AI adoption
Conversations about moving from AI experiments to everyday workflows, employee enablement, and measurable business outcomes.
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- How AI Security Helps Companies Adopt Generative AI Safely with Steven Walchek
AI adoption does not have to mean choosing between blocking useful tools and exposing sensitive data. Steven Walchek, founder and CEO of Liminal, explains an approach that puts controls around information before it reaches a model while giving employees room to work.
- How AI Workflow Automation Changes the Way Your Business Works with Justin Watt
Justin Watt, co-founder and CEO of Switchboard, argues that AI adoption needs to change the workflow, not just the tools employees can open. Chris and Justin examine handoffs, permissions, and shared context as the foundations of useful automation.
- How to Make Enterprise AI Adoption Successful: Inside the Chief AI Officer Role with Denis Romanovskiy
Denis Romanovskiy, Chief AI Officer at SOFTSWISS, describes enterprise AI adoption as work that spans technology, operations, security, and employee enablement. The conversation focuses on turning practical experiments into business results rather than launching one enormous AI project.
- Why AI Pilots Fail: How to Escape AI Pilot Purgatory and Scale Enterprise AI with Ronnie Kwesi Coleman
Ronnie Kwesi Coleman, CEO of Puntt AI, joins Chris to examine why AI pilots stay stuck as experiments. The conversation emphasizes organizational readiness, expert judgment, and the difference between producing more work and improving business outcomes.
- AI Agents Are Changing Accounting Forever | The New Future of Finance & ERP with John Glasgow
John Glasgow, founder and CEO of Campfire, joins Chris to explore AI-native finance and accounting workflows. The discussion contrasts redesigning how work gets done with adding an AI feature to a legacy system.
- How to Use AI to Hire Better: AI Recruitment, Screening & the Future of Hiring | James Terry
James Terry, Head of US Revenue at Indeed Flex, discusses the growing volume and complexity of recruiting. Chris and James explore AI screening and interviews, human review, and evaluating candidate skills at greater scale.
- How to Build an AI Strategy That Delivers Real Business Results | Eddie Irvin
Eddie Irvin, founder of Nashville AI Advisory, explains why a useful AI strategy starts with process clarity and prioritization. Chris and Eddie discuss communication between business owners and technical builders before focusing on tool selection.
- How to Implement AI in Your Business: From AI Use Cases to Real ROI | Dr. Markus Schmidberger
Dr. Markus Schmidberger, founder and CTO of JuntoAI, challenges the idea that every company needs a Chief AI Officer. Chris and Markus discuss adoption as cultural enablement, with distributed ownership and coordination across governance and HR.
- 114: Using AI Implementation Strategies To Drive Real Business Impact with Darren Ward
Darren Ward explains why buying AI licenses is easier than changing how work gets done.
- 112: AI-Driven Leadership: Using the CRIT Framework Make Faster, Smarter Decisions with Geoff Woods
Geoff Woods argues that executive AI adoption should support consequential business decisions, not stop at minor tasks.
- 110: AI in Education: Building Trust While Preparing Students for the Future with Jason Hill
Jason Hill, Deputy Superintendent and CBO at Redlands Unified School District, describes enabling AI for staff before the district had completed its policies. The rollout created momentum, but community resistance made him pause and bring parent, student and staff feedback into the next stage.
- 109: Using AI Meeting Notes to Turn Conversations Into Business Outcomes with Artem Koren
Artem Koren discusses turning meeting conversations into structured information that supports decisions and execution.
- 108: Using AI Detection Tools to Fight AI Slop and Preserve Authenticity Online with Max Spero
Max Spero, co-founder and CEO of Pangram Labs, discusses recognizing generated text in an internet increasingly filled with synthetic content. Chris and Max examine how fake reviews, posts and engagement can distort the information leaders use to make decisions.
- 106: Using AI Assessment Tools to Reveal Hidden Automation Opportunities with Corey Ganim
Corey Ganim explains how assessments can uncover manual work that small businesses could automate.
- 105: Using Voice AI for Customer Service, Sales, and Enterprise Growth with Shawn Zhang
Shawn Zhang discusses voice AI as a communication layer rather than only a call-automation tool.
- 104: Using AI Coworkers to Build Smarter Business Operations with Karl Simon
Karl Simon examines why isolated AI tasks may not change how a business operates.
