AI: Voice or Victim?

AI feels new. It isn’t.

In this episode of AI: Voice or Victim, Erica Rooney sits down with Walk West Director of Client Services Susie Tunnicliffe to talk about how AI is showing up in real work environments right now.

Susie breaks down how her team is using AI across client services, from research and competitive analysis to QA testing and business development. She also explains why most people are overthinking where to start and what actually matters when you begin.
The conversation gets into the reality of client concerns around privacy, how to use AI responsibly, and what it looks like to introduce these tools without losing trust. 

You will also hear how Walk West is building a culture where teams are encouraged to experiment, make mistakes, and figure out what works.
If you are still on the sidelines with AI, this episode gives you a clear place to begin.

What You’ll Learn
  • Why AI has been around longer than most people think
  • How to use AI for research, QA, and client strategy
  • Where client concerns about AI actually show up
  • How to introduce AI without breaking trust
  • Why curiosity matters more than expertise when starting
  • Real examples of AI improving workflows
Chapters 
00:00 AI has been here longer than you think
01:00 Meet Susie Tunnicliffe
02:00 A people first approach to client services
03:00 How AI started showing up at work
04:00 Internal use cases for AI
05:00 Research and competitive analysis with AI
06:00 What Certified Walk West Way means
07:00 Handling client data and privacy concerns
08:00 Where companies hesitate with AI
10:00 Real use case: AI in QA and testing
11:30 Where beginners should start
13:00 Learning AI through experimentation
14:00 Using AI in business development
15:30 Building a culture that supports testing and learning
18:00 What happens when AI outputs are wrong
19:00 Advice for new employees using AI
20:00 Tools that actually help day to day work
22:00 How AI improves focus in meetings
23:00 What comes next for AI in client services
24:00 Last Chat segment

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Susie: Ai, like when we talk about
it now, it feels very new and fresh.

But I always go back to, Siri
is a great example for me.

I've been using it for years to set
timers and alarms and reminders.

Um, so it's always been there spellcheck,
like all of that's always been around,

but now it's really evolved into using
more of those large language models.

Um, so I think it's always been
like, it's always been there,

but now it's really taking off
and using it in a different way.

Greg Boone: AI isn't the future,
it's now, and whether you're in HR,

sales, operations, or leadership, the
choices you make today will determine

whether you thrive or get left behind.

Erica Rooney: All right y'all.

Today's a special, special episode
because we have an in-house guest

today on ai, voice or victim.

I am joined by my colleague Susie Tiff.

The Mrs. Susie Tunnicliffe because she
just got married y'all, but she is Walk

West Director of Client Services and she
leads some of the biggest accounts y'all.

She brings a mix of creative and
analytical problem solving to.

Every single challenge that I see
her face, and she's helping drive

our, how our team thinks about AI on
the client side and in client work.

So we're gonna dive into what the
hashtag certified walk West Way means,

how AI is shaping client services.

And how we are encouraging our
teams and clients to explore

AI with curiosity and purpose.

Susie, welcome.

Susie: Thank you.

Erica Rooney: How's it feel to
be on this side of the camera?

Susie: Good.

Love it.

Erica Rooney: She said Good.

We're

Susie: ready.

Erica Rooney: She's like, I'm gonna be
on this, on the reg, but I wanna dive

in because you know, I'm relatively
new here, so I didn't know all of

this about you, but you've worked
with brands like Crocs, Josh Sellers,

Pendleton Whiskey, Charlotte fc.

The North Carolina
Department of Transportation.

Whew.

How has your approach to client
services evolved in the recent years?

Susie: Yeah, I mean, I think it's
always stayed relatively the same.

I'm a very people first, um, account
executive account leader, so I really like

to dive in, know what my clients like,
what they don't like, how they learn too,

because I think that helps us really shape
the way that we provide them information.

Um, but I think over the years it's really
just stayed the same that I really like

to dive in and get to know them for.

First, and then help me dive in
to understand what's problems

they have and how we can help fix

Erica Rooney: curiosity mindset.

Yes, absolutely.

And because this is the AI show, I
want to hear about how AI started

to show up for you at Walk West.

What was your story?

How did you feel about it?

Susie: Yeah, I mean, I think.

Ai, like when we talk about it
now, it feels very new and fresh.

But I always go back to, Siri
is a great example for me.

I've been using it for years to set
timers and alarms and reminders.

Um, so it's always been there spellcheck,
like all of that's always been around,

but now it's really evolved into using
more of those large language models.

