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๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง. ๐๐๐ซ๐'๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ
Ghazenfer Mansoor sat down with Sheryle Gillihan, and she identified the exact moment most companies get it wrong.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ:
โ Leadership decides to adopt AI
โ Tools get selected
โ Systems get built
โ Team finds out on launch day
๐๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ? Fear. Resistance. Stalled adoption.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐:
โ Involve the team early, not at the end
โ Address the fear directly, AI enhances, it does not replace
โ Share the vision help them see where the company is heading
"A team should be involved in the transformation, to comfort them that AI is not replacing them. It's enhancing their capacity."
Technology is never the hard part. People always are.
๐ฅ Full episode: https://youtu.be/NCDE7ot5bVg
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๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐?
It is a question Ghazenfer Mansoor posed to Sheryle Gillihan in a recent episode.
And her answer? It depends entirely on who is building it.
"๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ." ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ
She entered the tech industry at one of its most turbulent moments, Congress was actively going after Silicon Valley, privacy scandals were dominating headlines, and public trust in technology was crumbling.
But instead of walking away, she leaned in, with a clear mission:
๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐.
๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ:
โ
They ask WHY before they build
โ
They put people over profit
โ
They let their values drive every decision they make
This is the kind of conversation that reminds us why the work we do actually matters.
๐ฅ Watch the full episode with Sheryle Gillihan:
โถ๏ธ https://youtu.be/NCDE7ot5bVg
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