Cognizant Podcasts
Episodes
From campaign to context: How AI is reshaping marketing
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Stay Cognizant, Cognizant CMO Thea Hayden and Rob Bloom of Aston Martin Aramco discuss how AI is moving marketing from a ca...
Beyond engineers: How AI is democratizing digital twins
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Stay Cognizant, Cognizant’s Head of IoT Anuj Seth and Aston Martin Aramco’s COO Ben Fitzgerald explore how digital twin...
From automation to augmentation: How AI is redefining the workforce
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this special edition of Stay Cognizant, Cognizant President of EMEA Manoj Mehta and Aston Martin Aramco’s Chief People Officer Sophie Ackland exp...
Experimentation as default: How an AI-powered tech stack keeps you ahead
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Stay Cognizant, Cognizant's Naveen Sharma and Aston Martin Aramco’s Sioned Edwards discuss how to build a future-ready, A...
Beyond the finish line: how AI is changing everything
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition of Stay Cognizant, Cognizant's Prasad Sankaran and Aston Martin Aramco's Andy Cowell dive into the cutting-edge intersection o...
Building AI for Impact: Lessons from Cognizant’s Virtual AI Clinician
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is reshaping how healthcare systems deliver care, build resiliency, and improve patient access. In this episode of Stay Cognizant, host Pamela Axte...
Silencing Your Inner Critic: Strategies for Building Confidence and Conquering Imposter Syndrome
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this special feature episode of Stay Cognizant, Geraldine Trefethen, Director of Transformation Retails at Cognizant, shares how mindfulness, holis...
Inside the AI Agent That Outsmarts Disaster
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is transforming the way critical infrastructure organizations approach resilience, disaster recovery, and operational efficiency. In this episode o...
Scaling ServiceNow Without Breaking Compliance
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Security automation, AI integration, and global compliance aren’t just buzzwords—they’re business-critical capabilities. For companies in highly...
From Individual Excellence to Collective Significance
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cognizant recently became the first global IT services company to receive accredited ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for its AI management system. It...
How Responsible AI is Shaping Business and Society
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is transforming industries and societies, offering unprecedented opportunities for innovation and global progress. However, realizing its full pote...
Decision-Making at Scale in the Age of AI
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The adoption of AI is more than just a technology consideration. AI success depends on how quickly companies embrace AI into their business models. Th...
Become a Learning Athlete in the Age of AI
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As AI continues to transform the way we do business, it should break down barriers in tech, not build new ones.This week, Kathy Diaz, Chief People Off...
Transforming Customer Experiences with Cognizant Moment
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can businesses create exceptional customer experiences while driving growth in an AI-driven world? Ben Wiener, Global Head of Cognizant Moment, sh...
Preparing One Million People for the AI-Enabled Future
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can a skilling program address workforce disruptions caused by the rapid advancements of AI?According to Tobi Young, SVP for Legal and Chief Corporate...
The Software Frontier: How Qualcomm is using AI to Personalize Automotive Services
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in to the latest episode of Powering Product Innovation as Nimish Shrivastava, Senior Director of Product Management for Qualcomm, joins Cogniz...
Driving Product Excellence: The Microsoft Digital Way
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Take a deep dive into product development’s role in transforming Microsoft into an AI-led, experience-centric organization. Nathalie D’Hers, corpo...
Recognizing Outstanding Female Leaders in Manufacturing – Part 2
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for part 2 of our series highlighting outstanding female leaders among Cognizant's manufacturing clients. In this episode, we interview Kelly ...
Leaders in Action: How Firms Can Leverage Intelligent Orchestration to Optimize CX
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cognizant’s team of customer experience experts sit down to explore the findings of the recently published Forrester Consulting study, “Enable Int...
Charting the course: Navigating the Complexities of CX Transformation
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cognizant’s team of customer experience experts sit down to explore the findings of the recently published Forrester Consulting study, “Enable Int...
Understanding the Foundation of Intelligent Orchestration & Gains of Building a Robust CX Strategy
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cognizant’s team of customer experience experts sit down to explore the findings of the recently published Forrester Consulting study, “Enable Int...
Meet Product Engineering’s New Dream Team: Cloud, AI, and Automation
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how cloud, AI, and automation are elevating the innovation game. Prasad Sankaran, EVP, Software and Platform Engineering, discusses the importan...
Gen AI in Product Engineering – Hype or Real?
