SmartRecruiters On Turning AI Experiments Into Business Outcomes
Is 2026 the year AI finally has to prove it is worth the investment? In this episode, I'm joined by Chris Riche-Webber, VP of Business Intelligence and Analytics at SmartRecruiters, to explore why so many AI and agentic AI initiatives stall after the pilot phase and what separates the projects that scale from the ones that quietly disappear. With Gartner predicting that more than 40 percent of agentic AI programs could be cancelled by 2027, Chris brings a pragmatic, data-led perspective on what is really happening inside organizations as the hype meets operational reality. We talk about the…
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