The Human Case: What AI Strategies Miss

AUDIO-ONLY VERSION Guest: Jack Myers, author of Your Third Brain Your AI business case measures time saved and costs reduced. Does it measure the judgment ability your organization could lose? Jack Myers joins Maureen Metcalf to explore how automation and management cuts can quietly dismantle the very human mentoring, relationships, and accountability that help organizations make sound decisions. Drawing on five decades in the media industry and his book, “Your Third Brain: Powering a Future of Unimagined Possibilities (https://amzn.to/3TM618l) ,” Jack shows the importance of putting a human case beside the financial one. What should AI strengthen…and who remains responsible when its recommendations become decisions? You’ll hear how to identify where judgment lives in your organization, preserve apprenticeship as work changes, and bring customer and employee perspectives into technology decisions. Jack also offers a practical starting point: review three consequential AI-assisted decisions and trace where human responsibility entered (or disappeared). Listen for a clearer approach to improving efficiency while developing the people who are the heart of any organization. Follow Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future for more conversations that turn leadership insight into practice. Other episodes you'll enjoy: - Why Top Talent Says “No Thanks” to Leadership Jobs (https://innovatingleadership.podbean....) with Steve Dion Let Others Decide: How DHL’s COO Shares Authority (https://innovatingleadership.podbean....) with Mike McLellan Beyond Process: Developing Better Decisions (https://innovatingleadership.podbean....) with Jonathan Reams For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn (  / innovativeleadershipinsitute  ) . RESOURCES:   Learn more about Jack and his work at https://www.jackmyers.com/. You can check out his Myers Report at https://www.mediavillage.com/microsit.... Jack’s books include: • Your Third Brain: Powering a Future of Unimagined Possibilities; it’s available in paperback at https://amzn.to/4cFQ9e1; and • The Tao of Leadership: Harmonizing Technological Innovation and Human Creativity in the AI Era; it’s in hardcover at https://amzn.to/4yoKXU6. Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here (https://www.linkedin.com/build-relati...) .  Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI (https://www.innovativeleadershipfield...) . You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI, or check out the Kindle version at https://amzn.to/44buVz8. The audiobook version is now available at  https://amzn.to/4dTCleZ. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here (https://amzn.to/3C4eSX0) .  -----------------------   OUR PODCAST TEAM:   Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf Editor & Executive Producer: Dan Mushalko Graphics Editor: Stacia Rogan Booking Producer: Jenna Reik (Jreik@innovativeleadership.com (mailto:Jreik@innovativeleadership.com) ) Theme Music by Pavel Bekirov from Pixabay. CONNECT WITH US:  LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2  Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com (https://www.innovativeleadershipinsti...)   FOLLOW JACK ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA... On Facebook & Instagram @jackmyers3, on X @jackmyersbiz, and on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/myersjack. Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating!  -----------------------   About Our Guest:   Jack Myers is the founder of The Myers Report (www.MyersReports.com (http://www.myersreports.com) ) and MediaVillage Education Foundation (www.MediaVillage.org (http://www.mediavillage.org) ), the advertising and media industry’s premier knowledge exchange platform. Throughout his career as a senior lecturer, author, and consultant, Myers has earned numerous accolades, including a Peabody Award, International Book Awards for Women’s and Youth Issues, Excellence in Education Award from the Global Forum on Education & Learning, Crystal Heart Award, UJA Humanitarian Award, and Oscar and Emmy nominations for his contributions to media and storytelling. A graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School at Syracuse University and NYU Steinhardt, where he studied under renowned media scholar Dr. Neil Postman, Myers is uniquely prepared to support leaders of organizations and corporations as they navigate the rapid transformation brought by AI, machine intelligence, and evolving cultural dynamics.