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Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)

Twice-weekly conversations with top executives and thought leaders at the intersection of business, technology, and innovation. Each episode of Technovation explores the technology trends that are transforming business, and the leaders driving digital change inside their organizations. Produced by Metis Strategy and hosted by firm President Peter High, Technovation is the premier podcast for IT and technology professionals with the largest collection of interviews with elite CIOs, CTOs, and

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35:41

How Kamini Lane Is Modernizing Real Estate at Scale...

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2026/04/16

What does it take to modernize a 120-year-old real estate powerhouse without losing its entrepreneurial edge?In this episode of Technovation, Kamini Rangappan Lane, President and CEO of Coldwell Banker Realty, shares how she is transforming one of the largest residential real estate networks in the U.S. by standardizing the back end while preserving the human, local nature of the business. She discusses how AI and automation are reshaping agent workflows, enabling faster deal processing, and

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39:32

Why AI Transformation Fails Without Culture: CIO &...

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2026/04/13

AI transformation doesn’t fail because of technology, it fails because of culture.In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Trevor Schulze, CIO, and Eva Majercsik, Chief People Officer, of Genesys, about how they are jointly leading a human-centric AI transformation across a 6,000-person global organization. Together, they unpack why AI must be treated as a cultural shift and how organizations can drive adoption at scale. Key insights include: Why AI literacy is the foundation of

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The Career Insight Most People Miss: Bill Gurley on...

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2026/04/10

Most career advice gets one thing wrong: it always tells you to follow your passion. In this episode of Technoventure, Bill Gurley, recent Author of Runnin’ Down a Dream, General Partner at Benchmark and investor in companies like Uber and Zillow shares a more actionable framework: follow your fascination. Drawing from decades in venture capital and insights from his new book, Gurley explains how curiosity, not convention, drives long-term success. Key insights include: Why fascination is a

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24:23

Inside Swiss Re’s AI Strategy: Faster Claims, Smarter...

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2026/04/09

What if claims processing could be 10x faster without sacrificing accuracy?In this episode of Technovation, Pravina Ladva, Group Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Swiss Re, shares how one of the world’s leading reinsurers is using AI to transform claims processing, unlock insights, and redefine how work gets done across the enterprise. Key highlights include: How AI is reducing claims processing time from ~40 days to 4–5 days Why data ingestion is the biggest unlock for AI in insurance The

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56:53

David Pogue on How Apple Turned Failure into...

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2026/04/06

Apple’s greatest successes were built on failure.In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with David Pogue, an Emmy-winning journalist, former New York Times technology columnist, CBS News correspondent and author of Apple: The First 50 Years, about how Apple transformed early product missteps into category-defining innovation. Drawing on 150 interviews and decades of coverage, Pogue unpacks the hidden lessons behind Apple’s most famous failures—and how they shaped the company’s

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38:07

Lisa Davis on Why the Workplace Is Broken, and How...

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2026/04/02

The modern workplace wasn’t designed for today’s leaders, and it’s starting to break under the pressure.In this episode of Technovation, board director, author and former CIO Lisa Davis joins Peter High to examine why the workplace system, built decades ago, no longer supports the realities of modern careers. Drawing from her leadership experience across government, academia, and the private sector, Davis outlines what must change, and what leaders must do now. Key insights include: Why the

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42:13

The 90% Model: Dr. Ram Charan on China’s...

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2026/03/30

China is competing on control. In this episode, Ram Charan explains the “90% Model,” a strategy designed to dominate global manufacturing through scale, pricing power, and long-term positioning.Drawing on decades advising CEOs and global leaders, Charan breaks down how this model is reshaping industries—and what it means for business leaders navigating a fragmented, multi-polar world. Key insights include: Why China is willing to lose money to gain global dominance How “asset-light” strategies

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47:43

From $2B to $20B: Jon McNeill on Tesla’s Hypergrowth...

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2026/03/27

What does it really take to scale a company 10X in just a few years? Jon McNeill argues it’s not genius, it’s a system. In this episode of Technoventure, Jon McNeill, former President of Tesla and CEO of DVx Ventures, breaks down “The Algorithm,” a five-step framework that powered Tesla’s rise from $2B to $20B in revenue. He shares how questioning assumptions, eliminating friction, and accelerating execution can unlock exponential growth. Key insights include: Why hypergrowth is a repeatable

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28:09

Why Citi Re-Engineers Workflows Before Applying AI

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2026/03/26

Why do most AI initiatives fail to deliver real value? Because they automate broken processes instead of fixing them. In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Shobhit Varshney, Global Head of Artificial Intelligence at Citi, about how one of the world’s largest banks is rethinking AI from the ground up. With experience spanning Citi and IBM, Shobhit shares how a value-first, platform-driven approach is enabling AI at scale, while maintaining strong governance and control. Key

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19:06

From Projects to Value Streams: Gilbane’s CTO on...

