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Episode 2 - Rich Merrett, Head of AI, Bellrock

In this episode Mike Thacker-Cooke speaks to AI innovation award winning Rich Merrett and asks him:

What separates companies that are generating real, measurable value from AI from those stuck in pilot mode?
How should AI leaders approach build vs buy vs partner decisions?
Where should organisations differentiate internally versus leverage the broader ecosystem?
How much data maturity is actually required to unlock meaningful AI?
What balance should leaders strike between building specialist capability and raising the overall baseline?

Where do you see the next frontier of AI-driven value creation — and how should leaders rethink how they measure ROI?
Watch Episode 1 Part 1 here

Episode 1 part 1 - Garuka Serasinghe, Head of AI , Accelleo.

In this episode Mike Thacker-Cooke speaks to Garuka Serasinghe from Accelleo, UK Sovereign Applied AI Defence Specialists, about what really matters when deploying AI. Who is responsible when the inevitable drift happens and the system fails? Interesting points raised and not ones usually discussed!

Watch Episode 1 Part 1 here

Episode 1 part 2 - Garuka Serasinghe, Head of AI , Accelleo.

In pt 2 of the interview with Garuka Serasinghe, Mike discusses how to demonstrate value v's the hype when deploying AI.

Watch Episode 1 part 2 here

Episode 1 part 3 - Garuka Serasinghe, Head of AI , Accelleo.

In this episode Mike asks Garuka Serasinghe, Head of AI at Accelleo, what he thinks the most important skill that a leader within AI needs to have. The answer is not what you think it might be!

Watch Episode 1 part 3 here

Episode 1 part 4 - Garuka Serasinghe, Head of AI , Accelleo.

In the 4th and final part of episode 1, Mike asks Garuka Serasinghe what will differentiate thriving AI teams of the future from those that are not.

Watch Episode 1 part 4 here