Um, so I think it's always been
like, it's always been there,

but now it's really taking off
and using it in a different way.

Erica Rooney: Yeah.

Did you ever have any like, anxiety
about it once it really became

mainstream kind of in the work?

Culture way.

Susie: Um, I mean, I don't know.

I don't know that it's like anxiety.

I think it still goes
back to that curiosity.

It's not ever going to replace what
I do and I would love to see it try.

But um, I mean, I think it's just getting
in and understanding how you can use it

and where it really has its best value.

Erica Rooney: Well, that's one of
the things that Greg and I often talk

about are the five Cs of humanity
and curiosity being one of them.

Like it can know all of these things
and generate all of this content,

but it's never going to really get
to that why behind the why behind.

Why?

Susie: Yeah.

Erica Rooney: And really
get to the root of that, so.

How are you using it now at Walk West?

Internally, client facing, like, I kind
of really wanna dive in here 'cause I

know people have a lot of questions when
it comes to AI and the client side, but

first let's talk about internal use.

Susie: Yeah, so internally we use
Asana as a project management system.

They have a great AI built in, so
I use it pretty frequently to just

gut check timelines, gut check what
I have already built out from my

knowledge, or even give me that starting
point that then I can fine tune.

Um, really just 'cause it helps
speed things along and a lot of

times there's just things that can
get missed that it might pick up on.

Um, but even outside
of that, we use Gemini.

So using that a lot from either like
kickoff questions is a great example.

We have some that we've used for
years, but where we might be able to

tailor it, um, or even giving that
like deeper dive into a client and what

its, you know, ecosystem is looking
like so that we're better prepared

kind of jumping into a project.

Erica Rooney: Hmm.

Are you using it on that research
end to really kind of like.

Just source all their websites
and pull all that information.

How do you know if the
information it pulls is correct?

Susie: Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of
it goes back to like fact checking.

So I won't always take it at face value.

You still do your own deep
dive, but it gives you at least

a place to jump in and start.

So, um.

Especially, I like to use it from a
competitive analysis point of view.

So sometimes clients have who they think,
but it might pull something differently.

So using it as kind of
a checks and balances.

Um, and then always asking
clients too, like, you know,

this is what I'm kind of seeing.

Does that make sense to
you or does that feel off?

Erica Rooney: Does anything look weird?

Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

I've used it before to do a SWOT
analysis between two clients.

It worked really great for about
75% of what I needed it to do,

and the other 25% was like, whoa,
where the heck did that come from?

And it was so out there that even
I knew it was wrong, but I love

that because it really does help
open your eyes and give you more.

Potential possibilities for the client
when you compare and contrast with

different competitors out there.

So it's super interesting.

Okay.

I have been seeing all over
social media, all over LinkedIn,

hashtag certified Walk West Way.

Can you tell me what that's about?

Susie: Yeah, so it's a great internal
initiative that we've kicked off.

Um, really helping to explore our
team's curiosity and getting them

more comfortable with using ai.

Um, so what we've been doing is over
the past three months, having um,

every team member play around in
Coursera, play around with what AI

certifications make sense for them, um,
and really just being able to dive in.

I think they have a great resource of.

Variety of content too.

So it makes it a little bit more adaptive
for, you know, what I might be interested

in is very different than what a creative
team member might be using AI for.

So it really allows you to kind of
choose your own industry, choose

your own focus, um, and then
explore what options are out there.

So, I mean, I know we have our AI kind
of tech stack, but what are those other

things that companies are using that
we might be able to adopt as well?

Erica Rooney: Interesting, and I love it.

I overheard it.

It was hashtag bought girl summer,
and I was like, that's it for me.

I'm done.

I'm on that team.

I don't even know who's on
it, but I'm on that team.

All right, so now let's talk about
AI with the client, because we

talked about doing it for competitive
research, kind of getting our

curiosity, our creativity going.

How are you making sure that
client privacy and confidentiality

are always respected?

It's always just.

Tight buttoned up.

The client feels secure.

Susie: Yeah, I mean, I think
we do it in a variety of ways.

There's a lot of ways to
keep, um, animos animosity,

Erica Rooney: animosity,

Susie: animosity.

Erica Rooney: Yeah.

Whew.

Susie: Uh, keep animosity
as you're doing searching.

So if.

Um, we use Google as a company,
so we have that at a corporate

level, but even sometimes it's nice
to kind of cross reference with

chat GBT or other providers too.

