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Productivity at SMBsin the age of AI

with Richard Doherty and Matthew McManus
Workday and Kainos

In partnership with Workday & Kainos

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In this CWO.digital Extra episode, we unpack productivity at SMBs in the age of AI, with Richard Doherty of Workday and Matthew McManus of Kainos.

AI is a key driver of growth and excellence at SMBs in the UK and Ireland. The opportunity is available to adopt, implement and excel with limited resources.
In this episode of CWO.digital Extra, we’re joined by Richard Doherty, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Workday and Matthew McManus, Services CFO at Kainos to discuss the new research that will help shape our understanding of winning AI strategy for SMBs.

Insights you can look forward to in this episode include:

[03:26] How accessibility has changed the importance of AI adoption
[05:33] Why AI isn’t about replacement, but augmentation 
[08:01] SMB productivity and sustainable growth in the age of AI 
[13:24] Kainos and Workday’s work towards productivity and profitability
[17:35] The value of pre-emptive risk assessment and recommended reading 

Further reading

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"65% of SMB leaders are already deploying AI and 22% are in the planning stages... so if organisations are being overly cautious in adopting AI, they risk falling behind."

- Richard Doherty, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Workday

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About

the guests

Richard Doherty
Senior Director of Product Marketing, Workday

Richard is the Senior Director Product Marketing at Workday. Prior to his current role, he was part of a team that pioneered cloud-based recruiting and talent management solutions in Europe. Joining Jobpartners in 2000, Richard held several management positions across professional services, sales and marketing, helping Jobpartners grow into one of the market leaders in Europe.

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