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Transform NOW
by SS&C
Transform NOW is brought to you by SS&C.AI is reshaping work, but the real breakthrough is orchestration. When people, AI, and automation move together as one intelligent workflow, enterprises stop experimenting and start transforming.On Transform NOW, we explore how AI and agent orchestration are transforming operations, driving growth, and changing how organizations serve customers and empower employees. Subscribe to stay ahead of what’s next in AI...practical, real, and happening now.
Episodes
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534. Governance by Design, Not an Afterthought
In this episode, Brad Hairston talks with Michael Fauscette, founder and chief analyst at Arion Research, who explains why most agentic AI pilots never make it to production, and how companies can get there by giving agents goals instead of scripts, redesigning workflows, and building governance…
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533. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. .News stories covered in this episode:.AI model decodes the language cells use to communicate...
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532. Data Readiness: AI's Hidden Foundation
Implementing AI without a clear business strategy is just an expensive experiment. Mark Sims, founder of Consult MSG and former CIO at Scotts Miracle-Gro, joins the host Michael Marchuk to unpack what organizational readiness for AI actually looks like beyond the fear of missing out. In this...
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531. Future Proof your AI Transformations
In this episode, host Michael Marchuk chats with Dr. Michael Housman, author of Future-Proof: Transform Your Business with AI or Get Left Behind, to explain what separates AI winners from the ones left-behind. A 17-year builder of AI/ML platforms turned workforce educator, Dr. Housman shares why...
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530. Weekly Pulse Check of Automation & AI News - October 16, 2026
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: Anthropic asks users to stop being mean to Claude...
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529. AI Transformation Starts With People
How can organizations successfully transform with AI without losing sight of the people who make them work? In this episode of the Transform Now Podcast, host Michael Marchuk sits down with Dr. Linda Ackerman-Anderson, a pioneering authority on transformational change and co-author of "The Change...
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528. AI Leadership for Human-Centric Change
Most AI adoption fails because leaders ask the wrong question: "How can we use AI in our current workflows?" instead of "How should this workflow be redesigned?" In this episode, host Michael Marchuk talks with Jon Cheney, founder of the GenAI Proficiency Institute (GenAIPI), who explains how...
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527. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. .News stories covered in this episode:.AI agents threaten banks’ cash cows -...
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526. Influence Matters in the AI Search Era
In this episode, host Michael Marchuk talks with Rick Brown and Carole Lawson, co-founders of MarketStorm about influencing AI to help your organization be found as search changes from the traditional Google keyword search paradigm. Carole, a recognized thought leader on the death of traditional...
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525. Marching Toward Agentic AI in the Middle East
In this episode, Brad Hairston talks with Paul Marshall, Go-to-Market Leader for SS&C Blue Prism in the Middle East and Africa, who explains how this region of the world is rapidly advancing from AI consumer to AI creator, driven by sovereign wealth, government mandate, and data-sovereign...
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524. Weekly Pulse Check of Automation & AI News - October 2, 2026
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: • AI solved one of math's hardest problems. Humanity learned nothing (so far)...
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523. Driving 84% Automation at Portugal's Largest Private Bank
What does it take to run 70+ AI agents in production at a highly regulated bank? In this episode, Michael Marchuk talks with Ricardo Alqueidão, Head of Intelligent Automation at the largest private bank in Portugal. Richard shares how his team shifted from traditional RPA to agentic AI…
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522. Orchestrating AI Agents at Enterprise Scale
In this episode, host Michael Marchuk talks with enterprise AI leaders John Bellone (Global CIO, SS&C GIDS) and Jeremy Rossi (Global CIO, SS&C Intelligent Automation) to unpack the biggest shift happening in agentic AI right now: orchestration. Where should coordination logic live when…
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521. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. .News stories covered in this episode:.Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI...
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520. Visibility First, Autonomy Second: AI's Real Value in Procurement
In this episode of the Transform Now podcast, host Michael Marchuk sits down with Chad Gaydos, CEO of Procurify, to explore how AI is fundamentally shifting procurement from a back-office cost control function into a strategic advantage. With nearly 30 years of software experience, including 18...
