WEBVTT 00:00:00.100 --> 00:00:01.483 Hello Habit Mechanics. 00:00:01.483 --> 00:00:02.967 It's Dr John Finn here. 00:00:02.967 --> 00:00:05.333 I hope you're having a fantastic week so far. 00:00:05.333 --> 00:00:27.774 So, as promised, I want to build on the last podcast, so if you haven't listened to that, go back and listen to it where I talked about the problems that we face if we want to thrive in the AI era and of course, everybody does. 00:00:29.274 --> 00:00:34.634 When I talk about, I talk about the foundational challenges with the approaches that we're using. 00:00:34.634 --> 00:00:38.084 They're not really designed with the brain in mind. 00:00:38.084 --> 00:00:55.966 They don't recognize that most of what we think and do is automatic or semi-automatic and therefore any solution to help our brains to work better, to help us to improve our cognitive performance, has to be based on a first principle approach. 00:00:55.966 --> 00:01:07.534 That means that we have to recognize, well, this is how brains work and therefore any support we give people needs to take how brains work into consideration. 00:01:07.534 --> 00:01:12.471 People don't just do what they know they should do and agree they should do. 00:01:12.471 --> 00:01:27.456 They do what they're in the habit of doing, and that's why sports science was so successful in literally revolutionising the physical performance of athletes. 00:01:31.141 --> 00:01:58.141 And in my head I always have this reference won't land with everybody, but in my head I always have that England Euro 96 sort of dentist chair, as it was called after Paul Gascoigne scored against Scotland at Wembley and he ran to the corner and he was being poured the sports drink into his mouth by his teammates. 00:01:58.141 --> 00:02:05.614 But that, of course, was taken from this infamous episode. 00:02:05.614 --> 00:02:28.919 I think it was in Hong Kong or Singapore or somewhere where they'd been on a pre-tournament training camp and they ended up in a nightclub and there was this thing called the dentist chair, where you sat in and someone poured a lot of spirits into your mouth, where you're sat in and someone poured a lot of spirits into your mouth. 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:38.199 So that sort of episode versus someone like Cristiano Ronaldo and the modern footballer and the completely different approach that they took to his performance. 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:56.706 And, of course, the success of sports science was that it became an insurmountable competitive advantage, so everybody had to adopt it. 00:02:56.706 --> 00:03:06.850 But it's because the sports science worked, because it was based on one of the first principles, the fundamental principles of how human physiology works. 00:03:07.742 --> 00:03:38.336 And if we want to develop soccer players or footballers or tordy fran cyclists maybe not go there with that, actually, but um, you know, tiger woods did it in golf whoever we want to develop, to become better physically, we have to start with those foundational principles, and that, for me, is why the AI era is so exciting because it gives us this unprecedented opportunity to enhance our cognitive performance, which is your most valuable asset. 00:03:38.336 --> 00:03:39.980 It's my most valuable asset. 00:03:39.980 --> 00:04:34.552 It's a business's most valuable asset brain power drives everything, but unfortunately, it's becoming harder and harder to get our brains working well, and one of the things I think is really important that we understand is that lots of businesses are trying to capitalize on the performance gains that AI can offer, and they're doing that because they're seeing other businesses being successful when they implement AI tools and, according to big sets of data, when businesses get this right, they're able to grow 2.5% faster. 00:04:34.552 --> 00:05:01.771 They're able to create 1.6 times greater shareholder returns and other financial measures, but it's not just that they're able to create cultures where people feel happier and more engaged at work. 00:05:01.771 --> 00:05:30.908 But unfortunately, those businesses that are succeeding only represent a tiny number of businesses that are trying to succeed, and the biggest barrier, if you look at multiple sets of research that keeps coming up, is that when businesses are failing to get value out of AI and I think about 75% of them are, according to the data it's not the tech that's the problem. 00:05:30.908 --> 00:05:34.269 It's that people are drained. 00:05:34.269 --> 00:05:38.692 People are the barrier, not deliberately. 00:05:38.692 --> 00:05:55.262 It's because we're mentally fatigued, we're cognitively overwhelmed, and the AI comes in and it just gives us another thing to have to process, another thing to adapt to so we can unleash all the benefits of the ai revolution. 