{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lead Smarter Podcast","title":"Going First: How to Lead Your Team Through the AI Shift | Brian Anderson","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b80fd97b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2592,"description":"\nBrian Anderson joined me on the show, and we explored what it takes to lead an organization through a shift as big as AI, and why that kind of leadership has to start with the leader going first.\n\nBrian is the CEO and co-founder of Augusto Digital, where he helps organizations harness AI, custom software, and rapid innovation to drive real business outcomes. He has spent over two decades building software, products, and teams, and has guided Augusto through a full pivot toward applied AI.\n\nIn our conversation, Brian was candid about the fear and uncertainty of changing direction, the decision to go all in on AI before his team was ready and what it meant to lead by example by doing the work himself first. Brian is honest about the flip side of moving forward, that not everyone comes along for the journey, including good people he valued.\n\nWe also got into something I keep coming back to. Brian made Augusto the first client of its own services, applying the same AI systems and processes internally before ever selling them to clients. His point was that it is a lot easier to sell something you have already lived with and have your own results to point to.\n\nThis was something deeper than a conversation about AI. It surfaced that change happens when the leader is willing to go first, sit in the discomfort of being ahead of the team and let the work make the case.\n\nWorth your time if you can see where your company needs to go but your team isn’t quite ready to follow.\n\nAbout Brian Anderson:\n\n\nBrian Anderson is the CEO and co-founder of Augusto Digital, where he helps organizations harness artificial intelligence, custom software, and rapid innovation to drive ROI-driven business outcomes. With over two decades of experience in software, product development, and entrepreneurship, Brian leads Augusto in guiding clients across industries through complex digital transformation and product development initiatives. His current focus is Augusto's AI Solutions practice,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/pd2s2P94mT11mXmLaa6lGo4REVcCrhyApW3nX5O-zKs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NmZl/YzQ3MGM0YWYzMDlh/NzExYzc5ZDIxOTE2/NDA3Yy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}