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The AI Investment Strategies You Need to Know: Eye-Opening Insights from Jonathan Brill
November 27, 2025
Placing bets is always a risky game, and yet, everyone’s looking to do it with AI. So, how can you make the best possible bet? In the latest episode of Bringing Data and AI To Life, host and GVP Solutions Sales and Business Development at Informatica, Amy Horowitz, welcomes pioneering AI strategist and Forbes-ranked #1 Futurist, Jonathan Brill, to figure it out. Backed by his rich experience shaping technology at Microsoft and Samsung, he shares his insights on AI transformation today - from why the "octopus organization" model beats traditional hierarchies, to the four ways of thinking your teams need to master - these are the battle-tested strategies for building cultures where AI amplifies human capability rather than displacing it. This conversation reveals how to balance innovation with governance, rethink talent strategy and position your organization to compete in a world where technology has gone global. Most importantly, this episode will challenge everything you think you know about AI transformation.

Placing bets is always a risky game, and yet, everyone’s looking to do it with AI. So, how can you make the best possible bet? In the latest episode of Bringing Data and AI To Life, host and GVP Solutions Sales and Business Development at Informatica, Amy Horowitz, welcomes pioneering AI strategist and Forbes-ranked #1 Futurist, Jonathan Brill, to figure it out - from why the "octopus organization" model beats traditional hierarchies, to the four ways of thinking your teams need to master. 


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Links:

Jonathan Brill on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanbrill1 
Jonathan Brill Website: https://jonathanbrill.com/ 
Center for Radical Change Website: https://www.centerforradicalchange.org/ 
Jonathan’s Book, “AI and the Octopus Organization”: https://www.amazon.in/AI-Octopus-Organization-Building-Superintelligent-ebook/dp/B0FQQ4SLL8 
Amy Horowitz LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyhorowitz 
Informatica Website: https://www.informatica.com/ 
Data & AI Architecture Summit: https://now.informatica.com/ai-architecture-summit2025.html?Source=INFAPodcast



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