How to unlock AI in your company - PwC’s Scott McLiver
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How to unlock AI in your company - PwC’s Scott McLiver

B1IntermediateJuly 28, 202655 min

Host Paul Spain sits down with Scott McLiver, partner and Chief AI Officer at PwC New Zealand, to explore how artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming business. Scott shares insights from his frontline experience helping organisations adapt to AI, emphasising the importance of leadership, practical adoption strategies, and upskilling teams to unlock real productivity gains. Plus, the latest in tech news and developments including: • Revved: New Zealand Business & Leadership Summit • Spark signals potential business sale as it splits into two • Taumarunui earthquake mobile phone warnings • Hackers hijack hotel Wi-Fi DNS to steal...

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The capability of the advanced frontier tools, they are not chatbots anymore. They're intelligence platforms, but getting a smart human to use an intelligence platform well, that's hard. You upskill your people and you put the effort in to change how you work. The New Zealand Tech Podcast.

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Brought to you by Guerrilla Technology. proactive and strategic IT. Greetings and welcome along to the New Zealand Tech Podcast. I'm your host Paul Spain.

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Our guest today is Scott McCleaver, Partner and Chief AI Officer at PwC New Zealand. Scott is helping organisations across the country and around the world understand, adopt and govern AI technologies.

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