
The AI for Sales Podcast The Human Element in AI Adoption
Nov 8, 2025
Mandar Karhade, a technical and growth strategist in healthcare, dives into the crucial balance of AI and human experiences. He discusses the slow adoption of AI in healthcare, emphasizing trust and the need for a human-centered approach. Mandar highlights ethical considerations, advocating for transparency and comfort in AI tools, especially for patient interaction. He suggests focusing on administrative workflows for quick wins and stresses that true progress hinges on prioritizing human experience over profit in AI design.
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From Medicine Back To Code
- Mandar describes being pushed from engineering to medicine and back into programming and genomics.
- Teaching others forced him to deepen his technical skills and cross-talk with executives.
Process, Not AI, Is The Adoption Barrier
- AI adoption in healthcare fails when it disrupts existing bespoke processes more than it helps people.
- Mandar emphasizes that unfamiliarity with new processes, not AI, is the core adoption barrier.
Let Trust Grow Through Small Repeats
- Build sales flows that let users safely repeat interactions until they build trust with AI.
- Let customers try small, low-risk tasks first so trust forms through repeated use.

