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Inside Lenovo’s AI Plans for 2025! | CXOTalk #887
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:54:00
Publish Date: 2025-07-30 13:28:42
Description:

Art Hu, Global CIO at Lenovo, shares proven strategies for implementing AI at scale in one of the world's largest technology companies. Learn how to navigate uncertainty, build organizational agility, and drive real business value from AI investments.

In this episode, you'll learn:

  • Why "no regret" AI investments beat waiting for perfect solutions • How to transform fear of job loss into workforce empowerment • The framework Lenovo uses to evaluate AI opportunities across every business function • Why pull-based learning environments outperform top-down AI mandates • How software engineers are expanding beyond code to become business architects


Key insights covered:

✓ Agility as competitive advantage: Accept that AI technologies chosen today won't remain cutting-edge in six months. Build organizational agility instead of seeking guaranteed outcomes.

✓ Reframe the AI conversation: AI automates specific tasks within jobs, not entire positions. Leaders must help teams decompose roles and reconstruct them around uniquely human contributions.

✓ Create environments, not mandates: Lenovo built hundreds of approved AI agents across legal, marketing, finance, and HR. When employees experiment with relevant tools, they naturally request advanced training.

✓ Leadership requires hands-on experience: Senior executives must personally engage with AI tools to lead effectively. You cannot manage what you don't understand.

Art Hu oversees technology strategy for a company selling four devices per second globally. His dual perspective as both Global CIO and Chief Delivery & Technology Officer provides unique insights into bridging the gap between AI potential and practical business outcomes.

Perfect for: CIOs, CTOs, business executives, and technology leaders navigating AI transformation in their organizations.
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