The Green Room: Questions That Matter Most In Business
The Green Room by Deloitte is an award-winning business podcast exploring the topics that matter most to leaders and professionals. Each episode tackles one big question with leading names across industry, offering strategic analysis, thought leadership and expert insights. Exploring critical areas such as digital transformation, AI and technology, leadership, the future of work, business strategy, innovation, and sustainability and climate solutions. Our expert guests and hosts will help find the answers that shape corporate strategy and economic trends. We'll ask questions like: Can AI help us be more human? Is technology our planet's best hope? What's the best way...
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How do we turn AI ambition into a national advantage? With Sharon Hague and OIiver Seal
<p >The AI race is on. But what does it take to not just keep up, but to win? </p> <p >Even though we're using AI at work, at home and on-the-go, are we really ready to use it at scale as a country? </p> <p >Last year, the UK joined a growing list of countries setting out an ambitious vision for how AI could provide a better future. For those who succeed, the prize is significant. A future powered by AI could bring economic growth and increased productivity, improved public services, and new opportunities across society. </p> <p >But amb...
Are people the superpower that drives transformation? With Kate O'Neill and Mike Manby
<p>Companies are investing more than ever in technology to transform their businesses.</p> <p>But the full impact isn't being felt. Most organisations believe they are missing out on up to 50% of the returns they expect from digital transformation. So, what's the missing piece?</p> <p>Do firms need to invest more or does the answer lie in their leadership and culture?</p> <p>From AI to cloud platforms, organisations are undertaking digital transformation in the search for added efficiency, growth and competitive advantage. But change doesn't just happen to systems, it affects people too.</p> <p>If technology...
What will be the last job on earth? With Ben Legg and Anne-Marie Malley
<p>Seven years ago, we were yet to experience a pandemic. Some of us were just discovering podcasts – and were yet to discover an air fryer. And Artificial Intelligence was, for many of us, something we only saw on the big screen. </p> <p>And in The Green Room's very first episode, we were asking 'What will be the last job on earth?' </p> <p>It was a year before GPT-3 changed the GenAI landscape, nearly four years before ChatGPT hit the mainstream and five years before regulation caught up and the world's first legal framework for AI would be pa...
Bonus Episode: The First 100 – The ideas that shaped us
<p>In The Green Room, we've always set out to answer the biggest questions that matter most in business.</p> <p>Now, as we approach our milestone 100th episode, we're taking a moment to look back at some of the conversations and ideas that have stayed with us – and still influence how business operates today.<br /> <br /> We've explored everything from the future of work and leadership to AI, sustainability and the changing role of business in society. <br /> <br /> Along the way, we've been joined by a remarkable range of guests, including physicist Professor Brian Cox, retail expert Mary Porta...
How does supporting families support us all? With Anna Whitehouse and Jackie Henry MBE
<p > Our careers don't happen in isolation.<br /> <br /> What we carry from our lives outside of work shapes how we show up inside of it. At certain points in life, work doesn't just sit alongside family and caring responsibilities – it actively coincides with them. And how organisations respond in those moments underpins the kind of workplaces they really are.<br /> <br /> As the world of work continues to evolve, businesses are being challenged to do more than offer flexibility as a perk. Today's workforce is navigating parenthood, caregiving, and complex family lives alongside their careers. And the question is firm...
Is the internet getting safer? With Cosima Wiltshire and James Smith
<p>Two years ago, in episode #64 of The Green Room, we asked the question 'How do we stay safe online?' <br /> <br /> Since then, progress has been made. Businesses, tech leaders, governments and wider society have taken the time to understand the 'how' and have moved on to the 'do'. <br /> <br /> Some countries have started taking steps to ban under-16s from all major social media platforms, while the UK has rolled our further developments in its Online Safety Act, bringing in new legislation that aims to protect both children and adults. <br /> <br /> But in digital spaces, progres...
Is it time to reset supply chains? With Dr Alok Choudhary and Sarah Noble
<p>From the avocados on our toast to the niche blend of coffee that sits on the table next to them. From the medicine waiting to be collected at the pharmacy to the smartphone we used to renew the prescription. </p> <p>Every product we pick up and service we use is a result of a complex, global web of ships, planes, warehouses, technology and people that keep our world moving. That is until something goes wrong – and that's been happening more often in recent years. </p> <p>Whether it's the effects of geopolitical unrest, global trade policies, extreme weather or eve...
Does regulation help or hinder growth? With Rob Bishton and Sam Walsh
<p>Our days are shaped by rules and regulations. </p> <p>The expiry date stamped on the sandwich we picked up for lunch. The charge for the plastic bag at the checkout. The banner that asks if we consent to cookies. There's the big stuff too. The security checks before we fly, the safety marks on our new tech and the seatbelt we click into place without thinking. </p> <p>But despite its ubiquity, regulation sparks mixed feelings. While some rules feel reassuring, others feel restrictive. When done right, regulation can be a catalyst for societal progress and economic growth. It...
How do we move AI from trialling to transforming? With Sanjeev Arya and Sam Roddick
<p>What's the difference between an interesting experiment and a game-changing asset?</p> <p>It's deciding to make the leap from one to the other. It's knowing that now is the right time to go from starting out to scaling up. And that's where a lot of businesses currently find themselves with their approach to AI. </p> <p>With 78% of organisations using AI in at least one area of their business, the curiosity phase is over. Businesses have trialled and reported and trialled some more, and leaders have seen how using AI isn't just about doing things quickly - it's a...
What will it take to power our AI goals? With Carol Yan and Tom Harris
<p > When you imagine the future, is it powered by clean energy or driven by AI?<br /> <br /> As the UK works towards its net-zero goals, our energy system is being asked to do more than ever before – delivering power that's cleaner, smarter, and more reliable to support an increasingly digital and connected world</p> <p > The future isn't just electric – it's intelligent. Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live and work, boosting productivity, driving economic growth, and helping to tackle some of society's biggest challenges. But AI doesn't run on ideas and data alone – it runs on energy. And as...
