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Unlocking Manager-Led Transformation: The Missing Piece with Dr. Carole Bennett of Sutter Health

This episode is part of FutureReady, a special series produced in partnership with Emeritus, exploring how organizations are rewiring themselves for performance in the AI

If It's Not Written Down, It's Not a Standard: Scaling Training at Walk-On's with Chris Williams

Today, I'm talking with Chris Williams, Head of Operations at Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux. When Chris joined Walk-On's almost ten years ago, the company had 11 restaurant

Fall in Love with the Problem: How Intuit Drives AI Upskilling with Drew Goodrich

Today, I'm talking with Drew Goodrich, Talent Development Executive at Intuit, the global financial technology company behind TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, and Mail

Teach Thinking, Not Prompting: 7 Lessons on AI Adoption From My Recent Guests

In this solo episode, I'm sharing the biggest lessons on AI adoption from my four most recent conversations — Christa Hill, Giovanni Giamminola, Violetta Drobot, and Clém

FutureReady #1: AI and the Workforce: Redesigning Work for What's Next with Clémentine Al-Elimat

This episode is part of FutureReady, a special series produced in partnership with Emeritus, exploring how organizations are rewiring themselves for performance in the AI

AI for HR: Moving from Spreadsheets to Strategy with Violetta Drobot,

What happens to the HR role when AI takes over the data crunching? In this episode, Andy Storch talks with Violetta Drobot, a Boston-based consultant who leads organizati

Logins Aren't Adoption: What Real AI Transformation Looks Like with Chrisa Hill

Christa Hill is back on the Hot Seat, four months (a lifetime in AI years) after her first appearance. Christa is Chief AI Learning Officer at LearnIt and co-founder of T

AI Transformation & Cognitive Governance with Giovanni Giamminola

This week I'm speaking with Giovanni Giamminola about using AI to strengthen (not surrende) human judgment. Giovanni explains the difference between cognitive offloading

The Transformation Triangle: How L&D can Thrive in the Age of AI with Donald Taylor

Don Taylor chairs the Learning Technologies Conference in London and has run the L&D Global Sentiment Survey for more than a decade. In this conversation, Andy and Don di

10 (More) Lessons on AI Transformation From the Artificial Intelligence Show

In this solo episode, Andy Storch shares ten lessons pulled from The Artificial Intelligence Show's new AI Transformations series, which interviews leaders at companies t

Turning Resistance Into Resilience in the Age of AI with Sue Bethanis

In this episode, Sue Bethanis shares what nearly three decades of executive coaching have taught her about leading people through disruption, and why AI adoption is as mu

Rolling Out AI Enablement in Three Phases at ECI with Katie Tonda

In this episode, Katie Tonda shares how she is leading a company-wide AI transformation and rebuilding leadership development from the ground up at ECI Software Solutions

Reengineering Culture in the Age of AI at Vodacom with Njabulo Mashigo

In this episode, Njabulo Mashigo shares how deliberate culture work has helped make Vodacom South Africa the number one top employer in the country three years running, a

10 Lessons on AI Transformation: What's Actually Working Inside Organizations

In this solo episode, Andy Storch shares the top 10 lessons he has gathered on AI transformation over the last several months, drawing from podcast interviews, private on

The Three T’s of AI Rollouts: Training, Time, and Tools with Alex Zubko

In this episode, Alex Zubko shares what she is seeing inside organizations trying to make AI transformation actually work. Alex has been in the AI trenches since 2022, wh

Turning AI Anxiety Into AI Agency at Exclaimer with Antonia Bowler

In this episode, Antonia Bowler shares how her organization approached AI adoption by putting people first. Antonia is a people leader at Exclaimer, a private equity back

The Pause Principle: How to Lead Brilliant Work in a Busy World with Shawn Vanderhoven

In this episode, Shawn Vanderhoven shares what he learned researching how the best leaders help their teams focus in a relentlessly distracting world. Shawn is a longtime

Why Training Fails and How to Design for Change Instead with Heather Burright

In this episode, Heather Burright shares what she has learned building learning and development programs for the nonprofit sector. Heather is the founder of Skill Masters

AI Literacy Is a Leadership Problem: Christa Hill on What Executives Are Missing

In this episode, Christa Hill shares what she has learned moving teams from AI resistance to real capability. Christa is the founder of Tacit Edge and creator of an AI re

How Julie Stone Is Reinventing Learning and Development With AI at TTEC

In this episode, Julie Stone shares how she is reinventing learning and development for a 50,000 person workforce as Group Vice President and Chief Learning Officer at TT