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EPISODE · Aug 17, 2026 · 45 MIN

How to Build an AI Strategy That Scales Beyond the Pilot

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AI could influence 90% of jobs. David Lloyd says AI literacy is still only around 38%.That gap is where many enterprise AI strategies begin to break.In the latest HR Leaders Podcast episode, I spoke with David Lloyd, SVP Platform Engineering & Chief AI Officer at Dayforce. He explains why HR cannot wait until the end of an AI transformation to address skills, trust and organisational change.Most organisations do not lack AI ideas. They lack trusted data, safe environments and a clear process for deciding which ideas deserve to scale.And even when an experiment works, a harder question remains:Can it scale from one employee to 5,000?5 things you’ll learn from this episode:Why three to six months is too long to judge an AI pilotThe three questions that decide whether an AI idea moves forwardWhat is really driving the rise of shadow AIWhy adding AI across a fragmented HR stack creates more chaosHow a three-person governance team can approve ideas in under five days🙏 Thank you to our series partner, FluideWork is changing too fast for learning to take weeks. Learn how Fluide turns skill gaps into live adaptive learning in 3 steps and see performance move by Friday. Try FLuide now → https://fluide.ai/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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David Lloyd, SVP Platform Engineering & Chief AI Officer at Dayforce, explains how HR leaders can combine trusted data, fast governance and safe experimentation to turn isolated AI pilots into measurable capabilities that scale across the enterprise.

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