E74 Going Guerrilla with AI: Real talk on adoption for teams

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"People are using AI Tools whether they're being allowed to or not. More and more of large organisations’ ways of working are starting to operate out of these things organically."

Ben Le Ralph

Listen to the full episode for an in-depth look at how AI is changing the way teams work and why strategy may soon become the next big challenge in the age of AI.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• What Ben means by the “strategy execution gap”
• Why AI adoption is messy, fragmented, and very real
• The comparison between AI and Excel in organisational usage
• How teams are using AI tools unofficially to move faster
• The personal vs organisational use of AI - what’s working and what’s not
• The shift from AI hype to quiet productivity
• Why grey user insight can still be useful
• The risks (and benefits) of AI hallucinations
• Why AI won’t replace jobs - but will shift how we work
• How delivery bottlenecks are giving way to deeper strategy work
• The future of AI as a practical, democratic tool for decision-making
• The emerging value of strategy work in the wake of AI adoption
• How AI is revealing deeper patterns that drive decision-making, even if not perfectly accurate

Key links

• AI for Busy People
• Meet & Gather
• B Corp Certification
• Ben Le Ralph’s TikTok
• Ben Le Ralph’s LinkedIn

About our guest

Ben Le Ralph is the founder of AI For Busy People and runs a small co-working space in Richmond called Meet and Gather.

Over the past 15 years, he has helped small teams, often within larger organisations, to achieve big things.

He specialises in supporting business owners and team leaders to align their teams on the right strategy and implement practical systems that supercharge delivery. Ben is passionate about helping teams work smarter and build things that actually move the needle and make an impact.

Before launching AI For Busy People, Ben co-founded and scaled a B-Corp certified consultancy, growing it to a team of 15+ and $6 million in revenue. His company partnered with some of Australia's most recognisable organisations and government departments to help them rethink how they tackle complex social challenges.

About our host

Our host, Chris Hudson, is an Intrapreneuship Coach, Teacher, Experience Designer and Founder of business transformation coaching and consultancy Company Road.

Company Road was founded by Chris Hudson, who saw over-niching and specialisation within corporates as a significant barrier to change.

Chris considers himself incredibly fortunate to have worked with some of the world’s most ambitious and successful companies, including Google, Mercedes-Benz, Accenture (Fjord) and Dulux, to name a small few. He continues to teach with University of Melbourne in Innovation, and Academy Xi in CX, Product Management, Design Thinking and Service Design and mentors many business leaders internationally.

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