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Explore what happens to the product lifecycle when gen AI is brought into the workflow. Naveen Sharma, SVP & Global Practice Head of AI & Anal...
Instilling FinOps Culture in Product Engineering
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Discover how tech companies can use FinOps to reduce costs, improve utilization, and reduce rates. FinOps expert Scott Schulman delves into strategic ...
Recognizing Outstanding Female Leaders in Manufacturing – Part 1
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is the first in a 3-part series highlighting outstanding female leaders among Cognizant's manufacturing clients. In this episode, we inte...
The creator economy - unleashing brand potential through authentic partnerships
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Creator Economy is changing the way brands and consumers interact, forging new avenues for more authentic and impactful partnerships. In the secon...
Next in retail: a deep-dive into Generative AI (part 2)
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this insightful episode as our host David Fearne, Cognizant’s Global Director for Generative AI, converses with Emily Fridman, a strategy...
Next in retail: a deep-dive into Generative AI (part 1)
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this insightful episode as our host David Fearne, Cognizant’s Global Director for Generative AI, converses with Emily Fridman, a strategy...
The often-missing link in the sustainability equation
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most companies fail to recognize the importance of building a solid data foundation to understand their impact on environmental issues and manage them...
The transparency imperative: meeting the demands of the LOHAS consumer (Part 2 of 2)
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LOHAS consumers — short for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability — represent more than one-third of American adults. A remarkably savvy segment...
The transparency imperative: meeting the demands of the LOHAS consumer (Part 1 of 2)
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LOHAS consumers — short for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability — represent more than one-third of American adults. A remarkably savvy segment...
Why the customer and employee experience should be treated as one (Part 2 of 2)
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why should organizations be blending customer and employee experience and what does that mean for brands in today’s world? Hear John McVay, Head of ...
Why the customer and employee experience should be treated as one (Part 1 of 2)
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why should organizations be blending customer and employee experience and what does that mean for brands in today’s world? Hear John McVay, Head of ...
Why product information management (PIM) is key to your e-commerce success
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has rapidly accelerated consumer adoption of online purchasing. To meet customer expectations, brands need PIM solutions to support the e...
Why Search is Key for Streaming Businesses
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For media streaming service providers, search plays a crucial role in connecting relevant content to customers. It needs to be constantly tested basis...
Delivering Impactful Content in a Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Business
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the key challenges for media companies offering direct-to-consumer streaming services is delivering content that customers want or would prefer...
How Media Companies Can Build a Resilient & Profitable Streaming Business
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Globally, media companies providing direct-to-consumer streaming services operate in an extremely competitive market led by AI, data and engineering. ...
How Businesses Gain More Value from the Data Cloud
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, just about every company is sitting on a pile of potentially valuable data. Anil Nagaraj, Head of Data Engineering, Cognizant, and Kevin Miller...
What Businesses Really Want from Cloud Migration
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anil Nagaraj, Head of Data Engineering, Cognizant, and Kevin Miller, VP Global Systems Integrators, Snowflake, delve into some of their favourite cust...
Why Businesses Succeed with Cognizant and Snowflake
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anil Nagaraj, Head of Data Engineering, Cognizant, and Kevin Miller, VP Global Systems Integrators, Snowflake, look at how the two companies are colla...
The Future Starts Now
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Future Starts Now book is designed to get us thinking about the futures we don’t want to live in, as well as those that we do we want to create ...
How to Bridge the Gap Between Degrees and Skills
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are witnessing an unprecedented eagerness to go digital across industries accelerated by the pandemic. As a result, the gap between degrees and req...
What to Expect From the Post-Covid Future of the Office
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the post-pandemic world, we can anticipate new workplace innovations, technology-driven office-space strategies, likeminded communities coming toge...
Timeline of Next: The Impact of Now on the Future
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the next decade, the world will be a very different place. Accelerated by the pandemic, new intriguing ideas are emerging on the future of work. Te...
Traditional Offices and Ideation Centers in the Future of Work
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Remote work may have been the norm during the COVID-19 pandemic, but has its limitations when it comes to innovating through collaboration. Tune int...
The Impact of Automation on Jobs and Innovation
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a skill-based technology bias where work that could be done remotely remained unhindered during lockdowns while ...
Reimagining Work in the Post-pandemic World
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The definition of work has completely changed since the COVID-19 mainstreamed remote working. The emergence of automation, AI, robotics and machine le...
Salesforce and Sports Leveling Up the Fan Experience
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Lev's podcast ‘In the Clouds,’ we cover all things SFMC and Sports. Lev Managing Director, Ryan McCambridge, and Account Direct...
