Coaching - With AI

What does AI think about…… AI? In the first of two podcasts, Jeremy J Lewis and Rachel Anderson discuss the growing impact of AI on coaching practice. A second episode goes on to explore AI and coach supervision, and its impact on the coaching industry.

We asked ChatGPT to assume the persona of a professional executive coach, which named itself Cybersage. Jeremy has begun to research the potential of AI - Rachel has begun to use it herself in her own coaching practice. We welcome Rachel as both guest and co-presenter for these two podcasts. 

In “conversation with” and reflection on the comments of Cybersage, Jeremy and Rachel explore:

• The objectives, methods, and rationale an AI could would use.
• How an AI would seek to overcome the challenges of emulating the human touch when coaching.
• Programmes AI can use to understand and interact with humans, such as Natural Language Processing, and Emotion Recognition Technology.
• Different styles of response from AI depending on the brief we give it.
• Real time responses from Cybersage to questions from our hosts.
• AI and ethics, especially confidentiality.
• How human coaches and clients can shape their relationship with an AI bot.
• How AI can help a human coach's own professional development.
• Why Rachel is excited, rather than threatened, by the potential of AI.

How comfortable would you be using Cybersage as a coach or thinking partner?

About Jeremy and Rachel

Jeremy is coach, coach supervisor and podcast host for Coaching York. Find out more about his work on his website Grow the Coach and follow him on Linkedin.

Once growing trees as a forester, Rachel now helps people to grow instead as an executive and leadership coach. She’s also the founder of Tea & Empathy – a company that aims to challenge much of the conventional narrative of the personal development world (that inadvertently feeds self-criticism and inadequacy), and instead promote personal growth through self-compassion, self-acceptance and sense of agency. She describes herself as a social introvert, and is the author of “Introversion & Leadership; Practical Strategies for Being at Your Best”, available from Amazon. Find out more about Rachel by following her on LinkedIn

Production notes

We turned the text of ChatGPT's answers into speech using Natural Reader Text to Speech. The links to external resources are suggestions for further reading.

This show is curated and produced by Geoff Ashton, Director of C21 Coaching and a member of Coaching York. You can contact Geoff through Coaching York.

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