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Feb 2026
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The Committed Innovator: Keeping up with...

McKinsey Innovation
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Adopting AI remains a challenge for most, and the fact that the world of AI is advancing so
incredibly rapidly doesn’t help. Nathaniel Whittemore aims to make both adoption and
keeping up with change a lot easier. He is the founder and CEO of Superintelligent, the AI
enablement platform that offers interactive tutorials that provide practical AI education and
clear paths to business solutions. And is also the host of the podcast, AI Daily Brief, that
seeks to keep its listeners up to date with AI as it evolves. In this episode of The Committed
Innovator, McKinsey innovation leaser and senior partner, Erik Roth, speaks with Whittemore
about the intersection between Whittemore’s two companies, the challenges of adopting and
scaling AI for enterprises, and what he sees in store for AI in 2026. This is an edited
transcript of their conversation. You can follow the series on your preferred podcast platform.

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