Facing Disruption
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Facing Disruption is a webcast that explores the intersection of technology and humanity through conversations with leaders across industries. We help leaders understand how emerging trends and technologies are impacting their businesses and customers, ultimately turning shifting market trends into new opportunities.
Our content spans three key pillars:
The Future of explores emerging technologies and their industry impact
Rockstar Product Teams reveals strategies for building better products faster
The Experimenter's Mindset showcases how calculated risk-taking drives innovation
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The podcast covers three main pillars: The Future of which emphasizes emerging technologies and their industry impacts, Rockstar Product Teams that reveals strategies for building better products faster, and The Experimenter's Mindset that showcases how calculated risk-taking drives innovation. Episodes include discussions on navigating the long COVID challenges, featuring insights from survivors and expert strategies for energy management and cognitive resilience.
Facing Disruption is a webcast that explores the intersection of technology and humanity through conversations with leaders across industries. We help leaders understand how emerging trends and technologies are impacting their businesses and customers, ultimately turning shifting market trends into new opportunities.
Our content spans three key pillars:
The Future of explores emerging technologies and their industry impact
Rockstar Product Teams reveals strategies for building better products faster
The Experimenter’s Mindset showcases how calculated risk-taking drives innovation
Why are 70–95% of AI initiatives failing? It’s not the algorithms—it’s the data. In this episode of Facing Disruption, AJ Bubb (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajbubb/) sits down with Chris LaCour (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-lacour/), founder of the Put Data First Conference, to uncover why messy, unstructured “data sewage” is holding enterprises back from realizing real AI value.
We explore:
– Why data quality and governance are the Achilles’ heel of AI
– The hidden risks of unstructured data (80% of the enterprise)
– The short shelf life of Chief Data Officers- Whether we’re in an AI bubble and what that means for leaders
– Practical steps executives can take today to unlock impact
📍 Event Spotlight: The Put Data First Conference (Oct 27–29, 2025 – Las Vegas) is a practitioner-led roundtable experience for executives tackling AI and data challenges.
Learn more at https://www.putdatafirst.com
If you’re leading digital transformation, AI strategy, or data governance in your organization, this conversation is your roadmap to avoiding failure and building a sustainable AI foundation.
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