Adewunmi Ajike | Bridging Tech and Humanity

Our host Sanji Nnaji interviews Adewunmi Ajike, an AI product manager at Telus and co-founder of the nonprofit Women Economics. Adewunmi discusses how growing up Nigerian in Dubai and later living in North America shaped her adaptive, multicultural leadership style and her preference for building communities alongside products. She explains communicating AI to executives by focusing on stakeholder pain points, using simple language, and building trust to overcome fear of change. For successful digital transformation, she emphasizes early change management and adoption planning, supported by rollout timelines. She outlines moving AI from concept to enterprise impact through a strong leadership visionary sponsor and scalable, feedback-driven solutions. She also highlights key skills for leaders and underrepresented professionals — stakeholder management, influence without authority, negotiation, visibility, advocacy, and strong job fundamentals — and describes Women Economics’ growth, events, and personal goal to reach 1,000 students across 10 universities by 2026. Find them online:Sandra Nnaji: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrannaji/Adewunmi Ajike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adewunmiajike/Find us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/witlovepodcast/