Beyond AI: Wisdom at Work

Beyond AI: Wisdom at Work

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Beyond AI: Wisdom at Work episodes

  • 081: A First Generation Journey

    When you are an immigrant and your parents are factory workers, your journey to a professional career is not assured. In this episode, Juan Taveres joins host Brian Gorman to tell the story of his journey from the Dominican community in Washington Heights (New York City) to Syracuse University, the hospitality and non-profit industries, and now to entrepreneurship. Along the way, Juan shares how each of us can support others who are on this journey. At Quantuvos, we believe that there is extraordinary in everyone. Juan's journey is testimony that even though it is not always easy, we each can discover and live into our purpose.

    26 min
  • 080: Leader as Coach
    If it's important for those you work with to do good thinking, bringing coaching skills into your conversations is key. In this episode, Claire Pedrick, Master Certified Coach, Founder of 3D Coaching, and author of "Simplifying Coaching" joins host Brian Gorman to explore the role that coaching skills can play in leadership, how and why to have coaching conversations, the importance of asking powerful questions, and how to coach up to build a coaching culture.
    27 min
  • 079: Art. Science. Leadership
    On this episode, guests Fred Mandell and Harvey Seifter, Founders of Creating Futures That Work, bring to life the relationship between art, science, and leadership. While leadership literature often cites research, it rarely links leadership to art. Yet, in their work, Harvey and Fred connect the three. Great artists are scientists as well; great leaders are both scientists and artists. Each of us is creative. Creating a culture that unleashes the creativity of others will contribute to personal and professional growth as well as organizational success.
    30 min
  • 078: Leadership and Neuroscience
    Burnout. Multi-tasking. Ongoing, long-term stress. Running on autopilot. More and more, these are norms that leaders and their teams experience. In this episode, neurosurgeon Gary Simonds joins host Brian Gorman to discuss the neuroscience behind these leadership challenges, their impacts on our brains, and what we can do to address them.
    29 min
  • 077: Interior Design of You
    We are not just products of nature and nurture. We all have the capability of redesigning ourselves not to be someone else, but to become more fully ourselves. In this episode, Shana Francesca joins host Brian Gorman to share her journey from growing up in a cult to becoming an interior designer to becoming a speaker, consultant, workshop facilitator, and "scholar of intentional & ethical leadership & living." The lessons that Shana shares are ones that we all can benefit from both professionally and personally.
    21 min
  • 076: A Guide to High Performance
    In his book "The 9th Stratum: Your Guide to High Performance," author Aaron Salko provides insights that everyone from the frontline to the C-suite can benefit from. During this episode, Aaron and host Brian Gorman examine the importance of being personal growth driven, disciplined in self-evaluation, altruism motivated, and goal driven in achieving high performance. The skills behind these traits, along with the psychological and physiological factors that make them so important, are also addressed.
    27 min
  • 075: Character
    "To be effective, leaders need to draw on the C's: competencies, commitment, and character." Bill Furlong, co-author of "The Character Compass: Transforming Leadership for the 21st Century," joins host Brian Gorman to discuss what is meant by "character," what makes character so important in today's organizations, and the elements that comprise it. Character is about personal presence, how you show up. With intention and practice, it can be developed.
    32 min
  • 074: Three Outs for the Win
    How do you avoid plateauing out as a leader? Aaron Trahan, Founder of Mindset Performance coaching, spent more than a decade researching that question. In this episode of Qonversations, Aaron and host Brian Gorman discuss the three "outs" Aaron has identified and how any leader can apply each of these in raising their performance: out-prepare, out-work, and out-learn. As Aaron explains, these are not leaders who are on the job 24/7. It is the mindset they bring, and how they live into their roles and relationships, that make the difference.
    26 min
  • 073: Leadership Is About People
    Relationships at work advocate Russel Lolacher joins host Brian Gorman to explore leadership through the lens of relationships. Successfully moving from industrial age leadership to the digital/post-Covid environment requires leaders who understand, leadership is about people.
    25 min
  • 072: DEI. Why?
    In today's environment, DEI has once again become a topic of focus for business. Some organizations are cutting back or totally eliminating their DEI programs as others re-commit to building an environment in which every employee feels that they belong and that they have a voice. In this episode, Steve Yacovelli, author of "Pride Leadership: Strategies for the LGBTQ+ Leader to be the King Or Queen of Their Jungle," joins host Brian Gorman to explore the shifting landscape of DEI as well as the business - and human - benefits such programs offer.
    26 min

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Beyond AI: Wisdom at Work explores what leaders need to see, ask, and own as artificial intelligence reshapes work, decisions, culture, trust, and human value.