What if AI were the key to innovation inside your company?

Today’s guest suggests that AI puts innovation in the hands of people who aren’t necessarily scientists or programmers.

Travis Hoppe is the Assistant Director of AI Research and Development at The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He co-authored The Pile, a pioneering open source dataset used for training large language models that served as a catalyst for promoting open science within the field of AI, and he holds a PhD in physics.

In this conversation, Daniel and Travis discuss everything AI–from the basics of machine learning and algorithms to implications for leaders to the most promising applications of AI.

“Now, people can experiment with some really good idea,” Travis says. About 20% of your organization really wants to build stuff. “Oftentimes you just need to bring them together and you need to give them the freedom to do so.”

Tune in to learn:

• Why guardrails in AI innovation are so important
• Why leaders have a unique opportunity to be pioneers right now
• Why you don’t need to fear “the singularity”

Join us for a fascinating conversation about the present–and future–of AI.

In this episode:

1:35 – Introduction: Travis Hoppe

2:53 – What is AI?

9:25 – Algorithms: A Brief Review

13:05 – How Should Leaders Think About AI?

18:40 – AI Guidance for Teams and Businesses

28:00 – AI in Practice

32:40 – Lightning Round

Travis Hoppe profiles:

• @metasemantic on X
• LinkedIn
• Google Scholar

The Pile

Memorandum M-24-10 (listed under “Memoranda 2024”)

Stewart Leadership Insights and Resources:

• 4 Ways to Encourage a Healthy Failure Culture
• The Power of Imagination in Planning
• 7 Ways to Prepare Leaders for Disruption
• 5 Advantages of Becoming a Digitally Literate Change Leader
• 5 Ways to Help Manage Your Team’s Change Exhaustion
• AI-Powered Talent Retention
• Women and AI

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How do other people see you?

In a world where there’s more noise than ever before, many of us have lost our ability to communicate with empathy, says Stacey Hanke, executive mentor and author of Influence Elevated: Maximizing Your Connection Monday to Monday. In this conversation with Daniel and Peter, Stacey shares her insights about how leaders can learn–or relearn–how to connect with consistency across platforms and maximize their influence.

“Every conversation is your opportunity to practice something,” says Stacey. Whether it’s improving meetings, asking for feedback, or even watching a recorded meeting to critique their own screen presence, leaders should increase their focus on how others perceive them to maximize their influence on their teams and across their organizations.

Tune in to learn:

• Three practical tips to improve remote meetings
• Two ways for leaders to coach their team members
• One valuable technique that can improve a leader’s influence

Join us for this practical and insightful discussion.

In this episode:

1:40 – Introduction: Stacey Hanke

2:24 – Elevating Your Ability to Influence

10:38 – What Leaders Need to Be Influential Today

16:50 – Practical Tips to Strengthen Influence on Remote Teams

20:34 – Guidance for Coaching Team Members

32:05 – Lightning Round

Stacey Hanke’s Website

Influence Elevated: Maximizing Your Connection Monday to Monday

Stacey Hanke Amazon Author Page

Stewart Leadership Insights and Resources:

• Ask This One Question to Evaluate Your Leadership Skills
• 3 Simple Words to Receive Actionable Feedback from Your Associates
• You Do Need an Ego! But How Much?
• Six Secrets to Your Leadership Growth
• 4 Ways to Encourage a Growth Mindset Culture
• 4 Ways to Prime Your Brain to Receive Feedback
• 10 Tips for Effective Video Meetings
• 5 Characteristics of Leaders Who Show Up With Authority
• 6 Tips for Improving Your Active Listening Skills
• The T

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“We don't spend a lot of time thinking about how we breathe. We just do it,” says Jamie Flinchbaugh. “But then we find out, whether we're training for sports or meditation or other things, that there's more to learn about breathing. And when we are thoughtful about it, we can do it better, more usefully.”

Solving problems as a leader is similar to breathing, says Flinchbaugh. Leaders take it for granted that they can solve problems in the usual way. They’re often on autopilot, and they forget to think about their roles–and the roles of others around them–in solving problems, which can lead to a “cascade of errors.”

Jamie Flinchbaugh is author of the book People Solve Problems and the host of a podcast by the same name. He acts as a trusted advisor and thought partner for leaders through his firm, JFlinch. Jamie joins Daniel and Peter on this episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast to talk about how leaders solve problems, some of the mistakes they can make, and how they can improve.

Tune in to learn:

• The three roles of leaders as they solve problems
• The importance of curiosity and uncomfortable learning in problem-solving
• Why designing for optimal circumstances is a bad strategy for problem-solving

Join us for this practical and insightful discussion.

In this episode:

0:55 – Introduction: Jamie Flinchbaugh

1:44 – What Do Leaders Get Wrong?

6:23 – Leader Role #1: System Architect

17:44 – Leader Role #2: Culture Builder

31:46 – Leader Role #3: Shaper

36:56 – Lightning Round

Jamie Flinchbaugh’s Website

People Solve Problems Podcast

People Solve Problems book on Amazon.com

Stewart Leadership Insights and Resources:

• How to Prioritize Your Work
• The Difference Between Important and Urgent
• The 10 Tenets of Calendar Management
• The Accountability Scale
• Four Keys to Creating Accountability
• 4 Ways to Encourage a Growth Mindset Culture
• You Do Need an Ego! But How Much?

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