{"podcast":{"title":"The AI in Business Podcast","slug":"the-ai-in-business-podcast-168928","podcast_index_feed_id":168928,"rss_url":"https://techemergence.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://emerj.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/c/2/2/9c226d0d338dd5bed959afa2a1bf1c87/1.png","author":"Daniel Faggella","episode_count":1163,"summary":"The AI in Business Podcast is for non-technical business leaders who need to find AI opportunities, align AI capabilities with strategy, and deliver ROI. Each week, Emerj research staff and journalists interview top AI executives from Fortune 2000 firms and unicorn startups - uncovering trends, use-cases, and best practices for practical AI adoption. Visit our advertising page to learn more about reaching our executive audience of Fortune 2000 AI adopters: https://emerj.com/advertise","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T00:20:08.438260+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ai-in-business-podcast-168928"},"episode":{"title":"Fixing the Pilot‑to‑Production Gap in Enterprise AI - with Lawrence Whittle of HTEC Group","slug":"fixing-the-pilot-to-production-gap-in-enterprise-ai-with-lawrence-whittle-of-htec-group","published_at":"2026-05-11T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ai-in-business-podcast-168928/fixing-the-pilot-to-production-gap-in-enterprise-ai-with-lawrence-whittle-of-htec-group","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ai-in-business-podcast-168928","url":"https://podcast.emerj.com/fixing-the-pilottoproduction-gap-in-enterprise-ai-with-lawrence-whittle-of-htec-group","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/techemergence/Business_-_5.11.26_-_Lawrence_Whittle_.mp3?dest-id=151434","summary":"AI enthusiasm has outpaced enterprise readiness, leaving many organizations stuck with pilots that work in the lab but fail to deliver meaningful value in production. In this episode, Lawrence Whittle, Chief Strategy Officer at HTEC Group, joins Emerj's Marilie Fouché to examine how the gap between individual users, isolated use cases, and true end‑to‑end sequences prevents companies from moving beyond experimentation. He highlights the practical shifts required — smaller real deployments, tighter scopes, faster iteration cycles, and integrated expertise — to build momentum and translate AI concepts into tangible business results. This episode is sponsored by HTEC . Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at go.emerj.com/partner","meta_description":"AI enthusiasm has outpaced enterprise readiness, leaving many organizations stuck with pilots that work in the lab but fail to deliver meaningful value in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2230,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ai-in-business-podcast-168928/episodes/fixing-the-pilot-to-production-gap-in-enterprise-ai-with-lawrence-whittle-of-htec-group/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ai-in-business-podcast-168928/fixing-the-pilot-to-production-gap-in-enterprise-ai-with-lawrence-whittle-of-htec-group.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}