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Pivoting to Technology Adoption 70% of technology transformations fail. Not because of the technology, but because organizations never close the adoption gap. The system goes live. The people never fully adopt it. The investment stalls. If your clinicians won't use the new EHR, your teams are working around the new platform, or your rollout is technically "done" but nobody's actually using it, this show is for you. Host Donna P. Mitchell, The Transformation Authority™ and author of Pivoting to Technology Adoption: Mind the Gap, brings 49 years across five regulated industries (telecommunications, aviation, airline management, healthcare, and emerging technologies) to every conversation. From hospital systems to enterprise and mission-driven organizations, she has enabled more than 150,000 professionals through four major types of transformation, and she knows exactly where adoption breaks down. Each episode features the executives, clinical leaders, and strategists who have faced the gap firsthand, and the decisions that determine whether technology delivers or derails: clinician and workforce adoption, healthcare technology, and enterprise change. Forbes Business Council member. Senior Executive Healthcare Think Tank member. Five industries. One question: will your people adopt what your technology promises?

Publisher

Donna P. Mitchell

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Aug 2023

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

178 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   AI Follows the Culture | What CEOs Miss About Fear and Adoption | Brett Schklar

   Your AI rollout will only be as healthy as the culture it lands in. Brett Schklar, CEO of GROW Powered and author of AI Without the BS, has talked with nearly 2,000 CEOs about AI. He explains why so much of the workforce is still afraid of it, why adoption starts with 1% wins instead of home runs, and why IT should not lead the charge. TOPICS COVERED Why AI follows the culture you already have What fear of AI looks like two or three levels below the CEO Why 1% better each week beats swinging for home runs Thinking in tasks: small, medium, and the ones you thought were impossible Why small and mid-sized companies can now outrun big ones IQ, EQ, and what Brett calls Generation AI Who should own AI adoption, and why it should not be IT How to keep AI from becoming your echo chamber (00:00) Welcome and Introduction(00:24) Meet Brett Schklar, Author of AI Without the BS(01:42) What Nearly 2,000 CEOs Taught Him About AI(02:24) Why Most of the Workforce Is Still Afraid(03:05) Get to First Base: 1% Better Every Week(04:15) What Ignoring the Fear Costs(06:43) Think in Tasks: Small, Medium, and Impossible(09:33) Why Smaller Companies Can Move Faster(10:51) AI Follows the Culture(13:26) Does AI Erode Judgment?(14:52) IQ, EQ, and Generation AI(17:41) Who Should Own AI Adoption, and Why Not IT(21:42) Show-and-Tell: The Use Cases That Spread(23:15) Brett's Own Fear: Moving Too Fast(26:14) The AI Echo Chamber(30:17) One Thing to Leave With: 1% Every Week(31:47) Where to Find Brett FROM THE EPISODE"If you have a bad culture and you put AI into it, and that culture has not been fixed, the AI is going to follow the culture." Brett Schklar ABOUT THE GUESTBrett Schklar is the CEO of GROW Powered and the founder of AI First Leadership, his speaking practice. He is the author of AI Without the BS: The CEO's Playbook for Actually Getting AI Right. He has talked with nearly 2,000 CEOs about AI, most of them leading mid-market companies, and has been a Vistage speaker since 2010. He previously built, scaled, and sold Market Creation Group, a Denver marketing agency, and co-chairs Denver AI. ABOUT DONNA P. MITCHELLDonna P. Mitchell is the founder of The Transformation Authority™ and CEO of Mitchell Universal Network, LLC. Forbes Business Council Member. Senior Executive Healthcare Think Tank Member. 49 years of enterprise transformation across five regulated industries and four transformation types, enabling 150,000+ professionals. GET THE BOOKPivoting to Technology Adoption: Mind the Gappivotingtotechnologyadoption.com CONNECT WITH BRETT SCHKLARWebsite: brettschklar.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bschklar CONNECT WITH DONNALinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/donnapmitchellYouTube: @TheTransformationAuthorityWebsite: pivotingportal.comCompany: mitchelluniversalnetwork.com NEWSLETTERThe Transformation Brief™transformationbrief.beehiiv.com/subscribe SPEAKING & ADVISORYpivotingportal.com/speaker LISTEN ANYWHERE YOU GET YOUR PODCASTSApple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and every major podcast appAll episodes: pivotingtotechnologyadoptionpodcast.com New episodes every Tuesday.Forbes Business Council Member

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   A Bad Process, Finished Quicker. What Leaders Miss Before They Add AI, with Tom Altman

   Most AI efforts do not stall on the technology. They speed up a process nobody has looked at closely. Fractional CTO/CIO Tom Altman explains why AI takes a bad process and makes it finish quicker, why the trouble lives in the handoffs, and what leaders should tell their people about AI. TOPICS COVERED Why AI makes a bad process finish quicker Where data and process problems hide: the handoffs What AI can take off a staff accountant's desk today Why ERP and CRM come before new AI tools How goals and context keep AI from drifting Why people fear AI, and what leaders should tell them New jobs and AI on the org chart One mundane task to try with AI this week (00:00) Welcome and Introduction(00:58) Meet Tom Altman, Fractional CTO/CIO(01:55) What the C-Suite Misses Before Adding AI(02:46) A Bad Process, Finished Quicker(03:32) Why the Trouble Lives in the Handoffs(04:30) Over-Reliance on AI and the Accounts Payable Match(05:31) Lock Down ERP and CRM Before Building on Top(06:23) Inside an AI Symposium: Training People to Think(07:51) Goals, Context, and AI Drift(08:57) Training the Whole Workforce on AI(10:43) Vibe Coding and the Paper-Sketch Prototype(12:46) The People Side: Fear, Jobs, and Telling the Truth(15:28) New Jobs and AI on the Org Chart(17:15) Solopreneurs and AI Agents(17:56) When to Bring In a Fractional Technology Leader(19:38) One Thing to Try This Week ABOUT THE GUESTTom Altman is a fractional CIO and CTO at Altus CXO, where he helps companies adopt technology that actually sticks. He runs ClearXO, Altus CXO's one-week operational assessment that maps how a business really works across people, process, systems and data, before anyone buys software or switches on AI. He lives in Iowa, rides motorcycles, and has a weakness for Volkswagens. ABOUT DONNA P. MITCHELLDonna P. Mitchell is the founder of The Transformation Authority™ and CEO of Mitchell Universal Network, LLC. Forbes Business Council Member. Senior Executive Healthcare Think Tank Member. 49 years of enterprise transformation across five regulated industries and four transformation types, enabling 150,000+ professionals. GET THE BOOKPivoting to Technology Adoption: Mind the Gappivotingtotechnologyadoption.com CONNECT WITH TOM ALTMANWebsite: altuscxo.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tomaltman CONNECT WITH DONNALinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/donnapmitchellYouTube: @TheTransformationAuthorityWebsite: pivotingportal.comCompany: mitchelluniversalnetwork.com NEWSLETTERThe Transformation Brief™transformationbrief.beehiiv.com/subscribe SPEAKING & ADVISORYpivotingportal.com/speaker New episodes every Tuesday.Forbes Business Council Member

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   29 Sept 2026

   The Ending Is Where You Should Start — Rich Bornstein on the Story Gap

   Host Donna P. Mitchell interviews Emmy-nominated producer Rich Bornstein about how leaders fail to communicate change by starting their message in the wrong place, revealing the importance of storytelling for successful technology adoption.

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