"AI is not just a technology problem that you have. It's going to be a human talent retention issue — if you don't get your act together on this." That's Charlene Li — NYT bestselling author, Harvard grad, and one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business — and she said it in the first minute of this conversation. If your leadership team is treating AI like a software rollout, this episode is going to be uncomfortable in the most useful way.

Charlene's new book, Winning with AI: The 90-Day Blueprint for Success, isn't about the technology. It's about the human infrastructure that determines whether your company captures AI's upside or just spends a lot of money finding out it doesn't. Speed is the moat — but only if your culture, your trust architecture, and your leadership team's communication muscles are ready t ...