In today’s episode of Digital Transformation & AI for Humans, we explore what it really means to lead with heart in a world transformed by Artificial Intelligence and Automation.

Join me, Emi Olausson Fourounjieva, in a powerful conversation with Malcolm Larri – an Australian thought leader living in Stockholm. Malcolm is the founder of Brave Personal Development, a TEDx Host and Conference Host, a Course Director at Berghs School of Communication and IHM Business School, and a sought-after Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant.

🔑 Key Discussion Points:

• Why empathy, emotional intelligence, and self-awareness are becoming non-negotiable skills in AI-powered organizations
• The invisible shift from reactive management to visionary leadership
• How leaders can stay human while embracing AI, avoiding disconnection in tech-driven environments
• The true power of vulnerability and authenticity in modern leadership
• How to balance high performance with human connection, even in fast-scaling companies
• A real story of heart-centered leadership in action - and its ripple effect
• One powerful advice to leaders who want to stay ahead - not just by adopting AI and adapting to AI, but by amplifying their humanity as their superpower

💡 Whether you're a CEO, founder, people leader, or future-focused innovator, this episode will challenge you to reframe success and rediscover your humanity as your greatest leadership edge.

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.

📚 Get your AI Leadership Compass: Unlocking Business Growth & Innovation 🧭 The Definitive Guide for Leaders & Business Owners to Adapt & Thrive in the Age of AI & Digital Transformation: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBJ92RP

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In this powerful episode of Digital Transformation & AI for Humans, we explore a masterclass in modern entrepreneurship with Sze Wong, a seasoned tech entrepreneur, inventor, and venture investor from Virginia, USA.

Prior to founding Zerion Software, he designed major mobile systems for industry leaders like Sun Microsystems, Nextel Communications, and Shell Oil. With 7 US patents in data and data security, Sze’s contributions have had a lasting impact on the tech industry.

Today, as a venture investor at Zenith Venture Studio, Sze leverages his extensive entrepreneurial experience to support and invest in emerging startups that are poised to transform their industries.

His unique blend of hands-on experience and innovative thinking enables him to mentor founders and drive the next generation of disruptive digital solutions.

Sze shares his hard-won wisdom on building a future-proof business, redefining success, and balancing growth with happiness in the age of AI and digital transformation.

🚀 Key Topics Explored:

• Sze’s early days in tech and the mindset behind his success
• Lessons from building award-winning platforms and scaling with purpose
• Top 3 strategic moves he’d make if launching a business in 2025
• Turning setbacks into stepping stones for exponential growth
• Redefining success for the next decade of entrepreneurs
• How to protect your happiness while growing big
• Skills, mindset shifts, and game-changing opportunities for 2025–2030
• The one piece of advice every impact-driven entrepreneur needs to hear

Whether you're a founder, visionary, or future-focused leader, this episode will inspire you to reclaim your power, align your strategy, and build a life you deeply love.

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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.

📚 Get your AI Leadership Compass: Unlocking Business Growth & Innovation 🧭 The Definitive Guide for Leaders & Business Owners to Adapt & Thrive in the Age of AI & Digital Transformation: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBJ92RP

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In this power-packed episode, we explore how leaders can scale their businesses beyond $10M by combining cutting-edge AI strategies with a winning mindset, emotional intelligence, and transformative leadership, together with my fantastic guest from Toronto, Canada - Rob Provenzano.

Rob is International Best Selling Author/Speaker/Mentor/Fractional CMO, who knows how to drive over 300% YoY Growth by using AI-powered Systems.

Selected Industries/Companies Rob worked with 👇

🧾 ACCOUNTING: Deloite, E&Y, KPMG, PWC
💰 BANKING: BMO, RBC, TD
⚕️ HEALTHCARE
🏛️ INSURANCE: AIG, Cigna, Clarica, Manulife, Sunlife
🖨️ PRINTING/PUBLISHING: Quebecor, MacLean Hunter, Transcontinental
🛍️ RETAIL: D'allards, Harry Rozen, Marks and Spencer, Roots
🗣️ SPEAKERS: Robert Allen, Joel Bauer, Les Brown, Wayne Dyer, Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy
💻 TECHNOLOGY: AT&T, AVAYA, CISCO, IBM, NCR

Key Topics We Cover:

• How AI and a growth-oriented mindset create exponential business expansion
• Real-world strategies that help companies break the $10M ceiling
• The vital role of soft skills, resilience, and emotional intelligence in leading AI-driven growth
• Tactical and strategic trends in AI, from clarity to innovation agility
• The future of leadership, visionary thinking, and culture-building in the age of AI
• How to align AI implementation with ethical leadership, team development, and long-term success

Whether you’re a CEO, founder, or transformation leader, don’t miss this if you're serious about leveraging AI and mindset to scale impactfully.

