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AI: Magic or Miss

AI has officially become the corporate answer to everything.

Need more productivity? AI.
Need fewer people? AI.
Need to sound innovative on an earnings call? Definitely AI.

But underneath all the hype, a real question is starting to creep in:

Is this actually making work better — or are we just making bigger decisions on shakier logic?

In this episode, we get into the gap between the promise of AI and what’s actually happening inside organizations right now: burnout, bad strategy, fuzzy thinking, and leaders making workforce bets before the evidence is really there.

We talk about where AI is genuinely useful, where it’s being wildly overapplied, and why so many companies seem more focused on not falling behind than on solving a real problem.

Because this tech could be magical.
It could free people up for better thinking, better work, and better outcomes.

But that’s not where a lot of organizations are headed.

They’re chasing efficiency.
They’re cutting before redesigning.
And they’re mistaking motion for strategy.

So: is AI a breakthrough?
Or are we using it in ways that quietly make work worse?

That’s the conversation.

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