Qi Time
Qi Time
\ ˈchē ˈtīm \ noun
Take a seat. Adopt technology without handing over your business.
Sound advice, not a sales pitch.
A show about adopting new technology and making sense of what you are being sold.
Two hosts asking the same question: does this actually work?
Qi
The HostAsks the questions you would ask if you had the time. Curious first, skeptical always, allergic to jargon.
Oz
Co-host and producerThe pushback. When an answer sounds like a press release, Oz makes the guest say it plainly.
The people behind the pot.
Qi Lopez Diaz
The Host · Founder, EnkeyAi · CEO, Aeon Capital EnterprisesAn executive leader, educator, and entrepreneur with more than two decades of leadership at the intersection of technology, education, and economic opportunity. Qi has helped organizations secure millions in funding and build award-winning programs, with a current focus on AI, advanced manufacturing, and community-led innovation. He believes technology is most valuable when it expands human possibility.
Azita Manson
Co-host and producer · Co-Founder/CEO, OElementCo-founder and CEO of OElement and two-time technology founder, with patents in secure access and emergency alert communication and systems built for TiVo, PBS, and Comcast. OElement provides AI consulting that helps businesses adopt new technology on their own terms, without their data ever leaving their hands.
Straight answers for businesses deciding what technology to adopt.
We ask what it costs
Not the sticker price. The data, the lock in, and the parts nobody puts in the deck.
We talk to operators
Owners, builders, and the people who have to live with the decision after the vendor leaves.
We translate
Every episode ends somewhere useful. What it means for your business, in plain language.