🎧 Don’t miss this powerful conversation with Rob Provenzano - unlock the secrets to AI-driven success!

🔗 Listen now and take your business to the next level!

📈 Connect with Rob Provenzano on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rprovenzano/

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.

📚 Get your AI Leadership Compass: Unlocking Business Growth & Innovation 🧭 The Definitive Guide for Leaders & Business Owners to Adapt & Thrive in the Age of AI & Digital Transformation: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBJ92RP

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My fantastic guest, Forest Bronzan, joins us from Oregon, the United States to share his groundbreaking journey. He’s the Co-Founder & CEO of Jetset, he has helped grow brands like Bombas, MVMT, and Walmart, and previously founded and scaled Email Aptitude - named the #1 fastest-growing CRM/Loyalty agency in the U.S. by Inc. 5000 and #2 Best Place to Work in California by Ad Age.

🔑 In this episode, we explore:

• Why Forest is reinventing the agency model
• The blueprint for merging brand + performance into one seamless growth engine
• Behind the scenes: How partnering with a famous Hollywood actor and film director Peter Cambor (seen in Blackballed, Grace and Frankie, Suits, NCIS: Los Angeles, and nominated for Emmy Award in 2025) gives the agency a cinematic edge - and helps create campaigns that go viral

🔗 Connect with Forest on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/forestbronzan/
🌏 https://jetset.io/

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.

📚 Get your AI Leadership Compass: Unlocking Business Growth & Innovation 🧭 The Definitive Guide for Leaders & Business Owners to Adapt & Thrive in the Age of AI & Digital Transformation: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBJ92RP

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🎉 In this 1-Year Anniversary Special of Digital Transformation & AI for Humans, host Emi reflects on a full year of insights, impact, and global reach. With over 70 countries and territories tuning in, this episode is both a celebration and a visionary reset for leaders ready to thrive in the AI era.

🔍 In this episode, you’ll explore:

• What it really means to future-proof your leadership
• Reflections from 56+ episodes with global leaders and business owners
• Live readings from Emi’s Amazon-published book:
  AI Leadership Compass: Unlocking Business Growth & Innovation
• The power of human-centered leadership, emotional intelligence, and empathy
• The future of work: AR, VR, intrapreneurship & sustainable AI adoption
• Special invitations to go deeper and grow faster

💡 This episode is for founders, executives, consultants, and emerging leaders ready to integrate AI, lead with clarity, and grow with purpose.

🔗 Resources Mentioned

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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.

📚 Get your AI Leadership Compass: Unlocking Business Growth & Innovation 🧭 The Definitive Guide for Leaders & Business Owners to Adapt & Thrive in the Age of AI & Digital Transformation: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBJ92RP

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In this visionary episode of Digital Transformation & AI for Humans, we dive deep into The Future of Money and explore how AI and Cryptocurrency are revolutionizing the Global Financial System with Stijn Ceelen (Belgium), a Seasoned & result-driven C-level leader in Banking & WealthTech, Managing Director, CEO of Alkiemist Advisors, Advisory Board Member (Banque Thaler (Genève, Zwitserland)), COHERRA (Copenhagen, Denmark and others), Chief Investment Officer of a single family office.

Key Topics Covered:

• Cutting-edge AI applications in finance: from algorithmic trading to intelligent financial advisory
• The role of central banks and government policies in an AI-crypto future
• How Decentralized Finance (DeFi) challenges traditional banking – and AI’s role in this shift
• Can AI stabilize the volatile cryptocurrency markets, or will it add unforeseen risks?
• Opportunities and risks of a borderless, inclusive financial system powered by AI and blockchain
• The top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch in 2025 and beyond (not financial advice!)
• Emerging tech beyond AI and crypto that could redefine finance
• The rise of autonomous AI agents: will they drive massive crypto adoption?
• Stijn’s top advice for leaders and investors preparing for the future of finance

🚀 Ready to rethink how you lead and invest in the AI era?

