Episodes

Most digital transformations fail at the people layer, not the technology layer. After 25+ years and 400+ clients, Dusty Gulleson, CEO of Tectonic, has seen the same pattern repeat: organizations start with the platform, forc...

Messaging is not the same thing as meaning. And until executives understand that, 70% of technology transformations will keep failing for the same reason. In this episode of Pivoting to Technology Adoption, host Donna P. Mitc...

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...

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...

Three financial services leaders. 77 combined years across fintech, insurance, and commercial banking. They have never met, never compared notes, and never coordinated a message. And they all arrived at the same conclusion: A...

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...

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:...

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...

Integration is not a back-end IT function — it is a business foundation. In this episode, Oracle's Pradyumna Kodgi explains why enterprises that skip integration strategy before adopting AI are setting themselves up for failu...

Why do 70% of enterprise AI transformations fail? Because organizations chase tools instead of strategy. In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell speaks with Rupali Kumbhani — Global Strategic Transformation Executive who has led e...

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 ...

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

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

AI reduced FinTech development from 125 hours to 25 hours. But it will never replace commercial lenders. In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell speaks with Walt Postlewait — 30-year commercial banking veteran, CDFI leader who dep...

Why do so many enterprises fail at AI adoption? The technology works — but the governance doesn't. In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell speaks with Srinath Chandramohan — Senior Manager at Ernst & Young with 17+ years driving e...

Your AI is making decisions in your name right now. But can you prove why? In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell speaks with Allen Martinez — founder of Noble Digital and creator of the BXAI-OS framework — about why 84% of AI fa...

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 ...

Why do 70% of technology transformations fail? It's not the technology — it's the adoption. In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell speaks with Jeff Mahony, a technologist with three decades of experience building scalable financi...

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...

Social media is not publicity. Period. In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell speaks with Jill Lublin — 4x best-selling author and master publicity strategist who has worked with Phillips Corporation, Hewlett Packard, and major e...

Rich Bornstein helped launch Robert Redford's Sundance TV and has worked with Disney, Warner Brothers, Universal, Paramount, ESPN, Apple TV, CNBC, and the History Channel. In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell sits down with Ric...

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...

In this episode, Donna Mitchell speaks with Dennis Meador, founder of the Legal Podcast Network and nationally recognized expert in legal marketing. With over 25 years of experience, Dennis helps professionals build authority...

In this episode, Donna Mitchell speaks with Michael Toguchi, Chief Strategy Officer at Orchestrate (a division of E Resources), about digital transformation specifically designed for mission-driven organizations. Michael shar...