The profits in the imagination gap, with Jay Samit
About this episode
Jay Samit discusses the risks and opportunities for leaders in a rapidly changing technological landscape.
If you're an experienced leader, founder or consultant, there's a particular kind of quiet risk you might not be tracking. The world you built your career in is being rewritten, and the tools that used to belong to well-funded companies now sit on your laptop for free. This week I'm joined by Jay Samit, author of Disrupt You, Future Proofing You, and his latest book, The Second Act Advantage. Jay was in the room when Reid Hoffman launched LinkedIn, helped monetise Facebook, ran EMI through the Napster years, and has been a futurist for more than half a century. He is not a hype merchant. He is someone who has watched every major technology shift up close, and he thinks this one is different. Our conversation is a wake-up call, but not a doom scroll. It is about where the real opportunity sits for people who are already good at what they do, and how to move before the ground shifts under you. ✳️ Why AI is not another industrial revolution. It is closer to fire, and this time it comes for knowledge workers first. ✳️ The illusion of job security. The original Fortune 500 has lost 90% of its members, and the safety net you think you have is thinner than you realise. ✳️ How ordinary…
People in this episode
Host: Bob Gentle
Guest: Jay Samit
Topics covered
- AI impact on knowledge workers
- job security
- entrepreneurship opportunities
- technology shifts
- personal empowerment
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: LinkedIn, Facebook, EMI
Books & works: Disrupt You, Future Proofing You, The Second Act Advantage
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