# Humans in the loop Personal stories and interviews with leaders driving enterprise AI transformation. 6 min read ## [Brent Summers of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. on moving AI from magic to muscle — and what gets lost in between](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-brent-summers-qualcomm/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 11 min read ## [Marketing AI Institute’s Cathy McPhillips on the new productivity and the value of productive struggle](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-cathy-mcphillips/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 7 min read ## [The messy reality of enterprise AI: Lilly Raymond on adoption, trust, and human judgment](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-lilly-raymond/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 5 min read ## [When the funnel collapses: Rebuilding inbound marketing with Christian Westcott, Director of AI visibility](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-christian-westcott/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 6 min read ## [The Guardian of Taste: Why slowing down is the ultimate AI strategy (Robert Rose, Seventh Bear)](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-robert-rose/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 7 min read ## [From dashboards to action: Bruno Aziza on building AI that works](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-bruno-aziza/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 11 min read ## [When marketing AI finds vulnerability instead of value: Nicole Alexander on ethical optimization](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-nicole-alexander/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 8 min read ## [Front CEO Dan O’Connell on reinventing customer support for the AI era‌](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-dan-oconnell/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 7 min read ## [Leading through the agentic revolution](/content/blog/davos-takeaway-2026/index.html) **May Habib** 11 min read ## [From vending machines to champions: Eric Porres, Logitech’s Head of AI](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-eric-porres/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 8 min read ## [The $10 billion culture gap: Jevan Soo Lenox, Chief People Officer at WRITER](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-jevan-soo-lenox/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 10 min read ## [The hybrid AI-human workforce: When everyone becomes a manager](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-matan-paul-shetrit/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 7 min read ## [What’s your company’s AIQ? Featuring J.P. Gownder, Forrester VP and principal analyst](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-jp-gownder/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 6 min read ## [From AGI to AMI: Dan Bikel, WRITER’s head of AI, on why “manageable intelligence” is the real revolution](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-dan-bikel/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 6 min read ## [The security paradox: Key insights on the human-agent workforce from WRITER’s CISO, Eric Freeman](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-eric-freeman/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 5 min read ## [The metagame: How WRITER’s Diego Lomanto reads the agentic future of marketing](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-diego-lomanto/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 12 min read ## [The accidental algorithm: Melisa Russak, AI research scientist at WRITER](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-melissa-russak/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 11 min read ## [Fighting entropy with silicon and wire: Paul Dyrwal, Marriott International](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-paul-dyrwal/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 10 min read ## [Building with words: Retail storytelling with WRITER’s Ranjan Roy](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-ranjan-roy/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 9 min read ## [Curing broken healthcare systems with AI: Zayed Yasin, WRITER industry lead](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-zayed-yasin/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 9 min read ## [From financial services to AI leadership: Dilshoda Yergasheva’s pathway to WRITER](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-dilshoda-yergasheva/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 9 min read ## [From P&G to WRITER: How Kushala Silva is helping CPG giants win the AI race](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-kushala-silva/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 9 min read ## [From technophobe to AI champion: WTW’s Paul Martin](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-paul-martin/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 9 min read ## [Innovation in focus: A conversation with May Habib and Gavin Patterson](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-gavin-patterson/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 9 min read ## [Driving AI adoption at Adobe with Jason Baer](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-jason-baer/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 10 min read ## [Embracing AI in financial services with Franklin Templeton’s Jacque Reardon](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-jacque-reardon/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 9 min read ## [Making big bets on corporate AI ventures: IBM’s Emily Fontaine](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-emily-fontaine/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 10 min read ## [How ready are we to lead a truly AI-powered organization?](/content/blog/davos-takeaway-2025/index.html) **May Habib** 11 min read ## [Balancing tech and human touch: JD Sanchez, CSAA Insurance Group](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-jd-sanchez/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 10 min read ## [Redefining content design leadership with SAP’s Kate Agena](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-kate-agena/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 9 min read ## [Defying AI industry norms and putting people first with WRITER CTO and co-founder Waseem AlShikh](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-waseem-alshikh/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 8 min read ## [Decoding machine learning complexity with WRITER’s Umar Jamil](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-umar-jamil/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 8 min read ## [Navigating AI and philanthropy with Annenberg Foundation’s Chantal Forster](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-chantal-forster/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 10 min read ## [Beyond ego: Section’s Greg Shove’s journey with AI as a thought partner](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-greg-shove/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 11 min read ## [“Writing isn’t typing”: How Mary Ellen Slayter is humanizing content marketing with AI](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-mary-ellen-slayter/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 9 min read ## [Selling AI without the hype](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-daniel-kish/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 8 min read ## [The “Iron Man suit” of AI and human creativity](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-steve-waldon/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 10 min read ## [Collaboration between business leaders and technologists](/content/blog/business-leaders-technologists-collaboration-li/index.html) **May Habib** 10 min read ## [Driving marketing transformation with generative AI: A recap from Cannes Lions](/content/blog/marketing-ai-cannes-recap-2024/index.html) **Amanda Borgiotti** 10 min read ## [Giving workers a chance to reskill with AI](/content/blog/reskill-workers-ai-li/index.html) **May Habib** 11 min read ## [Choose your own AI adventure](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-season-1-recap/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 10 min read ## [Traits of successful vs unsuccessful CIOs in the AI era](/content/blog/successful-vs-unsuccessful-cio-ai-li/index.html) **May Habib** 8 min read ## [Tapping into AI as a marketing “sixth sense” with Qualcomm’s CMO Don McGuire](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-don-mcguire/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 7 min read ## [The power of finding your voice in the age of AI with Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-joan-palmiter-bajorek/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 11 min read ## [Dispelling magical thinking and the black box of AI with GWU’s Patrick Hall](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-patrick-hall/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 10 min read ## [Google’s AI leap and its impact on SEO and advertising](/content/blog/google-ai-seo-li/index.html) **May Habib** 8 min read ## [Healing with AI: Joanna Taylor’s vision for healthcare equity](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-joanna-taylor/index.html) **May Habib** 10 min read ## [How fear is stopping enterprise generative AI use cases from scaling](/content/blog/generative-ai-fear-scaling-li/index.html) **May Habib** 10 min read ## [Rethinking the hiring process in the AI era with Hilke Schellmann](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-hilke-schellmann/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 9 min read ## [Paying social impact forward with Automation Anywhere’s Neeti Mehta Shukla](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-neeti-mehta-shukla/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 8 min read ## [How the nerds are leading the AI revolution with Trust Insights’ Christopher S. Penn](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-christopher-penn/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 8 min read ## [TIAA’s Geeta Pyne on enterprise architecture and the art of possibilities](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-geeta-pyne/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 8 min read ## [Navigating the ethical implications of generative AI with All Tech Is Human’s David Polgar](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-david-ryan-polgar/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 6 min read ## [Building generative AI strategy with Accenture’s Teresa Tung](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-teresa-tung/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 6 min read ## [Why curiosity matters for Maximus’ Jared Curtis](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-jared-curtis/index.html) **Alaura Weaver** 6 min read ## [Embracing risk and equity: May Habib’s journey into the world of generative AI](/content/blog/humans-of-ai-may-habib/index.html)