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AI ‘workslop’ is a leadership problem. Here’s how to fix it: BetterUp CEO

2026年5月26日

 • 23 mins

Workslop - low-quality work produced through poor human-AI collaboration -is wasting time, slowing teams down and limiting the productivity gains leaders expect from AI. But the problem isn’t the technology – it’s the leadership. Workslop often reflects unclear standards, weak direction and poor feedback.In this episode, BetterUp CEO Alexi Robichaux explains why AI can amplify both good and bad leadership standards, and why leaders need to define what excellent work looks like before AI scales a team’s output. He also shares how AI coaching can help managers find ways to hone hard-to-improve soft skills, practicing difficult conversations, tricky performance reviews and tough feedback, all in a safe space before those moments happen with real teams in real time. AI amplifies clarity or confusion. Set clear standards before AI scales your team’s work. Workslop is a leadership warning sign. Poor AI output can reveal unclear direction and weak feedback. Managers need practice. AI coaching can help leaders sharpen direction and rehearse how they give feedback or tackle difficult conversations. Rethink how you invest in people. AI investment is overwhelming conversations. But are you putting that diligence and planning into how you develop your talent?

Workslop - low-quality work produced through poor human-AI collaboration -is wasting time, slowing teams down and limiting the productivity gains leaders expect from AI. But the problem isn’t the technology – it’s the leadership. Workslop often reflects unclear standards, weak direction and poor feedback.In this episode, BetterUp CEO Alexi Robichaux explains why AI can amplify both good and bad leadership standards, and why leaders need to define what excellent work looks like before AI scales a team’s output. He also shares how AI coaching can help managers find ways to hone hard-to-improve soft skills, practicing difficult conversations, tricky performance reviews and tough feedback, all in a safe space before those moments happen with real teams in real time. AI amplifies clarity or confusion. Set clear standards before AI scales your team’s work. Workslop is a leadership warning sign. Poor AI output can reveal unclear direction and weak feedback. Managers need practice. AI coaching can help leaders sharpen direction and rehearse how they give feedback or tackle difficult conversations. Rethink how you invest in people. AI investment is overwhelming conversations. But are you putting that diligence and planning into how you develop your talent?

How to Lead People Through AI Change: Questions to Ask from a Transformation Expert

2026年5月18日

 • 30 mins

Are you building game-changing AI solutions? Or just automating low-stakes work that makes the “irrelevant efficient"? Nigel Vaz, Publicis Sapient’s CEO and a digital transformation expert, talked to Meet The Leader to explain why many AI strategies fall short and what's needed to lead teams through technological change. In this episode, Vaz shares the questions that can refine your strategic discussions on AI and help close the gap between AI expectations and results. He also shares why the hardest part of AI transformation is often people — not technology – and what helps teams transition.

Are you building game-changing AI solutions? Or just automating low-stakes work that makes the “irrelevant efficient"? Nigel Vaz, Publicis Sapient’s CEO and a digital transformation expert, talked to Meet The Leader to explain why many AI strategies fall short and what's needed to lead teams through technological change. In this episode, Vaz shares the questions that can refine your strategic discussions on AI and help close the gap between AI expectations and results. He also shares why the hardest part of AI transformation is often people — not technology – and what helps teams transition.

How leaders can fix focus and happiness in an AI Era: Psychologist Jonathan Haidt

2026年5月4日

 • 22 mins

As tech and AI transform productivity and free us from rote work, will humanity finally crack happiness? Maybe not, warns Jonathan Haidt. This social psychologist, NYU professor and bestselling author of The Anxious Generation has spent years studying the links between happiness, technology, and societal change. Unless key steps are taken, he says, the technologies transforming work and communication could pull humans further from a sense of meaning, connection and purpose, taking happiness even further from our grasps. Success in tackling any big challenge ahead will depend on restoring focus, trust, and purpose. Haidt warns that AI and social media may be weakening all three—making intentional leadership more critical than ever. He shares research-backed insights that can help us better understand a fragmented, distracted world and the challenge this brings to leaders running teams in a changing AI era.

As tech and AI transform productivity and free us from rote work, will humanity finally crack happiness? Maybe not, warns Jonathan Haidt. This social psychologist, NYU professor and bestselling author of The Anxious Generation has spent years studying the links between happiness, technology, and societal change. Unless key steps are taken, he says, the technologies transforming work and communication could pull humans further from a sense of meaning, connection and purpose, taking happiness even further from our grasps. Success in tackling any big challenge ahead will depend on restoring focus, trust, and purpose. Haidt warns that AI and social media may be weakening all three—making intentional leadership more critical than ever. He shares research-backed insights that can help us better understand a fragmented, distracted world and the challenge this brings to leaders running teams in a changing AI era.

What women’s sports reveals about building future leaders: Deloitte’s Lara Abrash

2026年4月24日

 • 23 mins

How can we strengthen leadership pipelines? One overlooked answer: Invest in women’s sports. Data shows that investment in women’s sports creates a powerful yet under-appreciated talent pipeline, building future leaders, closing the gender gap and driving high-performing teams. Deloitte US Chair Lara Abrash shares insights from the firm’s research on women’s sports – both the billion-dollar economic opportunity it represents and the unsung way sports strengthens the leadership talent pipeline. Abrash, active in a range of sports since her youth, will also break down the leadership skills, mindsets, and team dynamics sports uniquely cultivates. She’ll share the personal experiences that shaped how she leads and the way she approaches talent and capability. Her personal lessons learned can help anyone understand what’s needed to develop future leaders, improve team performance and build talent pipelines that last.

How can we strengthen leadership pipelines? One overlooked answer: Invest in women’s sports. Data shows that investment in women’s sports creates a powerful yet under-appreciated talent pipeline, building future leaders, closing the gender gap and driving high-performing teams. Deloitte US Chair Lara Abrash shares insights from the firm’s research on women’s sports – both the billion-dollar economic opportunity it represents and the unsung way sports strengthens the leadership talent pipeline. Abrash, active in a range of sports since her youth, will also break down the leadership skills, mindsets, and team dynamics sports uniquely cultivates. She’ll share the personal experiences that shaped how she leads and the way she approaches talent and capability. Her personal lessons learned can help anyone understand what’s needed to develop future leaders, improve team performance and build talent pipelines that last.

How mentoring is changing in an AI world - and real ways it’s shaped top leaders

2026年4月22日

 • 26 mins

As more professionals turn to AI for career guidance, is human mentorship extinct? Not by a long shot, according to our experts. Mentors will continue to be critical in shaping talent, but will make their mark not by sharing expertise but by leveraging truly human skills --  by meeting changing needs in time and by being a champion that unlocks potential, not just directs it. Key insights: - Mentorship is moving from expertise to emotional intelligence - The best leaders will continue to prioritize people over output alone In this moment of change, learn how the top minds of our time have been changed by their own mentors and how an AI era will reshape how mentors guide teams and drive potential.

As more professionals turn to AI for career guidance, is human mentorship extinct? Not by a long shot, according to our experts. Mentors will continue to be critical in shaping talent, but will make their mark not by sharing expertise but by leveraging truly human skills --  by meeting changing needs in time and by being a champion that unlocks potential, not just directs it. Key insights: - Mentorship is moving from expertise to emotional intelligence - The best leaders will continue to prioritize people over output alone In this moment of change, learn how the top minds of our time have been changed by their own mentors and how an AI era will reshape how mentors guide teams and drive potential.