Changing Dynamics of the Future of Work
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic has mainstreamed concepts like work from home (WFH) and remote working that were once thought to be a future construct. As techn...
What Makes a Location the Place of the Future of Work? – Part 2
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Technology is the driving force behind the ongoing fourth industrial revolution that is exponentially transforming the world, work and workplaces. How...
21 Places where Future of Jobs are Emerging Worldwide - Part 1
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the age of automation, artificial intelligence and algorithms it is difficult to predict where jobs of the future will appear. The technology is qu...
Cognizant and Aston Martin Join Hands to Drive Performance in Formula One
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Formula One racing is probably the most competitive motorsports on the planet where cutting-edge technologies meet sharpest skills. A few microsec...
How IHG Responded to COVID-19 by Turning Ideas into Practical & Prudent Solutions
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In early 2020, everything changed for businesses and people soon after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic. One of the first and ...
Leadership, Skills & Attitudes that Power Modern Business
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The enthusiasm around AI has gone through a metamorphosis, especially after COVID-19 pandemic changed how we look at technologies becoming integral to...
What Modern Business Entails in the Digital Era?
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To become a modern business and deliver the experiences that customers have come to expect in the digital era, one has to first do away with tradition...
Why Digital Comes First & Foremost for Modern Businesses
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed the narrative around digital; embracing digital today will ensure future bottom-line success. The future ...
The Evolving Role of HR in the Future of Work
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After navigating the intricate maze that 2020 put us through, we just entered 2021 with a disparate business landscape where accelerated digital trans...
XPRIZE: Pandemic Response Challenge
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Pandemic Response Challenge is a $550k, four month challenge that focuses on the development of data-driven AI systems to predict COVID-19 infecti...
How Voice Can Influence a Brand's Top Line
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The rise of voice isn't going to replace visual interface but instead, complement it in a dual-modality model. Given this development, brands must loo...
The Importance of Privacy and Trust in Voice Strategy
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A key outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic is the emergence of voice-assisted technologies as an alternative to touchscreen enabled interfaces as people a...
The Rise of Voice During COVID-19
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the major fallouts in the ongoing pandemic is people abstaining from touchscreen interfaces as they got wary of touching surfaces in fear of co...
How Convergence of IoT & 5G will Create Better Experiences and Lower Cost
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown why every industry needs to accelerate its technology investments, in turn offering a chance for telcos to form deeper...
How IoT and 5G are Fueling Business to Vertical Shifts
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Traditionally, the core business of telcos was to provide widespread connectivity. However, with the advent of Internet of Things and then 5G arriving...
How Do You Optimize Talent and Data for AI?
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To embark on a successful AI journey, a business needs the right people with the right talent and excellence ingrained in the organization’s culture...
Measure, Monitor and Manage AI Models for ROI
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Simply rolling out an AI solution isn’t going to ensure ROI; there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Multiple discrete AI algorithms should be coord...
How Successful Leaders Maximize Return on AI
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence or AI has gone mainstream for many businesses; the application of technology like machine learning has changed the way persona...
Where is IoT Heading in the Post-COVID World?
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
5G connectivity has effectively changed the landscape for IoT as new possibilities and capabilities emerge for latter, especially accelerated by the C...
XPRIZE and Cognizant Team Up to Address COVID with AI
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before the world could get a complete sense of the havoc that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause, Cognizant preemptively partnered with XPRIZE to launc...
Must-Know Levers for IoT Success at Scale
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When organizations take the IoT journey, everything may look easy and promising at first, but for scale and success, certain levers must be prioritize...
The Work Ahead Podcast — The Future of Work Pivots on AI.
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Because AI has diffused into so many aspects of our lives and work so seamlessly, it is easy to overlook how significant it will be for the rest of ou...
Why IoT Fails for Some and is Successful for Others
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A new survey shows that IoT at scale is a critical path, but many companies struggle to realize value. In fact, over 50% of companies piloting or depl...
Data and AI are Changing the Auto Industry Forever
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The auto industry is going through an accelerated metamorphosis driven by Data and AI. AI's applications in the automotive industry is not restricted ...
Using Technology to Make the Virtual Workplace More Inclusive
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Globally, work has increasingly gone virtual for many, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The sudden shift from working in groups to working from a...
Leadership Lessons for Inclusive and Progressive Organizations Amid COVID-19
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, top companies are those that not only weathered the pandemic successfully but also demonstrated how progressive leadership...
