Welcome to the AI Readiness Project—a podcast for curious minds and future-ready leaders.
Each episode is designed to spark your thinking, shift your perspective, and help you grow your AI mindset. As you follow along, you'll hear about the AI Readiness Program—a self-paced course that helps you build real confidence with today’s tools and concepts. When you're ready, you can dive in, complete the course, and earn your certificate.
The show is co-hosted by Anne Murphy of She Leads AI and Kyle Shannon of AI Salon—two connected communities leading the conversation around ethical, human-centered AI. If you’re not already part of these spaces, we’d love to have you join us.
AI Readiness Project
Podcast with Anne Murphy and Kyle Shannon
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AI Readiness Project

Business Podcast · The AI Readiness Project is a weekly show co-hosted by Anne Murphy of She Leads AI and Kyle Shannon of The AI Salon, exploring how individuals and organizations are implementing AI in their business, …

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AI Readiness Project

Podcast · Anne Murphy and Kyle Shannon · The AI Readiness Project is a weekly show co-hosted by Anne Murphy of She Leads AI and Kyle Shannon of The AI Salon, exploring how individuals and organizations are implementing AI in their business, community, and personal life. Each episode offers a candid, behind-the-scenes look at how real people are experimenting with artificial intelligence—what’s actually working, what’s not, and what’s changing fast. You’ll hear from nonprofit leaders, small bus

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The AI Readiness Project is a weekly show co-hosted by Anne Murphy of She Leads AI and Kyle Shannon of The AI Salon, exploring how individuals and organizations are implementing AI in their business, community, and personal life. Each episode offers a candid, behind-the-scenes look at how real people are experimenting with artificial intelligence—what’s actually working, what’s not, and what’s changing fast. You’ll hear from nonprofit leaders, small business owners, educators, creatives, and tec

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From Survival Mode to the Growth Zone: Leading in the Intelligence Age with Jennie Blumenthal

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 So many leaders are stuck in survival mode—overloaded calendars, nonstop change, and constant pressure to do more. In this episode of The AI Readiness Project, Jennie joins hosts Anne Murphy (She Leads AI) and Kyle Shannon (The AI Salon) to unpack her Growth Zone framework: a practical way to move from reactivity to healthy high performance in the Intelligence Age. We’ll dig into how AI exposes old leadership habits, why “just push harder” no longer works, and what it

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Building Income Resilience with AI: A Conversation with Trudy-Ann Armand

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 Layoffs, hiring freezes, reorgs — even women with “good jobs” are feeling how fragile a single paycheck can be. Trudy-Ann Armand is on a mission to make sure that when work shifts, women aren’t starting from zero. In this episode of The AI Readiness Project, hosts Anne Murphy (She Leads AI) and Kyle Shannon (The AI Salon) talk with Trudy-Ann about why income resilience can’t wait, and how AI can become a quiet teammate in your corner — from the commute brainstorming s

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Built in an Hour: Gareth Hood's No-BS Approach to AI

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Gareth Hood has built AI tools from scratch, helped over 100 artists turn their ideas into real projects, and once trained a tiger. He's also restarted his career six times. Now, he's applying that unconventional path to AI—building fast, learning on the fly, and helping others do the same. In this episode, Gareth joins Anne Murphy of She Leads AI and Kyle Shannon of The AI Salon to talk about what it really takes to get something off the ground with AI. He wal

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Creative Control: AI Production with Liz Miller Gershfeld

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: This week on 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, Anne Murphy and Kyle Shannon sit down with Liz Miller Gershfeld to talk about what it actually means to “produce” AI-powered creative work. Spoiler: it’s not about tossing prompts into a black box and hoping for magic. It’s about protecting creative intent, building reliable workflows, and understanding what parts of the process AI can handle—without compromising what makes the work sing. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄

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AI Readiness Project Podcast - 11/5/25

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Building AI Readiness From the Ground Up with Jennifer Hufnagel

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: In this episode of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, Jennifer Hufnagel joins Kyle Shannon and guest co-host Kellye Kamp to explore what it really means to be ready for AI. From her early days at Hootsuite to launching her own consultancy, Jennifer shares how her journey led her to AI and why many businesses still aren’t ready to take advantage of it. The conversation covers everything from managing AI overwhelm to building company-wide literacy—and the s

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𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝗲𝗻 𝗭 𝗦𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀: 𝗝𝘆𝘂𝗻𝗺𝗶 𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: In this week’s episode, Anne and Kyle welcome Jyunmi Hatcher to unpack a topic not often discussed outside of niche corners of the AI world: local AI models, personal computing, and why running AI on your own hardware might be more important than it sounds. They start with a look at how Gen Z is engaging with AI—from skepticism to creative experimentation—and why showing up, literally and digitally, matters more than ever. Jyunmi then introduces the idea of AI agents

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