AI for Equity: Global Book Launch with Jenny Garrett OBE and Leah-Sunshine Garrett

Two generations, one book, and a room full of people from around the world asking how AI can make things fairer. This is the full recording of the global online launch of AI for Equity: Creating a More Equitable Society for All (Emerald), recorded live on publication day, 27 October 2026. Mother and daughter co-authors Jenny Garrett OBE and Leah-Sunshine Garrett talk with host Erica Farmer about why they wrote the book, where they disagree, and what it will take to move AI for good from the edges to the centre. You’ll hear from book contributors Dr Pauldy Otermans (Otermans Institute) and Christian Ortiz (Justice AI). And there are audience questions on graduate jobs, the public sector, and the one leadership decision that should never be handed to a machine. 📖 Get the book: https://jennygarrett.global/ai-for-eq... 🗓️ Join us on the book tour (Manchester, London, Accra, US West Coast): https://jennygarrett.global/ai-for-eq... 🎧 AI for Equity podcast:    / @aiforequitypodcast   🎤 Book Jenny and Leah-Sunshine to speak: https://jennygarrett.global/ai-for-eq... If the book or this conversation means something to you, a review on Amazon or a post on LinkedIn really helps it reach the people who need it. Chapters 0:00 Welcome from around the world 4:16 What does AI for Equity mean to you? 9:30 Publication day and writing as mother and daughter 11:50 Who the book is for 14:10 The question that started it all 16:26 What the research uncovered 18:06 From blog to podcast to book in six months 20:16 Dawn Intelligence and the fire analogy 24:04 Looking at AI through an equity lens 27:07 Where we disagree 31:43 Why AI for good is happening at the edges 38:05 Contributor: Dr Pauldy Otermans 41:12 Contributor: Christian Ortiz 44:40 Q&A: Getting good examples into the public sector 48:17 Q&A: AI, graduate jobs and creating your own role 51:50 Q&A: Where to find the good news stories 55:50 Q&A: The leadership decision never to hand to a machine 58:50 Q&A: What helps people turn AI into real impact 1:00:35 Where to go next and closing words #AIForEquity #ResponsibleAI #InclusiveLeadership #FutureOfWork #AIForGood