The Digital Transformation Playbook
Kieran Gilmurray is a globally recognised authority on Artificial Intelligence, cloud, intelligent automation, data analytics, agentic AI, and digital transformation.
He has authored three influential books and hundreds of articles that have shaped industry perspectives on digital transformation, data analytics, intelligent automation, agentic AI and artificial intelligence.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 does Kieran do❓
When I'm not chairing international conferences, serving as a fractional CTO or Chief AI Officer, I’m delivering AI, leadership, and strategy masterclasses to governments and industry leaders.
My team and I help global businesses drive AI, agentic ai, digital transformation and innovation programs that deliver tangible business results.
🏆 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬:
🔹Top 25 Thought Leader Generative AI 2025
🔹𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟱𝟬 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
🔹Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Agentic AI 2025
🔹Top 100 Thought Leader Agentic AI 2025
🔹Top 100 Thought Leader Legal AI 2025
🔹Team of the Year at the UK IT Industry Awards
🔹Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Generative AI 2024
🔹Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Manufacturing 2024
🔹Best LinkedIn Influencers Artificial Intelligence and Marketing 2024
🔹Seven-time LinkedIn Top Voice.
🔹Top 14 people to follow in data in 2023.
🔹World's Top 200 Business and Technology Innovators.
🔹Top 50 Intelligent Automation Influencers.
🔹Top 50 Brand Ambassadors.
🔹Global Intelligent Automation Award Winner.
🔹Top 20 Data Pros you NEED to follow.
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 my team and I to get business results, not excuses.
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Episodes
170 episodes
Inside Joyrider: Craft, Speed, And AI
What happens when you’re asked to keep an iconic music video exactly as fans remember it except the singer must perform a different song, in perfect sync, for four minutes straight? We brought Joyrider Films founder and executive pr...
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Fractional Power, Real Results
Growth stalls when complexity outruns capability. We brought on award-winning HR leader Barry Flack to show how fractional executives give SMEs enterprise-grade judgement without the full-time overhead, and why that mix of strategy and sleeves-...
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Open Source AI’s Quiet Revolution
The ground under AI has shifted, and the tremor came from the open. What started as a niche movement exploded into a global surge of community models that now challenge the tight grip of the biggest labs. We trace how open weights, ...
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Why Digital Workers Can Finally Handle The Boring Stuff So You Can Do The Valuable Work
Forget brittle rules that collapse on the first exception. We dive into agentic AI for HR and L&D and show how goal‑driven digital workers can process CVs, update HRIS records, draft communications, and handle follow‑ups while staying withi...
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If AI Eats The Routine, What Human Skills Survive?
The hype cycle is over; the accountability era has arrived. We unpack how gen AI has moved from pilots to proof, with daily use now common among senior leaders and measurable ROI becoming the standard. Pulling from the Wharton GBK C...
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From Tools To Teammates: How Agentic AI Rewrites Work And Society
The promise of autonomy just got practical. We explore how agentic AI moves beyond passive automation to become a goal-driven collaborator that plans, adapts, and coordinates at human and machine scale. From UPS’s ORION saving millions of miles...
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From Hype To Habit: How Leaders Turn AI Into 30% Productivity Gains
The ground just shifted under every boardroom and team room: AI isn’t a side experiment anymore, it’s a core business tool changing how work gets done. We trace the acceleration in adoption and show why hands-on leadership—not memos—separates w...
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Practical AI Governance For HR
AI is already inside your organisation, whether leadership has a plan or not. We unpack how HR and L&D can turn quiet workarounds into safe, transparent practice by pairing thoughtful governance with practical training. From the...
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Leading AI Starts With Behaviour, Not Code
The promise of AI isn’t stalling because the models are weak; it’s stalling because our leadership habits are. We open the hood on why executives talk about stewardship and enterprise health while managers feel like they’re juggling...
