In a market flooded with AI hype, it’s difficult for business leaders to distinguish innovation from clever marketing.

Join Harvard Business Review for a conversation with Janani Venkatesan, Senior Director of Finance Transformation at HubSpot, and Leigh Romeo, Vice President, Head of AI, Product Management at Anaplan.

In this session, Romeo outlines a framework for what defines a “real” AI agent, while Venkatesan shares frontline insights into the business challenges and transformative impact of advanced AI in planning.

You will learn:

• Methods to determine if an AI enterprise planning solution offers true "agentic" capabilities
• Ways to identify and avoid the common pitfalls of AI investments that deliver low ROI
• How different AI capabilities — from agentic scenario planning to ML-driven forecasting and optimization — work together to create a more intelligent and responsive planning process
• Practical steps for embedding autonomous intelligence into your core planning processes to make faster, more informed decisions