[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/41237540/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/4139994/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] One thing I have realized after years of working in AI, enterprise systems, ERP, and now Generative AI, is that technology alone never changes industries. What changes industries is understanding people. The problem today is not a shortage of content. There is no shortage […]

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/41130635/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/4139994/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] One of the biggest shifts I’m seeing right now is not only how AI is changing work, but how it is changing the way we test ideas. In the past, if a founder, researcher, product manager, or strategist wanted to validate an idea, the […]

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/40924375/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/4139994/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Over the past year, something has become very clear. AI is not just a technology shift. It is a leadership test. Across enterprises, startups, and even governments, the same pattern keeps repeating: Leaders are being pushed to act fast Teams are overwhelmed with change […]

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/40737695/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/4139994/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] 80% of enterprise AI projects never reach production. After two decades helping enterprises adopt new technology, Kashif Manzoor breaks down the five failure modes killing enterprise AI initiatives, introduces the GenAI Maturity Framework, and shares three questions every CTO should ask before approving their […]

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/40488495/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/4139994/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Over the last couple of years, most of my conversations around AI have been about capability. How fast models are improving. How agents are becoming more autonomous. How enterprises can adopt GenAI safely. How teams can redesign workflows around intelligence. But this week, I […]

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/40188060/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/4139994/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen]       Episode # 183 Today’s Guest: Adriel Desautels, Founder & CEO, Netragard Adriel is a leader in cybersecurity with over 20 years of experience. Adriel founded Secure Network Operations and the SNOsoft Research Team, whose vulnerability research helped shape modern responsible disclosure […]

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/40018555/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/4139994/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Welcome to Open Tech Talks. Quick note before we start, thank you. The messages, the feedback, the “keep this practical” reminders… they’ve been incredibly helpful. Open Tech Talks has always been a weekly sandbox for technology insights, experimentation, and inspiration—with one objective: learn, test, […]

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/39934270/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/4139994/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] This week, I’ve been thinking about something slightly uncomfortable. Last weekend, I was reviewing one of my older architecture diagrams from five years ago. A cloud-native migration plan I was deeply proud of at the time. It was clean. Structured. Scalable. And then I […]

In this episode of Open Tech Talks, host Kashif Manzoor sits down with Bobbie Chen, a product manager working at the intersection of fraud prevention, cybersecurity, and AI agent identification in Silicon Valley. As generative AI and large language models rapidly move from experimentation into real products, organizations are discovering a new reality. The same […]