David HirschfeldFounder & CEO, Tekyz Inc. · Founder & CEO at Tekyz Corp | Software Startup Acceleration, AI Experts, Workflow Automation, Board

AI adoption fails when leaders don’t lead.

5 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker argues that AI adoption stalls when leaders act only as enforcers rather than as cultural pull‑leaders. He contrasts short‑term compliance with sustainable, long‑term adoption, emphasizing that leaders must actively champion AI change. To free himself, he has hired additional team members, allowing him to personally take on the AI “yoke” and drive the initiative forward. He announces a shift from spending an hour per week on AI to dedicating an entire day to systematically identify and automate repeated tasks, urging his team to join him on this journey.

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But if you're not an entrepreneur in the front pulling the rope, like pulling the whole team to the adoption of the culture, then you're gonna get short-term compliance. Yes. Versus long-term adoption. And so now what I'm doing, I would say, is I'm getting outta my own way. I've hired a couple more team members to take some stuff off my plate. And now what I'm doing is I'm getting in, I'm putting on the yoke, if you will, of AI. And I'm starting to charge forward and I'm telling my team members to come with me on this journey. And we're gonna be moving from an hour a week to a full day. Okay. An entire day of all we're gonna do is say, what are the repeated tasks?