How AI Helps You Admit What You Don't Know and Build Trust Doing It

How AI Helps You Admit What You Don't Know and Build Trust Doing It

May 10, 2026 · 48 min · Season 1 · Episode 24

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This episode discusses how admitting what you don't know can build trust and how AI can facilitate this process.

What if the fastest way to build trust…with mentors, partners, and people five rungs above you… is to admit exactly what you don't know? This episode tackles the trust multipliers hiding inside your blind spots. Joe Downs opens with a Simon Sinek quote that stopped him cold: when we admit what we don't know, it increases the chance that someone who does know will offer to help. Joe and Peter Swain break down how AI workflows can turn that principle into a repeatable system, ...

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Host: Joe Downs

Guest: Peter Swain

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