About this episode

David Rice and Meagan Bond discuss the importance of psychological readiness for successful AI adoption in organizations.

AI transformation doesn't fail because the technology isn't good enough. It fails because organizations try to layer it on top of cultures that were already struggling with trust, learning, experimentation, and leadership. In this conversation, David Rice sits down with Meagan Bond, Founder and CEO of The Human Method, to unpack why psychological readiness—not technical readiness—is the real foundation of successful AI adoption. Together they explore the hidden costs of dysfunctional culture,...

People in this episode

Host: David Rice

Guest: Meagan Bond

Topics covered

• AI adoption
• organizational culture
• trust
• leadership
• psychological readiness

Keywords

• AI transformation
• dysfunctional culture
• trust
• learning
• experimentation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Human Method

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