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519. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News - September 18, 2026
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: • Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up...
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518. Inside AI-Native VC Diligence
In this episode, host Michael Marchuk sits down with Melanie Nabar, Principal at Volition Capital, a growth equity firm known for backing capital-efficient, founder-led software and internet businesses. With a decade of experience investing in growth-stage technology companies, Melanie offers a...
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517. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode:.GPT-6 Astra might be too powerful to understand or...
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516. Turning AI Promise into Reality
In this episode of the Transform Now podcast, host Michael Marchuk sits down with Russell Halper, CEO of InsideKitchen and a 20-year veteran in enterprise transformation. Russell specializes in "adoption architecture", the missing layer between deploying AI and actually getting business value out...
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515. Weekly Pulse Check of Automation & AI News - September 4, 2026
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: • OpenAI Says AGI Is Coming By Year-End. It Also Just Had The Worst Safety Crisis In Its History....
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514. AI Agents as Corporate Citizens
In this episode, Brad Hairston talks with Federico Berruti, a McKinsey partner and co-leader of their Canadian banking practice, who returns to Transform NOW to explain his concept of AI agents as "corporate citizens" and why agentic AI's real breakthrough is "decision design," redefining which...
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513. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode:.The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical....
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512. Stop Adding AI Tools: Redesign Workflows for Real Enterprise Impact
In this episode, host Michael Marchuk sits down with returning guest Ashley Gross, a leader in AI and enterprise transformation, to discuss why organizations struggle to see real ROI from their AI investments. Ashley argues that the true value of AI isn’t unlocked at the tool level, but at the...
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511. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News - August 21, 2026
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: • Who Will Win as AI Rewrites Competitive Advantage? -...
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510. The AI-Savvy Leader
In this episode of Transform NOW, Brad Hairston talks with Dr. David De Cremer, dean and professor at D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University and author of The AI Savvy Leader, who explains how leaders can put humans first, build "authentic intelligence" alongside AI, and...
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509. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: . Meta launches new AI model as Zuckerberg champions open-weight push...
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508. Beyond AI: Humanizing Customer Success
In this episode, host Michael Marchuk interviews customer success advisor, executive coach, and bestselling author Carl Lenocker (A Success Plan for Life) about how AI is reshaping customer success without removing human accountability. Carl argues experienced leaders will be needed to judge AI...
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507. Weekly Pulse Check of Automation & AI News - August 7, 2026
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: 4 in 5 Workers Have Checked Out at Work (And AI Anxiety Is Making It Worse)...
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506. Building Trustworthy AI: Eliminating Hallucinations
In this episode of the Transform Now podcast, host Michael Marchuk sits down with Vincent Granville, pioneering AI scientist and co-founder of Bonding AI, to explore how organizations can build AI systems they can truly trust. Granville challenges the prevailing acceptance of AI hallucinations,...
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505. Weekly Pulse Check of Automation & AI News - July 31, 2026
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: AI Agents Are Not Your Coworkers - https://beyondtmrw.org/article/ai-agents-are-not-your-coworkers...
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504. Scaling Automation at Computacenter
On this episode, host Michael Marchuk speaks with Kasim Iqbal of Computacenter, a customer award winner who leads an RPA team and has used Blue Prism for over 10 years. Kasim explains how his team automated a previously manual, copy-and-paste process for creating DPD return labels and updating…
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503. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News - July 24, 2026
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: • Apple Briefly Unseats Nvidia As World’s Largest Company...
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502. Moving Beyond AI Buzzwords in the Boardroom
In this episode, Brad Hairston talks with Dr. Anastassia Lauterbach, an advisor and author who is dedicated to democratizing AI literacy and fostering a deeper understanding of AI, robotics, and quantum technologies. Dr. Lauterbach unpacks the gap between AI fluency and true AI literacy and...
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501. Weekly Pulse Check of Automation & AI News - July 17, 2026
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: • Job seekers giving up: Labor force participation rate falls to lowest in 50 years, outside of...
