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CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel

Your $20 AI Budget Is Not An AI Strategy

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel · Sep 4, 2026 · 7:33

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In today's episode:

Handing every employee a small monthly AI budget and calling it innovation turns out to be hiding a much bigger problem underneath.

How companies adjust when employees secretly pay out of pocket for AI tools.

A manufacturing site visit shows exactly what real AI-driven time savings looks like when it's pointed at the right kind of work.

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.

John Frehse, Global Head of Labor Strategies at Ankura, joins Jessica to discuss why handing employees a small AI budget isn't a real strategy, and what more thoughtful approaches to enterprise AI adoption look like.



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