{"podcast":{"title":"CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel","slug":"ceo-daily-brief-with-dr-jessica-kriegel-6756640","podcast_index_feed_id":6756640,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/culturepartners","website_url":"https://culturepartners.com/insights/?e-filter-01a6d46-category=podcasts","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a349ff34-389c-11ef-9b9e-d3a5559a1fd9/image/90beb931f7db7478dd57c8486b9191bd.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"tentwentytwo / Culture Partners","episode_count":594,"summary":"In just five minutes a day, Dr. Jessica Kriegel, Chief Strategy Officer of Workforce and Labor for Culture Partners, unpacks the latest research, trends and strategies shaping workplace culture, and driving business results. CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T20:18:42.269109+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ceo-daily-brief-with-dr-jessica-kriegel-6756640"},"episode":{"title":"Your $20 AI Budget Is Not An AI Strategy","slug":"your-20-ai-budget-is-not-an-ai-strategy","published_at":"2026-09-04T09:20:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ceo-daily-brief-with-dr-jessica-kriegel-6756640/your-20-ai-budget-is-not-an-ai-strategy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ceo-daily-brief-with-dr-jessica-kriegel-6756640","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TENTWT7236962370.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TENTWT7236962370.mp3","summary":"In today's episode: Handing every employee a small monthly AI budget and calling it innovation turns out to be hiding a much bigger problem underneath. How companies adjust when employees secretly pay out of pocket for AI tools. A manufacturing site visit shows exactly what real AI-driven time savings looks like when it's pointed at the right kind of work. CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom. John Frehse, Global Head of Labor Strategies at Ankura, joins Jessica to discuss why handing employees a small AI budget isn't a real strategy, and what more thoughtful approaches to enterprise AI adoption look like. Connect with Dr. Jessica Kriegel on LinkedIn Connect with John Frehse on LinkedIn Other Ways to Connect: Jessica Kriegel Website Jessica Kriegel Instagram Jessica Kriegel Newsletter Culture Partners Website Culture Partners LinkedIn","meta_description":"In today's episode: Handing every employee a small monthly AI budget and calling it innovation turns out to be hiding a much bigger problem underneath. Ho…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":453,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ceo-daily-brief-with-dr-jessica-kriegel-6756640/episodes/your-20-ai-budget-is-not-an-ai-strategy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ceo-daily-brief-with-dr-jessica-kriegel-6756640/your-20-ai-budget-is-not-an-ai-strategy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}