AI in practice: Bridging the implementation gap
Devex Podcasts

AI in practice: Bridging the implementation gap

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 6, 202627 min

Across the global development landscape, artificial intelligence promises to redefine how health, education, and social protection services are delivered. However, moving past small-scale piloting to deliver measurable, population-level impact amid tightening budgets is rarely a pure tech challenge — it is an organizational and human one. In this special edition episode of the This Week in Global Development podcast, sponsored by Boston Consulting Group, Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar sits down with Renee Laverdiere, managing director and partner at BCG. Together, they unpack why pacesetting organizations follow the 10-20-70 rule — 10% and 20% of AI value coming from data and algorithms, and...

Play episode

Opens the player: the full transcript, every word clickable, with translation and flashcards.

Try it: tap any word

Real sentences from the start of this episode. Every word is marked with its level.

Sentence 1 of 12 · 0:00

, .

You know, we're here at the United Nations General Assembly in New York where the undercurrent,

Hear this sentence

Tap a word to see its meaning in your language.

Do you know these words?

8 harder words from this episode. Tap one to see what it means, then mark it.

  • B21:33
  • B23:34
  • B210:05
  • C110:42
  • B215:46
  • B219:35
  • C120:26
  • B225:52

Mark a few words and we'll tell you how this episode fits your level.

Is this episode right for you?

B2

B2 · Upper-intermediate

Comfortable if you already follow TV news

A1 29%A2 33%B1 18%B2 17%C1 2%
  • 81% of the words are B1 or easier.
  • 190 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
  • 122 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.

Transcript

The opening of the episode. The whole transcript is in the player.

0:00

Well, hello everybody and welcome to a special edition of this week in global development. You know, we're here at the United Nations General Assembly in New York where the undercurrent, there's so many conversations, but the undercurrent to almost all of them is artificial intelligence. People want to know, is it going to kill us all?

0:17

People want to know, is it going to solve all the world's problems? I think we're landing somewhere in the middle, maybe hopefully closer to the positive side in this conversation with René La Verdier, who is the managing director and partner here at Boston Consulting Group.

0:30

Thanks for having us here, Renee. Thank you for coming. We love to host in our office here in New York. And just as you say, I couldn't turn a street corner,

That was the opening. The rest of the episode (27 min) is in the player: every word clickable, with translation, saved words and flashcards.

Continue in the player

Automatically generated from the audio. May contain errors. Audio belongs to its publisher and is played from their feed. Rights holders can request removal — copyright & takedown policy