“If you’re just getting lemmings to vote for cliff diving,” says today’s guest, that may not be the best way to lead in the modern AI landscape.

Julian Lighton is an executive coach with over 30 years experience advising, hiring, and developing leaders. He is the author of the new book, Navigating Your Next: Discover the Career You Want and the Path to Get There. In today’s episode, Julian joins Daniel and Peter to look at different approaches to leadership when AI joins the organization.

Julian suggests that the current AI playing field is split between two approaches. “We have one set of people that really view AI as a wonderful thing and that we're headed towards a singularity, and that this is terrific because it means that you can avoid more human contact, the messy wetware in the system,” he says. The other camp believes “in empowering human beings and so look at AI at most as a co-pilot, not a replacement.”

Tune in to learn:

• How AI applies to “red ocean problems and blue ocean problems”
• Why the fundamentals of leadership are still essential
• How the “rule of three” applies to career growth in the age of AI

No matter how the future shapes up, it’s clear that AI is here to stay, and Julian says that being a bystander isn’t the way to meet career goals. “No matter what stage of your career you are, you have to start getting proactive now,” he says. “And the fastest and easiest way to do that is to go after the fundamentals and to start practicing them.”

Questions, or comments? E-mail us at podcast@stewartleadership.com

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Resources and Links

Julian Lighton LinkedIn

Navigating Your Next: Discover the Career You Want and the Path to Get There (Amazon page)

Stewart Leadership Insights and Resources:

The Fundamentals of Leadership (Video)

How to Become an AI-Native Organization (Podcast)

Develop Your Managers by Focusing on These 8 Skillsets (Article)

6 Essential Skills to Teach Managers (Article)

Upskilling Managers to Meet New Challenges (Article)

4 Ways to Encourage a Healthy Failure Culture (Articles)

4 Mistakes Leaders Make with AI–And What to Do Instead (Article)

Building Psychological Safety at Work: 6 Tips (Article)

Creating Psychological Safety in Remote Teams (Webinar)

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