AI Can't Read the Room: Myra Roldan on Why Human Judgment Still Wins
About this episode
Myra Roldan discusses the limitations of AI and the importance of human judgment in organizational contexts.
Everyone says they're behind on AI. According to Myra Roldan, Chief AI Officer of UnDesto AI, if everyone's behind, then no one really is — and that hype is costing organizations real money. In this episode, Vanessa sits down with Myra, a 15+-year AI veteran, framework builder, and contributor to Vanessa's upcoming book, for a refreshingly honest conversation about what AI can and can't do for the modern organization. Together they pull apart the most expensive misconceptions: that personal AI use translates to business readiness, that everyone is suddenly a programmer, and that a 90% "adoption" rate means anything when people are really just using AI to read meeting notes. The throughline is one Kirkpatrick Partners has championed for years — AI is a powerful accelerator, but human judgment, context, and ethics still decide whether the work is any good. Myra and Vanessa also explore why the Kirkpatrick Model can evaluate an entire AI implementation, not just a training program, and why a negative return early on is normal, not a reason to quit. In this episode: • Why "we're behind on AI" is usually a myth — and an expensive one • The difference between AI adoption and real…
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