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Episode 22 | Dr. Kirstin Ferguson on The Curse of Expertise in the AI Age
🚀 Why "I Don't Know Yet" Is the Most Valuable Leadership Skill in the AI Age: Dr. Kirstin Ferguson reveals how expertise becomes your biggest enemy and why intellectual humility beats certainty every time.
⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction & Antarctica Adventures
02:06 Welcome to Dr. Kirstin Ferguson
04:38 Why Travel Reduces Blindspots
05:49 The UK Post Office Scandal: When "The Computer Is Always Right"
08:44 How Success Becomes the Enemy of Adaptation
10:50 The Power & Authority Problem: Why People Won't Tell You You're Wrong
12:45 Why Leaders Are Trained to Have All the Answers (And Why It's Wrong)
20:13 Meg's SuccessFactors Story: Leading Through "I Don't Know"
26:32 What If the Post Office Had Been Curious Instead of Certain?
35:48 Meg's Oracle Epiphany: When Everyone's Pretending to Know
38:11 Reading the Room: When NOT to Say "I Don't Know Yet"
46:33 Kirstin's Work-From-Home Pivot: How to Change Your Mind Publicly
49:06 The Career Advice Blindspot: Why Parents Give Terrible Job Advice
51:50 The Three Practices: Be Honest, Be Curious, Be Flexible
53:22 Leadership Corner: Should You Pursue Leadership During Uncertain Times?
🔑 KEY INSIGHTS:
- The "curse of expertise": Why being right makes you worse at knowing when to doubt yourself
- How 900+ innocent people were prosecuted due to blind faith in technology
- Why "I don't know yet" builds more trust than false certainty
- The art of reading the room while admitting uncertainty
- How to unlearn outdated expertise for the AI age
📚 RESOURCES:
Blindspotting: How to See What Others Miss | https://amazn.so/97uYE8w
Head & Heart | https://amazn.so/oOLPfL2
Dr. Kirstin Ferguson's weekly column "Got a Minute?" - Sydney Morning Herald/The Age
How Travel Rewires Your Brain | https://superage.com/one-creativity-habit-nobel-scientists-swear-by/
SAP SuccessFactors Migration | https://news.sap.com/2023/02/sap-successfactors-next-generation-cloud-delivery/
Think Again, Adam Grant | https://amazn.so/wglEb5N
**🔗 CONNECT:**
Kirstin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstinferguson/
Kirstin's Website: https://www.kirstinferguson.com/
Leadership Questions: [email protected]
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megandamyshow/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-meg-amy-show
#Blindspotting #Leadership #AI #IntellectualHumility #BusinessTransformation #MegAndAmyShow
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By WRKdefined Podcast Network🚀 Why "I Don't Know Yet" Is the Most Valuable Leadership Skill in the AI Age: Dr. Kirstin Ferguson reveals how expertise becomes your biggest enemy and why intellectual humility beats certainty every time.
⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction & Antarctica Adventures
02:06 Welcome to Dr. Kirstin Ferguson
04:38 Why Travel Reduces Blindspots
05:49 The UK Post Office Scandal: When "The Computer Is Always Right"
08:44 How Success Becomes the Enemy of Adaptation
10:50 The Power & Authority Problem: Why People Won't Tell You You're Wrong
12:45 Why Leaders Are Trained to Have All the Answers (And Why It's Wrong)
20:13 Meg's SuccessFactors Story: Leading Through "I Don't Know"
26:32 What If the Post Office Had Been Curious Instead of Certain?
35:48 Meg's Oracle Epiphany: When Everyone's Pretending to Know
38:11 Reading the Room: When NOT to Say "I Don't Know Yet"
46:33 Kirstin's Work-From-Home Pivot: How to Change Your Mind Publicly
49:06 The Career Advice Blindspot: Why Parents Give Terrible Job Advice
51:50 The Three Practices: Be Honest, Be Curious, Be Flexible
53:22 Leadership Corner: Should You Pursue Leadership During Uncertain Times?
🔑 KEY INSIGHTS:
- The "curse of expertise": Why being right makes you worse at knowing when to doubt yourself
- How 900+ innocent people were prosecuted due to blind faith in technology
- Why "I don't know yet" builds more trust than false certainty
- The art of reading the room while admitting uncertainty
- How to unlearn outdated expertise for the AI age
📚 RESOURCES:
Blindspotting: How to See What Others Miss | https://amazn.so/97uYE8w
Head & Heart | https://amazn.so/oOLPfL2
Dr. Kirstin Ferguson's weekly column "Got a Minute?" - Sydney Morning Herald/The Age
How Travel Rewires Your Brain | https://superage.com/one-creativity-habit-nobel-scientists-swear-by/
SAP SuccessFactors Migration | https://news.sap.com/2023/02/sap-successfactors-next-generation-cloud-delivery/
Think Again, Adam Grant | https://amazn.so/wglEb5N
**🔗 CONNECT:**
Kirstin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstinferguson/
Kirstin's Website: https://www.kirstinferguson.com/
Leadership Questions: [email protected]
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megandamyshow/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-meg-amy-show
#Blindspotting #Leadership #AI #IntellectualHumility #BusinessTransformation #MegAndAmyShow