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Never Outdated
by Amit Singh
Never Outdated helps business and technology leaders stay ahead in a world of constant change. Hosted by Amit Singh, strategic advisor, speaker, and founder of evince Consulting & the AI Leadership Academy, this podcast delivers insights on strategy, transformation, and leadership. Hear expert perspectives, real-world case studies, and conversations with industry leaders to help you make smarter decisions, drive change with confidence, and future-proof your career and business.
Episodes
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Leadership Beyond Firefighting - with Lalitha Koya
Lalitha Koya has been a CFA volunteer firefighter for more than a decade. Ask him about it and he'll tell you about changing smoke alarm batteries for elderly residents, so nobody ends up falling off a ladder. That's the lesson he's carried into running technology. Prevention is better than a…
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You haven't transformed. You've just improved. - with Noel Toal
Noel Toal has a test for transformation, and most AI rollouts fail it. If you've still got the same people doing the same job, nothing has changed. Give everyone a chatbot and watch them write their documents faster. That's an improvement, and improvements are worth having. Just don't put it in…
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YOU wrote the plan. Now YOU'RE the problem.
Your AI plan will be out of date well before you're even close to delivering half of it. Most people do get that. But you're the one who told everyone the plan and now you're kind of stuck with it. Then six months later there's a better way, and you're the one who has to raise it. Twenty years…
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Talented but Invisible - with Russ Murphy
Russ Murphy spent over a decade in senior exec roles across NSW government, building platforms and services used by millions - including the payments platform processing billions of dollars a year. Then his role was carved up in the third restructure in three years, and a payments crisis put his...
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You feel productive, and you're getting weaker.
Your team has never produced better-looking work. Sharper decks, faster analysis, polished answers in seconds. Here's the uncomfortable part: your organisation could be getting weaker by the day, and nobody would notice. The outputs keep landing, the work looks better than ever, and the erosion...
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From Alta Vista to Agentic AI - with Rita Arrigo
In 1995, Rita Arrigo opened one of Australia's first internet cafes. There was no Google, and Netscape didn't even exist yet - just a coffee to drink while the page slowly built up on the screen. 30 years on, those same PCs sit in a glass case at the National Communications Museum, and Rita's on...
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Was that the human, or the agent? - with Simon Reiter
What happens when an AI agent acts under your employee's credentials and something goes wrong? Was it the human, the agent, or the agent acting as the human? If you can't answer that cleanly, you don't have governance. You've got hope dressed up as a policy. But here's the thing. Identity…
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No Engineering Background. No Team. No Excuse. - with Aden Vaughan-Williams
One person. No team. No engineering background. And he's built more AI tools in six months than most departments have in two years. Aden Vaughan-Williams ran people and culture at Informed Decisions, a 70-person B2B SaaS company. No CPO to bounce ideas off. No engineering resource. So he stopped...
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The AI CEO That Fired Itself (and What It Taught Us About Humans) - with Warwick Brown
What happens when you build five AI executives, give them a Slack channel, and let them run a company? Warwick Brown did exactly that. He built an AI-powered C-Suite, gave them an authority matrix, and became the human board. On day one, the AI CEO couldn't get responses from its team... so it...
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Why AI Feels Urgent but Decisions Still Feel Unsettled
AI is now present in almost every executive conversation, yet many leaders feel a growing sense of unease rather than confidence. There is urgency everywhere, but direction feels harder to pin down. In this episode, Amit Singh explores what is really driving that pressure beneath the surface. Not...
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2025’s Hard Lessons and 2026’s Reality Check
Everyone is trying to make sense of AI, but 2025 exposed something uncomfortable… most organisations were running faster than their leaders could actually understand. Behind closed doors, executives admitted they were overwhelmed, under-resourced, and being pushed to deliver “AI outcomes” without...
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You've been training for AI all along
Many leaders worry they’re behind on AI. The truth? You’ve been training for it your whole career. When pressure mounts and new tools drop every week, it’s easy to feel like you’re missing the wave. But what’s really happening underneath is a confidence gap – not a capability gap. You already…
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Nugget 01: What’s better? FEWER steps or EASIER steps?
This nugget explores a simple question that says a lot about how we work. What is more valuable, reducing the number of steps in a process or making each step easier? At first, it sounds like a question about efficiency, but when you bring AI into it, it becomes much deeper. Most organisations…
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What Makes an AI Leader Worth Following?
What is the single most important skill for an AI leader today? I asked this question inside the AI Leadership Academy, and the discussion revealed something deeper. It is not about one skill. It is about the ability to blend strategy, change leadership, adaptability, and storytelling – all in...
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When AI Talks to AI, People Get Ignored
AI is already making decisions across your organisation – often without your oversight. And when one AI talks to another, something critical gets lost in the middle: people. In this episode, I break down why the real risk isn’t that AI replaces people, but that it replaces thinking. You’ll learn...
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The 5-Step System to Unstick Your AI Strategy (and Everything Else)
When an AI rollout stalls, most leaders double down on training or tools. But what if the real issue is something deeper – something simpler? In this episode, I share the 5-step system I use with CIOs, clients, and in my own business to solve almost any challenge – from organisational blockers to...
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Why AI and Cyber Fail Without the Three T’s
Most AI and cyber programs fail for reasons that have nothing to do with the technology. The real challenge? Rolling out change without all Three T’s – Tool, Training, and Tone – working together. We’ll cover: ✅ Why tech alone is never enough to drive lasting change ✅ How to balance Tool…
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Still modernising and still behind? This could be why.
You’ve modernised your stack, migrated to cloud, automated workflows – and yet it still feels like you’re behind. In this episode of Never Outdated, we unpack why so many IT teams feel like they’re running just to stand still. It’s not the tools. It’s not your people. It’s the legacy operating...
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Don’t Build on Sand: Why Your Cloud & Security Foundations Matter for AI
Agentic AI is here – and it will stress-test every part of your cloud, security, and governance foundations. In this episode, we’ll unpack why building on shaky ground isn’t an option anymore, and what IT leaders must do to prepare their organisations for the future of autonomous AI systems.…
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AI is Ready – But Are You?
AI is everywhere – but meaningful enterprise adoption? Not so much. In this episode of Never Outdated, we dig into why enterprise AI initiatives are stalling, and what forward-thinking IT leaders can do right now to build real momentum. Forget hype and half-baked pilots—this is about culture,...
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From IT Operator to Business Leader
Many CIOs feel trapped in a reactive cycle—despite having a clear IT strategy, business leaders still bypass IT to push their own priorities. The result? IT remains an order-taker rather than a strategic partner. In this episode, I break down how IT leaders can shift from being seen as service...
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Cybersecurity Failures Start at the Top
Cybersecurity failures don’t just happen because of weak technology—they happen because of weak processes, poor habits, and leadership blind spots. In this episode of Never Outdated, I break down why security isn’t just IT’s responsibility and why businesses need to embed security across every...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Never Outdated helps business and technology leaders stay ahead in a world of constant change. Hosted by Amit Singh, strategic advisor, speaker, and founder of evince Consulting & the AI Leadership Academy, this podcast delivers insights on strategy, transformation, and leadership. Hear expert perspectives, real-world case studies, and conversations with industry leaders to help you make smarter decisions, drive change with confidence, and future-proof your career and business.
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