The Progress Report

The sovereignty conversation has so many layers, from compliance and data residency to questions about resilience and access to the tech stacks that keep businesses running. As geopolitical uncertainty, supply chain disruptions, and evolving regulations reshape the landscape, leaders are challenged to balance sovereignty with the speed and flexibility required to innovate.



In this episode, we get a pulse check from our experts about prevailing sovereignty concerns and hear their perspectives on what it takes to build resilience without sacrificing innovation.



Featured experts

Bill Echikson, Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA); Founder, E+Europe

Logan Wolfe, Partner, Global Lead - AI Strategy and Sovereign Transformation, Kyndryl

If the future of work is less about replacing people and more about helping them work differently, design deserves a seat at the planning table. Kyndryl's 2026 People Readiness Report found that 61% of organizations have already redesigned roles within or across functions.

In this episode, our guests explore how human-centered design can help organizations create experiences that drive meaningful business value and deepen trust. They suggest what AI makes faster, design must make smarter.

 

Featured experts

Kevin Bethune, President, Design Studio, ImagineCo

Nicholas Kim,Global Lead, Vital and Transformation, Kyndryl

Just because AI can, does it mean AI should?

 

Data cited in Kyndryl’s 2026 People Readiness Report suggests increasing numbers of leaders will soon answer the question with, “Yes.”

 

The People Readiness Report found that 81% of respondents expect within 12 months, autonomous AI agents will make decisions with material business impact for their organizations. How will they get there? Particularly when roughly half of the respondents cite questions about bias, transparency, explainability and trust as top barriers to activating their AI strategy?

 

The barriers are matters of responsible AI. In this episode, AWS joins us with a perspective on how—and how well—organizations are working toward a future AI makes decisions with material business impact.

 

Featured experts

 

Diya Wynn, Responsible AI Lead, Amazon Web Services (AWS) 

Tony De Bos, Global GTM and Consult leader for Security & Resilience, Kyndryl

AI can optimize every impression. It can personalize every message. It can tell you exactly what’s working. So why is trust getting harder to earn?

In this episode, McKinsey joins us to unpack a tradeoff at the heart of modern advertising: the more precisely you target, the more fragile your brand can become. We examine how personalization, performance and brand consistency are being reshaped in an AI-fueled market, and what leaders must rethink to scale impact without losing control.

Featured experts 

Craig Macdonald, Partner, Media and Advertising at McKinsey & Company

Richie Naylor, Partner, Kyndryl Consult, Kyndryl

As clinicians face rising administrative burden and burnout, there’s a growing need for technology that helps them be more present and informed at the point of care. At Kaiser Permanente, that means starting with real clinician pain points, from ambient AI scribes that reduce documentation burden to digital twins that enable more personalized, proactive care.

This episode explores how AI is being integrated into healthcare to improve clinician workflows and patient care, while balancing innovation with a human-centered approach.

 

Featured experts 

Dr. Kris Lee, Associate Executive Director, Chief Transformation Officer, The Permanente Medical Group

Anupama Ambe, SVP & Managing Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Kyndryl