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2026/03/23

What happens when IT stops delivering projects—and starts delivering outcomes?In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Alex Gutman, CTO of Gilbane, about how a 150-year-old construction leader is transforming its IT operating model around value streams. Gutman shares how aligning technology to client-defined value is driving agility, accountability, and measurable business impact. Key highlights include: Transitioning from siloed projects to outcome-driven value streams Building

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25:06

Scaling Technology at Omnicom: Craig Cuyar on...

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2026/03/19

What does it take to scale technology across one of the world’s largest marketing organizations?In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Craig Cuyar, Global CIO of Omnicom, about leading technology transformation across a $25B global enterprise. Craig shares how Omnicom is evolving from a holding company to a more centralized operating model, particularly in the wake of its acquisition of Interpublic Group. Key topics include: Managing post-acquisition integration at global

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55:42

Why Good Companies Go Bad: Eric Ries on Corporate...

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2026/03/16

Why do so many successful companies eventually lose their way?In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Eric Ries, entrepreneur, founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, and author of The Lean Startup and his new book Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Companies Stay Great. Eric argues that corporate corruption rarely begins with bad actors. Instead, it emerges from organizational design—governance structures, incentives, and metrics that gradually push companies

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38:34

Software to Digital Workers: Sandhya Venkatachalam on...

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2026/03/13

Is AI evolving beyond software into a new form of digital labor? In this episode of Technoventure, Peter High speaks with Sandhya Venkatachalam, Co-Founder and General Partner at Axiom Partners, about the next phase of artificial intelligence. Sandhya argues that AI is moving from a tool that assists humans to systems capable of performing entire jobs, from data science to network engineering. This shift could expand AI’s economic impact far beyond traditional software markets. Key topics

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28:20

Kellie Romack on How ServiceNow Generated $355M in AI...

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2026/03/12

Enterprise leaders are investing heavily in AI, but many struggle to generate measurable business value. In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Kellie Romack of ServiceNow about how the company is scaling AI across its operations to produce real, quantifiable results. ServiceNow has already generated $355 million in AI-driven value internally, with automation resolving many service requests instantly and improving operational efficiency across the enterprise. Key topics

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From Encounters to Journeys: Rajan Mohan on Digital...

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2026/03/09

Healthcare systems have traditionally been designed around individual encounters, not the patient journey.In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Rajan Mohan, Chief Marketing and Digital Experience Officer at Ascension Health, about how digital platforms, marketing strategy, and AI are reshaping how healthcare organizations engage patients. Drawing from leadership roles at Marriott International and Qatar Airways, Rajan explains how consumer-grade experience design can transform

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55:24

The Thinking Machine: How Jensen Huang Won the GPU...

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2026/03/05

In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Stephen Witt, award-winning journalist and author of The Thinking Machine, about Jensen Huang’s improbable journey from near-bankruptcy in the 1990s GPU wars to leading NVIDIA at the center of the AI revolution. Witt unpacks how NVIDIA defeated nearly 70 competitors, why Huang began targeting “zero-billion-dollar markets,” and how CUDA became the backbone of modern AI.Key highlights from the episode: How investing in zero-billion-dollar

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35:08

How Marriott’s Chief Revenue & Technology Officer Is...

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2026/03/02

What happens when you put revenue and technology under one executive leader?In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Drew Pinto, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue and Technology Officer at Marriott International, a $26 billion hospitality leader approaching its 100-year anniversary. Pinto shares how Marriott is transforming technology from a support function into a strategic growth engine — tightly integrated with capital allocation, AI experimentation, and commercial

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49:01

Bubble or Breakthrough? How CIOs Should Think About...

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2026/02/27

Is AI just another tech bubble or the defining platform shift of this era? Duncan Davidson, Co-Founder and General Partner at Bullpen Capital, argues that the answer lies in one critical distinction: Is the technology being used for its core purpose? In this episode of Technoventure, Duncan draws on his experience across the PC boom, dot-com era, mobile, and now AI to explain why real adoption signals durability. He also explores why CIOs can’t afford to sit out a boom, how AI agents may disrupt the

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21:06

Defining, Measuring, and Communicating the Value of AI

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2026/02/26

How do you scale AI in a regulated enterprise without risking trust, compliance, or credibility? In this episode of Technovation, Nick Colisto, CIO of Avery Dennison, and Sathish Muthukrishnan, Chief Information, Data & Digital Officer at Ally Financial, share how they are moving from AI pilots to measurable enterprise impact. From governance-first implementation inside a federally regulated bank to CFO-grade ROI tracking across a global manufacturing enterprise, this conversation focuses on the

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45:51

Jimmy Wales on The Seven Rules of Trust and Building...

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2026/02/23

Can trust be engineered into digital systems or is it purely cultural?In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia and author of The Seven Rules of Trust, about designing platforms that scale without sacrificing integrity. From neutrality policies to radical transparency and human-in-the-loop AI governance, Wales shares how trust must be built, not assumed. Key highlights from the episode: Why trust operates at a human scale, even inside global

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