Bought Copilot. Nobody uses it? Modern Workery helps organizations build AI Champion networks and gives champions the practical support to keep adoption moving.

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Turn on the news or scroll social media and AI is either saving the world or ending it. Inside your organization, people feel both. Adam and Chevelle dig into the wonder and the worry of AI, why it hits so much harder than learning a new spreadsheet tool, and why research shows the more people use AI, the less they worry overall and the more specific their concerns become. They share the stories that never make the headlines, from an employee whose work life turned around with Copilot to Microsoft's Seeing AI app to a washer and dryer saga that saved Adam real money. Then they get practical about what leaders can do. Acknowledge real concerns, be clear about your intentions, give people a place to share their AI wins, and walk side by side with your team through the change. That's exactly the kind of local, trusted support a champion network is built to provide.

0:00 Welcome and corporate speak at home

1:40 The wonder and the worry of AI

2:00 Why AI is more emotional than learning Excel

4:20 Work, identity, and the fear of being replaced

7:50 Why we only hear the bad news (the Tesla example)

10:15 Using AI without knowing what a prompt is

11:10 How reactions to AI have evolved

12:15 The more you use AI, the more specific your worries get

13:20 When a networking event turned into a cage match

15:00 Y2K and our history of fearing change

15:50 In the absence of knowledge, we create our own narrative

17:15 "What do you do?" and being seen as part of the problem

18:30 How Copilot changed one employee's work life

20:00 Microsoft Seeing AI and the stories we don't hear

22:00 Adam's washer and dryer Copilot win

23:15 AI as a homework helper for parents 24:50 How leaders can balance worry and wonder

27:30 Don't pile on more work, celebrate the wins

28:15 Walking through the haunted forest together

ABOUT MODERN WORKERY

Modern Workery helps organizations build and empower AI Champion networks. We give leaders a practical operating model and give champions the playbooks, coaching, and ready-to-use resources to help colleagues apply AI to real work. Process first. Small wins first. Then build from there. Practical AI. Real work. Real results.

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MEET THE HOSTS

Chevelle Bedra, Founder and Principal AI Strategist Chevelle brings experience leading a large enterprise Microsoft Copilot rollout. 77,000 users. 93% adoption. 2 months. https://www.linkedin.com/in/chevellebedra/

Adam Espinosa, Co-Founder and VP of Development and Client Growth https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamespinosa2019/

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