In this episode, Siobhan Savage sits down with Robyn Tombacher, who leads the Integration Management Office and global business redesign team at Warner Bros. Discovery, to unpack why most companies are stuck testing AI instead of scaling it, and what it actually takes to fix that.
Robyn's career has taken her from digital producer to operations leader to workforce strategy at WPP, and now to sitting at the center of one of the biggest media mergers in the industry. That mix, someone who understands the technology, the business, and the people side all at once, is exactly why this conversation goes further than most.
This conversation moves past the pilots and platforms and into what's really slowing AI adoption down: companies spending heavily on enterprise tools without redesigning the work, roles, and responsibilities underneath them. Robyn and Siobhan get into why "dabbling" in AI doesn't drive material impact, why CIOs, CHROs, and CFOs now have to own this together, and why every organization is going to need someone who can bridge all three.
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why dabbling in AI without a plan costs companies money and delivers little returnHow CIO, CHRO, and CFO ownership of AI adoption is converging into one shared conversationWhy redesigning the work itself matters more than automating tasks in isolationHow boards are shifting from "cut headcount" thinking to "where's the AI opportunity" thinkingWhy every organization will need a capability that bridges technology, business, and peopleWhat it takes to build AI capability inside a company instead of relying on outside consultantsRobyn Tombacher leads the Integration Management Office and global business redesign team at Warner Bros. Discovery. Over a 25-plus year career, she has led major change efforts at the intersection of people, operations, and technology, including workforce strategy at WPP, and now sits at the center of the Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance merger.
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