Why AI Automation Fails, and What to Fix Before You Automate Anything
Most AI automation projects fail for a reason that has nothing to do with the software, and the fix …
The AI Hat Podcast
Practitioner conversations on clearing Admin Drag and building a Digital Crew.
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Most months, I sit down with people actually doing this work, not predicting it, to talk about redesigning the work before you bolt on more AI. Whether that's an insurance agency buried in quoting and renewals, a sales team walking into SKO, or a marketing team drowning in reporting, the drag is the same, and so is the fix.
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Flight Log · Recent Transmissions
The work, on the record.
How to Increase Insurance Agent Productivity Without Buying Another Tool
Your best people lose hours every week to nothing but switching between systems, and the AI you boug…
AI Belongs on Your Org Chart, Not Your Tech Stack
Two of my podcasts died at 12 episodes. The one with a Showrunner just passed 120. The difference wa…
Stop Losing $30K a Month Per Rep: The AI Sales Enablement Playbook with Vernon Ross
Your best reps are stuck onboarding, not closing. Vernon Ross shares an AI sales enablement playbook…
Map the Workflow Before You Buy the Tool
Dan Knowlton on why his agency starts every AI implementation with workflow mapping, not tool shoppi…
Redesign the Work First: Inside a Revenue Team's AI-Connected Stack
Amanda Rubin, Head of Revenue at Frameplay, on building an AI-connected revenue stack that captures …
Crew Manifest
People doing the work, not predicting it.
Guests are chosen for the rooms they work in, insurance, revenue, marketing, not for follower counts.
KB
Kai Blakeborough
Senior Research Analyst · Brotherhood Mutual
What clearing Admin Drag looks like inside an insurance carrier, from quoting and renewals to underwriting research.
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Vernon Ross
MEDDPICC Sales Leader
Built AI sales enablement for teams at P&G, GE, and AT&T, and shares the playbook on the show.
AM
Asavari Moon
Marketing · Google, L’Oréal, Uber
Enterprise marketing leadership, on what the work looks like without the reporting grind.
Mission Profile · Four Threads
Name the Drag. Build the Crew.
Plot the Path
Admin Drag
The 70% of the week your best people lose to work they were never hired to do.
Work the Problem
Redesign the Work First
Why 95% of AI pilots fail: they're software installs, not workflow redesigns.
Hold the Line
Sanctioning the Shadow
Ungoverned AI use is a risk, not a reason to ban it.
Bring It Home
The Agentic Shift
Moving from AI that talks to AI that does.
Crew Assignments
Different rooms, same drag.
If your best people are buried in work they were never hired to do, this show is for you.
Room 01
Insurance advisors & producers
Drowning in quoting and renewals.
Room 02
Revenue leaders
Losing reps to CRM admin.
Room 03
Marketing teams
Stuck in reporting and repurposing.
Room 04
Operators & founders
Who are their own bottleneck.
Host Mike Allton · On Console
Meet Mike
Practitioner first. Futurist never.
I'm Mike Allton, and I host this show the same way I approach a keynote stage: practitioner first, futurist never. I run my own business on the same systems I teach, so when I talk about clearing Admin Drag and building a Digital Crew, it's because I've done it on my own team first.
Every conversation here is about redesigning the work before you deploy AI, whatever room you sit in.
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