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Steering AI Is Now Part of the Executive’s Job

The Digital Transformation Playbook

Chapters
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Steering AI Becomes The Job
0:58
Prompt Skill Versus Leadership Judgment
1:50
Ambition Outruns Operational Readiness
4:10
Employees Adopt AI Under The Radar
5:06
Why Prompt Training Falls Short
6:35
Four Dials For System Fluency
8:24
Leaders Make Fluency Contagious
9:45
AI Literacy Becomes A Duty
10:50
Checks Leaders Must Answer Now
12:15
Closing And Where To Read More
The Digital Transformation Playbook
Steering AI Is Now Part of the Executive’s Job
Jul 09, 2026
Kieran Gilmurray

AI fluency has moved from optional skill to executive responsibility. This episode looks at why leaders must steer AI as a business system, setting direction, design, guardrails, and proof.

It explores the gap between AI ambition, leadership readiness, workforce reality, and governance expectations.

TLDR / At a Glance

• Executive AI fluency
 • System steering
 • Direction, design, guardrails, proof
 • Talent readiness gaps
 • Hidden employee AI adoption
 • Leadership modelling and legal duty

The key takeaway is that AI value depends on leaders who can govern, redesign, and measure AI across the organisation. 

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