Your $20 AI Budget Is Not An AI Strategy

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel · Sep 4, 2026 · 7m

In today's episode:

Handing every employee a small monthly AI budget and calling it innovation turns out to be hiding a much bigger problem underneath.

How companies adjust when employees secretly pay out of pocket for AI tools.

A manufacturing site visit shows exactly what real AI-driven time savings looks like when it's pointed at the right kind of work.

CEO Daily Brief with Dr. Jessica Kriegel is a 5-minute daily podcast where business pragmatism meets inner wisdom.

John Frehse, Global Head of Labor Strategies at Ankura, joins Jessica to discuss why handing employees a small AI budget…