Every Company Needs Someone With AI in Their Job Title, with Jim Spignardo

Ask most businesses who actually owns AI and you get a pause, followed by a name and a caveat about how it isn't really that person's job. Jim Spignardo reckons that has about twelve months left to run.   Jim's the Director of Cloud Strategy and AI Enablement at ProArch, a global IT services and consulting firm, and he's the person doing that job inside his company.   He reports an assisted value figure of AI to his executive team every single month. It's gone from a few thousand dollars a month to somewhere around $75,000, across 160 licensed users in a company of roughly 400.   In this episode we get into: - Why the twelve month clock, and why that person doesn't have to be a new hire or a full time role - How he builds the baseline that makes a monthly ROI number possible, when nobody has ever measured what the work costs today - Why governance is there to protect the organisation and not shackle it, and who belongs on the council - The one toggle in agent builder that Jim tells everyone to switch off before anything else - Why archived and untouched data quietly drags down the quality of what Copilot hands back - What happened at ProArch when free Cowork credits became paid ones. He uses the word "riot"   Jim's book, The AI Turning Point, came out in March and there's a second one on the way.   Share this with whoever in your business has quietly been doing the AI job without the title.   Connect with Jim: Website: https://spignardo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spignardo/ Jim's Book: https://link.amazon/B0dNQNvL3   Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction to AI Leadership 02:09 Jim Spignardo's Role and Focus 04:06 The AI Turning Point Book Overview 07:18 Challenges of Legacy Systems and AI Integration 09:55 Measuring ROI in AI Adoption 12:47 The Importance of Governance in AI 18:10 Navigating Change in Organizations with AI 18:37 Navigating AI Governance and Strategy 19:27 Data Security in AI Implementation 21:52 Understanding AI Usage and Monitoring 23:19 The Future of AI: Risks and Opportunities 25:23 Public Sentiment on AI: A Complex Landscape 27:53 Key Takeaways for Business Leaders   Get your copy of the Multiply Method ✖️ It's a FREE roadmap walking you through how to multiply the capabilities of your people and your business with AI. www.theaileaderlab.com/roadmap   Connect with Martin: Websites: www.theaileaderlab.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/martinjwheatley Subscribe to The Frontier Leader Show wherever you listen to podcasts.