391: Andrew Palmer from The Economist on Why AI Productivity Isn’t Showing Up Yet

391: Andrew Palmer from The Economist on Why AI Productivity Isn’t Showing Up Yet

From AI and the Future of Work: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace, Business, Ethics, HR, and IT for AI Enthusiasts, Leaders and Academics by Dan Turchin

June 1, 2026 · 46 min · Season 7 · Episode 391

About this episode

Andrew Palmer discusses the current state of AI productivity and its implications in the workplace.

Send us Fan Mail Andrew Palmer is a long-time editor and columnist at The Economist, where he writes the widely read Bartleby column on work and life. He also hosts Boss Class, one of The Economist's most popular podcasts, whose most recent season explored generative AI in the workplace, a topic Andrew approached not just as a journalist, but as a self-described unsophisticated user determined to get smarter by doing. In this episode, Andrew draws on his reporting and interviews with leaders ...

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Host: Dan Turchin

Guest: Andrew Palmer

Topics covered

  • AI productivity
  • generative AI
  • workplace
  • journalism
  • leadership

Keywords

  • AI
  • productivity
  • workplace
  • generative AI
  • The Economist

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Organizations: The Economist

Books & works: Bartleby, Boss Class

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