Episodes

  • Beyond the AI facade: Tokenomics, board pressure and product-led strategy
    Sep 10 2026

    In this episode, Shayan Mohanty, Thoughtworks Chief Data and AI Officer, and Joe Murray, Global Head of CX and Product Innovation, explore moving past corporate AI hype to capture genuine business value. They address C-suite board pressure, managing agentic tokenomics costs and establishing strict data governance.

    Discover how combining product-led engineering, Thoughtworks' Agent/works™ platform, and the rapid 3/3/3 delivery framework helps organizations scale autonomous AI safely, control operational expenses and build a lasting competitive advantage.


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    27 mins
  • Why AI alone won't modernize legacy systems
    Aug 13 2026

    AI is rapidly reshaping enterprise tech conversations, but successfully transforming legacy architecture requires far more than just automated code generation and powerful models.

    In this episode, host Christina Stathopoulos joins Thoughtworks' Shodhan Sheth, Enterprise Modernization Platform and Cloud Lead, and Alessio Ferri, Lead Software Engineer, to discuss how technology leaders can balance AI innovation with engineering discipline, organizational change and real-world governance.

    Originally hosted on EM360's Tech Transformed podcast.

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    30 mins
  • Designing the technology organization of the future
    Jul 23 2026

    In this episode, Ricard Vilá, CDO at LATAM Pass, outlines his strategies for designing a future-ready technology organization.

    He shares lessons on shifting IT from a cost center to a value engine, fostering genuine team empowerment, managing multilingual organizational structures and navigating rapid AI transformation to meet evolving business needs.

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    36 mins
  • AI and the workforce: Beyond efficiency to real value creation
    Apr 23 2026

    Join Laura Burger, Global Head of Employer Brand and Recruitment Marketing, Rachel Laycock, Thoughtworks CTO and former Chief Talent Officer Joanna Parke for a discussion on why AI success fundamentally depends on people, not just tools.

    Together, they debunk the "job theft" myth, highlight why junior talent remains a vital engine for innovation and explore how to shift the executive conversation from mere cost-cutting to long-term value creation.

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    40 mins
  • The velocity trap: Why GenAI is exposing broken foundations
    Apr 8 2026

    While 2025 was the year of shopping for AI, 2026 is the year of ROI. In this episode, Thoughtworks and CircleCI leaders discuss the 2026 State of Software Delivery Report, revealing why AI-generated code is creating bottlenecks rather than business value.

    Learn how elite teams are distancing themselves from laggards by rethinking compliance and testing, and why a Tiger Team approach is the fastest way to expose hidden technical debt and accelerate delivery.

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    56 mins
  • Navigating the messy middle: A guide to real product organization transformation
    Mar 26 2026

    Join product experts John Cutler and Ivana Ciric as they deconstruct the "messy" reality of product org transformation. Moving beyond rigid frameworks and feature factory mentalities, explore how leaders can embrace complexity, use AI for strategic sense-making and finally bridge the gap from simply shipping code to delivering genuine business value.

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    52 mins
  • The soul in the system: Humanizing AI Strategy
    Nov 24 2025

    As companies race to adopt AI, many overlook the hardest part — the human one. In this conversation, we unpack the principles behind Humanizing AI Strategy and discuss how creativity, critical thinking, and cross-functional collaboration shape the success of any AI initiative. This episode is for decision-makers who want AI that works in the real world, helping them design systems that are responsible, effective, and grounded in their organization's purpose.

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    31 mins