🎙️ Episode 4 – Leading the Unknown: Adaptability, Not Certainty

Guest: Jerry Almendarez

Host: Dr. Michelle Ament & Arvin Ross

Presented by: The Human Intelligence Movement

🔍Episode Summary:

What if the strongest thing a leader can say is "I don't have all of the answers"?

In this timely episode, educational leader Jerry Almendarez flips the script on traditional leadership. Together with Michelle and Rae, he explores why in an AI-driven world, the leaders who thrive aren't those chasing perfection—but those leaning into curiosity, courage, and change.

From embracing uncertainty to modeling adaptability, this conversation is a call to stop performing leadership—and start practicing it. Because in times of rapid transformation, the real power lies in asking better questions, not having all the answers.

Leadership isn’t about control anymore.

It’s about staying human.

💡Notable Moments:

07:29 — A system built for kids

12:38 — Vulnerability & unlearning

16:55 — Lead with stability 

21:34 — Taking time to listen

29:54 — The sage on the stage

35:41 — TRUST

43:57 — Unavoidable truths 

🎙️About the Hosts

Michelle Ament and Arvin Ross come from different generations, experiences, and disciplines—but their unlikely partnership is built on mutual curiosity, deep listening, and a shared belief in the power of human connection. Their conversations are real, unscripted, and often challenging—in all the right ways.

Dr. Michelle Ament- ⁠@Michelle Ament⁠ Co-President of the Human Intelligence Movement & Chief Academic Officer at Prosolve.

Arvin Ross- ⁠@ArvinRoss ⁠ Co-Founder of Prosolve, educator, speaker, and “adaptability enthusiast”

Jena Crossland- ⁠@JenaCrossland⁠ ⁠ Production Manager and Director of Operations + Marketing at the Human Intelligence Movement

🔗 Connect with Jerry

https://jerryalmendarez.substack.com/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-almendarez/   

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