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Friendly retro toy robot carrying a shopping basket toward a storefront, illustrating AI agents shopping for customers

Agentic AI in CX: Preparing for Agentic Commerce

Personal AI agents are starting to shop, reorder and file complaints for customers. See what that means for CX volume, security and discoverability.

Andreas Welsch moderated the O'Reilly AI Superstream on Securing Agentic Systems

Agentic AI Security: Five Layers and Agent Commerce

Six speakers at an O’Reilly AI Superstream laid out layered controls, runtime steering and agent mandates for securing agentic AI and agentic commerce.

AI for Small Business- Where to Start and How to Test

AI for Small Business: Where to Start and How to Test Your Automation

See where small businesses should start with AI, which tasks to automate, how to test safely before roll-out, and which metrics show real business impact.

How AI Leaders Really Approach Agentic AI Automation

How AI Leaders Really Approach Agentic AI Automation

Automation leaders keep deterministic automation as the backbone, use agentic AI only where rules fall short, and agree governance before agents ship.

Article illustration: Agentic Commerce Infrastructure: 4 Questions for CX Leaders

Agentic Commerce Infrastructure: 4 Questions for CX Leaders

Agentic commerce infrastructure comes down to four questions: discoverability to AI agents, agent authentication, liability for mistakes, and fulfillment.

Why AI Strategy Should Start With Business Goals

Why AI Strategy Should Start With Business Goals

AI strategy should start with business goals, not tools. How leaders delegate to AI, avoid AI slop, build a community of multipliers and stay accountable.

InformationWeek media card: Andreas Welsch on what OpenAI’s pause means for CIOs’ AI strategy

What CIOs Need to Know About OpenAI’s Pause for Their AI Strategy

A model developer’s temporary slowdown reveals why CIOs need AI governance, vendor flexibility, and risk-scaled testing built into every roadmap.

Why AI Adoption Starts With Becoming AI-Ready

Why AI Adoption Starts With Becoming AI-Ready

Explore why enterprise AI adoption succeeds only after leaders build AI readiness, tackle shadow AI risk, and invest in workforce upskilling.

Andreas Welsch on AI governance goals and the controls auditors expect

5 AI Governance Controls Auditors Expect to See

AI governance controls auditors expect: discovery, classification, authentication, login enforcement and audit evidence proving an AI policy is enforced.

Agentic AI: Access Controls, Tools, Workslop — This Week in AI with O'Reilly, Andreas Welsch

Agentic AI Vendor Risk: Access Limits, Sovereignty, Workslop

Agentic AI vendor risk grows when model access can vanish overnight. How leaders plan multi-model routing, sovereign AI, delegation, and safe rollouts.

Andreas Welsch expert report on the SaaSpocalypse and evaluating SaaS vendors on AI governance

How to Evaluate SaaS Vendors on AI Governance and Risk

Evaluate SaaS vendors on AI governance: separate core from peripheral software, check AI risk standards and data ownership, and budget for metered usage.

The AI MEMO article illustration: AI in Learning and Development: What Changes First

AI in Learning and Development: What Changes First

AI in learning and development needs more than tool access: hands-on upskilling, persona-based AI literacy, champions, and lightweight governance.

The AI MEMO article illustration: Agentic AI Pilots: From Prototype to Business Value

Agentic AI Pilots: From Prototype to Business Value

Agentic AI pilots create value when leaders redesign workflows first, govern risk as autonomy scales, address workforce fear and choose build vs buy well.

LinkedIn Learning Office Hours with Andreas Welsch and Justin Valley on SAP AI Agents

SAP Agentic AI: Leadership Lessons for Adoption

SAP agentic AI adoption starts with a KPI-led pilot, pre-built Joule capabilities, trust controls for master data, and transparent workforce change.

The AI MEMO article illustration: How to Prevent AI Workslop and Retain Human Judgment

How to Prevent AI Workslop and Retain Human Judgment

Prevent AI workslop by requiring refinement before escalation, training by role, capping token costs, and keeping people accountable for what AI produces.

