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1. Episode · Sep 3, 2026

   AI Still Needs Your Judgment, with Doug Gabbard | Episode #0037 (opens the original)

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   AI can help you finish the work. It cannot take responsibility for whether the work is right. Doug Gabbard, Principal Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft and the creator behind Practicing Photography, joins Brad Groux and Robert Groux to talk about using AI where it actually helps: learning unfamiliar creative tools, finding buried knowledge, improving scripts, and turning experience into better requirements. Doug shares how he uses screenshots to get help in Photoshop and Lightroom, builds ag

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2. Episode · Aug 21, 2026

   Questions Before Platforms: Building the Data Foundation AI Actually Needs | Episode #0036 (opens the original)

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   Follow the Start Small, Think Big newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7305986878653022210/ Sid Atkinson, co-founder and CEO of Applied Curiosity and co-host of The Data Culture Podcast, joins Brad Groux to explain why AI readiness starts with better questions, consistent data practices, and a clear business purpose—not another platform. Brad and Sid discuss how lightweight governance helps smaller companies move quickly without taking unnecessary risks, why institutional knowledge n

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