Humanity Working
Humanity Working is a podcast focused on how new technology such as AI is changing the experience of work, and how humans can thrive in this new world.
Each episode we explore what is changing, how it is affecting the way work gets done, and the impact it has on the people doing work - with a particular focus on those who have a creative aspect to their work.
The podcast is hosted by Paul Slater - Principal AI Technologist at Adobe Systems, often alongside Matt Neal - Innovation Leader at BeOne Medicines. We frequently feature authors, business leaders and top tier academics.
Join us as we navigate the ever-changing landscape of work.
Episodes
143 episodes
Bonus Episode: Building a Culture of Excellence, featuring Kyle McDowell
Kyle McDowell is a leadership speaker, advisor, and the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of Begin With WE: 10 Principles for Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence. After more than two decades in corporate ...
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Why Do Big AI Rollouts Keep Failing?
Matt joins Paul for another episode in the “Seven Big Questions About AI” series to explore a provocative question: why do big AI rollouts keep failing? They unpack whether the widely reported failures of generative AI projects are really about...
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Bonus Episode: ADHD, Modern Life, and the Systems That Help Us Thrive, Featuring Carol Pearlman
Carol Pearlman is a psychologist and one of the pioneers of cognitive behavioral treatment programs for adults with ADHD, where she's spent more than two decades developing, researching, and applying practical strategies for managing attention,...
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Is Generative AI Actually Good at Anything Meaningful?
Matt joins Paul for another episode in the “Seven Big Questions About AI” series to explore a provocative question: is generative AI actually good at anything meaningful?They unpack what it really means for AI to be “good” at some...
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Bonus Episode: Master Your Spiritual Intelligence, Featuring Yosi Amram
Dr. Yosi Amram is a psychologist, executive coach, entrepreneur, and author of Spiritually Intelligent Leadership. He created the first measurable definition of spiritual intelligence and has coached more than 100 CEOs, drawing on his ...
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Is AI Actually Making Us Dumber?
Matt joins Paul for the second episode in the “Seven Big Questions About AI” series to explore a provocative question: is AI actually making us dumber?They unpack concerns that AI may be changing how people learn, remember, focus,...
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Bonus Episode: The Retention Trap: Why Talent Flow Beats Talent Hoarding, Featuring Mark Peters
Mark Peters is CEO of Butterball Farms, a family-owned food manufacturing company where he has spent decades thinking differently about what it means to be an employer. He is also the founder of The Source, an organization that helps employees ...
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Why is AI making some of us more burned out?
The team kicks off Paul’s new “Seven Big Questions About AI” series, with Matt joining him to explore the first big question: why is AI making some of us more burned out?They unpack the gap between AI’s promise of saving us time a...
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Bonus Episode: Decoding Your Instinct to Perform, Featuring Amy Bruske
Amy Bruske is President and co-owner of Kolbe Corp, where she's spent her career helping entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and consultants tap into their natural instincts to work more effectively. She's one of only three Senior Master Consulta...
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Bonus Episode: The Red Thread, Featuring Sonya Shelton
Sonya Shelton is the founder of Executive Leadership Consulting, where she's spent 25+ years helping organizations like The Walt Disney Company, Nestlé, Microsoft, AECOM, and Experian align strategy, culture, and leadership. She's also the auth...
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Bonus Episode: Navigating the Age of Chaos, Featuring Bob Johansen
Paul welcomes back three-time guest Bob Johansen to discuss his co-authored book, Navigating the Age of Chaos, and the shift from VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) to BANI (brittle, anxious, nonlinear, incomprehensible) as a more a...
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The AI-Ready Human Deep Dive
The team returns after the launch of Paul's new book, The AI Ready Human, and this time Matt plays the role of interviewer! In this episode Matt and Paul discuss the book’s core framework: the “Magnificent Seven” stacked capabilitie...
An Announcement
In this special episode, Paul announces the release of his new book titled 'AI Ready Human: Your 90 Day Program to Stay Relevant as Technology Transforms Work.' The book is designed to help readers adapt to the evolving AI-dominated...
Conflict Resolution, Fixed
Why is conflict resolution degrading as a skill in the workplace, and what can we do about it?In their last episode before the holidays, Paul and Matt explore how factors like the personalized internet, social media, and AI are conspirin...
Bonus Episode: Leading Change in the Era of AI, Featuring Bill Kirst
Paul is joined by Bill Kirst, host of the Coffee and Change podcast and author of the new book Leading Change in the Era of AI.The conversation explores the psychological and societal implications of rushing toward arti...
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Written Communication, Fixed
Written communication has expanded from formal emails to Slack messages, tweets, and video scripts. But are you being understood? In this "Quick Fix" episode, Paul and Matt break down why the way we were taught to write in school fails us at wo...
Bonus Episode: What Nature Can Teach Us About Organizations, Featuring Ines Garcia
Our most resilient companies have been around for about a hundred years. Meanwhile, some species of life are still thriving after a billion years. Ines Garcia believes that by quietening our cleverness and truly tapping into our understanding o...
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Verbal Communication, Fixed
Verbal communication is the number one soft skill listed on job descriptions these days for a reason - almost all of us are getting worse at it.In today's episode Paul and Matt discuss why this is a degrading skill, and what specific ste...
Bonus Episode: The Contemporary Leader, Featuring Dr. Riza Kadilar
What does it take to be a leader in the new, unpredictable ever-changing world of work?Dr. Riza Kadilar has thought deeply about this question, as a CEO in multiple different countries, as an academic, and as president of the European Me...
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Resilience, Fixed
Is resilience just something you get by going through tough times, or are there steps you can take in the here and now to make you more resilient? In today's episode Paul and Matt dive into resilience in some depth, and help you discover an exe...
Bonus Episode: The Intangibles of Great Work (Part 2), Featuring Dan Rust
Dan Rust returns to the conversation with Paul to delve into the skills people need to thrive as work evolves, but as individuals and leaders. Paul and Dan share their thoughts on using AI in the workplace, including how to balance produc...
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Motivation, Fixed
Why is it so difficult to be motivated in today's world of work, and what can we do to make sure that we get and sustain motivation even as AI and robotics become more prevalent?In today's episode, Matt and Paul discuss how motivation is...
Bonus Episode: The Intangibles of Great Work (Part 1), Featuring Dan Rust
Learning and Development leader and host of the podcast Leadership Disrupted joins Paul to discuss critical factors that can determine your success or failure in the workplace of today and tomorrow. They tackle questions such as:<...
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Balance, Fixed
In this episode, Paul and Matt tackle the concept of balance within the modern work-life environment. They discuss how managing energy across various life domains—work, family, friends, and personal interests—is more crucial than merely dividin...
Bonus Episode: The Employee Advantage, Featuring Stephan Meier
Paul hosts Stephan Meier, author of 'The Employee Advantage' and chair of the management division at Columbia Business School.Paul and Stephan discuss the new book, and the benefits and challenges associated with creating human-centric ...
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