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<p>EXL’s podcast Make It Real brings together industry leaders, experts,&nbsp;<br>and innovators to discuss how companies put AI in action to produce results.</p>

Latest episodes

Artificial intelligence

Episode 5: Scaling AI in service organizations with Carolynn Smith

June 11, 2026

<p>Carolynn discusses how AI is reshaping the way Prudential’s service organization delivers outcomes for employees and customers.</p>

exl podcast iconDuration: 25:04 mins exl podcast icon Shirley Macbeth and Carolynn Smith
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Artificial intelligence

Episode 4: How AI can solve problems without replacing systems with Tim Rafton 

May 14, 2026

<p>Tim discusses how AI handles unstructured data, where to start for early wins, and what it takes to move from experimentation to real workflow impact.</p>

exl podcast iconDuration: 22:23 mins exl podcast icon Shirley Macbeth and Tim Rafton
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Artificial intelligence

Episode 3: New possibilities in the age of agentic AI with Samrah Khan

April 9, 2026

<p>Samrah discusses the newest shifts in AI technology and how it is improving workflows. She unpacks the pivot to the “human on the loop”, what AI agents need to run efficiently in an organization’s system, and why AI adoption takes shifting company culture.</p>

exl podcast iconDuration: 25:05 mins exl podcast icon Shirley Macbeth and Samrah Khan
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Artificial intelligence

Episode 2: How AI simplifies complex systems with David Anderson

March 12, 2026

<p>David discusses how to break out of a conservative mindset to embed AI into workflows, the importance of change management, and how making sure human roles are well defined is more necessary than ever.</p>

exl podcast iconDuration: 21:47 mins exl podcast icon David Anderson and Shirley Macbeth
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