Simon Sinek

And this really is a dream that we absolutely never had and couldn't have imagined getting to this place. But secondly, it's a dream where we feel like we're only just getting started. And if you enjoy what we do here, please join the 24% of people that listen to this podcast regularly and follow us on this app. Here's a promise I'm going to make to you.

And this really is a dream that we absolutely never had and couldn't have imagined getting to this place. But secondly, it's a dream where we feel like we're only just getting started. And if you enjoy what we do here, please join the 24% of people that listen to this podcast regularly and follow us on this app. Here's a promise I'm going to make to you.

I'm going to do everything in my power to make this show as good as I can now and into the future. We're going to deliver the guests that you want me to speak to and we're going to continue to keep doing all of the things you love about this show. Good to see you again. Why are you laughing? It's just familiar. Familiar.

I'm going to do everything in my power to make this show as good as I can now and into the future. We're going to deliver the guests that you want me to speak to and we're going to continue to keep doing all of the things you love about this show. Good to see you again. Why are you laughing? It's just familiar. Familiar.

It's so interesting because when I sit down to talk to you, you're one of the very few people that I don't come with a preconception as to what we're going to talk about. But I come with a feeling. And the feeling that I bring forth is the feeling of change and transition.

It's so interesting because when I sit down to talk to you, you're one of the very few people that I don't come with a preconception as to what we're going to talk about. But I come with a feeling. And the feeling that I bring forth is the feeling of change and transition.

I have lived for 32 years, but I don't think I can ever think of a time where the future has felt unclear, uncertain, scary, exciting, and... I guess unknown. And I don't just mean with technology, but technology is one protagonist in the story. And there's many other social stories playing out from politics to relationships to all of these things.

I have lived for 32 years, but I don't think I can ever think of a time where the future has felt unclear, uncertain, scary, exciting, and... I guess unknown. And I don't just mean with technology, but technology is one protagonist in the story. And there's many other social stories playing out from politics to relationships to all of these things.

So my first question to you, Simon, is what are those things? What are the biggest forces of changes that you see happening at the moment in all of our lives that you think we should probably talk about today?

So my first question to you, Simon, is what are those things? What are the biggest forces of changes that you see happening at the moment in all of our lives that you think we should probably talk about today?

With AI, do you think it's overblown or do you think it really is cause for concern and deeper thought?

With AI, do you think it's overblown or do you think it really is cause for concern and deeper thought?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Before I got here today, I was writing a post for LinkedIn. And I was trying to make the case that everybody using ChatGPT to write their emails, their social media posts, their investment pitches that I received,

Before I got here today, I was writing a post for LinkedIn. And I was trying to make the case that everybody using ChatGPT to write their emails, their social media posts, their investment pitches that I received,

is now making the internet feel really inauthentic because people that I knew for many, many years are now sending me these perfect cookie-cutter emails with words that I've never heard them used before. Yeah, of course. And so when I read it, my brain mentally discounts it as not being their opinion, not actually being them. And when you feel like you're speaking to someone's AI...

is now making the internet feel really inauthentic because people that I knew for many, many years are now sending me these perfect cookie-cutter emails with words that I've never heard them used before. Yeah, of course. And so when I read it, my brain mentally discounts it as not being their opinion, not actually being them. And when you feel like you're speaking to someone's AI...

the meaning is gone. So I was writing this post about how actually now there's this premium on human written language. Like if you make a couple of mistakes and you use the old words, you don't use words like forged and robust. I'd like to forge a partnership with you, Stephen. Furthermore, can we – I'm like, you never said that to me, mate. The end dashes. Oh, my gosh. It's funny, right?

the meaning is gone. So I was writing this post about how actually now there's this premium on human written language. Like if you make a couple of mistakes and you use the old words, you don't use words like forged and robust. I'd like to forge a partnership with you, Stephen. Furthermore, can we – I'm like, you never said that to me, mate. The end dashes. Oh, my gosh. It's funny, right?