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A weekly podcast hosted by Himanshu Warudkar — unpacking academic research on AI, organisational strategy, and business models for technology leaders and practitioners. Every week, Himanshu picks one research paper and turns it into an engaging conversation — making dense academic scholarship accessible and actionable for practitioners. Available on Spotify.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA weekly podcast hosted by Himanshu Warudkar, unpacking academic research on AI, organisational strategy, and business models for technology leaders and practitioners. Every week, Himanshu picks one research paper and turns it into an engaging conversation, making dense academic scholarship accessible and actionable for practitioners. Available on Spotify.
Cognitive Moats is hosted by Himanshu. The show has published 19 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Why AI Training Drives Adoption But Not Sustainable Productivity" (3 October 2026, 21 minutes), "Making AI Count: The Next Measurement Frontier" (5 September 2026, 23 minutes), and "When humans stop thinking: tackling the silent threat of AI complacency in service operations" (23 August 2026, 22 minutes).
Cognitive Moats publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 19 episodes.
Booking probability for Cognitive Moats is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Cognitive Moats requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Cognitive Moats's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Cognitive Moats are IT Services & Software Development and Business & Management Consulting. Cognitive Moats has a business audience.
Himanshu hosts Cognitive Moats, a business podcast with 19 episodes published.
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Many organizations mistakenly believe that providing artificial intelligence training automatically guarantees a boost in workforce productivity, but recent research reveals a significant disconnect between tool...

Cognitive Moats
As organizations are adopting AI @ Scale, measuring productivity gains attributable to AI is also a problem statement that requires deeper research. A recent NBER paper by Diane Coyle and John Lourenze Poquiz reveals...

Episode #16
As organizations rush to adopt Generative AI to boost productivity, a silent threat is emerging in the workplace.A groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Service Management reveals that when employees...

Episode #14
This article by Seidl, Ma, and Splitter examines the concept of strategy-as-practice by addressing the fundamental ambiguity regarding what makes an activity "strategic." The authors propose a new framework that...

This academic article proposes a significant ontological shift in how we understand artificial intelligence , moving away from viewing it as a standalone entity or autonomous agent. The authors argue that AI is more...

This National Bureau of Economic Research paper investigates the productivity impact of generative AI on software development by tracking three generations of coding tools. The authors analyse data from over 100,000...

The future of customer experience is no longer just conversational—it’s deeply vocal. 🎙️Many organizations still rely on robotic, inflexible Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems that frustrate customers. While...

This research investigate the psychological and social effects of integrating artificial intelligence into collaborative work teams. Through three empirical studies, the authors explore how an AI teammate's social...

This academic editorial from the Journal of Management Studies examines the profound ways artificial intelligence is currently reshaping work, leadership, and institutional structures. The authors argue that scholarly...

We've all seen AI fail in customer service. But how should your AI system apologize to actually repair trust?Recent research on "AI Apology" highlights that as we deploy more customer-facing AI—from support chatbots to...

This research examines how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) acts as an agentic force that transforms service systems through its interaction with human actors. By moving beyond the view of technology as a...

In our fast-paced, unpredictable business environments, leaders constantly face chaotic challenges. Weick and his co-authors remind us that we don't just decide our way out of chaos; we "make sense" of it. Sensemaking...

This academic paper explores the evolution of absorptive capacity , redefining it as a dynamic capability essential for a firm’s long-term success. The authors distinguish between potential capacity , which involves...

Scaling AI isn't just about deploying the latest technology; it is about fundamentally redefining how you co-create value.While "co-creation" is a popular buzzword, it is rigorously defined as the enactment of creation...

Are you trying to "acquire knowledge" about AI, or are you "knowing in practice"? As Artificial Intelligence reshapes our workflows, many of us are scrambling to learn new tools. But there is a massive difference...

Often described as the "grammar of action," organizational routines are the repeated, recognizable patterns of behavior that drive your daily operations. While adopting AI represents a massive macro-level strategic...

This scholarly article explores a strategic framework for integrating artificial intelligence into the service sector to improve customer engagement . The authors categorise technology into three progressive levels...
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