What does it take to move from AI experimentation to an organization where agents are woven into every workflow? Dr. Pawan Anand has spent 15 years leading enterprise technological and AI transformations across communications, media, and technology.

In this episode, Pawan breaks down the concepts he's been writing about on Forbes: digital colleagues, the agent web, AgentOps, and what he calls AI native organizations.

What we cover:

• What digital colleagues are and how enterprises are using them now
• The agent web: the missing layer most AI strategies don't account for
• Why 91% of AI pilots fail to deliver expected results
• What AgentOps is and why it matters as agentic adoption scales
• How to build toward an AI native organization without skipping steps
• What ethical AI governance looks like in practice
• Where CEOs and CTOs should be involved, and where they should step back

If your company is somewhere between dabbling and all-in, this one's for you.

Guest: Dr. Pawan Anand is a Forbes Technology Council member, executive doctorate from Temple University, and senior technology executive specializing in Generative AI, agentic automation, and digital engineering. Find him on LinkedIn and Forbes.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pawan-anand/

Forbes Council: https://councils.forbes.com/profile/Pawan-Anand-Associate-Vice-President-Communications-Media-Technology-Persistent-Systems/0199c7f4-1f9b-41cc-b8cd-a7e50fa01b6b

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