Unscripted Intelligence

🎙️ 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/   

🔗Join the Movement: Website: ⁠humanintelligencemovement.org Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Follow ⁠@HumanIntelligenceMovement⁠ on LinkedIn for live shows and episode updates 

Watch live every Thursday at 6pm EST on LinkedIn + YouTube

🎙️Episode 3 – Agents Are Here. Are You Raising One?

Guest: Kunal Dalal

Host: Arvin Ross

Presented by: The Human Intelligence Movement

🔍Episode Summary: What happens when the tech we build is more agentic than the kids we raise?

In this provocative episode, Kunal Dalal introduces the idea of Agentic AI—systems designed not just to automate, but to amplify human decision-making. Together, Kunal, Michelle, and Arvin explore why parenting is now the frontline of AI ethics and how education must evolve to raise autonomous, adaptable humans.

From redesigning schools to rethinking content overload, this conversation questions everything we assume about learning in an AI-powered world. Because if the future belongs to those with agency... are we preparing kids to lead it?

💡Notable Moments:

4:06 — A Letter to Parents

24:26 — Should we be afraid of agentics?

28:00 — How can we use agentic AI to make us more human?

35:10 — Our responsibility as parents

44:00 — How we respond can make an impact

47:26 — Unavoidable truths about the future

🎙️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 for Unscripted Intelligence and Connections + Coordination Manager for the Human Intelligence Movement

🔗 Connect with Kunal

aiparentology.com, https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunal-dalal-ed/  

🔗Join the Movement: Website: ⁠humanintelligencemovement.org Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Follow ⁠@HumanIntelligenceMovement⁠ on LinkedIn for live shows and episode updates 

Watch live every Thursday at 6pm EST on LinkedIn + YouTube

🎙️ Episode 2 – Know Your Why Before AI: Building an Effective AI Workforce

Guest: Jennifer Eakin Womble, Conference Chair of FETC

Hosts: Dr. Michelle Ament & Arvin Ross

Presented by: The Human Intelligence Movement

🔍 Episode Summary:

In this powerful conversation, Jennifer Womble joins Michelle and Arvin to explore what it means to build an AI-ready education system without losing our human “why.” 

Together, they unpack the risks of tech-first thinking, the urgent need for AI literacy in schools, and how educators can reclaim the joy of teaching by using AI as a lift, not a replacement. From reimagining PD to rewiring mindsets, Jennifer shares how education systems can think more like startups and why adaptability, human connection, and purpose must lead the way.

💡 Key Insights & Takeaways:

• Start with Why—Always:Tech without purpose is noise. Jennifer reminds us that tools don’t teach humans, but humans do. Every AI integration must begin with clarity about what problem it’s solving for students and educators.
  

• AI as a Lift, Not a Layer: The best use of AI is to remove what weighs educators down, paperwork, data sorting, and feedback loops, so they can reconnect with students and reawaken the joy of teaching.
  

• Build Like a Startup: Bureaucracy can’t be an excuse. Jennifer calls on education to adopt a startup mindset: agile, inquiry-driven, and unafraid to challenge “how we’ve always done it.”
  

• AI + HI in the Classroom: Socratic dialogue. Curiosity-driven thinking. Personalized coaching. Jennifer illustrates how AI, when used well, can deepen student agency and support individualized growth.
  

• The Most Urgent Human Skill: Adaptability. Not just as a buzzword, but as a survival skill. It’s what every student will need in a world where the jobs and tools of tomorrow don’t yet exist.

🔗 Connect with Jennifer Womble:

• LinkedIn

• FETC Website

• • Leadhership Network

  
  

  🎙️ 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.

  
  

  🔗 Join the Movement:

  Join the Human Intelligence Movement: https://humanintelligencemovement.org/

  To share ideas, collaborate, or get involved: [email protected]

  Follow @HumanIntelligenceMovement on LinkedIn for live shows and episode updates.

  Watch live on LinkedIn + YouTube every Thursday at 6pm EST

🎙️Episode 1 - The Humans Behind the Mic

In our premiere episode, hosts Arvin Ross and Dr. Michelle Ament kick off Unscripted Intelligence with powerful personal stories and a bold question: What makes us human in an AI-driven world?

This live discussion spans trauma and transformation, teaching, tech, and adaptability. This unfiltered conversation dives into the future of learning, leadership, and human potential—and what it truly takes to thrive, not just survive, in the age of intelligent machines.

🎙️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.