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A FULL AND FRANK CONVERSATION ABOUT AI 
GLOBAL WEBINAR


The Global Technology & Business Services Council (GT&BSC) came together to understand how AI is reshaping global services — but not in the simple, linear way the headlines suggest. This session brings together market reality, talent transformation, and operating model redesign into one joined-up conversation, grounded in real evidence from Poland, India, Africa, Sri Lanka, Eastern Europe, and more.

Key Takeaways include:

  • The mindset shift that's driving everything — clients have moved from "business as usual" to a "crisis as usual" mentality. That's a striking reframe of how organizations now operate.
  • AI is 20% technology, 80% people. This cuts against the hype. The real challenge isn't the tools — it's change management, culture, and skills.
  • Don't automate your broken processes. The biggest trap organizations fall into is digitizing inefficient workflows and calling it AI transformation. True value comes from reimagining the process first.
  • Three new job categories worth watching — AI builders (engineers), AI translators (people who bridge business and tech), and AI users (everyone else). The translator role is the most underappreciated and likely the most in-demand.
  • "In our loop" not "human in the loop" — this reframe is subtle but powerful. It positions AI as a collaborator embedded in work, rather than something humans occasionally supervise.
  • Outsourcing is being reinvented. The conversation is shifting from cost-cutting SLAs to strategic partnerships measured on revenue velocity, customer experience, and risk reduction — enterprise-level outcomes.
  • Governance gaps are a hidden cost. Organizations that skip early legal/governance integration pay for it later through reputational damage and financial exposure. Build it in upfront.
  • The big historical bet: AI today is comparable to the 1880s industrially — we're very early, and the job creation wave hasn't arrived yet.


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