AI Data Readiness Part 4: What Leaders Must Do Before Anyone Touches AI

📅 March 3, 2026 🎙️ Trisha Merriam , Chris Carolan

Too many executives are saying, "Go figure out how to use AI to do your job better." That is not leadership. That is delegation without direction. On this LinkedIn Live, we're getting practical about what leaders should actually be doing right now to move their organization toward AI readiness. What organizations need right now are AI orchestrators. People who understand architecture, documentat...

Key Takeaways

1 Just In Time leaders invest in documentation and architecture before the AI moment — not after
2 Every organization needs an AI orchestrator: someone who owns documentation standards and data architecture
3 You almost never start from scratch — existing emails, transcripts, and SOPs are already your AI foundation
4 The leadership question isn't "which AI tool should we buy?" — it's "show me our documentation"
5 The 700-to-2 support transformation was a 2-month documentation investment, not an AI deployment

Show Notes

Key Topics Covered

  • Just In Case vs Just In Time leadership
  • The AI Orchestrator role
  • Documentation as readiness infrastructure
  • Leadership language and structures for AI readiness
  • The 700-to-2 support story as a leadership story

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