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Lasse Rindom interviews Mahmood Aziz about the impact of AI on consultancy and the importance of human judgment in the evolving landscape of work.

In this episode of The Only Constant, Lasse Rindom speaks with Mahmood Aziz, a seasoned technology and AI transformation leader with decades of international experience across consulting, software and enterprise IT. Mahmood brings a refreshingly grounded, human-centred view of what AI is really changing in the world of work - and what stubbornly stays the same. Main topics they discuss include: How AI is reshaping consultancy and why expertise, judgement and the human "spark" still matter The trap of "midterm sci-fi" thinking and projecting three-to-five-year futures we can't really see yet Why 70–85% of AI pilots never reach production, and the lessons we keep ignoring from ERP, cloud and RPA The missing operating model, and why governance, trust and accountability matter more than raw action Do you want to know more about Mahmood Aziz? Mahmood has over 30 years international experience at Board, Executive and Non-Executive positions in Consulting, NHS, Auditing, Software, Business & IT Services firms. These cover strategic & operational leadership, fund-raising, restructuring, M&A, auditing, consulting, program & project management, business process optimisation…

People in this episode

Host: Lasse Rindom

Guest: Mahmood Aziz

Topics covered

• AI in consultancy
• human-centered AI
• midterm sci-fi thinking
• AI pilot failures
• governance in AI
• transformation in various sectors

Keywords

• AI transformation
• consultancy
• human judgment
• midterm sci-fi
• AI pilots
• governance
• accountability
• business process optimization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHS, ERP, RPA, AI, Pharma & Life Sciences, Financial Services, Energy, Telco, Retail, Public Sector

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