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Anna Barnhill

Anna Barnhill

Sep 8, 2026

23:06
What does that look like?
23:07
Yeah, and that's such an important question, because In every interaction that I have, this question surfaces.
23:18
Because what is happening, the foundational layer of our architecture is beliefs, our belief system.
23:27
And the challenge with beliefs is we don't see them as beliefs.
23:32
We see them as who we are.
23:34
This is how the world is.
23:37
So it is not something that we can challenge in a way.

18 MINS LATER

42:03
course.
19:06
Why is it different this time?
19:09
Yeah, when I think about AI, I see AI as the biggest transformation of our lifetime.
19:18
Because when we look at the internet and any prior technology, it will require us to learn new tools.
19:27
AI goes beyond that.
19:29
AI is literally demanding us to start rethinking everything.
19:34
So if you think about a leadership advantage, right, what would we need to do in order to be successful? And it would all be related to access to information, knowing something, analysis, being expert in certain field.
19:52
Well, right now, if you look at what AI can do, it's pretty impressive.

16 MINS LATER

35:55
And why don't you just talk about that a little bit and what you mean by that?
11:39
Mm-hmm.
11:40
When we were individual contributors, we were responsible for inputs and outputs, so we were actually in control of the process, of the destiny, in a way, on a smaller scale, of course.
11:54
And what happens when we step into people leadership role, oftentimes leaders hold on onto that screensaver, onto that belief, and what can happen- When there's pressure, when there are deadlines, the urge would be to actually step in and do the work themselves.
12:16
So that need to be in control of all the inputs and outputs, which is actually impossible when you're in people leadership role, and then we add a layer of AI, and now AI is making everything faster, more uncertain.
12:32
And if you as one individual trying to control all the outputs, well, first, you'll suffocate your team and disable them from any ability to think for themselves, and you also... you will burn yourself out.
12:48
That would be an unavoidable outcome.
12:50
So in that case, instead of focusing on controlling everything, stepping back and start creating system and orchestrating system within which their people can make decisions, maybe within which now we have AI agents, uh, being responsible for certain, like, automated, boring, mind-numbing tasks.

22 MINS LATER

34:53
I love that, yeah.

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