There's no free lunch here: AI rollout still needs humans

Original author：Getting AI To Work by Brennan McDonald

Original source：https://www.youtube.com/embed/155KOkSgNLA

📩 Getting AI To Work: https://www.brennanmcdonald.com 📩 AI Risk & Response: https://airiskandresponse.substack.com/ In this video, I claim that Anthropic, Google and enterprise buyers are exposing the real AI rollout problem. The constraint is not whether the tools can help, it is whether a business can change how work actually gets done. Agentic coding tools, Codex, API usage, token costs and regulated-industry governance are pulling leaders into a harder AI adoption problem than most hype videos admit. For leaders trying to get change management right, AI job loss, consulting firms, BPOs and operating-model choices all matter, but the hard part is getting teams to trust new workflows without pretending risk and incentives disappear. 0:00 Why AI adoption feels different now 1:30 Why failed AI pilots age badly 2:20 Agentic coding tools hit the office 4:13 Why AI agents increase token demand 6:46 The messy truth about AI job loss 8:41 Why change management is the crux 10:00 AI governance in regulated industries 11:18 Consulting firms and AI rollout work 13:47 Why enterprise AI moves slowly 15:55 Why leaders overpay for AI models 17:19 Multi-model workflows and token cost 19:14 How AI changes operating models 20:07 Change playbooks for hesitant teams 22:03 Choose your human and AI balance #AIRollout #AgenticAI #ChangeManagement