# AI Adoption Isn’t IT: Exec Alignment Comes First

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Podcast: [Microsoft Innovation Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/microsoft-innovation-podcast-232124)
Published: 2026-03-29T17:00:00+00:00
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Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM In this episode of AI Unfiltered, Kristen Perdue explains why AI adoption fails when leaders treat it like standard software instead of a fundamental shift in how organisations operate. The conversation focuses on executive mindset, cultural alignment, and communication gaps that quietly derail AI initiatives. Kristen shares how to prioritise the right use cases, close AI literacy gaps, and re‑engineer processes s...

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