FILED Podcast

Enterprises have reasons to be cautious about AI, but those who hesitate for too long are going to be left behind. In this episode, Anthony and Kris meet AI strategist, AI ethicist, and founder of Engage AI Jason Tan, who discusses the current state of AI adoption and the cautious stance of enterprises, compared with the proactive approach of startups. Are businesses being too cautious?Get a full transcription, full video version, and learn more about the episode, on the RecordPoint site.

In 2025, every business wants to innovate with AI, but fewer understand how to balance their AI innovation dreams with governance, and the importance of maintaining customer trust throughout their transformation. Alyssa Harvey Dawson, a board member at organizations including AppLovin and AI 2030, and formerly of companies like HubSpot, Sidewalk Labs and Netflix, shares her experiences and insights on balancing innovation with risk management, the role of data in AI solutions, and the importance of maintaining customer trust through responsible data use. Get a full transcription, full video version, and learn more about the episode, on the RecordPoint site.

In this episode of FILED, Anthony, Kris and Superposition founder David Cohen how he helps startup founders and data/AI obsessives sell more work, deliver complex consulting projects effectively, and evolve their internal capabilities and processes to grow their companies, primarily through sparking conversations and collaboration. Get a full transcription, full video version, and learn more about the episode, on the RecordPoint site.

Today marks the launch of RecordPoint's new AI governance solution, RexCommand, a free tool to operationalize AI policy, enforce governance across the AI lifecycle, and prove compliance, all from one platform. RecordPoint's Head of Product Joe Pearce joins the podcast to talk through what we've built, the problems it solves, and how RexCommand helps.For more on this episode, including a full transcription, visit the RecordPoint site.

Are the robots coming to replace records managers? Or are these humans perfectly equipped to help their organizations safely harness AI? Anthony and Kris discuss this question with ZL Tech and regular ARMA and RIMPA speaker Kaan Volkan.For more on this episode, including a full transcription, visit the RecordPoint site.

Is agentic AI the future of work or just the latest buzzword for LinkedIn influencers? Anthony and Kris offer their take on the issue, along with tips and advice for making the most of the latest AI tools.For more on this episode, including a full transcription, visit the RecordPoint site.

In this mid-season episode of FILED, we're joined by John Maloney, a barrister, Melbourne Law School lecturer, and co-host of the podcast Don't Praise the Machine to talk through 2025’s most pressing issues: DOGE, AI, data ownership, and the ongoing and evolving challenge of regulating emerging technologies. For more on this episode, including a full transcription, visit the RecordPoint site.

With the rise of AI, leaders are starting to realize the importance of being truly “data-driven.” But for many companies, that's easier said than done. Many are wondering if there is a secret to becoming a company with strong data governance practices at its core? Beverley Paratchek, an experienced information leader, has led organizations through the data maturity journey, and she takes Anthony and Kris through the key approaches she has used in her career. Read more, including a full transcript, on the RecordPoint website.

In this episode, Anthony and Kris discuss the intersection of AI, data governance, and productivity with Cadence founder Dave Slutzkin. Dave takes the pair through his experience building on this shifting foundation, the problem his start-up is focused on solving, and his take on why many companies abandon vibe coding too soon.Learn more (including the video and a full transcript) on the RecordPoint site.

The RecordPoint team have just spent April and May on the road for events season, so Kris and Anthony sit down with RecordPoint CTO Josh Mason to go through everything they learned, from the rise of agentic AI to the growing reality of quantum. Plus, learn why Anthony built an app to automate pizza delivery for his children. Learn more (including a full transcript) on the RecordPoint site.

CKAN Project co-steward and Link Digital Executive Director Steven De Costa joins Anthony and Kris to discuss how information governance fits into the open data world. Could information governance provide the tools to ensure open data is useful for governments now, and in the AI future. And would a Croissant help? Learn more (including a full transcript) on the RecordPoint site.

AI consultant Rob Williams joins us to discuss the rise of shadow AI, and what companies can do to combat it.To learn more about the episode, including a full transcript, check out the RecordPoint website.

Do you know how much unstructured data you have? If you’re like most organizations, probably not. That’s a big problem. According to some reports, unstructured data – data that does not have a pre-defined structure, like documents or media files – makes up as much as 90% of the typical organization’s data. Understand what is in this data has long been an issue for organizations but, as this week’s guest – RecordPoint’s Head of Product Joe Pearce explains – resolving it has become much more urgent thanks to the advent of Generative AI.To learn more about the episode, including a full transcript, check out the RecordPoint website.

What should companies be doing right now to get ready for future AI laws? If you comply with privacy regulations, are you set up well for AI laws when they are inevitably passed? And just how big an emphasis should be placed on compliance, over – say – ethics, when it comes to AI? To discuss the answers to these questions, Anthony and Kris are joined by Paul Sonntag, a 15-year veteran of the security, privacy, and compliance space. Stick around to learn why goons – big guys in black suits with blank expressions – are an essential component of deciding when and how to use technologies like AI.To learn more about the episode, including a full transcript, check out the RecordPoint website.

Much has happened in the short time since the end of FILED Season 2 in December. To kick off the new season, Kris and Anthony get together to discuss the biggest issues, including the Trump administration’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency and its access to government data, the introduction of DeepSeek, and the evolution of AI policy in the US federal government and the wider world. Read more on the website.

It's the finale of FILED Season 2, so Anthony and Kris take a walk through memory lane, reviewing their favorite clips and discussing the themes and events from a busy year in privacy, cybersecurity, governance, records, and AI.Learn more, including a full transcript, on the RecordPoint website.

Lucid Privacy Group founder Colin O’Malley discusses how he helps organizations to right-size their privacy function to respond to the unrelenting pace of change in the privacy landscape.Learn more, including a full transcript, on the RecordPoint website.

Cassie Findlay, Principal at elevenM Consulting, and Chris Brinkworth, Director at Civic Data, join Anthony and Kris for an analysis of the first tranche of reforms to Australia’s Privacy Act. Learn more, including a full transcript, on the RecordPoint website.

Clayton Utz partner Brenton Steenkamp, leading the firm’s cyber and data governance practice, says no matter how well-prepared organizations think they are for a cyberattack, in reality they are far from it. And when the attack comes, they are caught like a rabbit in the headlights. Learn more, including a full transcript, on the RecordPoint website.

DataCo co-founder Danny Tyrell joins the podcast to discuss how his company helps companies to learn more about their customers in a privacy-preserving way, by connecting them with trusted data sources. At the core of this is maintaining customer trust, and Danny, Anthony, and Kris go deep on what trust means in the context of this technology, as well as how privacy legislation plays a part, and whether there is a place for data brokers. Read more, including the full transcript, on the RecordPoint website.