# Ep57: The New Manager Scenario - Rebuilding Identity Without Losing the Work Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-i-in-football-6622013/ep57-the-new-manager-scenario-rebuilding-identity-without-losing-the-work Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-i-in-football-6622013/ep57-the-new-manager-scenario-rebuilding-identity-without-losing-the-work.md Podcast: [A.I. In Football](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-i-in-football-6622013) Published: 2026-05-08T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://atc.captivate.fm/episode/ep57-the-new-manager-scenario-rebuilding-identity-without-losing-the-work Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ac6617c3-b02e-4b82-bd10-f316407d77c0.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-i-in-football-6622013/episodes/ep57-the-new-manager-scenario-rebuilding-identity-without-losing-the-work Duration seconds: 2577 ## Resource Click Here To Learn More About The 'First XI Platform' Join the Free Kickstart Challenge In this episode, Tom Butterfield and David Bromley explore the critical role of structured processes and AI tools in managing managerial changes within football clubs. They discuss how existing recruitment infrastructure can be preserved and adapted through transitions, highlighting practical strategies and the potential for AI to safeguard institutional knowledge. Key Topics: The impact of managerial changes on recruitment processes and content. The importance of maintaining robust infrastructure: decision logs, target matrices, role brief libraries. How AI tools can facilitate the preservation and organisation of tacit and explicit knowledge. Practical steps for onboarding a new manager without disrupting established recruitment habits. The dynamic between content updates and infrastructure stability during transitions. The opportunity to leverage AI for drafting decision logs, updating identity snapshots, and analysing implication shifts. The importance of a transparent, collaborative approach to align the new manager’s vision with existing processes. The strategic advantage of having a structured environment ahead of a manager’s arrival. Useful Links Click Here To Learn More About The 'First XI Platform' Join the Free Kickstart Challenge Support The Show - Buy David and Tom a bag of peanut M&M's. Instagram Youtube Channel ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-i-in-football-6622013/episodes/ep57-the-new-manager-scenario-rebuilding-identity-without-losing-the-work/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-i-in-football-6622013/ep57-the-new-manager-scenario-rebuilding-identity-without-losing-the-work.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.