RRLIVE02: Google Cloud Next 2026, Optionality is the new sovereignty with Dominic Cody, Google Cloud

Las Vegas, you’re officially on the record during Google Cloud Next 2026. The #RealitiesRemixed podcast team is back at GCN’26, recording live from the Strip, where bright lights collide with big ideas.This week, we’re swapping roulette wheels for real talk, hosting live conversations with Google leaders who are redefining what’s next across AI‑first enterprise transformation, agentic AI, data, sovereignty, security, and beyond.Expect sharp insights, bold opinions, and future‑shaping conversations, delivered straight from Las Vegas to your headphones. Dave, Rachel, and Rob continue their conversation with Khulan Davaajav, Product Marketing Manager, Generative Media Models at Google about the rise of creative AI and how it's redefining human expression in the age of intelligent tools. TLDR00:24 – Day 2 on it's way!00:40 – Hangout: Producer distracted and Rob’s red eye03:31 – Highlights: Roving reporter’s media related announcements07:16 – Conversation with Khulan Davaajav34:24– Mongolian BBQ GuestKhulan Davaajav: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khulandav/ HostsDave Chapman:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rachel Belmonte:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-belmonte-63550358/Rob Kernahan:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ ProductionMarcel van der Burg:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/ SoundBen Corbett:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/ 'Realities Remixed' is an original podcast from Capgemini

Las Vegas, you’re officially on the record during Google Cloud Next 2026. The #RealitiesRemixed podcast team is back at GCN’26, recording live from the Strip, where bright lights collide with big ideas.This week, we’re swapping roulette wheels for real talk, hosting live conversations with Google leaders who are redefining what’s next across AI‑first enterprise transformation, agentic AI, data, sovereignty, security, and beyond.Expect sharp insights, bold opinions, and future‑shaping conversations, delivered straight from Las Vegas to your headphones. Dave, Rachel, and Rob continue their conversation with Gina Fratarcangeli, Managing Director and NA GSI Leader, exploring how partners are redefining their role, from funding models and board‑level conversations to shaping the agentic enterprise blueprint. TLDR00:24 – Day 2 kicks off!00:40 – Hangout: impressions from GCN ’26 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center and Dave denting his stuff05:26 – Dig in: What announcements our roving reporter spotted09:54 – Conversation with Gina Fratarcangeli32:41 – Texas brisket on paper BBQ GuestGina Fratarcangeli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gina-fratarcangeli/ HostsDave Chapman:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rachel Belmonte:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-belmonte-63550358/Rob Kernahan:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ ProductionMarcel van der Burg:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/ SoundBen Corbett:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/ 'Realities Remixed' is an original podcast from Capgemini

Las Vegas, you’re officially on the record during Google Cloud Next 2026. The #RealitiesRemixed podcast team is back at GCN’26, recording live from the Strip, where bright lights collide with big ideas.This week, we’re swapping roulette wheels for real talk, hosting live conversations with Google leaders who are redefining what’s next across AI‑first enterprise transformation, agentic AI, data, sovereignty, security, and beyond.Expect sharp insights, bold opinions, and future‑shaping conversations, delivered straight from Las Vegas to your headphones. Dave, Rachel, and Rob continue the conversation with Dominic Cody, Global Director of Technology, Distributed Cloud, about the Sovereign Edge and reclaiming control in the age of Agentic AI. TLDR00:24 – Guest introduction and this week’s key themes00:40 – Hangout: AI on the Expo floorand roving reporter Rachel Belmonte01:24– Dig in: what to expect from Google’s announcements05:36– Conversation with Dominic Cody31:28 – Favourite BBQ picks GuestDominic Cody: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiccody/ HostsDave Chapman:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rachel Belmonte:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-belmonte-63550358/Rob Kernahan:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ ProductionMarcel van der Burg:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/ SoundBen Corbett:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/ 'Realities Remixed' is an original podcast from Capgemini