- 99: Using AI Automation to Build Smarter Workflows Across Your Organization with Marc Boscher
Marc Boscher explains how fragmented systems and missing context limit AI across an organization.
- 96: Using AI Adoption Strategies That Actually Deliver ROI for Your Business with Jim Spignardo
Jim Spignardo examines why companies can stall after buying AI licenses.
- 88: Using AI at Work to Rethink People Strategy and Leadership with Kate Bravery
Kate Bravery discusses AI in talent planning, skills intelligence and workforce design.
- 85: Using AI at Work to Reduce Tool Overload and Drive Real Productivity with Tim Cakir
Tim Cakir explains why collecting more AI tools does not necessarily create workplace productivity.
- 84: Using AI at Work to Optimize Workforce Scheduling and Planning with Mohamed Yousuf
Mohamed Yousuf explores forecasting and scheduling across airlines, healthcare, hospitality and large operations.
- 83: Using AI to Scale Marketing and Revenue Teams with Patrick Leung
Patrick Leung shares examples of AI supporting go-to-market execution and internal knowledge sharing.
- 81: Using AI at Work to Build Human AI Collaboration and Transform Processes
Geoff Gibbins explains why introducing AI into a broken process may leave the underlying problem intact.
- 78: Using AI at Work to Rethink Talent and Workforce Strategy with Peter Cappelli
Peter Cappelli examines assumptions about job displacement and what organizations can actually automate.
- 75: Using AI at Work to Activate Humans in the Workplace with Kristin Ginn
Kristin Ginn examines why individual AI productivity gains may not become organizational results.
- 74: Using AI at Work to Rethink Roles, Risk, and Readiness with Zac Engler
Zac Engler discusses a staged path for preparing employees and organizations to use AI.
- 73: Using AI at Work for Small Business Adoption and Team Alignment with Maria Elena Duron
Maria Elena Duron describes AI adoption for smaller businesses without overwhelming their teams.
- 72: Using AI at Work for SaaS Advantages and Organizational Change with Jim Curry
Jim Curry considers the advantages SaaS companies may have as AI changes software and business operations.
- 69: Using AI at Work with Peter Swimm: From SaaS to Conversational Workflows
Peter Swimm recounts a week-long experiment running his business through conversational AI.
- 68: Using AI at Work Without Being Replaced with Steff Vanhaverbeke
Steff Vanhaverbeke discusses preserving human value as professionals adopt AI.
- 65: Using AI at Work to Transform Learning and Leadership with David Martelli
David Martelli discusses AI-powered learning environments for students, executives and business leaders.
- 64: Using AI for Building Internal AI Teams with Diane Hammons
Diane Hammons describes WG Content's volunteer AI Pathfinders council.
- 60: Using AI to Drive Organizational Change with Sara Flowers
Sara Flowers shares applications of AI across customer service and internal operations.
- 57: Using AI for Training and Custom Copilots with Mike Allton
Mike Allton describes moving from reluctance about AI to practical use in marketing and business.
- 56: Using AI for Community-Driven Education with Angie Carel
Angie Carel discusses AI literacy, employee training and resistance inside companies.
- 52: Using AI for Smarter Enterprise Solutions with Edwin Lisowski
Edwin Lisowski describes the evolution of AI consulting from specialized problems to generative applications.
- 51: Using AI for Boosting Workplace Productivity with Jimmy Vaughan
Jimmy Vaughan explores Microsoft Copilot and AI support for gaps in everyday workflows.
- 46: Using AI for Business Consulting Strategies with Karl Yeh
Karl Yeh discusses tailored AI consulting for medium-sized businesses and traditional industries.
- 31: Using AI for Business Growth and Innovation with Isar Meitis
Isar Meitis discusses strategic and operational approaches to bringing AI into a business.
- 22: Using AI for Customized Business Solutions with Sara Davison
Sara Davison discusses a cohesive approach to business AI adoption.
- 21: Using AI for Chatbots & Business Strategies with Arvell Craig
Arvell Craig connects his chatbot and marketing experience with the development of voice AI.
- 12: Using AI for Your Content Strategy with Molly Mahoney
Molly Mahoney discusses communicating with AI assistants and building authentic content workflows.
- 10: Using AI for Optimizing Business Processes with Jeff MacPherson
Jeff MacPherson frames AI as a copilot for business processes rather than a wholesale replacement for people.
- 1: Welcome to 'Using AI at Work'
Chris Daigle introduces the show's focus on applying AI to professional and business work.