Let's tap into vision, leadership, and innovation insights shaped at Intel and Google DeepMind, to lead into the future, together with my amazing American guest, Steve Brown, from Portland, Oregon.

Steve has been operating at the edge of intelligence long before AI became mainstream, as an entrepreneur, advisor, and former futurist and executive at Google DeepMind and Intel, working at the intersection of AI, high-tech, and large-scale transformation.

Steve has advised global organizations: Bank of America, Lenovo, Nespresso, etc., he is the author of The AI Ultimatum, and The Innovation Ultimatum, which earned him features in Fast Company, Forbes, and more.

Today, Steve is a global keynote speaker and trusted advisor to Fortune 100 companies.

Steve is a part of the Diamond Executive Council of the AI Game Changers Club - an elite tribe of visionary leaders redefining the rules and shaping the future of human-AI synergy.

🔑 Key Topics Covered:

• Emerging AI & innovation trends beyond mainstream narratives
• Leadership misreads of the future
• New leadership risks in embedded intelligence
• The real opportunity in AI transformation
• When “future-ready” organizations are exposed by AI
• Durable advantage vs short-term AI wins
• Responsibility and governance in autonomous systems
• The assumption leaders must unlearn
• Steve's strategic advice

🔗 Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/futuresteve/
🔗 https://www.stevebrown.ai/
📕🔗 The AI Ultimatum
📗🔗 The Innovation Ultimatum

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About the host, Emi Olausson Fourounjieva
With over 20 years in IT, digital transformation, business growth & leadership, Emi specializes in turning challenges into opportunities for business expansion and personal well-being.
Her contributions have shaped success stories across the corporations and individuals, from driving digital growth, managing resources and leading teams in big companies to empowering leaders to unlock their inner power and succeed in this era of transformation.

AI GAME CHANGERS CLUB: http://aigamechangers.io/
Apply to become a member: http://aigamechangers.club/
Podcast: https://dt4h.io/podcast

📚 AI Leadership Compass: Unlocking Business Growth & Innovation https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBJ92RP

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📧 Transformation for Leaders

My fantastic guest today, Steven Hyde from London, the UK, is here to explore the AI-Powered Growth. Together, we are going to discover how leading companies are Reinventing Digital Marketing in the Era of Intelligent Business.

Steven Hyde is the CEO and Co-founder of Push Group, a leading AI-powered marketing company helping businesses shining through performance marketing, data, and innovation. A recognized thought leader in leveraging AI to drive measurable growth, Steven draws on leadership experience from global brands such as Walt Disney and Pepsi.

With offices in UK, USA, UAE, Denmark, and Greece, Push Group empowers businesses through dynamic campaign delivery, on-demand team training, and expert consulting.

The company has been recognized on the global stage - by winning Gold for Best Use of AI in Marketing and Performance at the AI & Data Awards 2025 and being shortlisted in six categories at the Global Search Awards 2025, including Best Integrated Campaign, Most Innovative Campaign (SEO), and Best Use of AI in Search and .

🔑 Key topics:

• Intelligent Business Growth and the AI Moment in Marketing
• Risks for Businesses Delaying AI Adoption
• How Big the AI Shift Is Compared to Search, Social, and Mobile
• How AI Is Redefining Marketing Strategy, Budgets, and Execution
• The AI Adoption Curve in Marketing: Piloting vs Scaling
• Barriers to AI Adoption and the Risks of Misusing AI
• The Convergence of Marketing, PR, Trust, and Reputation in the AI Era
• Lessons from Cloud and Mobile Transformations for AI Adoption
• Cultural Differences in Global AI Adoption and Leadership
• What Leaders Must Unlearn to Win with AI-Powered Marketing
• One Leadership Advice for Growth in an AI-Driven Future

🔗 Connect with Steven Hyde on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hydesteven/

🔗 Learn more about Push Group: https://www.pushgroup.co.uk/

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About the host, Emi Olausson Fourounjieva
With over 20 years in IT, digital transformation, business growth & leadership, Emi specializes in turning challenges into opportunities for business expansion and personal well-being.
Her contributions have shaped success stories across the corporations and individuals, from driving digital growth, managing resources and leading teams in big companies to empowering leaders to unlock their inner power and succeed in this era of transformation.

AI GAME CHANGERS CLUB: http://aigamechangers.io/
Apply to become a member: http://aigamechangers.club/
Podcast: https://dt4h.io/podcast

📚 AI Leadership Compass: Unlocking Business Growth & Innovation https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBJ92RP

📆 Book a free Strategy Call with Emi

🔗 Connect with Emi on LinkedIn
🌏 https://digitaltransformation4humans.com/

📧 Transformation for Leaders

Let's talk about Leadership and Value Creation When Certainty Is Gone, and explore AI, Governance, and Systemic Risk together with my amazing guest Michael Herkommer from Zurich, Switzerland.

Michael is a a co-founder, CIO and CAIO at Riskovate, strategist, executive advisor, and systems thinker with decades of experience operating at the intersection of technology, leadership, and institutional complexity.

Michael has worked across strategy, digital transformation, and innovation, including working with and advising global organizations such as IBM, SAP, Accenture, and public sector institutions at European level. He has operated both as a builder and a critical advisor, supporting organizations through large-scale transformation, governance challenges, and moments of structural pressure.

What distinguishes Michael’s work is his systems-level perspective. He doesn’t look at AI, automation, or digital transformation in isolation, but through the lens of decision-making, accountability, governance, and long-term value creation.

This conversation is not about tools or hype. It’s a boardroom-level dialogue about leadership, risk, and responsibility in the age of AI.

Michael is a part of the Diamond Executive Circle of the AI Game Changers Club - an elite tribe of visionary leaders redefining the rules and shaping the future of human-AI synergy, and the Chapter Chair in Zurich, Switzerland.

🔑 Key topics discussed:

• Systemic risk in the AI era - where uncertainty compounds across technology, regulation, and geopolitics
• AI agents and autonomy - how risk shifts when systems move from tools to decision-makers
• Governance beyond compliance
• Regulatory fragmentation
• Value creation vs legitimacy erosion - building AI-driven growth without losing trust
• Innovation failure modes - when acceleration quietly increases systemic risk
• The human layer - leadership judgment, culture, and ethics as the true leverage point
• Unlearning outdated beliefs - what leaders must let go of to navigate permanent uncertainty

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/herkommer/

🔗 https://riskovate.se/

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About the host, Emi Olausson Fourounjieva
With over 20 years in IT, digital transformation, business growth & leadership, Emi specializes in turning challenges into opportunities for business expansion and personal well-being.
Her contributions have shaped success stories across the corporations and individuals, from driving digital growth, managing resources and leading teams in big companies to empowering leaders to unlock their inner power and succeed in this era of transformation.

AI GAME CHANGERS CLUB: http://aigamechangers.io/
Apply to become a member: http://aigamechangers.club/
Podcast: https://dt4h.io/podcast

📚 AI Leadership Compass: Unlocking Business Growth & Innovation https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBJ92RP

📆 Book a free Strategy Call with Emi

🔗 Connect with Emi on LinkedIn
🌏 https://digitaltransformation4humans.com/

📧 Transformation for Leaders