In this week’s Thought Sparks Podcast episode, Rita McGrath, a Columbia University Business School Professor, C-Suite strategist, business founder and best-selling author, sits down with Charlene Li, author of author of Groundswell, Open Leadership, and The Disruption Mindset, and a new book, written with Katia Walsh: Winning with AI: The 90-Day Blueprint for Success.
0:00 - Introduction & Meet Charlene Li
1:35 - Charlene's Upbringing in Detroit
4:14 - Introducing Winning with AI
7:34 - Strategy First, Not "What Do We Do About AI"
8:56 - Three Ways AI Creates Value
12:43 - The AI Hesitancy Gap: FOMO vs. FOGI
13:40 - Why a 90-Day Blueprint
18:53 - The Grief and Rage Behind AI Disruption
24:52 - Why AI Pilots Fail
28:43 - Building an AI Investment Portfolio
31:46 - Trust, Honesty, and Fairness in Leadership
39:04 - How AI Gave Charlene Her Voice
41:24 - Speed as the New Competitive Moat
44:22 - Goldilocks Governance
49:01 - Lessons from Burning Man's Mudpocalypse
53:04 - Becoming Superhuman with AI
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