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Inside the Mind of a Former Xerox CEO | Steven Bandrowczak
There are very few people who have led transformation at the scale Steven Bandrowczak has.
After leading global technology businesses including DHL, Lenovo, HP and ultimately serving as CEO of Xerox, Steven joins Mark Cleveland to share the leadership lessons he's learned from decades of navigating disruption, reinvention and technological change.
One of the most surprising moments in this conversation comes when Steven argues that AI shouldn't be owned by IT, it should be owned by HR. His reasoning challenges the way most organisations are approaching AI today and completely reframes how leaders should think about building the workforce of the future.
But this episode is about far more than artificial intelligence.
How do you reinvent before you're forced to?
How do you lead people through uncertainty?
How do you build organisations that embrace change instead of fearing it?
Steven shares lessons from reinventing Xerox, leading through major acquisitions, learning from failure, mentoring future leaders and why leadership, not technology, is still the deciding factor between companies that thrive and companies that disappear.
If you're building a business, leading a team or trying to understand where AI fits into your organisation, this conversation offers practical insights from someone who has led through transformation at the highest level.
𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲;
• Why Steven believes AI should be owned by HR, not IT
• Why reinvention is harder than transformation