Sep 8, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min · 12 segments
Sophie and David are back for episode 16. This week's guest is Dr. Claire Ann Banga, CEO of eMoodie, who speaks with Sophie and David on the human side of leadership. Claire explains how her…
Sophie ValentineHostDavid CrawfordHost
Claire Ann BangaGuestAnd, uh, there's been some news things happening, and as ever, you've been far better at finding those news articles than I have.
Um, and there was a really interesting piece of research that has come out from VC firm Madrona, um, and it's all about enterprise AI adoption.
And this is the kind of thing that sort of everyone talks about it, and we go to these events and someone says, "Oh, this is what we're doing in my company.
This is what we're doing in my company." But I've found it, and I don't know about you, a little bit difficult to really paint a picture of, of what's actually happening in the sector in terms of adopting AI.
What happens after the pilots? And so this research coming out has been, I think, very enlightening.
Um, so the team at Madrona spoke to 150 enterprise decision-makers, 48 engineering leaders, and five years of data from...
But anyway, so the key findings that I wanna run you through, and David, tell me if any of these surprise you.
I mean, people are-- companies are gonna be spending more on AI next year, no shit Sherlock, right? What I'm interested in is that the twenty-five percent who aren't, who are going to hold steady-
And, uh, there's been some news things happening, and as ever, you've been far better at finding those news articles than I have.
Um, and there was a really interesting piece of research that has come out from VC firm Madrona, um, and it's all about enterprise AI adoption.
And this is the kind of thing that sort of everyone talks about it, and we go to these events and someone says, "Oh, this is what we're doing in my company.
This is what we're doing in my company." But I've found it, and I don't know about you, a little bit difficult to really paint a picture of, of what's actually happening in the sector in terms of adopting AI.
What happens after the pilots? And so this research coming out has been, I think, very enlightening.
Um, so the team at Madrona spoke to 150 enterprise decision-makers, 48 engineering leaders, and five years of data from...
But anyway, so the key findings that I wanna run you through, and David, tell me if any of these surprise you.
I mean, people are-- companies are gonna be spending more on AI next year, no shit Sherlock, right? What I'm interested in is that the twenty-five percent who aren't, who are going to hold steady-
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