Advancing AI Fluency With Grit and Growth Mindset
From She Said Privacy/He Said Security by Jodi and Justin Daniels
April 9, 2026 · 31 min
About this episode
Gabrielle Kohlmeier discusses the importance of AI fluency and governance in organizations adopting AI tools.
Gabrielle Kohlmeier is a lawyer, tech whisperer, and transformation executive in a lifelong love affair with growth mindset and sustainable innovation. From building a Fortune 30 legal and policy approach to antitrust, to navigating retail risk, to leading global legal AI adoption and outperforming teams. She helps organizations rightsize risk and turn disruption into strategic value. In this episode… Many companies are rushing to adopt AI tools and publish AI policies, yet far fewer are investing in AI fluency across their workforce. Knowing how to use an AI tool is not the same as understanding what it is doing, what data it collects and uses, and the privacy, security, and compliance obligations that come with using it. Without that level of understanding, organizations risk using AI without fully grasping its impact. So, what does true AI fluency look like in practice? Organizations spend time creating AI governance policies, and sometimes those policies are not operationalized. Governance then becomes "precious" when it is documented and published but not embedded into how teams actually work. That gap becomes more pronounced when teams lack the AI fluency needed to apply…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jodi Daniels, Justin Daniels
Guest: Gabrielle Kohlmeier
Topics covered
- AI fluency
- growth mindset
- sustainable innovation
- AI governance
- privacy
- security
- compliance
Keywords
- AI tools
- growth mindset
- sustainable innovation
- AI governance
- privacy
- security
- compliance
- risk management
- strategic value
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Fortune 30, AI
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