So where we don't have that corporate
level, using a little bit more

ambiguous search and making sure
that privacy is still considered

is always kind of top of mind.

Um, but I think we can do
it in a variety of ways too.

A lot of times what we're searching and
kind of, um, looking for isn't something

that would be super confidential.

So it's not like we're
putting, um, data or analytics.

Or first party data into, um, an
AI tool that we wouldn't have a

corporate level agreement with.

Um, so really keeping that in mind
and making sure that we're, you

know, not opening up any books.

Erica Rooney: And I'm assuming you're
being very transparent with the client

about, Hey, here is how we use ai.

This is how your data will be
used, protected, and make sure that

they're both comfortable with that.

Are you finding that most companies
are okay or do you think that there

are some that are still kind of
hesitant about providing that data?

Susie: Yeah, I think
we see it in a variety.

I think it goes back
to how it's being used.

I don't know that anyone has ever,
you know, expressed concerns with us

using it to have note taking or, um,
you know, generating questions for

interviews or anything like that.

But especially when it comes to more
of the analysis, more of using their

first party data, I think that's where
there's still some level of concern.

Um, so it really just goes
back to understanding where.

What their policy is as well and
how we can adhere to that, but

also be more efficient on our end.

Erica Rooney: See, this is what's
so interesting to me because I think

everybody is accustomed to the note taking
because that's been going on for years.

People are like, it's great, it,
you know, it's wonderful for a DA

compliance and this, that, and the other.

And so they're fine with entire
conversations being recorded,

which in my HR world, that's
like, oh God, no, you know?

But now they're like, no, no,
no, don't put my data into ai.

And I kind of wanna say like, it's.

Almost already there.

I mean, I know there's a
lot that's not out there.

There's IP and things like that,
but most data's already out there.

Do you find that people.

Have a heavy concern about where their
client data is going once it's inside,

like the Walk West ai or do they feel
pretty good about the safeguards?

Susie: That's a good question.

I actually don't know.

Yeah, I think we haven't really run into
it, um, yet, so I think for the most part.

What we're doing and using is
within, you know, our regulations.

So there's not any outward concern.

Um, but I think that's a good question.

Erica Rooney: I also think
because Walk West is doing so

much AI internally, training wise
externally, that it's like, okay.

We know what we're doing, which,
you know, spoiler alert we do,

but that's really interesting.

Okay.

I wanna hear a use case, like I
love hearing tangible use cases.

So do you have a story you can tell me
when AI helped solve a client challenge or

maybe made a team process more efficient?

Susie: Yeah, I mean I think a
area that I work within a lot is

within web design and development.

And I will be very honest that
that is not always my forte.

It's not my background, but it's
something that I like kind of exploring.

So when we go into a new product launch,
a bigger website launch, um, QA and

testing is super, super important.

And I used it last year for
a pretty big launch that.

Helped me build out some test casing
for our team to use, but also for the

client to use because they really needed
that documented from every angle of

how users are coming into the website,
how they're going through a checkout

experience and what that looks like.

And I think, you know, with QA and
testing, there's always a level of human

error and it's honestly appreciated
because that's how you find bugs and

how you find, you know, ways to fix the.

Site.

Um, so I used it to, I gave the website
that we were using where we knew that

people would be coming in and helping
to build out what are all those test

cases that we might need to look at.

Um, so really using it to compare against
what we already had internally and find,

you know, other areas of entry points that
we might not have initially considered.

Um, and being able to really build
that out in a more robust way.

Erica Rooney: I like it.

I wanna ask this question too.

If you were mentoring, you know, a
mini Susie and saying, Hey, here's

how you should first start using ai,
what would be the very first step

that you would give Lil Baby Susie?

Susie: Yeah, I mean, I would say use
it in a way that makes sense for you.

Um, I mean, I feel like a broken
record, but a lot of it goes back

to like the curiosity side of it.

So if there's a question
that you have, um.

Honestly compare and contrast, put it
into Google, put it into a chat and

see what the differences come back to.

Um, but I think really it's just kind of
jumping in and figuring out the way that

it makes sense for how you work and learn.

And then over time you'll get
more comfortable and be able

to use it in additional ways.

Um, but I think especially now
where it used to be, you know,

just Google a question, now you
have something that can go a step.

Further

Erica Rooney: girl, I can't even Google
a question anymore is all I know,

but I just go straight to chat GPT.

But what I also find so interesting,
and I think is gonna be really key

for adoption and Suce successful
adoption, is if we approach.

Playing with AI like a kid, right?

