Boon or Bust

Welcome to Boon or Bust, a weekly podcast on the ever-changing landscape of the technological world around us, and how best to navigate it. Featuring industry insiders - Matt Boon & Peter Hind

Boon or Bust is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 34 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Boon or Bust, a news show with 34 episodes published.

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  AI Needs Guardrails

  Sep 23, 202613 min

  AI agents aren’t just about working faster.They’re about rethinking the whole job.If your team is only asking “how do we do this better?” you’re missing the bigger shift - ask “what should we stop doing altogether?”Drop a if your org is already experimenting with AI agents. Save this if you’re trying to build guardrails before the chaos starts.The best examples we’re seeing are simple: An EA built an agent that took 40 manual steps out of one executive’s calendar and travel admin. The real win wasn’t speed - it was redesigning the process. But without guardrails, an agent will do exactly what you told it to do, not what you meant. That’s why HR, IT, and leadership need to be in the same room.AI transformation isn’t being done to people. It has to be done with them.#AgenticAI #AIstrategy #FutureOfWork #HRTech #DigitalTransformation

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  The Hidden AI Cost Nobody Sees Until the Bill Arrives

  Sep 16, 202613 min

  AI Is About to Get Expensive. Are You Ready? AI is about to get expensive in a way most teams are not ready for. The smartest organizations are not starting with prompts or tools—they are starting with FinOps, because without financial discipline, AI usage can quickly turn into surprise bills, runaway spend, and bad decisions.What looks like a technology strategy problem is really a cost-control problem. As cloud moved companies from predictable CapEx to unpredictable OpEx, AI is now shifting from flat-rate subscriptions to token-based consumption—and that changes everything. Once usage becomes the bill, every prompt, retry, and employee interaction starts to matter.#AIstrategy #FinOps #CloudComputing #AITools #TechLeadership #ArtificialIntelligence #AITokens #AIลงCosts #TechStrategy #CloudCosts #AIGovernance #CIO #CFO #DigitalTransformation #EnterpriseAI

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  What Happened To "The Customer Is Always Right"?

  Sep 9, 202611 min

  Customer centricity is either your biggest advantage or the thing that quietly damages your business. In this conversation, Peter and Matt explore why technology companies move toward customer lock-in, why customers become frustrated when they pay more for the same product, and how businesses can protect profitability without sacrificing trust. The discussion examines the changing relationship between technology providers and their customers, from VMware and Oracle to Microsoft Publisher and the challenges of software end-of-life transitions.Customers do not expect every product or service to remain unchanged forever. However, they do expect transparency, meaningful value, and support when businesses make difficult decisions. If you work in technology, IT, SaaS, software, product development, marketing, or business leadership, this episode offers valuable insights into customer experience, customer retention, vendor relationships, product innovation, and the future of customer centricity. #CustomerCentricity #CustomerExperience #CustomerIsAlwaysRight #CustomerRetention #CustomerSuccess #Technology #ITLeadership #SaaS #Software #BusinessStrategy #ProductManagement #VendorManagement #CustomerTrust #DigitalTransformation #TechIndustry

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  Why Don't People Care About Security Breaches Anymore?

  Sep 2, 202613 min

  Cybersecurity fatigue is making consumers dangerously complacent, and the latest Origin breach shows why that should worry every business and buyer. We break down credential stuffing, digital trust, third-party risk, open banking, multifactor authentication, and why the weakest link is often outside the bank itself. #Cybersecurity #DataBreach #DigitalTrust #CredentialStuffing #CyberRisk #OnlineSecurity #InfoSec #DigitalEconomy #ThirdPartyRisk #OpenBanking #MFA #DataProtection #Privacy #CIO #TechLeadership

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  What CIOs Need to Understand About Platforms in the AI Era

  Aug 27, 20265 min

  Most organizations are arguing about the wrong thing. The real question is not whether something is a product, a platform, or a project - it is how to stop every department from building its own tech stack and start creating reusable capability across the business. Boon Or Bust breaks down the platform versus project debate in plain English, cutting through the buzzwords to show what actually matters for CIOs, IT leaders, and anyone responsible for making technology work at scale. If you have ever sat through a vendor pitch, a strategy meeting, or an architecture review and wondered why the terminology seems more important than the outcome, this conversation will feel instantly familiar. #PlatformsNotProjects #CIO #TechStrategy #EnterpriseArchitecture #DigitalTransformation #ITLeadership #AI #BusinessCapability #ReusableCapability #PlatformThinking #OrganizationalEfficiency #TechnologyStrategy #Innovation #EnterpriseIT #Leadership

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