Liat Ben-Zur, author of The Bias Advantage, joins Ryan Alford for a direct conversation about why artificial intelligence is exposing fragile leadership, broken workflows and unclear accountability. Drawing on her experience leading technology transformations at Microsoft, Philips and Qualcomm, Liat explains why most unsuccessful AI initiatives are organizational failures rather than technology failures.
Together, Ryan and Liat examine the difference between adopting AI and creating measurable business value. Liat outlines how leaders can begin with valuable problems, redesign workflows, establish clear ownership, build guardrails and stop experiments that fail to produce results.
The conversation also explores why judgment, ethical clarity, adaptability and the ability to recognize missing context will define effective leadership in an AI-driven world.
TOPICS COVERED
Why AI initiatives fail to generate business value
The organizational problems technology cannot solve
Measuring outcomes instead of AI usage
Creating accountability across every business function
Redesigning workflows around artificial intelligence
Knowing when to stop an AI experiment
Why judgment is becoming the new leadership advantage
How AI exposes outdated talent and decision-making models
The risks of incomplete or biased training data
Why leaders must remain accountable for machine-generated decisions
Unconventional leadership in the AI era
The ideas and frameworks inside The Bias Advantage
CONNECT WITH LIAT BEN-ZUR
Website:
https://liatbenzur.com/
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https://liatbenzur.com/thebiasadvantage/
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CONNECT WITH RYAN ALFORD AND RIGHT ABOUT NOW
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