Because, and I'm thinking about
this weekend with my daughter.

We were doing this new arts and crafts
project, and of course she was not

getting everything in a straight line.

Beautiful, perfect.

She's seven and she's like, it's not good.

And I'm like, you have to practice.

You have to get better.

You have to try different techniques and.

See what works and see what doesn't.

And these first few ones
are gonna be really messy.

And now I'm seeing that through that
lens of like, that's how we need to be

teaching our people to use ai, talking
to our clients about using AI and letting

them know like, Hey, the first few times
you do this, it's not gonna look great.

So like, let's practice, let's do
some low stakes things, and then

as we get better, let's advance.

Susie: Absolutely.

Erica Rooney: That's
what I'd tell baby Suzy.

I love it.

Okay.

I wanna talk biz dev because you and our
fantastic account executive Andrew, have

recently used AI for some biz dev pitches.

You wanna tell me about that?

Susie: Sure.

So I think this goes back to ways
that we can use it and just, um.

Smarter way.

Typically when we're doing a new biz or
kind of presentation pitch, um, there's

a lot of research that goes into it.

So getting that understanding of
the industry that we're looking at

competitors, the company itself, where
there's able, um, where there's areas

of opportunity for us to jump in.

Um, and we used it for a
local company that was looking

at, um, doing a big launch.

They're coming up on their
hundredth anniversary.

So what one, what are examples of other
companies locally that have done, um,

a centennial kind of announcement,
but also they had some concerns around

just like public understanding and
persona of what they do, who they

compete with, really how they operate.

Um, and we were able to put that into
the deep research in Gemini and pull

a variety of different, you know,
competitors, how they different, how they.

How they, how differ,

Erica Rooney: how they differ,

Susie: uh, how they differ
from, you know, other areas.

And then also look into what is that
like customer sentiment and what are

people saying online that we might be
able to use to help show other areas of

opportunity for them that, you know, yes.

They're coming up to a big year for,
um, their company, but also here's

what people are saying about you
and how can we use that to tailor

insights to really make this better.

Um, so it really helps just
expedite the process, I think.

Previously it would take us a couple
of weeks to really get that amount of

information and understanding of a client
and would do more, you know, kickoffs

and have more of that face-to-face time.

Where now I think it really
helped us stand apart.

'cause we already had a
great understanding of.

What they were looking for and really
helped us stand a part of, um, being

able to come to the table with action
ideas right from the beginning.

Erica Rooney: Yeah.

So many interesting things you
could do with it too, right?

Yeah.

When just talking about how you
can train your ais to adopt their

language, their lingo, their
culture, their vibes, everything.

You know, there's no
learning curve though.

It just, again, it baffles me,
but, all right, girl, I have

seen in the Slack channels.

Ooh.

She didn't know I was gonna talk
about Slack, but I have seen in the

Slack channels you are encouraging
your team to test AI with clients.

And I was like, oh girl.

Because as HR person leaders
need to do that, so thank you.

But why do you think it's important
that these teams experiment?

Susie: I think it's.

Really just getting comfortable with it.

Like you said, it's a lot of practicing
and um, I think the way to make it

less scary or less intimidating is
just by doing it and sometimes it's

doing it in a way that makes sense
for what you're interested in too.

So I kind of go back to how we're
doing the AI certifications and

you can change them based on what
you want to learn more about.

I kind of approach it
similarly with our team.

Um, so we were doing just like an
internal challenge across our teams

to do some deep research on either an
industry that you want to learn more of.

Out for a client if you're stuck and
you don't really know what else we

might be able to recommend to them, um,
or just anything that's of interest to

you and really be able to take that.

Pull together a really co like
comprehensive document for our

team of here's what they're
seeing as an industry trend.

Here's, you know, areas that, that
is, um, that they're struggling or

that they're excelling right now.

And how we can take that and really use
it to our advantage and learn from it.

Um, so.

It gives us some learning, which is
fun in its own sense, but then also

the ability to really just jump in and
use the tools, um, and then take it

a step further and have it dissect it
and make it into a presentation deck or

do something, um, to make it a little
bit more tangible so that we are just

more comfortable and able to pull those
type of recommendations really quickly.

Erica Rooney: Yeah.

Let's talk about the culture.

Culture of failure.

Susie: Yeah,

Erica Rooney: because I think when
you're experimenting, you have to

really be okay with a cultural,
I, I cannot say that word today.

Culture of failure.

Do you openly share your fails with ai?

And do, does your team share theirs?

And like if they do,
what's a really good fail?

