KING 5 · New Day Northwest
Press & Media
Selected coverage of Julie Averill and Chief Impact Officer — national broadcast, business press, and the podcasts where the conversation goes deep.
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KING 5 · New Day Northwest
Talks · Panels · Press · Recognition
Keynotes, panels, podcasts, and national press — a sampling of where Julie shows up and how she shows up.
The New York Times · Opinion
Julie's Opinion essay: most companies are still kidding themselves about AI, and the pilots that never reach production prove it. What real transformation actually takes.
CNBC · Squawk Box
Four days after the Times essay ran, Julie joined Squawk Box to talk about why the efficiencies companies are cutting against mostly are not there yet.
Forbes
Julie’s Forbes column on why nobody has a plan yet, and what that means for the leaders being asked to produce one this quarter.
The Motley Fool
Rachel Warren interviews Julie on AI washing, psychological safety, and how to tell a real transformation from a good story.
Bloomberg · The Close
Julie joins Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld to talk about what AI really changes for leaders, and what it doesn't.
TIME · Ideas
Julie's essay on why the leaders who win with AI develop human capability instead of just deploying tools.
NBC Bay Area · Press:Here
A conversation on leading transformation when the hardest part has nothing to do with the tech.
WWD
WWD on Chief Impact Officer: culture, psychological safety, and human capability beat the algorithm obsession.
Microsoft · Signal Blog
Why AI adoption fails on trust, fear, and change resistance far more often than on technology.
Chief Executive
An excerpt from the book on why problem-solvers, not innovation teams, drive real change.
Nimble
A panel discussion on autonomous AI agents reshaping commerce and how leaders should prepare.
Porchlight Book Company
Porchlight Book Company shares an excerpt from Chief Impact Officer.
SGN
SGN on Chief Impact Officer: AI, DEI, and living authentically as an out leader in corporate America.
Eric Jacobson on Leadership
A book review and short author Q&A on leading people through the age of AI.
Make It Happen Mondays
Julie on the human work behind change, and building teams that sustain it instead of performing it.
FMCG Guys
A clip from the Nimble podcast on how real-time data changes what's possible for leaders.
FMCG Guys
What Julie sees coming in AI adoption, and what most organizations are still getting wrong.
NRF Foundation · 2024
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Wequity for Women & Technology · 2024
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Fast Company · 2023
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Forbes · 2021
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Retail Week · 2020
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CIO Dive · 2019
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Instagram · Reel
Why bringing your whole self to leadership is the advantage, not the risk.
Instagram · Reel
AI is not a strategy. It's a tool for strategy.
Instagram · Reel
A 20-hour website outage revealed a weak culture, and what real leadership does next.
Retail Transformers · Retail Razor
On broken data, honest leadership, and why AI doesn't fix your culture, it reveals it.
The Voice of Retail · Retail Council of Canada
Julie joins Michael LeBlanc with Nimble co-founder Menachem Salinas on why retail AI is just getting started.
Complete Coverage
Every interview, column, podcast and broadcast appearance, in reverse chronological order.
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