What if the biggest risk with AI isn't what it can do, but what we fail to do with it?
Oct 29, 2025
We keep talking about speed, productivity, and efficiency.
But what if our obsession with doing more, faster, is exactly what’s holding us back?
In the latest episode of the ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น-๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐, I sit down with Steve Cadigan, LinkedIn’s first Chief HR Officer and one of the world’s leading voices on the future of work.
Together, we explore a provocative idea:
The real frontier of AI isn’t technical. It’s cultural.
Steve argues that we’re repeating an old mistake: treating AI as a cost-cutter rather than a value creator. But AI isn’t just another tool. It’s a revolution in how we lead, hire, build culture, and unlock human potential.
We unpack:
- Why 95% of AI’s value lies in reimagining work, not automating it
- The danger of clinging to outdated models instead of running bold experiments
- How to create “experimentation sandboxes” where failure fuels innovation
- What companies like Klarna and Moderna teach us about getting AI transformation right (and wrong)
- Why hiring for learning velocity, not experience, is the new superpower
- And why passion isn’t enough. It’s a purposeful drive that really moves the needle
This conversation is both a wake-up call and an invitation to stop playing defense and start creating a future of work that’s adaptive, meaningful, and deeply human.
Listening to this episode made me pause and reflect on how often we try to control change rather than learn from it. AI will not replace our humanity. But our resistance to evolving might.
This theme is expanded in my latest book 'POTENTIAL-IZE: How Leaders Unlock Human Potential in the Age of AI' (Wiley, 2026).
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