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IDD Leader
For IDD Providers: Tired of the revolving door of staff? Join host Nate Beers as he and other industry leaders share loads of actionable advice on how you can retain and grow your DSP workforce. Just because there's a nationwide DSP workforce crisis doesn't mean that your organization has to churn through staff. Listen to innovative solutions to increase your staff retention and give your organization a competitive advantage so that at the end of the day you provide the best quality care for those you serve.
More effective supervisors. Stronger workforce. Lower turnover.
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Ep. 86 - The AI System One IDD CEO Is Already Using w/ G.N. Janes
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Most conversations about AI in human services stop at "it's coming." This one is about what's already here.
G.N. Janes, CEO of Valley Community Services, has spent a decade building a data-driven retention system for frontline supervisors and DSPs. We go deep on what happens when artificial intelligence enters that system — how agentic AI works, what it actually looks like when a model flags a struggling supervisor, and critically, what a human does next.
G.N. also gets honest about what he'd do differently: starting with data governance, eliminating data silos, and making sure the right people have access to the right information before you build anything else. And he closes with something worth writing down — the difference between managing by vibes and managing by data, and why the IDD sector can't afford to keep doing the former.
Whether you're AI-curious or AI-skeptical, this episode will change how you think about what's possible at the frontline supervisor level.
🔗 Learn more about Valley Community Services: valleycommunityservices.org
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – When the machine says you're going to struggle
01:17 – What Part 2 is about (and why you can start here)
02:45 – How AI is plugging into the existing dashboard
04:33 – Agentic AI vs. ChatGPT: what's the difference?
08:35 – What actually happens when the AI flags a supervisor
11:22 – Could other IDD orgs access this system someday?
12:47 – Why the IDD sector is still collaborative (and what could end that)
15:02 – The honest first conversation: start with data governance
17:13 – The data siloing problem nobody talks about
19:37 – Billboard question: "But did it help a DSP?"
22:18 – What G.N. would tell his younger self
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