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Leading the Shift: AI innovation talks with Microsoft Azure

Maribel Lopez, Founder of Lopez Research, is one of the people you most want in your corner as a technology leader. She’s a trusted advisor to senior executives from startups to the largest global businesses, and has deep expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and customer experience transformation. But beyond her bonafides, Maribel is clear-eyed and practical about technology change, what leaders need to do to be successful, and why. In this episode, Susan and Maribel discuss why she believes the AI platform shift is different, why the data challenge is more meaningful in an AI world, her advice on building a strong technology foundation, and the unprecedented ability we now have to explore the art of the possible.

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Guest: ⁠Maribel Lopez⁠ | ⁠Lopez Research⁠

Related: ⁠The AI with Maribel Lopez Podcast⁠ | ⁠AI with Maribel on YouTube⁠

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Host: ⁠Susan Etlinger⁠

The Leading the Shift podcast is a place for experts to share their insights and opinions. As students of the future of technology, Microsoft values inputs from a diverse set of voices. That said, the opinions and findings of our guests are their own and they may not necessarily reflect Microsoft's own research or positions.

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1. Soundbite Preview (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:00:17)

3. Maribel's background (00:01:50)

4. Technology shifts, AI adoption, and business impact (00:03:30)

5. Experimentation (00:18:20)

6. Collaboration and change management (00:32:25)

7. Advice for leaders (00:34:15)

8. Conclusion and key takeaways (00:38:49)