Lead & Follow

Send Fan Mail by Text! Full transcript and show notes: https://www.sharnafabiano.com/2026/08/19/leading-through-invitation-creating-meaningful-participation-flora-bowley/ How do you lead a creative workshop without deciding in advance what participants should create, feel, or discover? Artist and creative guide Flora Bowley designs one-day gatherings with simple prompts and light structure, then leaves enough open space for participants to shape the experience themselves. Flora Bowley is an a...

Send Fan Mail by Text! Full transcript and show notes: https://www.sharnafabiano.com/2026/07/29/how-to-lead-ai-before-it-leads-you-ai-literacy-elena-filatova/ Most conversations about AI ask "how do we control it?" Sharna Fabiano asks a more useful question: how do you lead AI so it doesn't end up leading you? In this episode, she talks with Elena Filatova about the mechanics behind how AI actually generates answers — and why understanding those mechanics is what keeps a human in the lead rol...

Send Fan Mail by Text! Full transcript and show notes: https://www.sharnafabiano.com/2026/07/29/managing-up-how-executive-assistants-shape-executive-decision-making/ What if some of the most influential people in an organization aren't the ones making the final decision? Drawing on his research into executive assistants and his experience designing leadership development for the FDIC, Dr. Basil Read explains how influence flows through conversations, priorities, timing, and access—not just or...

Send Fan Mail by Text! Full transcript and show notes: https://www.sharnafabiano.com/2026/07/29/the-future-of-leadership-why-great-teams-need-more-than-leaders-robert-kelley/ What if the future of leadership isn't about finding stronger leaders—but about creating better ways for people to work together? Leadership pioneer Robert Kelley returns to explore how organizations, communities, and citizens are moving beyond traditional leader-follower models toward more collaborative, adaptive ways...

Send Fan Mail by Text! Full transcript and show notes: https://www.sharnafabiano.com/2026/07/29/psychological-safety-isnt-only-your-bosss-job-how-teams-actually-build-it-kinsey-hansen/ We usually hear that psychological safety as something leaders create for their teams. In this episode, Sharna explores new research with Dr. Kinsey Hansen that demonstrates something different–that every member of a team has a part in establishing and maintaining it. The co-creation of psychological safety h...