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Fractional Power For Growing SMEs
What if you could borrow a battle-tested executive exactly when you need them and only for as long as it takes to move the needle? We pull back the curtain on fractional leadership for SMEs, focusing on the people side of change where complexit...
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Why Executive Fear, Not Technology, Holds Back AI Success
Fear rarely announces itself; it hides behind control, certainty, and the urge to delay. We sit down with expert CPO Brian Parks to unpack why artificial intelligence stalls in boardrooms not because of model limits, but because of ...
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How The Next Workforce Will Redefine Business With Everyday AI
Forget “early adopters.” A new cohort arrives at work expecting intelligent tools by default. We unpack what it means to hire and lead AI natives—the people who open ChatGPT before Google, who treat Grammarly and Canva as standard kit, and who ...
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Agentic AI, Explained Simply
The day starts with pings, alerts, and an inbox that won’t quit—yet nothing meaningful moves. We set out to change that by exploring agentic AI: systems that don’t wait for prompts, but act within clear boundaries to learn your preferences, ant...
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Lead AI by Leading People
The loudest voices say AI will fix everything; the quieter truth is that behaviour, incentives, and trust decide whether it works at all. We sit down with CPO Brian Parkes to get past the noise and talk about what actually moves an organisation...
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From hype to habits: making AI safe, useful, and fair at work
Everyone wants the upside of AI; few talk plainly about the downside. We open the box and lay out the real risks HR and L&D teams face—data security, access control, vendor exposure, algorithmic bias, and the slippery problem of hallucinati...
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Inside Uber’s Machine-Managed Workforce And What It Means For Work
Your boss might already be a line of code. We dive into the world of algorithmic management through the lens of Uber, where software now assigns rides, sets prices, monitors performance, and effectively manages millions of drivers at once. ...
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The $5 Trillion Shift To AI-Driven Buying
Imagine never opening twenty tabs to compare flights, hotels or warranties again. Instead, an AI agent that understands your budget, tastes and timing quietly negotiates on your behalf, bundles the best options and asks for approval only when i...
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What happens when HR stops guessing and starts predicting with AI and analytics
Guesswork is expensive. We dig into how HR and L&D can turn everyday signals—surveys, onboarding chats, training feedback, and attrition patterns—into reliable foresight with the help of AI. The goal isn’t flashy dashboards; it’s fewer surp...
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AI, Explained Simply
Curiosity meets clarity as we unpack what AI really is, why it matters today, and how it quietly powers so much of modern life. From the messages you send to the movies you stream and the scans your doctor reads, we trace the path from decades ...
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AI for HR and L&D: Start Small, Think Big
Forget the hype around massive AI transformations and budget-busting implementations. What HR and L&D professionals truly need are practical, accessible solutions that address everyday challenges without requiring a computer science degree ...
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Exciting New HI for HR and L&D Professionals Course
Exciting New HI for HR and L&D Professionals Course:Ready to move beyond theory and develop practical AI skills for your HR or L&D role? We're excited to announce our upcoming two-day workshop specifically designed for HR ...
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Coding the Future: How to Build AI Agents That Actually Work
Artificial intelligence has entered a transformative era with autonomous agents now handling everything from customer service to supply chain optimization without human intervention. These AI systems represent a fascinating middle ground betwee...
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AI and Humans: The Future of Hybrid Work
Navigating the complexities of hybrid work remains a significant challenge for organizations worldwide. Four years into this working model, many still struggle with burnout, disengagement, and unclear policies. Employees come to the office only...
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Navigating the Future: Inside the Explosive Growth of Agentic AI
The AI agent revolution is here, transforming how businesses operate and compete in ways that were once confined to science fiction. From virtual assistants scheduling your meetings to sophisticated systems analyzing medical images with superhu...
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The Future is Now: How HR and L&D Professionals Can Master AI
The rapid acceleration of AI adoption has created a turning point for HR and Learning & Development professionals. No longer can they afford to simply observe from the side lines – they must now actively lead their organizations through thi...
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