Lead The Machine Podcast
by Kirstin Marr is a C-level exec and board member who has helped over 100 companies adopt transformative tech and data analytics for 25 years.
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Emerging Leaders Are Already Leading AI
Emerging Leaders Are Already Leading AI
About this podcast
Lead The Machine Podcast explores the human side of AI at work. Join the conversation with today's leaders and tomorrow's about what it takes to make AI work for real people, in real organizations.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 23 episodes
- Emerging Leaders Are Already Leading AI · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 22Hi everyone, Want to know what AI adoption really looks like inside a company? Ask the leaders in the middle. They are close enough to strategy to understand the intent and close…
- AI Literacy and the Future of Work · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 22Hi everyone, AI is changing the work. Talent strategy will determine who benefits from it. That is the real issue beneath so many conversations about AI at work. Tools can remove…
- Only 13% Can Measure AI ROI. Now What? · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 21When only 13% of companies feel confident measuring AI ROI, you know two things: you are in a hype cycle for a new technology, and operational issues prevent progress. AM Best’s…
- Systems Thinking for AI: How to Get Results Faster · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 20Hi everyone, The rubber meets the road when we need to prove ROI with any new technology. It’s inevitable and it’s hard. Rob Cressy is an AI enablement coach who works with…
- Talent Strategy in the Age of AI · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 19Hi everyone, This week on Lead The Machine, I recorded a special dual interview on site at the Emerging Leaders Conference in Nashville with Wendy Davis Johnson and Marguerite…
- AI Tools That Reduce Burden and Restore Dignity · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 18Hi everyone, This week on Lead The Machine, I spoke with Dakota Koontz, Executive Director at Housing Heroes Hub, about what it takes to lead inside broken systems, and how AI…
- Board-Ready AI: Leadership, Data, and Risk with Bill Walsh · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 17Hi everyone, Bill Walsh, the CEO of Mediafly, has played a meaningful role in my leadership journey. I met him more than a decade ago when he served on the board at Valen…
- Everyone Has Access to AI. A Millennial Leader Explains What Matters Now. · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 16Hi everyone, I love intergenerational conversations about AI and the future of work, especially with Millennial leaders like John Hyde, a real estate and hospitality project…
- The Problem With AI Recruiting Isn’t AI. It’s How We’re Using It. · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 15Hi everyone, What happens when recruiting becomes AI talking to AI? That is the question at the center of my newest Lead the Machine episode with Jessica Peskin, CEO of Global…
- AI Is Inevitable, Relevance Is a Choice · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 14Hi everyone — This week on Lead The Machine, I’m truly honored to share my conversation with Brian Duperreault — former CEO & Chairman of AIG, and a leader who has shaped modern…
- How to Build AI Products That Actually Scale · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 13Last week, nearly $300 billion in market value was wiped out across software companies. Because AI is accelerating faster than many businesses are ready for. AI-native products…
- Rethinking Food Security in the Age of AI with Richard Lackey · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 12I sat down with Richard Lackey, CEO of the World Food Bank Group, to unpack a crisis that is both urgent and misunderstood. Nearly 40 million children are suffering from acute…
- From Pilot Purgatory to Real Impact: How to Lead Successful AI Adoption · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 11Hi everyone, This week on Lead The Machine, I had the opportunity to sit down with Colleen Campbell, Founder and CEO of A-Human-I. Colleen is one of the most grounded…
- AI, Ag, and the Future of Food: Increasing Healthspan, Not Just Lifespan · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 10Hi everyone, Welcome to a purpose-driven conversation with Laston Charriez, a longtime CPG marketing leader turned educator and advocate for transforming how we grow food…
- The New AI Reality: From Care to Code to Careers · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 9Hi everyone, This week’s episode of Lead The Machine digs into one of the most important truths emerging: the future of industry, software, and work are now deeply intertwined…
- Trust, Cybersecurity, and AI with David Chaddock · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 8Hi everyone, In this week’s episode of Lead The Machine, I sit down with David Chaddock, a cybersecurity and compliance leader who has spent decades guiding organizations through…
- How Leaders Build Trust in the Age of AI · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 7Hi everyone, This week’s episode of Lead The Machine is one I’ve been excited to share. I sat down with Marty Welch, a seasoned insurance executive and CEO of HEMIC, whose career…
- You Either Win or You Learn: Breaking Barriers with AI and Bold Leadership · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 6When you’ve spent your career assigning financial strength ratings to insurance companies, you learn a thing or two about what holds companies back, and what pushes them forward…
- “When AI Broke My Dream and Helped Me Rebuild It” · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 5DON’T DO THIS. “I was shocked. I didn’t get a single journalist to tell me that this is a career worth pursuing.” After years spent getting an undergraduate and graduate degree…
- The Mindset that Built Innovation · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 4“We had to invent the math before we could build the model.” That’s how my dad, Clay Marr, describes his early years at the dawn of Silicon Valley, from his time at Lockheed…
