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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…
Episodes
Humanity WorkingBonus Episode: Gen Z and AI: The Generation That Embraces Technology but Fears Being Replaced, Featuring Anjan Kasi Sampath
Anjan Kasi Sampath joins Paul for a conversation about Gen Z, the changing nature of work, and a question that is becoming increasingly urgent in the age of…
Humanity WorkingWhen AI Goes Rogue: Testing, Personal Agents, and ROI
Matt and Bill join Paul for a conversation about AI’s growing ability to act in the world, and the question that follows: what happens when probabilistic…
Humanity WorkingAre We Holding AI Back With Our Instructions?
Matt and Bill join Paul for a conversation about a counterintuitive question at the heart of how we work with AI: does giving AI more information and…
Humanity WorkingHow Do You Incentivize Teams to Architect Their Own Extinction?
Matt and Bill join Paul for a conversation about the rapidly changing AI landscape, and a question that is becoming harder for organizations to ignore: how do…
Humanity WorkingFive Theories for Why the AI Conversation Suddenly Changed
Matt and Bill join Paul for a conversation about the sudden shift in the AI narrative, and why the companies building the technology are now openly talking…
Humanity Working100 Episodes In: What Humanity Working Has Learned About AI and the Future of Work
Matt and Bill join Paul for the 100th episode of Humanity Working to look back at how the podcast has evolved from Way Too Busy to Making Remote Work and…
Humanity WorkingBonus Episode: Why AI Doom is Counterproductive, featuring Geoffrey Moore.
Geoffrey Moore is an author, strategist, and longtime technology thinker whose work has focused on how technologies are adopted and how businesses adapt to…
Humanity WorkingFour Years with AI: Are We getting Smarter or Dumber?
Matt joins Paul for a follow-up conversation on a question that has become even more urgent four years into the generative-AI era: is AI making us smarter or…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
Humanity WorkingWhy 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…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
Humanity WorkingIs 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…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
Humanity WorkingIs 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…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
Humanity WorkingWhy 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…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
Humanity WorkingThe 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…
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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…
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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…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
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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…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
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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…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
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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…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
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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…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
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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…
Humanity WorkingBonus 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…
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Control, Fixed
In this episode, Paul and Matt delve into the concept of control in the workplace. They define control as the ability to manage one's environment, knowing when…
Humanity WorkingBonus Episode: Being Authentic, Featuring Shannon Plumb
In this episode, Paul sits down with Shannon Plumb, Founder and CEO of PURL Advisors, globally recognized mentor, leadership advisor, and creator of the Real T…
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Organization, Fixed
In this episode, Paul and Matt dive into one of the most misunderstood durable skills: organization. It’s not just about tidy desks or color-coded inboxes—it’s…
Humanity WorkingBonus Episode: Reinventing Yourself, Featuring Michele Volpi
In this episode, Paul sits down with Michele Volpi - author of The Career Remix: Build a Future That Fits You — Pivot. Grow. Thrive., to explore how…
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Adaptability, Fixed
In this episode, Paul and Matt tackle what they call the “North Star” of durable skills—adaptability. They explore what it really means to adapt as the world…
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Readiness, Fixed
In this episode, Paul and Matt explore what readiness really means at work—and why it’s not the same as wellbeing or wellness. They unpack why traditional…
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An Announcement, and What are Soft Skills?
Changes are coming to Humanity Working. In this episode, Paul and Matt share what’s next: a new format designed for the way we all actually listen and learn…
Humanity WorkingMentoring, Fixed
Mentoring is everywhere—but not all of it works. In this episode, Paul and Matt separate hype from reality, covering what actually drives value for mentees…
Humanity WorkingNetworking, Fixed
Networking doesn’t have to mean awkward small talk or transactional card-swapping. Paul and Matt reframe networking as relationship-first, exploring how to…
Humanity WorkingGo Slow to Go Fast
Go Slow to Go Fast We live in a culture that prizes speed—but sometimes moving slower is what actually accelerates results. In this episode, Paul and Matt…
Humanity WorkingThe Eisenhower Matrix
In this episode, Paul and Matt dig into the history—and the myths—around the Eisenhower Matrix. Was it really invented by Eisenhower? Did he even talk about…
Humanity WorkingAre We Getting Worse At Doing Work?
Heavy ChatGPT use may help short-term tasks—but it can quietly weaken your brain. In this episode, Paul and Matt unpack a new MIT Media Lab study and explain…
Humanity WorkingHealth and Work
If health underpins great work, why do so many workplaces treat it like a perk? In this episode, Paul and Matt examine the gap between surface-level wellness…
Humanity WorkingSickofancy - Is South Park Right About AI?
The highly political nature of the new South Park series has been making all the headlines, but it also has something else squarely in it’s sights - Generative…
Humanity WorkingIs Wellbeing For Wimps?
The word “wellbeing” might be fading at work—but not because people are thriving. In this episode, Paul and Matt dig into why the concept is being tuned out…
Humanity WorkingIt's Time For T
Instead of asking, “What’s your specialty?” ask: “How’s your T?” In this episode, Paul and Matt break down the T-shaped career model—depth in one or more…
Humanity WorkingIs Work/Life Balance Still a Thing?
We still talk about “work–life balance,” but let’s be honest—does that phrase even fit reality anymore? In this episode, Paul and Matt reframe balance not as…
Humanity WorkingInterview: Leaders Make the Future, featuring Bob Johansen
Bob Johansen is a distinguished fellow with the Institute for the Future in Silicon Valley, and the author or co-author of 15 books, including Get There Early…
Humanity WorkingInterview: Any Dumb-Ass Can Do It, featuring Garry Ridge
Garry Ridge is the Chairman Emeritus of WD-40. During his 25-year tenure, he transformed the company's culture and increased its market value from $250 million…
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Are Turkeys Voting for Thanksgiving?
With AI and Robotics on the rise, we risk becoming irrelevant at work, yet many of us barely engaged. Are we entering into a doom loop, or are their ways to…
Humanity WorkingAre We Looking Forward of Backward?
Have you heard of BANI? If you haven’t, you probably soon will. In today’s episode Paul and Matt discuss why the world of work is so difficult to comprehend…
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Lessons from the Nomads
Paul’s back from speaking at a Digital Nomad conference. In this episode he discusses what he learned - how digital nomadism is evolving, if it’s even viable…
Humanity WorkingThe White-Collar Recession
Headline unemployment numbers are low, yet many of us know people who are struggling to find work. In this episode Matt and Paul discuss what’s really going…
Humanity WorkingMaking the Intangible Tangible
Paul and Matt are back to discuss why so many of the important attributes that make an organization successful are difficult to measure, and what to do about…
Humanity WorkingInterview: The Hidden Value of Learning and Development with Dr. Keith Keating
Dr. Keith Keating is the Workforce Futurist and Chief Learning Officer for BDO and the author of the books The Trusted Learning Advisor and his new book -…
Humanity WorkingDistraction
Sorry, where were we? Ah yes, discussing distraction. In today’s episode Paul and Matt look at why distraction is more and more of an issue at work, and what…
Humanity WorkingDistributed Teams
Almost all teams are distributed today across both space and time - but the way we work in them and manage them hasn’t really adapted. In today’s episode Matt…