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500. AI as a Leadership Mirror
On the Transform Now Podcast, host Michael Marchuk welcomes returning guest Tonille Miller, a leadership strategist and executive advisor, to discuss her new book Flourishing From Within about leading change in the AI era. Miller argues AI doesn’t replace leadership judgment but reveals it,...
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499. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News - 07.10.26
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: • OpenAI set to launch most capable GPT model after delayed rollout -...
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498. AI Agents in Manufacturing: From Decision Support to Autonomous Execution
On the Transform Now podcast, host Michael Marchuk interviews Renan Devillieres, founder of OSS Ventures, about applying AI (especially agentic systems) in manufacturing and supply chains. Renan shares his background in operations and tech, and explains why most AI deployments are “old processes...
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497. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. . News stories covered in this episode: . SpaceX Is Already Worth More Than Amazon. So Why Are Analysts Sounding the Alarm?...
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496. Disruption Without Dread: An Optimist's Case for AI's Transformative Upside
In this episode, Brad Hairston talks with Scott Anthony, a clinical professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where his research and teaching focuses on the adaptive challenges of disruptive change. Scott, a self-described 'passionate optimist,' explains why AI transformation demands...
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495. Weekly Pulse Check of Automation & AI News - 06.26.26
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: • ChatGPT’s market share slips below 50% for first time...
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494. Pharma's AI Moment: More Innovation in 12 Months Than the Previous 10 Years
In this episode, Brad Hairston talks with Mahi Rayasam, SVP and Information Officer at Eli Lilly and Company, who discusses how his organization is strategically deploying AI across drug discovery, clinical development, and commercialization to accelerate the delivery of life-saving medicines to...
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493. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. . News stories covered in this episode: . Amazon CEO’s Talks With U.S. Officials Triggered Crackdown on Anthropic Models...
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492. Rethink Resistance: The Neuroscience of Change
In this episode, host Michael Marchuk interviews Travis D. Hahler, author of Rethink Resistance and senior director of global strategy and transformation at Salesforce, about why organizational resistance to change, especially AI-driven change, is rooted in biology, not mindset. Travis explains…
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491. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News - 06.12.26
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: • The Fight Over AI Is Really a Fight Over Who Governs...
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490. Checking in on the State of AI in EMEA Financial Services from the SS&C Deliver Conference
In this episode, Brad Hairston talks with Richard McGrail, an automation & AI services leader from SS&C GIDS, who shares his insights on AI trends observed while speaking with attendees at the annual SS&C customer conference in Windsor, UK in May 2026. . What we talked about with Richard: * Where...
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489. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode:.Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking Oversight of A.I. Models...
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488. Agentic AI Organization Design
In this episode, host Michael Marchuk speaks with Tim Shea, founder and CEO of Latticework Insights, about what it takes to build an enterprise-grade agentic AI program that delivers measurable value. Shea explains that while LLMs are powerful, hallucinations, non-determinism, and high-stakes…
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487. Weekly Pulse Check of Automation & AI News - 05.29.26
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: • Altman and Amodei Walk Back AI Job Apocalypse Warnings Ahead of Trillion-Dollar IPOs...
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486. Managing AI Costs while Scaling Agentic Workflows with Small Language Models
In this episode of the Transform NOW podcast, host Michael Marchuk hosts Rob May, CEO of Neurometric and co-host of the AI in NYC podcast, discussing practical AI deployment beyond hype. Rob explains Neurometric’s focus on small language models and inference optimization, helping companies move...
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485. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. .News stories covered in this episode:.Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI -...
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Transform NOW is brought to you by SS&C.AI is reshaping work, but the real breakthrough is orchestration. When people, AI, and automation move together as one intelligent workflow, enterprises stop experimenting and start transforming.On Transform NOW, we explore how AI and agent orchestration are transforming operations, driving growth, and changing how organizations serve customers and empower employees. Subscribe to stay ahead of what’s next in AI...practical, real, and happening now.
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