How to Nurture Belonging at the Workplace
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For most of us, a large part of our adult lives is spent in a professional work environment, either physical or virtual. Humans as we know are social ...
The Future of Work is NOT 9-to-5
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A 9-to-5 workweek is almost synonymous with work and productivity. However, its relevance to our current times is significantly different from what it...
The Power of Technology in Delighting Customers
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has emerged as a major force in shaping the future of customer experience, communication and delight. Timely ...
The COVID-19 Effect on the Future of Work with Twitter
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are only beginning to realize the scale of impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on our lives both personally and professionally. However, it will e...
Securing Workplaces Against COVID-19: Where to Start?
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we slowly get back to normalcy of getting back to work in a layered approach, we begin to put building controls in place. The idea is to mitigate i...
Healthy Buildings Can Have a Greater Impact on Health Than a Doctor
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The looming concerns on safe buildings have garnered a new level of attention since the coronavirus pandemic hit our shores. Some of the obvious quest...
Creating a Data-Driven Culture
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Data is moving from the IT department into the business units and the heavy lifting of digital transformation going forward is really going to be arou...
How to Create Safe and Healthy Buildings Post COVID-19
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As restrictions around COVID-19 ease, employees and customers will look up to businesses for ensuring their safety indoors. Key focus will be given to...
Is Your Workplace COVID-19 Safe and Ready for Business?
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Face masks? Check. Distancing? Check. Floor markers and acrylic dividers? Check and check. But as businesses reopen post-pandemic, more comprehensive ...
What is the Value of Data?
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As companies increasingly look to leverage data in their business processes, and as data has moved from the IT department to the business units, the n...
Using Data in Times of Rapid Change
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the new world, historical data models have been made obsolete by the disruption caused by COVID-19; leaders are trying to figure out how to navigat...
Combating Data Perishability in a Volatile World
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Data perishability is always an issue but it gains significance in times of rapid change. The COVID-19 has shown just how volatile the world can be, a...
Creating a National AI Strategy
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Countries are rushing to create national AI strategies that will ensure they dominate the field of AI for the foreseeable future. This involves invest...
Beyond Remotopia: Where is the Future of Work?
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The concept of remote work had already taken root before COVID-19, as a result of the benefits it delivered. The pandemic has only accelerated the tra...
Welcome To Remotopia—A Virtual Workplace For Us All
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 has redefined the future of work by relocating work from offices to homes and other settings. Even before COVID-19, Remotopia—work from hom...
Government and Business Perspectives on the Future of Work
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We all know that AI will eliminate some jobs, create many new jobs and will fundamentally change all jobs. To prepare our current workers, as well as ...
The US Needs an Effective National AI Strategy
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the role of AI becomes predominant globally, there is a call within the US to take on a larger role in AI, embrace AI-driven economy, and prepare t...
Deep Dive Discussion Into Evolutionary AI
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Evolutionary Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are making it possible to discover entirely new objects and behaviors to maximize a given objec...
Creativity And Open Endedness In AI
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we make rapid progress in AI, experts have always questioned the creative possibilities with the technology. Likewise, akin to evolution in nature,...
Demystifying AI
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI), there are diametrically contrasting views on it. Some believe that AI is going to take over jobs and gi...
AutoML And The Future Of AI
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Accurate prediction via machine learning (ML) has always been a challenge for even experienced data scientists. However, AutoML will change the face o...
The Future of Transportation KLM and Delft Hyperloop on Reimagining the Travel Experience – Part 2
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The travel industry is experiencing unprecedented disruption. What does the current situation teach us about how complex networks respond to unexpecte...
The Future of Transportation KLM and Delft Hyperloop on Reimagining the Travel Experience – Part 1
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The travel industry is experiencing unprecedented disruption. What does the current situation teach us about how complex networks respond to unexpecte...
Chaos To Catalyst: Rethinking Technology To Offset COVID-19 Impact – Part 4
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rethinking the use of technology to counter challenges and chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is top of mind for every decision maker. The new norm...
Chaos To Catalyst: Reinforcing Customer Experience To Take On COVID-19 – Part 3
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For many enterprises, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that consumer experience takes precedence, where software becomes the only means of customer int...
Chaos To Catalyst – Key Learnings From COVID-19 – Part 2
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The coronavirus outbreak has led to a host of learnings and opportunities to rethink on the benefits of work from home, the use of technology to effec...