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Close the experience gap: Mitel's State of Workforce Communication Report Unpacked
A new global survey of 2,000 IT leaders and employees by Mitel and Vanson Bourne reveals a striking disconnect – 93 percent of IT leaders consider communication tools critical to daily operations, yet only 34 percent of workers say those tools are highly effective. In this video, UC Today's Christopher Carey sits down with Eric Hanson, CMO at Mitel , to unpack the findings of the State of…
The 365-Day Stadium: How Crestron Powers Matchday at Espai Barça
What does it take to deliver a seamless hospitality experience when thousands of fans arrive for a major match? In this UC Today interview, Antonio Ortega, Regional Sales Director at Crestron Electronics , explains how Crestron is supporting the Espai Barça project with an IP-based AV and control environment. Ortega discusses how video, audio, lighting, and virtualised control help the club…
Executive Hiring in the AI Era: Why the Wrong Hire Can Cost Millions
In this episode of UC Today, host Kristian McCann is joined by Nada Usina, CEO of NU Advisory Partners, to explore how AI is fundamentally changing executive hiring. As technology rapidly changes the skills workforces need, organizations can no longer rely solely on traditional hiring signals like prestigious résumés, familiar career paths, or industry tenure. Instead, companies are being forced…
The Truth About AI Hiring: What 1.7 Million Job Applications Reveal
In this episode of UC Today, host Kristian McCann sits down with Sam Wright, Head of Career Strategy at Huntr, to separate fact from fiction when it comes to AI in hiring, from both sides of the equation. Drawing on analysis of 1.7 million job applications, 1 million job postings, and 243,000 résumés, plus hundreds of conversations with job seekers and recruiters, Wright offers a rare data-driven…
AI is transforming the way we work – but is it making life easier or adding to the pressure? In this interview, Christopher Carey sits down with Snorre Kjesbu from Cisco to unpack AI's real impact on the employee experience. Snorre makes the case that AI is an antidote to burnout, not a cause of it – freeing employees from busy work so they can focus on strategy, creativity, and the harder…
From Input to Intent and Beyond: Uncovering Behavioral Risks in the Age of AI
AI interactions are introducing behavioral risks that traditional DLP and rule-based systems were never designed to detect. In this executive conversation, Marcus Law is joined by Dan Nadir, Chief Product Officer at Theta Lake, and Irwin Lazar, President and Principal Analyst at Metrigy, to explore how generative and agentic AI are creating entirely new categories of governance risk. The…
From Automation to Autonomy: How Intelligent Fabrics Are Changing Cloud and UC Operations
Join Kieran Devlin, Host at UC Today, as he sits down with Tim Jalland, Solution Manager at VOSS, to unpack the rapid evolution of IT operations. As cloud environments like Microsoft 365 undergo hundreds of feature changes a year, static automation is struggling to keep pace. This session cuts through the AI hype to explore practical, outcome-driven solutions. Tune in to see exactly how…
What AI Is Really Doing to Workers' Mental Health – A Silicon Valley Therapist's Honest Take
What is AI really doing to workers psychologically? Christopher Carey sits down with Candice Thompson, a Silicon Valley-based licensed psychotherapist specialising in workplace mental health, to get an honest, ground-level view of how AI is impacting the mental health and identity of workers in the tech industry. From rising expectations and mass layoffs to identity crises and the fear of building…
Why Measuring Employee Engagement with Metrics is Failing Your People
In this interview, UC Today's Kristian McCann speaks with Stephen Baer, leadership advisor and author, about one of the most stubborn paradoxes in modern business: organizations that say people are their greatest asset, then manage them on spreadsheets. With Gallup reporting that 79% of employees worldwide are disengaged in 2025, Stephen makes a compelling argument that the way most companies…
The Security & Compliance Show: Securing the Enterprise in the Age of AI Agents
In this UC Today roundtable, host Kristian McCann brings together leading security experts to confront the escalating risks of agentic AI—autonomous systems that make decisions, take actions, and roam across enterprise tech stacks often without human oversight. You’ll hear from Irina Tsukerman, President at Scarab Rising; Shlomi Beer, Co-Founder & CEO at ImpersonAlly; and Roey Eliyahu, Co-Founder…