The Agentic Exec returns with one of the most no-nonsense, high-impact conversations we’ve ever recorded and this time, we’re going straight at the C-suite.

Our guest is Marco, transformation veteran, AI evangelist, cyber expert, NED, leadership correspondent for the European, and author of the provocative new book Rewire or Retire - a title that perfectly sums up where enterprise leaders stand today.

In this episode, Marco dismantles the biggest myth of all: AI isn’t a technology problem — it’s a leadership problem.
And the old leadership playbook? Completely obsolete.

What Enterprise Leaders Will Learn

• Why traditional “digital transformation” habits now guarantee failure
• How AI changes the leadership equation: speed, scope, risk, governance, value
• The difference between Generative AI and Agentic AI - and why boards must understand both
• Why digital intelligence (DQ) is the new core competency of the C-suite
• The truth about leadership prevarication — and why delay is now career-ending
• How to identify your organisation’s AI whisperers (and your blockers)
• Why your board needs a standing AI agenda item - not buried under “Any Other Business”
• How to build synthetic teams: humans + agents working side-by-side
• Why judgement and accountability still belong to humans - and always will
• How to avoid the #1 cause of AI project failure: data, process, and governance rot
• Why some leaders must “rewire”… and why others should consciously “retire” into stewardship

Marco lays out a brutally honest roadmap for CEOs, COOs, CPOs, CIOs, CISOs, and Chairs who are trying to lead through the most disruptive operating-model shift since the internet — and who know their existing leadership habits won’t save them this time.

If you’re an enterprise executive wrestling with:

• AI strategy & governance
• Organisational redesign
• Board-level risk & ethics
• Culture, fear, resistance, and skill gaps
• Synthetic teams & agentic automation
• Digital intelligence and leadership readiness
• Why AI projects succeed… or catastrophically fail

…this episode hits you right between the eyes.

This isn’t another “AI is exciting” conversation — it’s a leadership reckoning.