AI Readiness Project

How Do You Know You Have an Ops Problem? with Danielle LaFleur


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𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁

Danielle LaFleur is the Founder of Easy As Pie, where she and her team help organizations find operational gaps, clear bottlenecks, and turn messy processes into steadier cash flow—without treating people like a cost to cut. When she’s not untangling workflows, she’s on the road: Danielle travels 150K+ miles a year and happily admits she’s addicted to exploring.

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄

Anne Murphy and Kyle Shannon sit down with Danielle for a candid, funny, deeply human conversation about what “AI readiness” actually looks like when you’re running a real business. They talk about why ops is where AI can be most useful, how to approach automation without defaulting to layoffs, and why Danielle thinks this moment is pushing all of us to get clearer on who we are—separate from our job titles. Along the way: rediscovering creative work, building personal practices, and the surprising ways AI can reflect your values back to you.

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀

  1. A practical gut-check: signs you don’t have a “people problem” — you have an ops problem.
  2. Automation with a backbone: Danielle’s line in the sand—she won’t take work designed to fire people.
  3. What “scale” can mean: more time, more breathing room, better bonuses, and healthier teams—not just bigger numbers.
  4. AI readiness, redefined: start with self-knowledge; tools come second.
  5. On data & privacy: common-sense guardrails, and why culture and representation in training inputs matter.

𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲

Catch a new episode of The AI Readiness Project every Wednesday at 3pm (PST), co-hosted by Anne Murphy of She Leads AI and Kyle Shannon of The AI Salon. Want to meet others navigating this new terrain with humor and humanity? Visit The AI Salon or She Leads AI to find your people.

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AI Readiness ProjectBy Anne Murphy and Kyle Shannon