Peter Winick is the founder and CEO of Thought Leadership Leverage, a company that helps thought leaders, authors, consultants, and speakers monetize and scale their content and products. Peter's mission is to empower his clients to transform their great ideas into platforms and practices that serve the needs of business leaders and executives. In this week’s episode, I have the pleasure of sitting down with Peter to get his thoughts on technology as a sparring partner, how to leverage what you bring to the table, and democratization of information.

Connect with Peter:

Website: thoughtleadershipleverage.com

YouTube: @ThoughtLeadershipLeverage

LinkedIn: Peter Winick

Welcome to the first mini episode of Humanize Automation. These minisodes are meant to be training tutorials to give you different tips, tricks, ideas, and use cases for AI, generative AI, synthetic media, different automations, and things that you can do to humanize automation. What most people are finding out when they experiment with AI tools is that, if they are asking a question in an inefficient way, they’re not going to get the results they want. Like most things, you have to learn to communicate well. How can humans and computers communicate more effectively together? In this episode, I am going to walk you through a formula that will give you the best output for your generative AI prompts and save you time to put your own unique touch on top of it, instead of starting from a blank page.

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Valerie Bowden is the Founder and CEO of CRDLE, a company that helps businesses find top-tier remote talent and optimize their sales operations by tapping into the talent market across African countries. Before launching CRDLE, Valerie backpacked across Africa solo and lived in Ethiopia for 8 years. In her Podcast “Choose Africa”, she shows businesses just how much untapped talent there is in the African Continent. In this episode, Valerie and I dive into the connections between outsourcing and AI, investing time in learning and exploration, and mitigating fear of technology.

Connect with Valerie:

Website: crdle.com

Instagram: @valeriegbowden

LinkedIn: Valerie Bowden

01:45 Valerie’s Solo Backpacking Trip That Jump Started Her Journey

06:15 The Future of Globalization In The Workforce

08:30 How Valerie Conceptualized CRDLE

11:05 What Does Humanize Automation Mean to Valerie

12:15 When To Use AI and When To Use A Person

17:05 Technology and Outsourcing as the Great Democratizer

23:42 Paying for Curiosity and Exploration

29:40 Game Changing Tech

31:25 Shortcut Your Tone of Voice with ChatGPT

33:10 Conclusion

This week, I have the absolute pleasure of being joined by my brilliant friend and business partner, Jon Tota. Jon is CEO of Render and an expert in synthetic media and avatars. In this digital age, adding a human element to the online experience can make a huge difference in your business. But what about humanizing automation with your own likeness? In this episode, Jon and I have a conversation about all the different things you can do with avatars, how to use them effectively, and upcoming innovations.

01:02 Today’s Guest, Jon Tota

04:25 The Biggest Friction Point to Creating Content

06:32 Maintaining the Human Touch within Efficiency

10:02 Jon’s Journey with Avatars

12:02 Jill’s Experience Being Cloned for her Avatar

28:12 The Efficacy of Hyper Realistic Avatars

31:26 A Time and Place for Stock Avatars

33:57 Your Avatar Wakes Up Like This

44:48 Democratizing Access To Technology and Customer Experience

47:15 Tools Jon is Loving

49:57 Conclusion

This week, we’re going to be exploring the lens through which I see this era of generative AI, especially as it pertains to how we can use these tools and techniques to create better experiences for those we serve. Now bare with me, because I’m going to geek out with you all about the 5 key axioms, or fundamental truths, around generative AI, as well as the 4 stages of the customer experience. Once we understand these, you can leverage generative AI to get outputs that are more efficient and effective for your business.

00:42 Introduction

01:41 The Pragmatics of Human Communication

02:41  5 Key Axioms for Generative AI 

03:12 Axiom #1 – AI Output is only as good as Human Input 

04:42 Axiom #2 – Data Order Matters 

06:17 Axiom #3 – Personalization & Customization 

09:48 Axiom #4 – Build Guardrails First 

10:22 Axiom #5 – Positive Uses of AI Must Outweigh Nefarious Ones

11:34 Recap of 5 Axioms 

13:48 Overview of Customer Experience 

17:16  4 Stages of Customer Experience 

21:49 Prioritizing Audience’s Feeling 

24:51 Wrap Up & Conclusion 

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Welcome to the first episode of Humanize Automation! In this show, I want to bring light to what is possible when you combine human and computer capabilities. Within that space, there is magic! In this first episode, I tell you a little bit about me, where this show came from, and three tips to get better at humanizing automation. Let’s get started!

00:41 Introduction

02:51 History of AI  

04:42 Collective Intelligence

06:27 Why Humanize Automation?

07:23 How Does This Help Business Owners?

10:39 Jill’s Story 

20:02 Democratization of Information 

24:18  3 Tips to Humanize Automation  

24:48 Tip #1 

25:55 Tip #2 

27:04 Tip #3 

28:15 Diving Deeper 

29:59 Opportunities for Humanized Automation Interventions

34:10 Focus on the Feelings 

36:48 Prioritize the Output 

38:18 Wrap Up & Conclusion

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