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Applied AI Australia is the podcast for Australian executives turning AI into measurable business outcomes. Hosted by Ramon Rodriguez - an executive, not a career consultant. This show cuts through AI hype to focus on what matters: Growth and Margins. Now part of Acquire Intelligence, the podcast brings commercially grounded AI strategy and practical executive insight to CEOs, CIOs,CFOs, boards, and senior operators navigating rapid change and competitive pressure. Each week, Applied AI Australia delivers real-world conversations, operator perspectives, and practical frameworks leaders can apply quickly , often within 48 hours. This is not a tech podcast.It is practical AI leadership for executives accountable for results. Subscribe.
Ramon Rodriguez hosts Applied AI Australia, a business show with 21 episodes published.
Does AI always mean fewer people? In some parts of a business, it can. The leadership challenge begins when AI removes, compresses or changes existing work. Leaders need to decide what stops, where the capacity goes, wha
Does AI always mean fewer people? In some parts of a business, it can. The leadership challenge begins when AI removes, compresses or changes existing work. Leaders need to decide what stops, where the capacity goes, wha
Fast Tech, Slow Org: The AI Execution Gap | Salesforce SVP & CMO ANZ Leandro Perez Subscribe if your leadership team is investing in AI but still cannot clearly explain what work has changed. AI progress is easy to perfo
Fast Tech, Slow Org: The AI Execution Gap | Salesforce SVP & CMO ANZ Leandro Perez Subscribe if your leadership team is investing in AI but still cannot clearly explain what work has changed. AI progress is easy to perfo
10 December 2026: The AI Decision Deadline Executives Can’t Ignore From 10 December 2026, Australian organisations covered by the Privacy Act face new automated decision-making disclosure obligations under APP 1.7. If AI
Season 3 of Applied AI Australia starts now - with new episodes every week. In this short update, Ramon shares the next chapter for the show, including Applied AI Australia joining Acquire Intelligence and a sharper focu
Season 3 of Applied AI Australia starts now - with new episodes every week. In this short update, Ramon shares the next chapter for the show, including Applied AI Australia joining Acquire Intelligence and a sharper focu
Machine Customers Are Here. Your Business Was Built for Humans | Katja Forbes, Author of The Machine Customers. Subscribe: If your board is talking AI strategy but nobody has raised machine customers, this episode is the
The AI Risk Your Board Can’t See: Identity, Fraud and AI Agents | Dan Mountstephen, Okta Subscribe - know a director who still thinks cyber is an IT problem? Forward this. CBA self-reported $1B in suspected AI-generated
Fewer People, More Output: The Vacancy Strategy (Diego Mogollon, VentureCrowd) Subscribe: Know a leader still hiring the same org chart? Forward this. You can drive AI transformation in compliance heavy industry! This ep
$28M Spent on AI. One Question Tells You If It's Working. Subscribe - Know a CFO still measuring AI by project count? Forward this. Episode Summary: 90% of Australian companies have invested in AI. Only 40% are seeing re
AI Ready in 2026: Know Your Type (Part 1) Applied AI Australia In Conversation With: Anthony Mittelmark. Technology executive with 20+ years delivering enterprise-scale AI strategy and digital transformation across ASX 1
Tasks tell you what happened. Decisions explain the outcome. If you aren't capturing the logic behind your decisions, your workflow is broken. 90% of Australian executives believe AI is critical for survival, yet only 3%
The CTO Trap: Why 80% of AI Pilots Fail | Dawid Naude, Pathfindr Episode Description: 80% of Australian AI investments are currently failing, costing enterprises north of $28M per failed pilot. The data proves it: this i
Invested in AI and got no results? You’re not alone - and it’s not the technology. In this episode, Ramon Rodriguez sits down with Brad Granger, Managing Director at Podium, to unpack why Australian executives keep getti
Episode Title: The Death of the Search Bar: Mastering Intent Resolution | Anthony Mittelmark, Ex-PwC Partner Episode Description: Australian online retail is a $65B market, but up to $19B of that is now influenced by AI-
Why AI Fails: The Hidden "Data Gap" Killing ROI | Samir Ghoudrani, AI Director Episode Description: 72% of Australian enterprises aren’t seeing measurable ROI from their AI spend. On average, companies are burning $28M i
In this episode of Applied AI Australia, I launch the new In Practice series, focused on how leaders are using AI to drive real business outcomes. I sit down with John Foong, recent Chief Commercial Officer at Domain and
Agentic AI in the Boardroom: Who's Accountable When AI Acts? OpenAI dropped Atlas, their new agentic browser. Within hours, executives across Australia were texting me asking: "Should we use this?" Wrong question. The ri
Ramon unpacks zero-FTE departments, agentic task equivalence (TEA), and the audit trail every board expects. With Australian case studies from Telstra and Woolworths, you’ll learn what to automate first and a four-step r
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