Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now,

with short newsy interviews alongside the deeper dives of Masters of Scale. Well, I'm excited to share that rapid response is expanding into its own feed.

We'll be putting out shows twice a week, focusing on the urgent issues that business leaders are dealing with in real time.

So search for rapid response in your podcast player

and subscribe to make sure you get all our episodes.

I'll see you on the other side.

Just get in the game.

Knowing this is going to be a game that goes on for a long time,

don't rush, build the foundation. This gets to responsible

AI. What data are you using? Is that data right? Are the models working, do you have the right governance, the right

access and the right testing? And our advice is to our clients knowing you're eventually

going to need to do this, do it up front so you have that foundation there that's critical before you try to scale it.

That's Tim Ryan chair and senior partner of PWC,

the Global Professional Services Network that recently announced a billion dollar investment in AI

in part to retrain their 65,000 person workforce.

I'm Bob Safian, former editor of Fast Company, founder of the Flux Group and host of Masters

of Scales of Scales of Scales of Rapid Response.

I spoke to Tim on this show last year after PWC launched a multi-billion dollar employee

engagement platform in the face of the great resignation.

I wanted to talk with him again because with the new initiative to embrace AI,

PWC is taking the next step in the journey to reskill its team.

Few business leaders meet with as many CEOs across as many industries as Tim.

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