Las Vegas, you’re officially on the record during Google Cloud Next 2026.The #RealitiesRemixed podcast team is back at GCN’26, recording live from the Strip, where bright lights collide with big ideas. This week, we’re swapping roulette wheels for real talk, hosting live conversations with Google leaders who are redefining what’s next across AI‑first enterprise transformation, agentic AI, data, sovereignty, security, and beyond. Expect sharp insights, bold opinions, and future‑shaping conversations, delivered straight from Las Vegas to your headphones.Dave, Rachel, and Rob kick off the event with Mark Steel, Director of Retail Industry, EMEA at Google Cloud, diving into the rise of Agentic Commerce and how AI agents are redefining the relationship between brands, retailers, and consumers.TLDR00:24 – Guest introduction and this week’s key themes00:52 – Hangout: new podcast equipment and roving reporter Rachel Belmonte05:52 – Dig in: what to expect from Google’s announcements11:41 – Conversation with Mark Steel39:10 – Favourite BBQ picks GuestMark Steel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marksteel220/ HostsDave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Rachel Belmonte:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-belmonte-63550358/Rob Kernahan:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ ProductionMarcel van der Burg:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/ SoundBen Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/ 'Realities Remixed' is an original podcast from Capgemini

Realities Remixed, formerly know as Cloud Realities, launches a new season exploring the intersection of people, culture, industry and tech.As AI accelerates the shift from networks to ecosystems, organisations face a growing tension between fast‑moving technology and slower, socially driven organisational change. Success in the “Never Normal” will depend less on intelligence itself and more on leadership qualities, judgement, narrative, trust, and the ability to create space for corporate explorers to build the Day After Tomorrow, not just optimise today.For our 200th epsiode, Dave, Esmee, and Rob are joined by Peter Hinssen, keynote speaker, author and lecturer and co-founder of nexxworks to explore how leaders navigating through rapid change, focused on transforming uncertainty into opportunities for growth and innovation.. TLDR00:41 – Guest introduction and overview of this week’s theme 01:02 – Hangout: Episode 200! 06:25 – Dig in: Deep dive into the pace of change 14:17 – Conversation with Peter Hinssen on adaptive organisations and leadership styles 55:10 – Continuing the conversation about Tech 1:11:20 – Travel to Taiwan, Silicon Valley, and China GuestPeter Hinssen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phinssen/https://www.peterhinssen.com HostsDave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Esmee van de Giessen:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmeevandegiessen/Rob Kernahan:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ ProductionMarcel van der Burg:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/ SoundBen Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/ 'Realities Remixed' is an original podcast from Capgemini

In an era where technological progress reshapes power, security, and prosperity at unprecedented speed, societies face a defining choice: adapt incrementally or reinvent boldly. How can breakthrough and disruptive technologies enable strategic leapfrogging, transforming long‑term ambition into real‑world impact amid a rapidly shifting global landscape.This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob are joined by Andre Loesekrug-Pietri, Chair and the Scientific Director of the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI, the European ARPA), to explore the ambition behind and what it would take for Europe to stop reacting to technological change and start shaping it. TLDR00:30 – Guest introduction and overview of this week’s conversation01:35 – Team Dig in: Is Europe falling behind on competitiveness?13:52 – Conversation with Andre Loesekrug-Pietri1:00:19 – Traveling to Japan with the French president GuestAndre Loeskrug-Petri: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrepietri/X: @eurojediwww.jedi.foundationHostsDave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Esmee van de Giessen:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmeevandegiessen/Rob Kernahan:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ ProductionMarcel van der Burg:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/ SoundBen Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/ 'Realities Remixed' is an original podcast from Capgemini

