Jul 14, 2026 · 39 min · 11 segments
**Key topics:** Leadership development in the age of AI · humor as an icebreaker in corporate IT leadership · Who are the "new zombies"? · why empathy and emotion are what AI still can't replicate ·…
Michael EarlsGuest
Kate DavisHost
Like, do you find, um, now that you're speaking about AI and, and trying to make it...
... your book sort of, you know, really is sort of in that lane as well, making AI more human.
So do you find, like, when you were sort of in that world and technology was changing so fast c- and, you know, you came a- across people like me who's just so...
I don't know if I'm threatened by it, or I don't know if I just feel like it, like I just don't get it, and I just get really frustrated.
But do you find, like, when you sort of were dealing with people like that or, or teams like that, that you could use humor to sorta diffuse the sit- situation and-
I mean, you gotta think is, is people come in with a perception, "I don't wanna use this.
Like, do you find, um, now that you're speaking about AI and, and trying to make it...
... your book sort of, you know, really is sort of in that lane as well, making AI more human.
So do you find, like, when you were sort of in that world and technology was changing so fast c- and, you know, you came a- across people like me who's just so...
I don't know if I'm threatened by it, or I don't know if I just feel like it, like I just don't get it, and I just get really frustrated.
But do you find, like, when you sort of were dealing with people like that or, or teams like that, that you could use humor to sorta diffuse the sit- situation and-
I mean, you gotta think is, is people come in with a perception, "I don't wanna use this.
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