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Cognitive Moats

Himanshu

A weekly podcast hosted by Himanshu Warudkar — unpacking academic research on AI, organisational strategy, and business models for technology leaders and practitioners. Every week, Himanshu picks one research paper and turns it into an engaging conversation — making dense academic scholarship accessible and actionable for practitioners. Available on Spotify.

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19 episodes

  1. Financing the AI Buildout 17:25
  2. Why AI Training Drives Adoption But Not Sustainable Productivity 21:03
  3. Making AI Count: The Next Measurement Frontier 23:10
  4. When humans stop thinking: tackling the silent threat of AI complacency in service operations 21:33
  5. An Economy of AI Agents 23:23
  6. What makes activities strategic: Toward a new framework for strategy‐as‐practice research 22:01
  7. Artificial Intelligence as an Organizing Capability 24:14
  8. The Weak Link: AI Productivity Across the Software Hierarchy 19:20
  9. The sound of progress: AI voice agents in service 24:15
  10. Social Presence in Human–AI Collaboration Processes 20:28
  11. The Acceleration of Artificial Intelligence: Rethinking Organization and Work 20:42
  12. AI Apology: A Framework for Trust Repair in Intelligent Systems 16:31
  13. The Influence of Human–GenAI Hybrids on Service System Transformation Mechanisms 22:52
  14. Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking 23:10
  15. Absorptive Capacity: A dynamic capability essential for a firm’s long-term success. 17:43
  16. Value Co-Creation Imperative for AI Adoption 17:20
  17. Knowing in Practice - Doing AI vs. Reading About AI 19:23
  18. Understanding Technological Change Through Organizational Routines 17:10
  19. Engaged to a Robot? The Role of AI in Service 22:45