Ai Change Desk

Welcome to AI Change Desk

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Welcome to episode one of AI Change Desk.

This launch episode introduces the mission of the show and a practical framework you can use immediately to manage AI rollout decisions in your organization.

  • Episode: EP001
  • Title: Welcome to AI Change Desk
  • Runtime: 6m 25s (launch edition)
  • Host: Michael Hanna-Butros Meyering
    • 00:00 Cold open: the 3 questions teams keep asking about AI
    • 00:42 Intro (show ID)
    • 00:57 Show mission: AI as an operating shift, not a tool announcement
    • 01:39 Plain-English definitions: AI, LLM, and change management
    • 02:34 Personal context + why this show exists
    • 03:21 Boundaries + AI-use disclosure
    • 04:06 Show contract: practical, credible, actionable
    • 04:39 4D Desk Memo: Decision, Data, Drift, Deployment
    • 05:30 Inner workflow: how this podcast is produced
    • 06:04 Listener question + outro
    • 06:15 Outro (show close)
      • AI rollouts fail more often from adoption and governance gaps than model quality.
      • Treat AI changes as operational decisions with clear ownership and controls.
      • Use the 4D Desk Memo to make fast, defensible decisions: Decision, Data, Drift, and Deployment.

        • This episode used AI-assisted production for:

        • Script drafting support
        • Voice synthesis through an authorized ElevenLabs voice model
        • Packaging and publishing automation

          • Final editorial decisions, risk posture, and publication approval were made by Michael Hanna-Butros Meyering.

          • Daily research scan
          • Source verification and editorial filtering
          • Script lock in Context -> Impact -> Action format
          • Voice rendering through ElevenLabs API
          • Audio QA
          • RSS.com episode publishing
          • Google Cloud Storage + Google Sites web publishing
            • ElevenLabs API quickstart: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-api/quickstart
            • RSS.com Core API docs: https://api.rss.com/v4/docs
            • Google Cloud Storage static hosting: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/hosting-static-website
            • Episode page: https://www.michaelhbm.com/AIChangeDesk/episodes/ep001-welcome-to-ai-change-desk.html
            • Transcript (TXT): https://storage.googleapis.com/site-app-html/AIChangeDesk/transcripts/ep001-welcome-to-ai-change-desk.txt
            • RSS feed: https://media.rss.com/aichangedesk/feed.xml

              • What is one AI-related decision your organization keeps postponing right now?

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