AI Sprawl Is Real | Priya Udeshi

What happens when someone with 17 years of IT strategy experience gets a front-row seat to the AI transformation inside a global tech enterprise? Priya Udeshi is Chief of Staff to the CIO and Head of IT PMO, sitting at the intersection of AI strategy, governance, and execution. She shares how she balances enterprise-scale agent deployments with democratized AI for every employee, why old governance frameworks are breaking, and what CIOs need to do right now to stop falling behind.In this episode:00:00 Meet Priya Udeshi: From PMO leader to Chief of Staff05:25 AI curious vs. AI enthusiast vs. AI skeptic: Where do you fall?08:24 Enterprise search as the real solution to meeting overload11:59 Why PPM tools fail and what actually works18:55 AI is in the passenger seat, I’m driving22:31 AI doubles capability every 3.3 months. What that means by 203024:00 Agent sprawl is real and governance has to evolve31:16 Hallucinations: What’s working to contain them41:05 What CIOs should be doing RIGHT NOW44:33 Measuring AI-assisted engineering with real KPIs47:06 Priya’s 7-year-old built a children’s book with AI52:04 Trust your gut: Advice to her younger selfIf this conversation sparked something for you, hit Subscribe and drop a comment with your biggest AI challenge right now. New episodes every week.