Bernard Marr's Future of Business & Technology Podcast

How should we really talk to AI, and how can we use tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini without losing our own judgment?In this episode of the Future Of Business And Technology podcast, I speak with Jamie Bartlett, author of How To Talk To AI, about one of the most important skills of the AI age: communicating well with intelligent machines. 🤖💬We explore why prompt engineering is only part of...

AI is transforming business, work, leadership, education, healthcare, investing, and society. In this conversation, I sit down with Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, Manas AI and Inflection AI, founding team member at PayPal, pioneering investor in companies including OpenAI and Airbnb, author, podcaster, and one of the most influential thinkers in technology and entrepreneurship.We explore...

In this interview from Bosch ConnectedWorld 2026, I speak with Dr. Tanja Rueckert, Member of the Board of Management and Chief Digital Officer at Bosch, about how AI is transforming industry and manufacturing.For many years, Industry 4.0 promised connected machines, better use of data and smarter factories. But according to Tanja, the real tipping point is happening now, as generative AI and...

Most businesses are now using AI. Far fewer are transforming with it. 🤖In this episode, I sit down with Tanuja Randery, VP and Managing Director of AWS EMEA, to unpack the findings of AWS's latest Unlocking Europe's AI Potential report, one of the most comprehensive studies of AI adoption across European businesses, and explore what the findings mean for business leaders everywhere.We cover what...

🌍🤖 How is Google reimagining Search, Maps, and AI agents for the next era of technology? In this interview, I speak with Nick Fox, Senior Vice President of Knowledge and Information Products at Google, about the future of Google Search, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Google Maps, agentic AI, reasoning models, personal intelligence, digital trust, and how AI is transforming product development at...

Is AI a threat to creative industries — or the most powerful tool artists have ever had? 🎨🤖In this episode, I sit down with Manon Dave, AI futurist, technologist, and Head of Future World Design at BBC R&D, for a wide-ranging conversation on how artificial intelligence is reshaping entertainment, music, film, and the creator economy.Manon has collaborated with Will.i.am, Idris Elba, Snoop...

AI agents are becoming one of the biggest topics in enterprise technology, but there is a critical challenge many organizations are still overlooking: context.In this conversation, I speak with Massimo Merlo from Elastic about why context engineering is becoming essential for the next phase of enterprise AI. We explore why powerful AI models are not enough on their own, why real-time enterprise...

AI is changing how we search, browse, shop, learn and make decisions online. But as AI becomes the new interface to the internet, one big question emerges: will AI break the internet, or make it better? 🌐🤖In this conversation, I’m joined by Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, CEO of Mozilla, the company behind Firefox and one of the strongest voices for an open, trusted and user-controlled web.We explore how...

Autonomous AI and agentic AI are moving from experiments into real enterprise workflows. But are businesses truly ready to let AI systems plan, decide and take action on their behalf?In this interview, I speak with Shayan Mohanty, Chief Data and AI Officer at Thoughtworks, about the next phase of enterprise AI and what leaders need to do now to prepare.We explore the shift from AI assistants and...

🧠 From Fluency To Thinking: Why Reasoning Models Are The Next Leap In AIFor years, AI progress has been measured by how convincingly machines can talk. The next phase is defined by how well they can think. This conversation explores why that shift matters and what it means for science, industry, and high-stakes decision-making. #MBZUAIPartnership #Sponsored In this episode, I sit down with Jon...