Kani Talabani

AI transformation: Why enterprise leaders must focus on the execution layer As organisations race to integrate AI into their everyday operations, many leaders are still grappling with a fundamental question: where does AI create the greatest value? That question sat at the heart of a recent HotTopics C-Suite Exchange, AI in the Flow of Work: The Rise of the Execution Layer, held in partnership with Zoom.

From AI pilots to enterprise impact: Why most AI strategies stall - and how leaders can fix it. Senior leaders gathered to confront a defining challenge in enterprise AI strategy: why, despite unprecedented investment and enthusiasm, does so much AI in the enterprise fail to deliver meaningful business impact? What emerged from the HotTopics Food for Thought discussion was not a critique of technology, but a far more uncomfortable truth.

How AI and the Collaboration Quotient are reshaping equitable, outcome-led hybrid work As organisations reassess how and where work gets done, hybrid models continue to evolve rather than setting into a single standard. Hybrid work has moved from policy debate to performance reality. The question now is not whether teams are remote or in-office—it is whether every voice is captured, decisions move faster, and AI is improving outcomes rather than reinforcing inequity.