Innovation is the habit that matters. AI plugs into it once the habit is working.

That's the argument Dave Stevens, Brennan's Managing Director, brings to this episode. In conversation with Nick Sone, Brennan's Chief Customer Officer, Dave recalls the moment that changed his view on a lost skill; how it led to the creation of the Innovation Foundry, Brennan’s answer to innovation; how it runs; what’s shipped; and how it's now available to Brennan customers.

In this episode, discover:

• Why AI is a genuine tectonic shift, and why AI-first badging is fashion rather than habit
• Inside the Innovation Foundry: how ideas are aggregated, assessed, and built in sprints with human sign-off at every stage
• Feature repatriation: lifting features off SaaS platforms and running them on software you own
• Sovereign AI on Brennan-owned GPUs, and why embedded software beats scattered personal skills