In this episode, we ask how good leaders are adapting to AI without giving up the responsibility and human connection that leadership still requires. We talk about why execution can be delegated but vision, mission and values cannot, how AI amplifies the habits we already have (from endless scrolling to forwarding a chatbot's answer as your own opinion), and why leaders who impose AI initiatives without a conversation with their teams create conflict. We compare three philosophies of leadership with AI, share how we avoid AI slop, and close with how we use AI to learn without losing the meaningful struggle, plus a book and a playlist we are enjoying.
00:00 Welcome and why AI and leadership 01:35 How AI is changing the way leaders think and work 02:21 Vision, mission and values can't be delegated to AI 03:23 When AI automates your tasks: lost opportunity or change? 04:58 Disrupt yourself and the "vision of hell" 07:29 AI habits to build and habits to drop 12:20 Deep Work and AI as an amplifier of bad habits 15:35 Instant gratification and the discipline to say no 18:39 Growth mindset: are you better without AI? 19:28 What leaders should use AI for, and what they should do themselves 23:14 Fatal conceit and social constructionism: why leaders should listen to their teams 25:48 Three leadership philosophies for the AI era 28:53 Avoiding AI slop and the golf cart problem 32:01 Value-sensitive AI: when AI should not be part of the process 37:23 Using AI to learn and to test yourself 38:45 Recommendations: a playlist and a book
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Deep Work by Cal Newport https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/cal-newport/deep-work/9781455586677/
Blinkist https://www.blinkist.com/
Value-Sensitive AI for Prayer: Balancing the Agencies Between Human and AI Agents in Spiritual Context (Kwon, Yoo, Bardzell, Kang) https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25230
Miguel Ángel Sanz, PhD (LinkedIn) https://www.linkedin.com/in/masanz/
Miguel Ángel Sanz, PhD (video) https://youtu.be/LMgMJcwi1uI
Angelica Loboguerrero, CEO (video) https://youtu.be/tzN9OSHmdrE
Starter Villain by John Scalzi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starter_Villain
Coldplay Royal orchestra (Spotify playlist) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/392RKZFxtOYkbE4IQGh08N
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