May 13, 2025

S11-Ep11: AI, Agility, & the Death of Business as Usual

24 minutes

Guest: Greg Moran, Ford’s Former Chief Strategy Officer

The time to “wait and see” is over. Thanks to AI, no matter what your industry, you need to act now. On everything.

That’s the core message from guest Greg Moran as he surveys a behind-the-scenes revolution AI has already spawned: fast, cheap development of new ideas. New technologies drastically reduce the time and cost to develop and deploy apps, products, and services. It means leaders must now be more agile, adaptable, and willing to experiment to maintain competitiveness.

Here's what Greg and Maureen cover:

Why holding on to expensive legacy systems is holding you back;

Why standing still and waiting for the dust to settle are now lethal strategies; and

How your frontline staff are more willing and ready to change than your executive suite.

Binge listen to more wisdom from Greg:

- Three Steps for Successful Negotiation

- The 7 Leadership Mindsets You Need Right Now

- How Missing Ethics Makes a Mess of Organizations

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RESOURCES:

You can contact Greg for more information at https://www.linkedin.com/in/gsmoran/ .

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Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI, or check out the Kindle version at https://amzn.to/44buVz8. The audiobook version is now available at https://amzn.to/4dTCleZ.

Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here.

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OUR PODCAST TEAM:

Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf

Editor & Executive Producer: Dan Mushalko

Graphics Editor: Stacia Rogan

Booking Producer: Jenna Reik

Theme Music by Pavel Bekirov from Pixabay.

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About Our Guest:

Greg Moran is a director, founder, advisor and operating executive with extensive global operations experience (U.S., Europe and Asia). He has a strong market focus with deep technology experience forged at business giants such as Ford and Chase which he now applies to organizations of all sizes - start-up, scaling, restructuring, sales, and finance/operations.

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