challenging to effectively present and communicate in-person, it has a whole new dimension in virtual environments. In this episode, we discuss overcoming speaking anxiety, how to capture and hold others' attention, and the tools any speaker needs to strategically communicate.

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What have we learnt after one year of remote working? In this episode, we recap some of the best pieces of advice from season one, covering productivity, self-control, remote working and the relationships we have with our jobs. 

Next week, the second season of the Soundbar launches. You can expect conversations with leading academics and professionals around the new normal ways of hybrid working. Join us as we dive into the world of work and discuss how we can work smarter, lead better and adapt to a future of flexible working. 

John Watson is the Founder and CEO of Evergreen Education Group and a leading educator researcher and advisor for over 20 years. 

In this episode we discuss topics such as adapting to online and hybrid learning, digital teaching best practices and how to use tech to give power back to teachers in virtual environments. 

How can teachers lean-in to digital learning and hybrid classrooms, and how will AI support all educators in the future? 

In this episode, we hear from Angela Chin, Microsoft's Principal Program Manager Lead for Teams for Education. 

We discuss the challenges of moving to online learning, how schools and educators have adapted to the digital space and some of the technologies available that are fueling student learning across all ages.