About this episode

A discussion on the impact of AI in retail featuring Erika McCourt from Google.

AI is moving so fast that pretending you “have it handled” is the quickest way to fall behind. I’m joined by Erika McCourt, a Google account executive dedicated to Walmart, for a grounded conversation about what actually matters when technology, expectations, and careers are all changing at once: integrity, curiosity, and the discipline to follow through. We talk about how Erika navigates the Google Cloud and Walmart ecosystem day to day, from sitting with teams to understand what’s not work...

People in this episode

Host: Doing Business in Bentonville

Guest: Erika McCourt

Topics covered

• AI
• retail
• technology
• Walmart
• Google
• career development

Keywords

• AI
• Walmart
• Google
• retail evolution
• technology
• integrity
• curiosity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Walmart, Google Cloud

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