Susie: Oh yeah.

I mean, I think that was a part
of this experiment too, is that I

wanted to see how, how do we use it?

Are there things that like we might
be like, Ooh, that just did not work

the way we thought it was going to.

Um, and really you don't
know until you do it.

So I think as a team, we're always open.

Part of our weekly meetings together,
you know, we'll talk about success and.

Challenges 'cause I don't
really think there's ever a true

failure unless, I don't know.

I don't even know what unless
would look like unless you quit.

That's what I'm, yeah.

Unless you quit.

Um, and like it's

Erica Rooney: the wrong kind of quitting,

Susie: but Yeah.

But so that's a different podcast.

I don't think there's
really ever the fail of it.

It's just where, where do we learn
and where do we shift from it?

Um, but I mean, I think I.
We will share a lot of mine.

I used AI to create an onboarding
deck 'cause we have a new, um, account

executive joining us next week.

We're really excited about.

And I think the first prompt that I
used to kind of create some onboarding

materials for it, I was like, ugh.

One.

It was just, oh, yes

Erica Rooney: girl.

Susie: I saw they

Erica Rooney: looked good.

You

Susie: did

Erica Rooney: that with ai?

Susie: Oh yeah.

Oh, good job.

The first round though was real
ugly and I was like, I'm not, yeah.

I was like, I'm not putting
that in front of her.

I, no, but um, but that was like a good,
you know, trial and error and then I

learned what prompt was working for it and
what wasn't and how to kind of shift it.

Erica Rooney: Well, dang girl.

Next time you gotta say, Hey Erica, like
BT Dubs, I did this with ai 'cause I

just thought you spent a lot of time on

Susie: No.

Erica Rooney: Oh, goodness gracious.

All right.

What kind of, what kind of advice would
you give, let's say our new team member

who's joining your team next week.

What kind of advice would you give
her about AI as she joins Walk West?

Susie: I think really just embrace it.

It's something that, you know,
we're learning collectively,

and there is no right or wrong.

There is no fail per se
that can happen with it.

So really just jump in and see, um,
as part of like her onboarding, we

have a great kind of exercise too, of.

As you're getting to know the clients
that you're working on and, um, areas

of opportunity use AI to help identify
that and bring you up to speed quicker,

but also come to the table with, you
know, exciting new opportunities.

And I think it helps just all of us
grow and is a good kind of use case.

But, um, really just.

Jump in.

Like there's no, there's
no right or wrong.

And a lot of her onboarding too
outside of client work will be doing

some of the certification work that
we're doing as an organization too.

Erica Rooney: Yeah, I was gonna
say, 'cause we're giving her

the three months for Coursera.

Mm-hmm.

So she'll be able to dive in and
that's what I love about how we're.

Training peoples.

It's kinda like, pick your poison,
find what works for you if you wanna

learn about that topic in ai, cool.

And guess what?

You have the rest of everything on
Coursera too, so just go nuts, you know?

So I think that's awesome
that we're hitting the ground

running with that right away.

All right.

I wanna talk about some of
the other tools like granola.

That's my personal fan.

Fave, that's what I use, uh, Gemini
for research, chat for all the things.

All in all, how do you feel AI is
enhancing your client services, your

active listening skills so that you
can really pay attention to the client?

Susie: I love granola.

I appreciate all of y'all for jumping
onto the train because it made me finally

pull the trigger to it and I love it.

Um, so I used granola.

Erica Rooney: You have
the organized notes.

Susie: It's incredible.

You

Erica Rooney: your to-do's.

Here's what

Susie: you said.

Yeah.

Erica Rooney: Ugh.

Susie: And I think that's really been
a game changer that, as you know, we're

growing as a team and it helps one.

Take away some people that are needed
on meetings in a good way, because I

think for a long time, as you know, an
early account executive, that was like

my only job was note taking during client
meetings and you had to make sure that

everything was buttoned up and correct.

Erica Rooney: Also, plug for gender
equality because it's always the

women who were taking the notes.

Susie: Fair, fair.

But yeah, I think now using granola, it
helps me be more of an active listener

during meetings so that I'm not as focused
on writing down everything that was.

Said and underlining, but it's still
able to, you know, bold things as people

are saying it or type it as I'm, um,
identifying that, like that's a key point.

Mm-hmm.

So that I can come back to it and
I know that it is taking notes

more closely around that area.

Um, but I think it's really
made it a lot more seamless.

