#051 - Rewiring The Enterprise To Become AI-Native With Melissa Reeve

Melissa Reeve is an organizational transformation and AI integration expert who focuses on how companies must evolve—not just technologically, but structurally and culturally—to succeed with AI. Rather than concentrating on tools or models, her work examines how leadership, operating models, governance, and human systems must change as AI becomes embedded in everyday work.Drawing on decades of experience across lean manufacturing, agile systems, and enterprise transformation, Melissa has worked at the intersection of strategy, execution, and change. Her thinking was shaped early by studying the Toyota Production System in Japan and later through leadership roles in scaling agile and enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.She is the author of Hyperadaptive: Rewiring the Enterprise to Become AI-Native, where she outlines a practical, staged approach for helping organizations move from isolated AI experiments to becoming adaptive, learning enterprises that can sense and respond at AI speed. Her work is particularly focused on the “messy middle” of transformation—where people, roles, incentives, and culture collide with new technological capabilities.In this episode of GAEA Talks, Melissa shares insights for leaders navigating AI adoption at scale, including why most AI initiatives stall, how to overcome resistance, and what it really takes to build organizations that evolve alongside AI rather than being disrupted by it. You can find Melissa’s book "Hyperadaptive: Rewiring The Industry To Be AI- Native" at the link below.https://hyperadaptive.solutions/bookThe GAEA Talks podcast series to brought to you by GAEA AI https://gaealgm.ai