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Flying blind across every portal

September 9, 2026

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If nobody at your company has been named responsible for AI, you're not the only one — and that's worth taking seriously.

My co-host Trisha Merriam checked her own client portfolio on the show today, across every account she supports.

"And I can say that across all of the client portals I support right now, there is no AI leader that's been identified in any of those clients. They're all winging it. They're all flying blind. And they have not designated anybody to be their leader."

Worth asking out loud this week: who owns that decision where you work?

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