'cause then I'm able to be thinking and
asking, you know, engaged questions during

a meeting versus focused on more of just
like the day-to-day task of making sure

that our team's set up moving forward.

Erica Rooney: And I don't know
about you, but I used it the other

day in a room full of like a DHD,
caffeinated cheer bombs, trying to

coordinate schedules and whatnot.

And it was like a ping pong ball
going nuts inside a microwave.

And granola just took all that
and they were like, Erica,

here's what you need to do.

Here's what these moms need to do.

And I was like, oh.

Thank God

Susie: it's

Erica Rooney: incredible.

Susie: Yeah.

Erica Rooney: Ugh.

Oh my goodness.

Okay.

Looking ahead, you know, if you look,
let's say six months to a year out, how

do you see AI even more so evolving the
role of client services here at Walk West?

It's a great question.

I mean, I don't think anyone knows,
which is kind of the cool and like

Susie: beauty of it.

Um.

I'll be excited to see where it takes us.

I think overall it'll just make our team
a lot more efficient and really able to

better service our clients 'cause we'll
be able to have just this magnitude of

resources that we didn't have before.

So, I'm excited to see.

I don't know.

Erica Rooney: Yes.

I think the, the plethora of time too
that you can already get back in your

day to focus on the things that matter
with the client is like the biggest gift.

Greg Boone: Yeah.

Erica Rooney: I love that.

Alright, Susie, you know my favorite game.

It is last chat and I've got some
good last chats up in my thing.

'cause as we were talking, I was
like, oh, actually this is the last

thing that's in my last chat and I'm a
little embarrassed about that one too.

But this is where we pull out our
favorite chat tool, Gemini Chat,

GBT, whatever, share the prompt.

Share the context if you need to.

Yeah.

What's this girl?

Susie: I mean, I know we just talked
about, I used it for, um, onboarding.

So helping pull together a ton
of other resources that we had

and help consolidate it to make
it a little bit more digestible.

Um, so that's like my work
case of chat, my personal.

Case is that we are, you
know, jumping into fall.

My yard has had so much rain and
craziness over the summer, so I was using

it over the weekend to be like, what
plants can I plant that will not die?

Where do I get that?

So I was using that over the weekend
and doing a mockup too to see what it

would look like so that I could convince
my husband to buy said plants for.

Oh

Erica Rooney: my gosh.

Susie: I love that.

I

Erica Rooney: actually saw somebody post
about that in like a local wake forest.

Like how do I design this for my client?

I love that.

Susie: Yes.

Erica Rooney: Okay.

Here's why I'm really embarrassed about
what I have to share today, and that

is because if you have been listening
to this podcast for any length in time.

You know that I love to hate on
Greg Boone for his stupid song

making things, and unfortunately,
I have to report that I have fallen

victim to that as of this morning.

Because my son needs a walkup song for
baseball, and all the good ones are picked

and nobody can find one that he likes.

I was like, what if I create one?

And I'm like, no, you can't do
it because you've been making

fun of Greg for how long?

For this?

So I did download Suno for the first time
ever, and I put in all of the information.

He put, well, I don't wanna say that
here because I have a small child,

but I put in all his information and I
told him it's like they like Kendrick

Lamar mixed with Connor Price, which
if you don't know what that means.

Just be happy and, uh, it spit out some
very great songs that I'm gonna present

'em and be like, nobody's gonna have
these, like, it's gonna be the most unique

individual, you know, song out there.

So it's very embarrassing only
because I've been hating on Greg,

so nobody say anything about this.

And we'll see if he listens to
the episode and we'll see if I

have to admit it publicly to him.

But then for my professional one, I
was up in my chat and I was talking

to it about, uh, different podcast
guest recommendations to really up my

pitching game for my other podcast.

And so I was like, give me some of the
top 25 podcasts, and I asked it for

different information about what is
it about, and then what I plan to do.

Is take those lists and then plug that
information into Notebook LM to cross

reference it with my podcast and all of my
guests to see if I have any N minus ones.

So like, hey, we have this mutual
friend Susie, she was both on

our podcast to see if I can then.

Warm.

Pitch my way in.

Susie: Yeah, you're on another level.

Whew.

Whew.

Erica Rooney: That's the lesson.

Oh my gosh.

Well, Susie, thank you so much
for joining, for Giving Your Time.

I love how you really bring
curiosity and also like just

experimentation and how you're just.

Embracing it with the team
and using AI at Walk West.

So thanks for joining.

Susie: Thanks for having me.

Erica Rooney: Thanks for joining
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