We’re rewinding to Episode 118 with Salesforce exec Vivek Mahapatra — a guy who’s outlasted every enterprise tech hype cycle you can name — talking agentic design and scaling AI like a grown-up. But first, we’re diving into this week’s AI news, and it’s a wild one.
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Vivek Mahapatra (Salesforce Blog)
When change is a constant, leadership needs to change | Vivek Mahapatra | TEDxINSEAD
Co-Intelligence (book) | Ethan Mollick
Think Again (book) | Adam Grant
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