Embracing the AI Revolution: Insights from Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary on Transforming Life and Work

Prepare to be captivated as we delve into the fusion of artificial intelligence with everyday life, a topic so colossal it dwarfs the Internet revolution in its potential to transform our world. Along for the thrilling ride is none other than Kevin O'Leary, the financial maestro from Shark Tank, who shares his personal encounter with an AI that assessed his health with unnerving precision. This episode is not just a peek into AI's prowess but a call to embrace the inevitable shift it signals in our professional and personal spheres.

Imagine a workplace where AI tools coach leaders and self-coaching systems guide employees through complex conversations; we're living in that reality. We explore the innovative frontiers of AI in organizational culture, acknowledging the trepidation it stirs and the conversations it demands. Leaders, the way you navigate this new terrain is pivotal—your responses today shape tomorrow's trust. The AI wave is here, and resistance is futile. Join us to understand how to ride this wave with confidence and foresight, ensuring you're not left in the digital dust.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:37

We are probably in the midst of a technology revolution that is going to probably be second to none, including the Internet, and that's artificial intelligence. It's coming. I just saw Mr Wonderful. Kevin O'Leary from Shark Tank said that he experienced a scan of his body using an AI tool that gave a diagnosis of his health, from his blood pressure to a variety of things. And it was interesting, because my wife is a physician, and so what's happening is exciting on one end, but it's also scary on the other end. It is going to prompt all of us present, company included, to navigate and change.

Speaker 1: 1:19

Now let me put myself front and center. We love AI, I love technology. I'm kind of a geek when it comes to coaching and different tools, and there's so much out there right now already, and we built our own AI tool that helps leaders prepare for coaching conversations, and our system allows you to ask questions such as what's a good question for someone lacking initiative, or what have you? Our system allows you to ask questions such as what's a good question for someone lacking initiative or what have you? And now we're going to be building out a practice app with a company called Interflexion that's going to allow you to score coaching conversation skills done with an AI app. Third, we just found a tool that allows us to put our content. So we're building our own AI self-coaching tool so employees could log into a system and say you know, I had a tough conversation today. Someone wasn't listening to me and we had a conversation of conflict what do I do? And it toggles between coaching asking you questions and mentoring, where you might say I just need answers. And when I looked at this thing, I'm like we've got to build something because we're going to be left out in the dark. When I looked at this thing, I'm like we've got to build something because we're going to be left out in the dark. Yet all of this is going to conjure up something. I promise you that will happen, and that is this AI is going to prompt employees to ask questions, ai is going to freak people out and it is going to prompt leaders to have to answer questions.

Speaker 1: 2:49

What we say is really important. Now, one of the things I want to give context to is I was reading I think it was Harvard Business Review. I'm not sure where I had heard that a leader typically gets interrupted four to seven times a day with the proverbial hi, boss, do you have a second? And it's really going to be about 15, 20 minutes and we really say do you have a second? Because I don't want to be that interruptive. And we as leaders go well, geez, it's only a second, but we know it's not only a second and what happens is, in that moment, what we say matters.

Speaker 1: 3:26

If somebody says, sorry, I don't have time right now, I'm going to a meeting, or how long is this going to take, that will prompt a reaction. Now, if somebody says look, I'm an editor, I do a lot of writing for the organization. Geez, I see all these AI tools coming out. Is my job on the line? Now? There's two things at play there.

Speaker 1: 3:45

Right, there's two things at play. Number one we as individuals, leaders and individual contributors we have to be ready to navigate and change. You do not have a choice. Number two leaders. How you handle that situation is critical. If somebody says, oh, no, no, no, no, don't worry about it, and two weeks later you get a mandate saying we're going to start using AI editing tools, what's going to happen to the relationship with that employee and that leader? It's going to be broken, even though the leader may not be wrong. So what we have to understand is AI is not coming, it's here everybody, and it is going to disrupt exponentially. You know this thing that most people don't like to do, called change. The choice has left the building. What are your thoughts?