Flying Cars, Government Drones and Workday’s AI strategy
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Flying Cars, Government Drones and Workday’s AI strategy

B1IntermediateOctober 20, 20261 hr
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Paul Spain is joined by Jonathan Brabant, New Zealand Director at Workday, to explore the rapid rise of AI agents and what they could mean for the future of work, including agentic AI, headless enterprise software, MCP integrations, and how platforms like Claude, Copilot and Workday are increasingly working together. They also discuss where organisations are drawing the line between automation and human decision-making. They also discuss the latest tech news including: NZ Expands Drone Surveillance CapabilitiesGisborne council wins award for AI mapping projectLast calls for New Zealand’s public phone boothsWebsites fighting back against AI ag...

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This whole conversation which is around what can only a person do versus what can an agent or a machine do. And all technology companies who operate in the HR space now are starting to think in this way. Workday has been on this journey for about four or five years now with our Skills Cloud. Understand the work, understand the queries, understand what should go to humans, what should go to agents.

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brought to you by Gorilla Technology, proactive and strategic IT. Greetings and welcome along to the New Zealand Tech podcast. I'm Paul Spain.

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Joining us again on the show today is Jonathan Brabant, New Zealand's Director at Workday. Jonathan has spent more than 15 years working across enterprise technology

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