Clarity at the Top

Clarity at the Top podcast is for boards, CEOs, and senior executives navigating AI, geopolitical disruption, and the redefinition of leadership itself. Hosted by Thomas Anglero — a Keynote Speaker and Strategic AI Advisor to executive leaders and boards. He has delivered 450+ keynotes on AI leadership and transformation across 30+ countries — for organizations including IBM, WHO, the World Governments Summit, and the European Commission — and advises senior leaders one-on-one through his firm MerkabaPhi AS, Oslo. New episodes weekly.

Clarity at the Top is a business podcast hosted by Thomas Anglero, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  How leadership stopped AI pilot projects from succeding

  Aug 17, 20266 min

  Many leaders struggle to scale AI pilot projects beyond their initial phase. A key reason is that these pilots are often designed to be small-scale, like a chihuahua that can never grow into a larger breed. This limitation stems from outdated LLMs (older than 2-3 months), which lead to excessive costs and poor output due to rapid AI innovation. Furthermore, the wrong leadership can derail projects. Is the person heading the AI initiative truly visionary, or were they chosen based on title or popularity? Finally, consider the problem statement. Did you clearly define what you needed AI to solve, or was a presented problem statement not truly yours? AI is not just a technology project; it's a fundamental business and cultural transformation. It requires a complete re-evaluation of your entire organization. #AIStrategy #Leadership #DigitalTransformation #BusinessGrowth #InnovationContact Thomas at: Thomas@Anglero.com https://Anglero.com

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  Why You Will Soon Own the AI You Run

  Aug 4, 202611 min

  Most boards are still funding AI the expensive way, and an inflection point has just arrived. In this episode I set out what changed in the summer of 2026, why open-weight models are closing the gap with the closed frontier models, and what that means for a chief executive rather than for an engineer. When models run inside your own business rather than through someone else's API, three things change at once: the cost of every query, your visibility of what is actually being used, and your position on the regulation that already applies to AI touching decisions about people. I also make an argument that will be unpopular with consultants. AI has not disappointed anyone. Strategy has. Most companies bought AI as a project, ran it as a hobby, and never appointed anyone to own the whole picture. If your deployment has underdelivered against its budget, that is not a failure of the technology and it is not your failure either. You were badly advised. What this episode is for: knowing enough to make the decisions that are coming. Where to allocate funds, what to build inside the business, which vendor relationships to keep, and what to ask your own people before the board asks you. Thomas Anglero is a Strategic AI Advisor and the author of Intro to Artificial Intelligence , with over 450 keynotes delivered across 30 countries. He works with boards and executive teams on AI strategy and governance. To continue the conversation: thomas@anglero.com AI strategy, board governance, open source AI, open weight models, local AI, frontier models, DeepSeek, chief executive, board of directors, EU AI Act, AI governance, AI compliance, enterprise AI, AI cost, inference cost, Chief AI Officer, AI leadership, digital transformation, Nordic business, Thomas Anglero, Clarity at the Top

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  The EU AI Act Just Moved. Your 2027 Budget Did Not.

  Jul 28, 20269 min

  The EU AI Act changed on 27 July 2026. Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 is now in force, and almost every summary of it used the same word: delay. One part of the AI Act moved and one part did not, and the difference is where the risk now sits. The high-risk obligations covering AI used in recruitment, performance management, credit scoring and education have shifted to December 2027 for Annex III systems and August 2028 for AI embedded in regulated products. The transparency obligations, the rules requiring people to be told when they are dealing with a machine, still arrive on 2 August 2026. The prohibitions that have applied since February 2025 were not touched at all, and they carry the highest penalty tier in the regulation. In this episode of Clarity at the Top I go through what actually changed, why December 2027 is a budget question rather than a compliance date, and why the Norwegian position is the least understood part of the file. The AI Act is not law in Norway yet. It waits on EEA incorporation and the KI-loven has slipped, which some leaders will read as breathing room and should not. The question underneath all of it is not legal. It is whether anyone in your company can say which AI systems are running, which of them touch a decision about a person, and who owns each one by name. Most leadership teams cannot, and it is not carelessness. Nobody was ever given the job. Thomas Anglero is a Strategic AI Advisor and keynote speaker who founded the IBM Watson AI Lab for Cancer at Oslo Cancer Cluster and was Cognizant's Nordic CTO.

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  Leadership is Lonely and What to Do About It

  Jun 24, 20265 min

  Leadership is very lonely. Everyone expects you to have the answer, to be available, and to work harder than them, but no one's taking care of you. No one's asking you anything about what you need, about your day, about your family, or about your lack of time with your family. How do you change this? How did you get there? The answer lies in prioritising you, just you: no phone, no PC, no internet, just you, the trees, some grass, and the sounds of nature. Time for you to find you.

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  Leaders are Reducing Their AI Budget, This is Your Moment to Increase Yours

  Jun 24, 20264 min

  Leaders are now announcing that their AI budgets have been blown apart internally, and their colleagues have overspent and seen almost no return on investment. This is your moment to double down and double your expenses on AI. The problems they've had are their weaknesses, and this is your moment to shine. They didn't have: a strategy proper leadership proper training proper motivation That's not how you deploy any project. You know how to deploy a project. You're the master of it. You're the best there is. You now see that your competitor is not going to invest in the technology that can solve their problems and elevate them. Your competitor is like an ostrich, putting his head in the ground. This is your moment to shine. This is your moment to embrace AI. This is it.

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