Realities Remixed, formerly known as Cloud Realities, launches a new season exploring the intersection of people, culture, industry and tech.One of the most fundamental challenges in modern computing is the growing hardware–software mismatch. As Moore’s Law slows and performance gains no longer come “for free,” software built on Turing‑era, sequential assumptions struggles to keep pace with today’s highly parallel, heterogeneous hardware. That disconnect is now a central constraint on innovation.This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob are joined by Peter Richards, advisor and AJ Guillon, founder of YetiWare, to explore why this mismatch persists, what it means for organizations today, and how emerging approaches may redefine the relationship between software and hardware in the years ahead. TLDR00:35 – Introduction01:04 – Hang out: How deep can we go, and what is the history of the compute era?07:00 – Dig in: The power demands of LLMs, data centers, scale, size and potato chips15:35 – Conversation with Peter Richards and AJ Guillon55:31 – Spring cleanup with a chainsaw and cycling GuestPeter Richards: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-richards-3b99688/AJ Guillon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajguillon/ HostsDave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Esmee van de Giessen:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmeevandegiessen/Rob Kernahan:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ ProductionMarcel van der Burg:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/ SoundBen Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/ 'Realities Remixed' is an original podcast from Capgemini

Realities Remixed, formerly known as Cloud Realities, launches a new season exploring the intersection of people, culture, industry and tech.In a world defined by constant change, leaders must evolve from rigid hierarchies to emotionally intelligent, empowering leadership. By fostering adaptability, continuous learning, distributed leadership, and a culture of curiosity, organisations become better equipped to navigate technological disruptions, such as AI, with resilience and innovation.This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob are joined by Jana Werner and Phil Le-Brun, Executives in Residence at AWS to explore what it really takes for organisations to thrive in a world of continuous transformation, and why rigid hierarchies, control, and over-designed change programmes so often get in the way.  TLDR00:42 – Guest introduction and overview of this week’s theme01:26 – Team dig-in: A new cycle of change is on it's way19:27 – In‑depth conversation with Jana and Phil57:37 – Octopus playlist and case study highlights GuestJana Werner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janawerner1/Phil Le-Brun: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillebrun/https://www.theoctopusorganization.com/ A Guide to Thriving in a World of Continuous Transformation HostsDave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Esmee van de Giessen:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmeevandegiessen/Rob Kernahan:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ ProductionMarcel van der Burg:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/ SoundBen Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/ 'Realities Remixed' is an original podcast from Capgemini

Realities Remixed, formerly known as Cloud Realities, launches a new season exploring the intersection of people, culture, industry and tech.Technology and AI are rapidly transforming marketing, challenging old assumptions and shifting the focus toward analytics‑driven precision, smarter segmentation, and multimodal content. As attention becomes harder to capture and creative workflows evolve, the real advantage lies in adapting for an AI‑first environment, especially by rethinking overlooked segments like the mid‑market and being far more specific in strategy and execution. This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob are joined by Carlos Corredor, founder and CEO of Condor, to discuss the difference between value metrics and vanity metrics in modern marketing and why many organisations still struggle to connect marketing activity to real business results. TLDR00:32 – Introduction00:59 – Hang out: Staying healthy06:10 – Dig in: The valuable to measure with metrics17:52 – Conversation with Carlos Corredor47:15 – Looking ahead to the World Cup football GuestCarlos Corredor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-corredor-condor/HostsDave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Esmee van de Giessen:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmeevandegiessen/Rob Kernahan:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel van der Burg:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/ SoundBen Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/ 'Realities Remixed' is an original podcast from Capgemini

Realities Remixed, formerly know nas Cloud Realities, launches a new season exploring the intersection of people, culture, industry and tech.After years of remote‑first work built on swift trust, companies are asking a harder question: what does a organization really stand for when people rarely show up together? As AI accelerates change, leaders are rethinking presence, team design, and collaboration to fuel trust, innovation, and growth. This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob are joined by Dr. Tim Currie, disruptor, author, innovator, and advisor, to examine transformation versus trust, the role of AI, and whether organisations can truly build culture without deeper human connection. TLDR00:42– Introduction01:10 –  Hang out: New film releases07:17 – Dig in: The trust gap in remote work17:57 – Conversation with Dr. Tim Currie54:07 – The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere in Las Vegas and staying connected GuestDr. Tim Currie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-tim-currie-37756a/Book Swift Trust: https://swifttrustbook.com/HostsDave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Esmee van de Giessen:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmeevandegiessen/Rob Kernahan:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel van der Burg:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/ SoundBen Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/ 'Realities Remixed' is an original podcast from Capgemini