Why Humanity is Media’s Edge in an AI World
About this episode
Jack Myers discusses the importance of humanity in media amidst the rise of AI technology.
Jack Myers has been sharing observations and insights about media longer than some platforms have even existed. I used to study his “Jack Myers Report,” when I started in cable and it was actually the first faxed newsletter. Then fast forward a decade or two and I became the first Managing Editor of Jack’s next successful communications platform: Media Village ! Its thousands of articles, interviews, and executive insights now serve as a living history of the business. That was where I created my first podcast…and fast forward another decade and Jack has his own podcast now, too… and has authored some seven books ! But DON’T fast forward through this half hour of gems from Jack that will inform and inspire you about how we may not really BE in a “technology-first era.” Jack acknowledges he can relate to Don Quixote as some might think he’s “tilting at windmills” in fighting the perception that humanity will prevail in our tech-focused world. Why? Because Jack has seen and understands the through line of it across generational changes…and as a strategy. In this episode — and in fact in his own show with…
People in this episode
Host: E.B. Moss
Guest: Jack Myers
Topics covered
- humanity in media
- AI and technology
- empathetic leadership
- performance culture
- organizational recalibration
Keywords
- media
- AI
- human first
- leadership
- technology
- performance culture
- organizational change
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Media Village, Jack Myers Report, Lead Human
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