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Simon Turner

Simon Turner

Chief Technology Officer at FOIL (Data & AI consultancy), guest on Driven by Data: The Podcast discussing the "autonomic business".

Sep 22, 2026

Driven by Data: The Podcast

Driven by Data: The Podcast

S7 | Ep 25 | The Autonomic Business: Why AI Is a Leveller, Not an Advantage with Simon Turner, Chief Technology Officer at FOIL AI

Sep 22 · 47m

Kyle WinterbottomHOST
12:31
And I guess, what does an autonomic organization actually look like?
Simon Turner
Simon TurnerGUEST
12:37
Yeah, autonomic's a great word.
Simon Turner
Simon TurnerGUEST
12:39
And believe me, it took a number of my colleagues quite a few weeks, months to actually be able to say it fluently and naturally.
Simon Turner
Simon TurnerGUEST
12:48
And autonomic actually comes from the world of biology.
Simon Turner
Simon TurnerGUEST
12:53
And we all have autonomic nervous systems, and we've got three of them.
Simon Turner
Simon TurnerGUEST
12:58
There's three different types of autonomic nervous system.
Simon Turner
Simon TurnerGUEST
13:00
But basically, your autonomic nervous system looks after very well-described discrete functions on your behalf.

11 MINS LATER

Kyle WinterbottomHOST
24:28
I'm just keen to see what you see in that space.

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