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HBR IdeaCast · 2026-10-01 · 28 min · 5,007 words

How AI Is Changing Innovation: Why Speed Alone Isn’t a Strategy

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I'm Avi Ignatius. I'm Alison Beard and this is the HBR IdeaCast. Allison, we are at week three of our special series on AI. And after diving deep on talent and communication. We are looking today at innovation.

I'm excited about this one because there's no question that generative AI Is itself the most important technological innovation we've seen in decades. Maybe our lifetimes. And that it's supercharging innovation in every other realm of business, from cancer treatments to space exploration. But I guess there's still a question if all of the innovation is that impressive, or differentiating when everyone has access to the same tools.

Yeah, so that that's a great question. Look, I'm still trying to understand what an AI powered company really is. How the technology can create not just efficiency. But can transform businesses and allow them to innovate at a scale that would have once been unimaginable. So to help explain all of this, my guest today is Gito Patel, who's leading AI strategy at Cisco. company that is helping to build the infrastructure for the AI era.

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