About this episode

Anna Tavis discusses the impact of AI on leadership and the workplace, emphasizing the need for a shift towards humanity in organizational practices.

NYU Professor Anna Tavis joins Peter Mulford to explore how AI is reshaping the workplace and what it means for leaders today. Drawing on her book Humans at Work , Tavis explains why organizations must shift from optimizing for efficiency to optimizing for humanity, how AI is driving a redesign of work itself, and what courageous leadership looks like in a time of technological transformation.

People in this episode

Host: Peter Mulford

Guest: Anna Tavis

Topics covered

• AI in the workplace
• leadership
• humanity in business
• technological transformation
• organizational change

Keywords

• AI
• leadership
• workplace
• efficiency
• humanity
• organizational change
• technological transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NYU

Books & works: Humans at Work

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