From Dashboards to Podcasts: AI Generated Updates and Briefings for the Attention Economy

23/09/2025 11 min

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While I was immersed in #NRFEurope last week, I kept an eye on the trends emerging from #ShoptalkFall. One that truly stood out, highlighted by Paula Macaggi and the OFFBounds team, was how The Home Depot is equipping Pro Sales Reps with #AI-powered podcast briefings.๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐›๐จ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ˆ-๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ .ย Simple. Human. Game-changing.This caught my attention because it resonates with why I started the ๐‘จ๐’–๐’…๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ป๐‘ณ๐‘ซ๐‘น ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’”: more people engage with audio notes of my blogs and newsletters during their commute than with the written versions. Audio isnโ€™t just convenient; itโ€™s becoming the format where innovation meets adoption.

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