What happens when AI stops being a tool and starts reshaping how decisions get made? Who has the judgment and responsibility to double-check the work that AI is doing? And what actually separates companies that are scaling AI from those that are just experimenting?

On this special season five recap episode, host Matthew Bidwell looks back at his interviews with James Crowley, global products industry practices chair at Accenture, and Eric Bradlow, the vice dean of AI and analytics at Wharton; Donna Morris, the chief people officer at Walmart; Paul Stathacopoulos, vice president of product for focus categories and international cross border trade at eBay; and Ritcha Ranjan, senior vice president of product at Expedia Group. Across these conversations, a clear pattern emerges: AI is moving from isolated pilots into the core of how organizations operate, forcing a shift in how decisions get made, in how work is structured, and in the very skills needed by employees and employers alike.

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