{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/677ed1ee3888e2bd7e3a5a54/6a3a6869d80106fbdff0227e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Implement AI Podcast #85 - AI, Voice Agents and the Future of Franchise Growth","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/677ed1ee3888e2bd7e3a5a54/1782212677270-11a752f1-72fa-49da-8394-6f0307447fd9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Implement AI deploys teams of digital workers that work together to boost growth, increase capacity, optimise costs, and improve customer and prospect engagement.</p><p><br></p><p>Through our AI Operating System (AIOS), a fully managed AI Agent Platform built around Agent Teams, an Agentic CRM, and an Agentic Task Engine, businesses can start with a single digital worker and scale to 50 or more across departments such as sales, support, analysts, and computer use. All setup and configuration is fully handled, so no technical expertise is needed.</p><p><br></p><p>With more than 600 integrations, organisations save time, increase productivity, and scale faster. Grow your workforce, not your payroll.</p><p><br></p><p>Learn more at <a href=\"https://open.acast.com/networks/677ed0dd3888e2bd7e3a0e10/shows/677ed1ee3888e2bd7e3a5a54/episodes/www.implementai.io\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.implementai.io</a></p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Implement AI Podcast, hosts Piers Linney MBE and Dr Aalok Shukla sit down with Dugan Aylen, CEO and Board Director of The Franchising Centre and Co-owner of Access4Lofts, to explore how AI agents are transforming franchise operations. From reactivating dormant leads and automating customer engagement to supporting overwhelmed franchisees without adding headcount, the conversation reveals why AI is becoming a core part of modern franchise infrastructure. The episode also explores the operational risks of fragmented AI adoption and why forward-thinking franchisors must lead AI deployment across their networks before competitors do.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Piers Linney MBE and Dr Aalok Y Shukla"}