AGI - Advance, Grow, and Innovate with AI - The Podcast For Whoever Got Stuck Making AI Work (Episode 46)

Episode Summary: Nikki Barua breaks down why some leaders are energized by AI disruption while others want to retire early, and how organizations can close the "exponential divide" between AI's speed and human adaptation. Real talk about workforce transformation, the death of middle management, and why philosophers might be the future.

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Nikki Barua, AI Workforce Transformation Expert | Serial Entrepreneur | Keynote Speaker | Bestselling Author of Beyond Barriers

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Key Timestamps:[04:15 ] - The mindset divide: Why some leaders see AI as a gold rush while others want to hang it up[09:30 ] - Human evolution in real-time: Will we genetically adapt to constant uncertainty?[14:20 ] - Why America sensationalizes AI instead of dealing with practical policy[19:45 ] - The exponential divide: AI transforms work faster than people can change how they work[26:10 ] - Stop hiring consultants: Why traditional change management is dead[31:40 ] - The psychological safety play: Leaders need to admit they're struggling too[38:55 ] - Prompting as management training: What AI teaches us about giving better direction[43:20 ] - Privacy vs efficiency: The ambient listening trade-off nobody wants to discuss[48:15 ] - Originality is the new scarcity in a world drowning in AI-generated slop[52:30 ] - For women in STEM: Why explorers beat experts in the AI age

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