The Enablement Gap: From Task Assistance to Governed Operations

This week on Buffering, we’re going beyond the AI slop problem and asking a bigger question: how can organizations actually enable their employees to use AI well? Zack and Gabe break down the training gap, why simply handing employees powerful AI tools isn’t enough, and how organizations can create clear standards for what good AI use looks like. From prompt libraries and AI labs to forklifts and ski slopes, they explore practical ways to build AI skills across an entire organization. Join Zack and Gabe as they explore an AI enablement playbook built around progressive levels of adoption, shared knowledge, guardrails, and empowering internal AI champions. They discuss why AI is ultimately a change management problem, how leaders can give employees the space to experiment and learn from failure, and why the goal isn’t to turn everyone into an AI expert overnight, but to help the entire crew move forward together.