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Digital Transformation & AI for Humans

S1|Ep94 Leading into the Future: Vision, Leadership and Innovation Insights from Intel and Google DeepMind

01 February 2026 1:00:19 Emi Olausson Fourounjieva

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Let's tap into vision, leadership, and innovation insights shaped at Intel and Google DeepMind, to lead into the future, together with my amazing American guest, Steve Brown, from Portland, Oregon.

Steve has been operating at the edge of intelligence long before AI became mainstream, as an entrepreneur, advisor, and former futurist and executive at Google DeepMind and Intel, working at the intersection of AI, high-tech, and large-scale transformation.

Steve has advised global organizations: Bank of America, Lenovo, Nespresso, etc., he is the author of The AI Ultimatum,  and The Innovation Ultimatum, which earned him features in Fast Company, Forbes, and more.

Today, Steve is a global keynote speaker and trusted advisor to Fortune 100 companies.

Steve is a part of the Diamond Executive Council of the AI Game Changers Club - an elite tribe of visionary leaders redefining the rules and shaping the future of human-AI synergy.

🔑 Key Topics Covered:

  • Emerging AI & innovation trends beyond mainstream narratives
  • Leadership misreads of the future
  • New leadership risks in embedded intelligence
  • The real opportunity in AI transformation
  • When “future-ready” organizations are exposed by AI
  • Durable advantage vs short-term AI wins
  • Responsibility and governance in autonomous systems
  • The assumption leaders must unlearn
  • Steve's strategic advice

🔗 Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/futuresteve/
🔗 https://www.stevebrown.ai/
📕🔗  The AI Ultimatum
📗🔗 The Innovation Ultimatum

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About the host, Emi Olausson Fourounjieva
With over 20 years in IT, digital transformation, business growth & leadership, Emi specializes in turning challenges into opportunities for business expansion and personal well-being.
Her contributions have shaped success stories across the corporations and individuals, from driving digital growth, managing resources and leading teams in big companies to empowering leaders to unlock their inner power and succeed in this era of transformation.

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