Connect The Dots: The Human Skills AI Will Never Replace

About this episode

Liv Cowle explores the importance of human skills in a technology-driven workplace, drawing on insights from various expert conversations.

In this slightly different episode, producer Liv Cowle steps in front of the microphone to connect the dots on a few recent conversations... Across our vast range of topics and expert guests, the theme of human connection, behaviour and skillsets kept appearing, particularly with regards to technology and AI. But what does that tell us, exactly? With excerpts from our conversations with Tahnee Perry, Faris Aranki and Alessandra di Lorenzo, Liv explores the reason why human skills still win in an increasingly digital workplace. Key Moments: A 5-year-old asks Google to dinner (3:14) The danger of voice searches (4:21) "Driver vs. Passenger" framework for using AI intentionally (5:53) "Don't outsource your thinking to an AI that doesn't know you" (6:31) Why specialists are so sought after despite AI (7:42) How performance increased through peer connections (11:33) Bypass the AI gatekeeper — go back to the real world (15:58) Discovery & conversion collapsing inside platforms — websites must evolve (16:40) Closing thoughts (18:53) Episodes Referenced: Good Content Is Not Enough: What Actually Gets Your Business Seen Online with Alessandra di Lorenzo Be the Driver: How to Stand Out…

People in this episode

Host: Liv Cowle

Topics covered

• human skills
• AI
• technology
• human connection
• digital workplace
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• human skills
• AI
• technology
• digital workplace
• entrepreneurship
• human connection
• peer connections

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