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Articles

Published Articles

Bylined essays on AI, governance, and leadership.

Built In logo

September 10, 2026

The Model War Is Over. The Infrastructure War Has Begun.

The AI race is no longer about models. It’s about who controls the bottlenecks.

“Use the best models. Watch the benchmarks. Experiment aggressively. But don’t confuse a model decision with an AI strategy.”

CEOWORLD logo

September 6, 2026

How AI Actually Thinks (Spoiler: It Doesn’t) and The Four Critical Limitations Every Leader Must Understand

AI doesn’t “know” anything. Large language models are sophisticated pattern-matching engines — four limitations every leader must understand before trusting the output.

“Understanding these limitations is the first step toward wielding AI wisely—the foundation for healthy skepticism that prevents leaders from blindly trusting output just because it sounds intelligent.”

Fox News

August 25, 2026

America Needs AI to Survive. Working families also need to survive it

Every few weeks another multibillion-dollar AI data center is announced. A tech giant celebrates a new milestone. A small town wonders what it just signed away.

“People rarely oppose technology because they dislike progress; they oppose it when they realize progress no longer includes them.”

Fast Company

July 28, 2026

The greatest mistake in AI transformation: automating what you should eliminate

Most AI programs speed up work that should have been deleted. You get a faster version of a legacy process, a real efficiency number, and none of the transformation.

“Automation makes the old way slightly better. Reimagination asks the harder question: Why are we doing this at all?”

TechRadar Pro

July 16, 2026

Why OpenAI could become the next Netscape

Every platform shift starts with a miracle and ends with a choke point. The company that defines a category is rarely the company that captures it.

“The lesson was simple: if your rival owns the layer beneath you, your brilliance may become their menu option.”

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The European Business Review

June 28, 2026

The AI Developmental Void: mitigating the hollowing out of the international leadership pipeline

Automation is removing the entry-level work that produced senior operators. Boards will feel it in eight years, and by then the cohort will not exist.

“When you automate these entry-level jobs away, you aren’t just cutting out friction. You are cutting out the very training grounds where people learn how to do the work.”

Directors & Boards

May 18, 2026

Quantum Computing: What Directors Need to Know Now

Quantum is early, but the governance questions — cryptography, long-lived sensitive data, capital allocation — are already on the board agenda.

Directors & Boards

April 8, 2026

Governing AI Before It Governs You

AI will reshape the business whether the board governs it or not. The only question is which way round.

The Agile Brand Guide

June 22, 2026

From Information to Insight: the AI-fueled value migration marketers must master

Marketing was built on a pyramid where information was scarce and expensive at the top. That economics has inverted, and the org chart has not caught up.

“AI is turning that pyramid upside down.”

In the news

Quoted & profiled

Reported pieces and profiles where Liat is a named source.

CIO Global · August 2026

Leading Responsible AI Transformation

Named one of CIO Global’s 10 Distinguished Leaders Making an Impact in USA, 2026. Cover story, Issue 31.

“AI can process information, but human judgment will always shape the future.”

The Enterprise World cover, August 2025 — Liat Ben-Zur, Most Influential Advisor Driving AI-Powered PLG Strategies

The Enterprise World · August 2025

Most Influential Advisor Driving AI-Powered PLG Strategies – 2025

Cover profile in the Americas edition: how Liat turns AI into strategic advantage for product-led growth, drawing on her Microsoft, Philips, and Qualcomm years.

The Wall Street Journal · February 21, 2018

How Low-Code Can You Go? IT Tests ‘Disruptive’ App Development

On low-code development reaching customer-facing enterprise software. Reported by Sara Castellanos.

The Economist · September 4, 2014

The language of the internet of things

Technology Quarterly on the interoperability fight, with the AllSeen Alliance — which Liat chaired — at its centre.

MT/Sprout (Netherlands)

Liat Ben-Zur wil van Philips een databedrijf maken — cover story

Cover of the Dutch management monthly, on being recruited out of Silicon Valley to turn Philips into a data company.

Appearances

Podcasts, panels & keynotes

Fifteen years of recorded appearances, in one place.

Podcasts & interviews

Liat Ben-Zur — fit happens

Fit Happens: The Executive Search Podcast · September 10, 2026 · E23

What AI Is Doing To Leadership with Liat Ben-Zur

A leader who looks safe on paper might be the riskiest hire you make in the AI era.

Career Sessions, Career Lessons — Liat Ben-Zur episode graphic

Career Sessions, Career Lessons · September 7, 2026

How To Stay Valuable In The Age Of AI

Liat Ben-Zur — right about now

Right About Now with Ryan Alford · July 28, 2026

How to Turn AI Into Real Business Value

Liat Ben-Zur — directors boards session

Directors & Boards · Executive Session

Blind spots, experience, and better board decisions

Liat Ben-Zur — space in between

The Space In Between

A unique take on who should run AI

Liat Ben-Zur — be formidable

Be Formidable

AI, hippos, and leaders in the margins

Liat Ben-Zur — data driven

The Data-Driven Podcast

Data as a product, and product-led growth

Liat Ben-Zur — microsoft cvp

Microsoft

A day in the life of a Microsoft CVP

Panels & moderation

Liat Ben-Zur — ai enterprise panel

Storm Ventures AI panel · San Francisco, October 2023 · Moderator

AI within the Enterprise

Liat Ben-Zur on the Agents of Transformation panel at GeekWire, Seattle, March 2026 (photo: GeekWire)

GeekWire · Agents of Transformation, Seattle, March 2026 · Panelist

Agents of Transformation

Liat Ben-Zur speaking at the International Women’s Forum 2025 Conference in Seattle

International Women’s Forum · 2025 Conference, Seattle · Fireside conversation

The Nexus of AI and Sustainability

Main-stage keynotes

Liat Ben-Zur — ifa 2017

IFA 2017 · Philips

From products to platforms

Liat Ben-Zur — sxsw silos

SXSW · Philips

Breaking the data silos in health

Liat Ben-Zur — sxsw continuous care

SXSW · Philips

Connecting continuous care

Liat Ben-Zur — iot world 2016

IoT World Europe 2016 · Philips

A new healthcare ecosystem via IoT

Liat Ben-Zur — allseen 2014

Collaboration Summit 2014 · AllSeen Alliance

It takes a village to raise a smart connected world

Liat Ben-Zur on stage at Web Summit 2019 — Microsoft’s vision for transforming the web for businesses

Web Summit 2019 · Microsoft

Microsoft’s vision for transforming the web for businesses

Liat Ben-Zur — microsoft web

IoT World Today

Transitioning to Continuous and Connected Healthcare

Liat Ben-Zur — ces 2016 health

Digital Health Summit, CES 2016 · Philips

Predictive care and connected health

Liat Ben-Zur — digital health 2018

Digital Health & Fitness LIVE 2018

Digital health, fitness and connected ecosystems

Media inquiries

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