How NaaS Is Simplifying Enterprise Connectivity

In this clip, Eduardo Pérez, Senior Lead of Strategy & Innovation at Colt Technology Services, explains how Network as a Service is reshaping connectivity.

It enables flexible, digital delivery of services like Ethernet and IP access to the cloud. Through Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), traditional hardware, like routers or firewalls, can be virtualized at the provider edge.

Instead of managing physical devices on-site, customers can activate services in a plug-and-play way.

The result: a smoother end-to-end experience and greater value for enterprises.

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#Outgrow #Podcast #EduardoPérez #ColtTechnologyServices #NaaS #NFV #DigitalInfrastructure #TelecomInnovation

Winning Consumers Starts with Issuers

For Brice van de Walle, EVP Core Payments Europe at Mastercard, consumer value starts with strong partnerships.

As a B2C business, Mastercard’s priority is making sure banks and issuers fully understand the benefits behind every Mastercard, so they can clearly communicate that value to cardholders.

By closely supporting partners with the right tools, materials, and insights, Mastercard ensures its value proposition reaches consumers in a way that truly resonates.

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#Outgrow #Podcast #Mastercard #Payments #CustomerValue #B2C #BankingPartners

In an AI World, Creativity Matters More!

In this clip, Andy Hood, Vice President of Emerging Technologies at WPP, reflects on how AI is reshaping the creative landscape.

With channels more fragmented than ever and AI democratizing content creation, more people can produce more content, faster. That inevitably creates noise.

But noise only increases the need for true creative cut-through. The difference between fleeting impressions and real engagement comes down to talent, craft, and human insight.

In a world where everyone can create, standout creativity becomes even more valuable.

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#Outgrow #Podcast #AndyHood #WPP #CreativeIndustry #AIinMarketing #CutThrough

AI’s Next Phase of Economic Impact!

In this clip, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, shares how he sees AI evolving over the next few years.

First, agents begin doing real work at scale, especially in coding. Then AI starts accelerating scientific discovery, potentially driving major breakthroughs. After that, the shift moves from the digital world to the physical one, with robots becoming meaningful economic contributors.

He adds that lasting value will come from stronger infrastructure, smarter models, and the societal “scaffolding” that helps integrate AI everywhere.

#Outgrow #Podcast #SamAltman #FutureOfAI #AIAgents #Robotics #Innovation

Trust Users, Then Iterate.

In this clip, Samuel Beek, Chief Product Officer at VEED, explains how real user testing shapes what actually ships. Before launch, products are put in front of large groups of users, and especially a panel of super users, to see how they’re really used, not how the team assumes they’ll be used.

Sometimes VEED takes a bet and ships early, then refines based on what they observe. The big insight?

👉 Users are smarter than we think

👉 Most people can quickly figure out what we build

👉 That’s both a product lesson and a quiet compliment to society

Design with humility, ship with confidence, and learn fast.

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#Outgrow #ProductThinking #UserTesting #UX #VEED #ProductLeadership #BuildInPublic #Iteration #TechCulture

🎙️ Toward a Federated AI Internet

In this snippet, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, shares a long-term vision for a truly personalized AI, one that knows you, understands your context, and can be used seamlessly across many services.

He imagines a future where AI can sign into other platforms, supported by powerful SDKs, and where today’s APIs evolve into something much bigger.

The end goal?

👉 A new, internet-level protocol, on the scale of HTTP

👉 Federated systems where agents use tools fluidly

👉 Built-in trust for authentication, payments, and data transfer

It’s a future where everything can talk to everything, and AI becomes a natural layer of the internet itself.

#Outgrow #Podcast #SamAltman #OpenAI #PersonalizedAI #AIInfrastructure #FutureOfTheInternet #AIAgents

Beauty Tech from the Inside Out!

Moutia Khatiri, Global CTO for Online & Omnisales at L’Oréal Groupe, explains how Beauty Tech is more than innovation; it’s a deep transformation.

Launched around 2018–2019, the program began with a major IT overhaul and evolved into dedicated teams building AI and cutting-edge tech into digital products.

The goal:

✨ Empower employees

✨ Augment consumer experiences

✨ Use technology in the service of beauty, not the other way around

Beauty Tech is about putting tech at the heart of transformation, internally and externally.

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#Outgrow #BeautyTech #LOréal #DigitalTransformation #AIinBeauty #CustomerExperience #FutureOfRetail

Leadership at Scale: Why Energy, Empathy, and Curiosity Matter More Than Solutions ⚡🤝

At senior leadership levels, success isn’t about working longer hours; it’s about managing your energy. 💡

Adam Harmetz, VP of Product Management at Microsoft, shares a powerful leadership lesson: before jumping into problem-solving, start by showing support, respect, and curiosity.

When leaders pause to truly understand what their teams need to succeed, they build stronger cross-team relationships and unlock better outcomes. Sometimes, the most impactful move isn’t having the answer; it’s being present. 🎯

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#Leadership #ProductManagement #ExecutiveLeadership #EnergyManagement #EmpatheticLeadership #PeopleFirst #BigTech #Microsoft #CareerGrowth #ModernLeadership

Vishnu Acharya is a well-rounded technology leader and speaker with over 20 years of experience spanning engineering and operations. He has worked both as an individual contributor and in senior leadership roles. Currently, he is an engineering leader at Uber, where he focuses on hyperscale production network engineering, infrastructure, and software automation. Known for his natural curiosity to break and fix things, Vishnu is driven by a passion to learn, teach, create, and bring order out of chaos.

On The Menu:

• Scaling Uber's infrastructure from 16 to 4,000 engineers
• Building systems that survive 10x, 100x, 1000x growth
• Network bottlenecks in AI factories and GPU connectivity
• How Uber for Business started from a random networking request
• Angel investing lessons: backing founders over trends and hype
• China expansion: cranes, windows, and creative data center solutions
• Autonomous vehicle push in 2016: when innovation moved too fast

Why One P&L Changed Everything at Media Monks

In this snippet, Funs Jacobs, former Senior Director of Innovation at Monks and Founder of Brand of Insiders, shares how Media Monks evolved from a production studio in the Netherlands into a truly global, end-to-end agency.

After its acquisition, instead of operating like a traditional agency network, Media Monks integrated everything into one single entity, one brand, one team, and one P&L.

That structure made real collaboration possible across strategy, creative, and execution, globally, yet locally relevant. And in the end, it’s the client who benefits most.

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#Outgrow #Podcast #FunsJacobs #MediaMonks #AgencyTransformation #CreativeIndustry #EndToEndMarketing #GlobalTeams