{"podcast":{"title":"AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI","slug":"agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503","podcast_index_feed_id":7324503,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/102cca29c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/company/agipodcast/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/43319327/43319327-1777459123087-d39518f73fd23.jpg","author":"AGI Podcasters","episode_count":109,"summary":"AGI Podcast — Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI For people who got stuck making AI work and educators preparing students for what's next. Our mission is to cut through AI hype with practical insights for workforce development, education, and small to medium businesses → where AI implementation happens in the trenches, not the headlines. 3 shows, 1 mission: *Saturdays: School's Out - Educators and students preparing for an AI-driven future schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ Mondays: The Weekly Blitz - AI news recaps with cohost Julie Koehrer Monthly: The Vibe - Long-form deep dive conversations","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T08:22:41.281528+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503"},"episode":{"title":"Why AI Fails Small Business (And What to Do First)","slug":"why-ai-fails-small-business-and-what-to-do-first","published_at":"2026-04-06T03:53:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/why-ai-fails-small-business-and-what-to-do-first","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agi-podcasters/episodes/Why-AI-Fails-Small-Business-And-What-to-Do-First-e3hg112","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/102cca29c/podcast/play/118014434/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-6%2F421483586-44100-2-3cead212385e3.mp3","summary":"Most AI projects fail before they start because businesses skip the most important step: figuring out what's actually broken. Jason Padgett and Adam Staples unpack why clarity has to come before automation, what the recent Claude code leak actually tells us about AI development culture, and whether the current wave of AI layoffs is real efficiency or EBITDA spin. Key topics covered: Why small businesses can't follow the enterprise AI playbook — resources, talent, and timeline don't match "You cannot automate chaos" — Chakra BPC's process-first approach to AI deployment The Turing test in real life: an AI-written newsletter that fooled a credentialed English teacher OpenAI's media network acquisition and what AI-controlled journalism does to independent coverage The Claude source code leak: human error, competitive ethics, and the "honor among thieves" argument AI layoffs at companies like Salesforce — EBITDA cover story or actual automation gains? Why liberal arts and communication skills are becoming the most valuable AI adjacency What data science and CS graduates should be targeting instead of big tech entry-level roles SpaceX IPO timing, AI company valuations, and whether the private market can absorb them Data centers in orbit: costs, robotics requirements, and Silicon Valley magical thinking Bottom line: Scale people, don't replace them. The businesses getting real ROI from AI are the ones who started by fixing their processes, not buying the pixie dust. About Adam Staples: Founder of Chakra Business Process Consulting, Indianapolis, Indiana. 25 years in telecom, SaaS, and IT consulting. Helps SMBs build operational clarity before deploying AI. chakrabpc.com Work with Jason → jason@mycitizen.ai 🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/ Newslett…","meta_description":"Most AI projects fail before they start because businesses skip the most important step: figuring out what's actually broken. Jason Padgett and Adam Stapl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2310,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/episodes/why-ai-fails-small-business-and-what-to-do-first/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/why-ai-fails-small-business-and-what-to-do-first.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}