Welcome to episode one of AI Change Desk.

This launch episode introduces the mission of the show and a practical framework you can use immediately to manage AI rollout decisions in your organization.

• Episode: EP001
• Title: Welcome to AI Change Desk
• Runtime: 6m 25s (launch edition)
• Host: Michael Hanna-Butros Meyering

• 00:00 Cold open: the 3 questions teams keep asking about AI
• 00:42 Intro (show ID)
• 00:57 Show mission: AI as an operating shift, not a tool announcement
• 01:39 Plain-English definitions: AI, LLM, and change management
• 02:34 Personal context + why this show exists
• 03:21 Boundaries + AI-use disclosure
• 04:06 Show contract: practical, credible, actionable
• 04:39 4D Desk Memo: Decision, Data, Drift, Deployment
• 05:30 Inner workflow: how this podcast is produced
• 06:04 Listener question + outro
• 06:15 Outro (show close)

• AI rollouts fail more often from adoption and governance gaps than model quality.
• Treat AI changes as operational decisions with clear ownership and controls.
• Use the 4D Desk Memo to make fast, defensible decisions: Decision, Data, Drift, and Deployment.

This episode used AI-assisted production for:

• Script drafting support
• Voice synthesis through an authorized ElevenLabs voice model
• Packaging and publishing automation

Final editorial decisions, risk posture, and publication approval were made by Michael Hanna-Butros Meyering.

• Daily research scan
• Source verification and editorial filtering
• Script lock in Context -> Impact -> Action format
• Voice rendering through ElevenLabs API
• Audio QA
• RSS.com episode publishing
• Google Cloud Storage + Google Sites web publishing

• ElevenLabs API quickstart: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-api/quickstart
• RSS.com Core API docs: https://api.rss.com/v4/docs
• Google Cloud Storage static hosting: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/hosting-static-website
• Episode page: https://www.michaelhbm.com/AIChangeDesk/episodes/ep001-welcome-to-ai-change-desk.html
• Transcript (TXT): https://storage.googleapis.com/site-app-html/AIChangeDesk/transcripts/ep001-welcome-to-ai-change-desk.txt
• RSS feed: https://media.rss.com/aichangedesk/feed.xml

What is one AI-related decision your organization keeps postponing right now?