🎧 Tune in now, and don’t forget to subscribe for more future-focused insights on AI, leadership, and innovation.

Connect with Stijn Ceelen on LinkedIn
Learn more about the CxO Section (Brand Leadership Community, Denmark)

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.

📚 Get your AI Leadership Compass: Unlocking Business Growth & Innovation 🧭 The Definitive Guide for Leaders & Business Owners to Adapt & Thrive in the Age of AI & Digital Transformation: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBJ92RP

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Today, AI is no longer just a buzzword - it’s the backbone of how modern businesses expand, innovate, and scale with purpose.

In this episode of Digital Transformation and AI for Humans, we dive deep into the future of AI-driven growth, enterprise innovation, and intrapreneurial leadership.

I’m joined by my amazing guest, Albert Bengtson from Stockholm, Sweden - ex senior leader at Apple, book author, co-author of the 4C model.
As an entrepreneur, Albert founded several companies, one of which won Elon Musk’s annual Developer Challenge award while still at PayPal. For more than a decade, he worked as an enterprise evangelist at a large multinational corporation, coaching and connecting intrapreneurial talent to drive purpose and impact in retail, banking, and logistics.

Together, we explore the frameworks, mindsets, and scalable strategies that unlock AI’s full potential — not just for tech teams, but for business leaders, governments, and innovation hubs ready to shape the future.

🔑 Key Topics Covered in This Episode

✅ How AI is Fundamentally Reshaping Business Expansion

✅ Innovation Insights from Apple

✅ The Swedish Government’s AI Feasibility Report

✅ Government & Private Sector Collaboration in AI

✅ The Rise of AI-Powered Innovation Hubs

✅ The 4C’s Model of Intrapreneurial Capital

✅ Scaling AI Beyond the Pilot Stage

✅ Emerging AI trends that business leaders need to monitor and prepare for now

✅ Building a Competitive Edge Through AI

🔗 Connect with Albert on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertbengtson/
📈 SIME Conference: https://www.sime.nu/
📕 Book "Principles of Intrapreneurial Capital": https://www.adlibris.com/se/e-bok/principles-of-intrapreneurial-capital-9789198838114

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.

📚 Get your AI Leadership Compass: Unlocking Business Growth & Innovation 🧭 The Definitive Guide for Leaders & Business Owners to Adapt & Thrive in the Age of AI & Digital Transformation: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBJ92RP

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AI Strategies: Promises vs. Pitfalls with Dr. Alex Heublein | Leading Sustainable Growth with Human-Centric Innovation

In today’s episode, we dive deep into AI Strategies and Implementation, exploring the Promises vs. Pitfalls with the brilliant Dr. Alex Heublein from Atlanta, USA.

Alex is the Chief Innovation Officer at Netsurit, bringing extensive leadership experience from senior executive roles at Oracle, IBM, HP, Red Hat, and more. In addition to his corporate career, he serves as an Adjunct Professor of Business & IT at Clayton State University. As a human-centric visionary, Alex is deeply engaged in advancing how Artificial Intelligence can drive meaningful and sustainable business growth.

Netsurit has earned international recognition for its ability to stabilize, innovate, and optimize complex IT environments. With a strong belief that shared purpose and core values form the foundation of great partnerships, Netsurit is committed to Supporting the Dreams of the Doers — both within the organization and across its global client base.

Topics we discuss:

• Executive ambitions vs. reality in AI strategies
• Common disconnects between AI planning and real-world implementation
• Key factors that differentiate AI success stories from stalled initiatives
• Aligning AI adoption with business outcomes and customer value
• Hidden pitfalls leaders must watch for in AI transformation
• Building trust, governance, and human oversight in autonomous AI systems
• The crucial role of organizational culture in AI-driven change
• Actionable advice for leaders to navigate AI strategies with sustainable, human-centered growth

Whether you are a business leader, innovator, or entrepreneur navigating AI transformation, this episode is packed with strategic insights you don't want to miss!

🔗 Connect with Dr. Alex Heublein on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexheublein/
🔗 Learn more about Netsurit on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/netsurit/
🔗 Explore Netsurit: https://netsurit.com/

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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.

📚 Get your AI Leadership Compass: Unlocking Business Growth & Innovation 🧭 The Definitive Guide for Leaders & Business Owners to Adapt & Thrive in the Age of AI & Digital Transformation: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBJ92RP

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