How is AI changing the relationship between business and technology — and what happens when even great tech fails to deliver business value? On the Innovantage Podcast, Gediminas Zalys from Accenture UK & Ireland unpacks what digital transformation actually looks like inside large enterprises.

Gediminas Zalys is an engineering leader focused on AI, machine learning, and business transformation. With experience spanning engineering, consulting, entrepreneurship, and enterprise technology at Accenture, he has seen both sides of the equation: ambitious technology built without the right business case, and business decisions transformed by what new technology suddenly makes possible.

0:00 Introduction 0:27 How Gediminas became an engineering leader at Accenture 5:16 What is Accenture Song and why does it exist? 13:39 Consulting across completely different industries 23:31 How to handle business pushback 32:19 How great technology failed billion-dollar brands 38:38 Can technology change the direction of a business? 43:33 When emotion beats rational business decisions 45:28 Why Gediminas’ restaurant startup failed 50:11 How AI is disrupting the corporate world 54:48 Is SaaS really dead? 58:29 How enterprises need to transform for AI 1:03:31 The future of business and technology 1:08:30 Where to find Gediminas

Connect with our guest Gediminas Zalys – https://www.linkedin.com/in/g-zalys/ Connect with Max Max Golikov – https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxim-golikov/

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