Ai Change Desk

Michael Hanna-Butros Meyering

AI Change Desk helps leaders, managers, and operators make sense of AI changes and run adoption without hype. Every episode follows one format: context, impact, and action.

Episodes

  1. 1D AGO

    AI policy basics for operators: what this week changed

    EP002: AI policy basics for operators. This episode translates AI policy concepts into practical operating decisions for leaders, managers, and delivery teams. Episode: 002 Title: AI policy basics for operators Runtime: 10m 30s Host: Michael Hanna-Butros Meyering AI policy works only when it is written as operational guidance people can apply in daily workflows. 00:00 Why AI policy fails in real teams 01:20 Story 1: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and model-change governance 04:40 Story 2: AI infrastructure cost signals and procurement controls 07:40 Action block: policy + change management implementation 09:40 Monday-morning actions + outro Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 4.6 (February 17, 2026), which reinforces the need for model-upgrade controls and evaluation gates in internal policy. Anthropic announced it will cover electricity price increases tied to data-center growth (February 17, 2026), making infrastructure impact a practical procurement and governance issue. Scope: which AI use cases are allowed, restricted, or prohibited. Data: which data classes may be used with which tools. Controls: review, logging, exception handling, and escalation. Accountability: who owns policy updates and incident response. Add a model-change trigger section to your AI policy (when re-evaluation is mandatory). Add three infrastructure-risk questions to AI vendor intake. Run one manager briefing with a clear script for allowed/restricted use. Audit one active AI workflow for drift between policy and real usage. Anthropic, “Announcing Claude Sonnet 4.6”: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-6 TechCrunch coverage, “Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6”: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/anthropic-releases-claude-sonnet-4-6/ Anthropic, “Covering electricity price increases from AI data centers”: https://www.anthropic.com/news/covering-electricity-price-increases Reuters coverage (via Investing.com): https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/anthropic-to-cover-electricity-price-increases-in-areas-where-it-builds-data-centers-3894580 NIST AI Risk Management Framework: https://www.nist.gov/itl/ai-risk-management-framework NIST Generative AI Profile: https://www.nist.gov/publications/artificial-intelligence-risk-management-framework-generative-artificial-intelligence OECD AI Principles: https://oecd.ai/en/ai-principles ISO/IEC 42001 overview: https://www.iso.org/standard/81230.html This episode uses AI-assisted production tools (voice rendering, editing support, and publishing automation). Final editorial and risk decisions are human-led.

    10 min
  2. FEB 11

    Welcome to AI Change Desk

    Welcome to episode one of AI Change Desk. This launch episode introduces the mission of the show and a practical framework you can use immediately to manage AI rollout decisions in your organization. Episode: EP001 Title: Welcome to AI Change Desk Runtime: 6m 25s (launch edition) Host: Michael Hanna-Butros Meyering 00:00 Cold open: the 3 questions teams keep asking about AI 00:42 Intro (show ID) 00:57 Show mission: AI as an operating shift, not a tool announcement 01:39 Plain-English definitions: AI, LLM, and change management 02:34 Personal context + why this show exists 03:21 Boundaries + AI-use disclosure 04:06 Show contract: practical, credible, actionable 04:39 4D Desk Memo: Decision, Data, Drift, Deployment 05:30 Inner workflow: how this podcast is produced 06:04 Listener question + outro 06:15 Outro (show close) AI rollouts fail more often from adoption and governance gaps than model quality. Treat AI changes as operational decisions with clear ownership and controls. Use the 4D Desk Memo to make fast, defensible decisions: Decision, Data, Drift, and Deployment. This episode used AI-assisted production for: Script drafting support Voice synthesis through an authorized ElevenLabs voice model Packaging and publishing automation Final editorial decisions, risk posture, and publication approval were made by Michael Hanna-Butros Meyering. Daily research scan Source verification and editorial filtering Script lock in Context -> Impact -> Action format Voice rendering through ElevenLabs API Audio QA RSS.com episode publishing Google Cloud Storage + Google Sites web publishing ElevenLabs API quickstart: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-api/quickstart RSS.com Core API docs: https://api.rss.com/v4/docs Google Cloud Storage static hosting: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/hosting-static-website Episode page: https://www.michaelhbm.com/AIChangeDesk/episodes/ep001-welcome-to-ai-change-desk.html Transcript (TXT): https://storage.googleapis.com/site-app-html/AIChangeDesk/transcripts/ep001-welcome-to-ai-change-desk.txt RSS feed: https://media.rss.com/aichangedesk/feed.xml What is one AI-related decision your organization keeps postponing right now?

    6 min

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AI Change Desk helps leaders, managers, and operators make sense of AI changes and run adoption without hype. Every episode follows one format: context, impact, and action.