Sep 8, 2025 – 4.00pm

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Mohit Sharma must fight the temptation to cash in on credulous executives with open wallets every day. As one of Australia’s most trusted advisers on the adoption of artificial intelligence and automation capabilities, he is a regular target of technology companies eager for him to tell clients that their products are the key to entering productivity nirvana.

Over many years, his firm Mindfields has advised companies from ANZ and Fortescue, to Australia Post and Rio Tinto on how to outsource processes, deploy automation and, lately, introduce AI. He knows he’s in gold rush territory, but doesn’t want to torch his reputation to make a quick buck.

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