AI tools are everywhere. Real adoption is scarce.

In this episode of What Gets Measured, Jake Sanders and Jessica Graeser sit down with Ben Tasker, AI Workforce Development Strategist and Senior AI Strategist at National Grid, to unpack why so many AI initiatives stall—and what actually makes them stick. Ben shares lessons from building applied AI programs across healthcare, higher education, and large enterprises, including what it takes to prepare thousands of people for AI-enabled work.

The conversation moves beyond tools into skills, systems thinking, trust, and learning cultures—and why AI strategy succeeds or fails at the human level.

If you're a marketer, analytics leader, or operator trying to turn AI experimentation into measurable performance, this conversation will change how you think about readiness, risk, and real impact.

SHOWPAGE: www.ninjacat.io/blog/wgm-podcast-why-skills-beat-tools-in-ai

🎧 Topics include:

Why AI adoption is a human problem

Skills vs. tools in AI strategy

Augmentation, not replacement, for marketing teams

Trust, learning, and AI at scale

Cutting through AI hype to real value

The future of AI recommendations and discoverability

Former CFO and AI educator Angeline Corvaglia explains why data isn't neutral—and how agencies can present AI and analytics insights responsibly and accurately.

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We cover:

• how interpretation shows up even in finance

• why AI makes data feel more certain than it really is

• where bias enters training data (and why it's rarely visible)

• how leaders decide what data actually matters

• and what finance leaders really want from marketers

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In this 100th episode of What Gets Measured, Jake and Jess revisit the clips from this year's standout conversations to uncover one powerful truth: AI only works when your fundamentals do. Hear insights from Mark Sirkin, Susan Walsh, Vanessa Liu, Cecilia Dones, Charlie de Thibault, and Mike Kaput on strategy, data quality, leadership, and the future of AI agents.

SHOWPAGE: www.ninjacat.io/blog/ai-only-works-when-the-fundamentals-work

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Find out why AI only accelerates the workflows you already have and how author, educator, and AI strategist, Brian Piper, helps teams map friction, automate the "boring layer," build portable AI knowledge, and use persona agents to make better decisions faster.

SHOWPAGE: www.ninjacat.io/blog/wgm-podcast-automate-the-work-that-hurts

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Break down how taxonomy, ontology, and controlled vocabularies create smarter, more reliable AI with information architect and founder, Jessica Talisman. Learn how small semantic fixes lock AI advantages and transform campaigns, reporting, and data workflows.

SHOWPAGE: www.ninjacat.io/blog/wgm-podcast-organizing-information-in-the-age-of-ai

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Learn why most AI adoption efforts fail, and what businesses must get right first. In this episode, AI strategist/educator/founder Dr. Cecilia Dones shares practical insights on data readiness, culture, and responsible AI implementation.

SHOWPAGE: www.ninjacat.io/blog/wgm-podcast-the-real-work-behind-ai-ready-organizations

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Copywriter-turned–AI ethics educator Felicity Wild breaks down what marketing teams risk when they automate without oversight—and how ethics can drive better, smarter decisions.

SHOWPAGE: www.ninjacat.io/blog/wgm-podcast-nobody-cares-about-ai-ethics

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Marketers live in the gray area of measurement — especially in social media. In this episode, Emeric Ernoult, CEO and co-founder of Agorapulse, shares his hard-earned insights on proving the real value of social.

Discover why social isn't just a trend, how to balance brand awareness with demand generation, and why vanity metrics are signals, not goals. Emeric also dives into how AI can multiply your efforts (for better or worse), and what it really takes to create memorable content that drives lasting ROI.

🎧 Actionable takeaways:

• Treat engagement as feedback, not a scoreboard

• Run campaigns that drive both awareness and demand

• Let AI handle the busywork, so you can focus on strategy

At the end of the day, the brands people remember are the ones that win.

SHOWPAGE: www.ninjacat.io/blog/wgm-podcast-cracking-the-code-on-social-media-roi

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