Title: What Does it take to build the future: AI research, business analysis and cybersecurity

Stop pretending that a flashy new AI tool will magically transform your business. If your vision for the future isn't anchored in real business analysis and secure foundations, you aren't innovating - you are just building a very expensive liability.

Welcome back to another DTX Edition of the SECURE | CYBER CONNECT Podcast, recorded live on the floor of the Digital Transformation EXPO in Manchester. Our host Jay Adamson and Warren Atkinson are stripping away the vendor hype to look at the actual anatomy of a winning tech companies. They sit down with three visionary leaders operating at the bleeding edge of AI governance, applied data research, the intersection of business analysis and cybersecurity, the importance of special interest groups and regional tech growth to answer one massive question: What does it actually take to build the future?

🔥 WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER:

🤖 The AI Bubble vs. Reality: Are we in an AI echo chamber? We cut through the boardroom hype to reveal what enterprises are actually building, and whether generative AI is a true revolution or a costly distraction.

🧠 The Invisible Data War: Forget what you know about traditional tech. Discover how elite applied research and 'graph tech' are quietly solving the most complex business problems on the planet.

🌉 The 'Death' of Good Ideas: Why the greatest technical innovations fail before they even launch. We explain why elite Business Analysis is the only bridge between a brilliant concept and commercial survival.

⚡ The 1% Leadership Paradox: The ultimate executive balancing act. How do you relentlessly push your teams for rapid innovation without collapsing the security that keeps your company alive?

📍 The UK's Hidden Tech Hubs: Breaking the London bubble. We expose the raw truth about scaling high-performing teams, driving regional growth, and building world-class infrastructure outside the capital.

🤝 Careers Advice and Guidance: For Information and cybersecurity, project management, business analysis and AI research.

🔹 Chiru Bhavansikar - As a Chief AI Officer at Arhasi, Chiru is at the absolute forefront of AI governance, ensuring that the next generation of enterprise AI is not just powerful, but ethical, compliant, and deeply trusted by the market.

🎁 Learn More About Arhasi: http://arhasi.ai

🔹 Andreas - Operating as the Director of Applied Research at Neo4j, Andreas explores how cutting-edge graph technology and deep data science are mapping the future of enterprise intelligence. Andreas is a technological humanist. Starting at NASA, Andreas designed systems from scratch to support science missions. Then in Zambia, he built medical informatics systems to apply technology for social good. Now with Neo4j, he is democratizing graph databases to validate and extend our intuitions about how the world works. Everything is connected.

🎁Learn More About Neo4J: https://neo4j.com/

🔹 Mark Cross - Mark Cross is the founder and principal consultant of Envista Consulting, a York based business analysis practice that specializes in cybersecurity. He is also the founder and Regional chair (EMEA) for the IIBA's

🎁Learn More About Envista: http://envista.consulting/

🎁Learn More About IIBA: http://www.iiba.org/

📅 Join us on 14-15th October at Excel London for DTX London: https://www.dtxevents.io/london

👇 The Challenge: What is the biggest disconnect in your company right now? Is it between the visionaries driving AI and the IT teams trying to secure the network?

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