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Technology Adoption / Transformation Episodes

Adoption Matters More Than Sophistication — MEST Africa
May 5, 2026

Adoption Matters More Than Sophistication — MEST Africa

The best system is not the most advanced one. It is the one your team will actually use. Host Donna P. Mitchell goes inside the MEST Africa AI Startup Program in Accra, Ghana — where 30 entrepreneurs from 7 West African natio...

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The Adoption Gap Is Widening — And the Big Four Confirmed It
April 28, 2026

The Adoption Gap Is Widening — And the Big Four Confirmed It

In 2025, I said the AI adoption crisis would not be a technology problem. It would be a people problem. In 2026, BCG, McKinsey, MIT, and Gartner confirmed it with their own data. In this solo episode of Pivoting to Technology...

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Adoption Gaps Are Leadership Gaps in Disguise — Bryant Richardson, Real Blue Sky
April 14, 2026

Adoption Gaps Are Leadership Gaps in Disguise — Bryant Richardson, Re…

Adoption gaps are not technology problems. They areleadership gaps and experience gaps in disguise. In this episode, BryantRichardson, ICMI Top 25 CX Thought Leader two years running, explains why organizations keep failing...

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Your AI Doesn't Know Your Business — Diganta "Digs" Sengupta & Pradyumna "Prady" Kodgi, Oracle
March 31, 2026

Your AI Doesn't Know Your Business — Diganta "Digs" Sengupta & Pradyu…

70% of technology transformations fail. In this panel episode, two Oracle leaders explain why the AI adoption gap is widening — and what enterprises must fix before the next investment cycle. TOPICS COVERED: The adoption gap:...

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Why 70% Fail — Six Experts Expose the Gaps
March 24, 2026

Why 70% Fail — Six Experts Expose the Gaps

Why do 70% of technology transformations fail? Six experts. Six gaps. Mind the Gap. In this special compilation episode, Donna P. Mitchell brings together six of the sharpest voices from Pivoting to Technology Adoption to ans...

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From Crime Scenes to Med Tech — How Storytelling Drives Technology Adoption | Jason Ellinger
March 3, 2026

From Crime Scenes to Med Tech — How Storytelling Drives Technology Ad…

How does a news photojournalist covering crime scenes become a med tech storyteller funding nonprofit impact? In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell speaks with Jason Ellinger, Co-Founder of Beard & Bowler Productions, about how ...

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ARISE — The FREE AI Governance Framework Unifying Cybersecurity & Compliance | Paul Crafer
Feb. 24, 2026

ARISE — The FREE AI Governance Framework Unifying Cybersecurity & Com…

The FREE AI governance framework most organizations don't know exists

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Why 99% of Transformations Fail: The 3 Variables C-Suite Ignores | Chris Majer
Feb. 17, 2026

Why 99% of Transformations Fail: The 3 Variables C-Suite Ignores | Ch…

Chris Majer has generated $4 BILLION in documented results for clients like Microsoft, Intel, and AT&T. Here's what executives keep getting wrong.

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Why 70% of Students Never Enroll & What AI Is Doing About It | Jason Sherman
Jan. 20, 2026

Why 70% of Students Never Enroll & What AI Is Doing About It | Jason …

Did you know 70% of students who visit a university website never enroll? In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell speaks with Jason Sherman, Founder of Vengo AI and Campus Pixel, about how AI is transforming enterprise operations ...

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Why AI Projects Fail: An Oracle Strategist on Data, Guardrails & the 70% Problem | Diganta "Digs" Sen Gupta
Jan. 6, 2026

Why AI Projects Fail: An Oracle Strategist on Data, Guardrails & the …

Why do 70% of AI projects fail? In this milestone Episode 100, Donna P. Mitchell sits down with Diganta "Digs" Sen Gupta — Forbes Technology Council member, IEEE AI Governance Committee member, and Oracle enterprise architect...

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Expanding the Mission: Meet The Transformation Authority™
Dec. 16, 2025

Expanding the Mission: Meet The Transformation Authority™

70% of technology transformation projects are failing — not because of the technology, but because of adoption. It's human. After 48 years witnessing transformations across telecommunications, aviation, airline, healthcare/ph...

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Why Technology Is Never the Issue (ft. Naila Qazi, CEO CCL Canada)
Nov. 19, 2025

Why Technology Is Never the Issue (ft. Naila Qazi, CEO CCL Canada)

Why Technology Is Never the Issue: The Real Gap Slowing Digital Transformation Naila Qazi, CEO of CCL Canada, reveals why digital transformation failures have nothing to do with technology—and everything to do with fear, skep...

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Discover IKA The Future of User Interfaces with Carlos Mats and Donna Mitchell
Feb. 20, 2025

Discover IKA The Future of User Interfaces with Carlos Mats and Donna…

Thrilled to introduce a visionary technologist, artist, and designer, Carlos Mats, as our guest. Carlos, the creator of IKA, joins us to delve into his groundbreaking project that's transforming the future of web interfaces a...

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The Elements of a Culture Change with Donna Mitchell
Oct. 25, 2023

The Elements of a Culture Change with Donna Mitchell

The advent of new technologies calls for a culture change that goes beyond a having business plan and making changes to your business goals. Join us in this special presentation of Pivoting to Web3 as Donna shares her wisdom ...

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