Digital Pulse
Digital Pulse is a curated podcast series for business leaders seeking clarity at the intersection of emerging technology and enterprise strategy. Created and hosted by Rafa Jimenez, VP Digital innovation at ELCA and a long-time expert in blockchain, digital assets, and applied AI . Each episode explores how technologies like distributed ledgers, digital-native-mobile-first platforms, and AI tools are driving real change across industries.
Digital Pulse isn’t just another technology podcast. Each episode is carefully scripted, produced, and refined through a fully AI-powered workflow, not to flood content, but to demonstrate how deliberate, high-quality use of AI can enhance creativity, efficiency, and precision while preserving depth and thoughtfulness.
No AI slop. No jargon-laced hype. Just concise, insight-driven storytelling designed for decision-makers navigating real digital transformation.
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Digital Pulse
The AI Persona Mindset - How to Hire Your First AI Colleague?
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From Tool To Teammate: The AI-Persona Mindset
Drowning in AI hype? Here’s the breakthrough: stop treating AI like a disposable tool and start managing it as a trusted colleague. This episode introduces the AI-Persona Mindset, a practical framework that transforms everyday AI tools into specialized teammates with defined roles, context, and continuity. We unpack why this shift matters now amid security concerns, organizational inertia, and the limitations of “think, prompt, edit” and show how leaders can unlock immediate ROI without waiting for futuristic agents. You’ll learn the seven-step persona lifecycle, discover real-world examples like AI executive assistants and chief editors, and explore secure workflows that scale safely. Listen now to discover how to build your first AI colleague and future-proof your team.
Episode highlights:
01:52 – Why you should stop treating AI as a disposable utility and start managing it as a specialized colleague.
03:43 – A guide to secure environments like own tenant chat and on-prem LLMs that keep your information private.
06:10 – How to avoid the mental traps like tool-first thinking or waiting for agent hype—that cause organizational paralysis.
08:14 – Moving past the old "Think-Prompt-Edit" cycle that leads to inconsistent and unreliable results.
11:08 – How giving your AI a specific, narrow role creates boundaries and sets clear expectations for better output.
14:49 – A step-by-step onboarding process to give your AI persona the business context and history it needs to succeed.
18:56 – Meet "Watson" and "Sally"— practical examples of AI personas that can save leaders hours of cognitive labor every week
24:55 – A clever two-step trick to use powerful AI models without ever risking a data leak.
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