Andreas Welsch's perspective on Apple’s Siri build-vs-buy signal

What CIOs Can Learn from Apple’s AI Build-vs-Buy Decision

Apple’s Gemini-for-Siri move spotlights build vs buy. Guidance on AI leadership, total cost of ownership, governance, and workforce needs.

The AI MEMO article illustration: Tokenmaxxing: Why AI Usage Leaderboards Backfire

Tokenmaxxing: Why AI Usage Leaderboards Backfire

tokenmaxxing rewards AI usage, not outcomes. Why token leaderboards backfire, how metacognition protects judgment, and what controls curb vibe coding debt.

Andreas Welsch on The Peggy Smedley Show episode AI: Help or Hindrance

AI Agent Control Plane: Governing Agentic AI at Scale

An AI agent control plane shows which agents exist, what they access and how they perform. Govern agent sprawl with lifecycle management and guardrails.

Andreas Welsch presenting to GLG members about moving from Agentic AI adoption to impact

Moving from Agentic AI Adoption to Impact

Andreas Welsch offers practical guidance on AI governance guardrails, upskilling, and moving beyond pilot purgatory.

The AI MEMO article illustration: Agentic AI for the Workforce: AI Leadership Lessons

Agentic AI for the Workforce: AI Leadership Lessons

Agentic AI for the workforce is a people and process change. Start with strategy and KPIs, measure business impact, train teams, protect talent pipelines.

The AI MEMO article illustration: Responsibility for AI Output: Why Leaders Stay on the Hook

Responsibility for AI Output: Why Leaders Stay on the Hook

AI speeds up drafting, not responsibility for AI output. How leaders curb workslop, protect the talent bench, and govern agentic AI as digital employees.

The AI MEMO article illustration: Agentic AI Operating Model: What Leaders Need

Agentic AI Operating Model: What Leaders Need

An agentic AI operating model sets approved tools, data access, oversight and accountability, so AI-first mandates do not create shadow AI or AI workslop.

Video thumbnail for How to Measure AI Adoption in the Prove-It Phase

How to Measure AI Adoption in the Prove-It Phase

Measure AI adoption by outcomes, not prompts or logins. What leaders must fix in the prove-it phase: clarity, upskilling, workflows, and accountability.

InformationWeek article with Andreas Welsch: AI Leadership in the Age of Executive Digital Twins

Executive Digital Twins: What “AI Zuckerberg” Signals

An executive digital twin can save leaders time and improve proposals, but it brings drift, trust and knowledge-ownership risks the C-suite must govern.

Radio KMOX interview with Andreas Welsch on rising worker AI adoption amid lagging trust in AI outputs

AI Skepticism at Work: Why It Persists as Usage Rises

AI skepticism at work persists even as more employees use AI. Why uneven utilization matters, and how training and visibility help leaders manage adoption.

Andreas Welsch on PEX Network executive panel: Why Governance Is Critical For AI Innovation

Why Governance Is Critical For AI Innovation

Build AI governance that accelerates adoption without chaos. Key lessons on policy, training, measurement, and vendor selection from an executive panel.

CNBC article with Andreas Welsch commentary: Agentic AI in the Workplace

Nvidia AI Tokens: Why More Tokens Won’t Fix AI Projects

Nvidia AI tokens fund agent usage, but most AI projects have failed since 2018. See the governance and workflow changes that decide whether agents pay off.

PEX Network guest article by Andreas Welsch: Agentic AI for Process Excellence

Agentic AI for Process Excellence: Keep Accountability

Agentic AI for process excellence needs clear roles, rules, ownership and escalation thresholds, or agents speed up tasks while adding rework.

The Digital Economist feature of Andreas Welsch: The Future of Entry-Level Talent with AI

AI and Entry-Level Jobs: Protecting the Talent Bench

AI and entry-level jobs: why cutting junior roles weakens succession, how entry-level work shifts toward synthesis, and how leaders avoid never-skilling.

Andreas Welsch speaking at Zycus Webinar: Agentic AI: What Procurement Leaders Should Prioritize for 2026

Agentic AI in Procurement: What Leaders Should Prioritize

Agentic AI in procurement: start with the business problem, fund data readiness, match autonomy to risk and upskill teams. See which workflows are ready.