00:05:55.463 --> 00:06:04.848 Unless people's brains are working well and of course, we know that the traditional approach is to help people's brains work well don't work, otherwise we wouldn't be in this mess, right? 00:06:04.848 --> 00:06:06.190 Um? 00:06:06.190 --> 00:06:08.254 You know all the, all the numbers I talk about. 00:06:08.254 --> 00:06:14.567 A lot still still stand over 20 000 people a month in the uk being signed off on the sick with anxiety and depression. 00:06:14.567 --> 00:06:22.225 In the us, I think, um, I think about 25 of the adult population have a mental health diagnosis. 00:06:22.225 --> 00:06:26.709 That's about 53 million people. 00:06:26.709 --> 00:06:55.589 Um, so, and the things that we've been trying to do to get our brains working well, to enhance our cognitive performance, haven't worked, and that's why the BrainState methodology that I unpack in Train your Brain for the AI Revolution is so key, and we've been using that now for a long time and we've developed it with thousands of people. 00:06:55.589 --> 00:07:06.463 It's really, really robust, but ultimately, knowing how to use it is one thing, reading a book about it is one thing, putting it into practice is a different story. 00:07:07.617 --> 00:07:10.394 And that brings me on what I want to talk about on this podcast. 00:07:10.394 --> 00:07:16.249 So, to follow up from the previous podcast, I'm actually going to. 00:07:16.249 --> 00:07:25.586 So to follow up from the previous podcast, I want to have a three-part focus on becoming a human AI coach, what that means, where it fits into the workplace. 00:07:25.586 --> 00:07:30.184 So that's what I will focus on in this episode. 00:07:30.184 --> 00:07:38.446 Then the next episode I want to talk about what do you actually do as a human AI coach? 00:07:38.446 --> 00:07:56.874 And then in the third episode I'm going to talk about it more strategically as part of a bigger play for businesses who are trying to create what I call brain state intelligent cultures, which I think will be the winning cultures in this era. 00:07:56.874 --> 00:08:06.305 Workplaces where people are healthy, happy, can be at their best, can do the kind of work that makes them feel good about themselves, and therefore businesses that are thriving. 00:08:07.569 --> 00:08:16.309 So we have to take a human centric approach if we want to capitalize on what the ai revolution offers, and right now we're not. 00:08:16.309 --> 00:08:59.302 We're taking a technological-centric approach, we're thinking about all the shiny new tools, not optimizing ourselves first and foremost, and what I'm going to share in this podcast for the rest of this podcast is just a short chapter from Train your Brain for the AI Revolution, and the chapter's called the Three Roles Reshaping Our Future, and it's from step five of the book, which is change lives with the success cycle, coaching and leading the brain state revolution, and in this chapter I'm predicting a couple of technical roles that I think will become dominant in the future. 00:08:59.302 --> 00:09:30.688 But I also think the most important role that is going to emerge and is emerging right now and we're already training people how to do this is the role of the human AI coach, because cognitive performance the AI revolution is making cognitive performance more important than ever before, because the pace of change is getting faster and faster and faster. 00:09:30.688 --> 00:09:37.445 So we need to be more mentally agile and right now, people are struggling. 00:09:37.445 --> 00:09:51.024 They're not able to do this, so what they need is a coach, is an expert to actually work with them, step by step, to show them how to optimize how they manage their brain states and therefore optimize their cognitive performance. 00:09:51.024 --> 00:10:07.607 So what I'm going to share is an overview of what that looks like and why I think the human AI coach is going to be, I think, the most important role in workplaces going forwards. 00:10:07.607 --> 00:10:11.586 So here it is chapter 26. 00:10:11.586 --> 00:10:33.541 Remember, you can listen to the full book the full book inside it, for free, inside of the Habit Mechanic University app, which you can access via our website, and also the audiobook now is starting to pop up on mainstream audiobook platforms that you may already subscribe to or that you might want to buy the full book from. 00:10:33.541 --> 00:10:35.620 So, yeah, this is chapter 26. 00:10:35.620 --> 00:10:39.541 Enjoy Chapter 26. 00:10:40.274 --> 00:10:42.543 The three roles reshaping our future. 00:10:42.543 --> 00:10:49.903 Sarah sat at her desk reflecting on how far she'd come in mastering her brain states. 00:10:49.903 --> 00:10:53.705 Something profound has shifted, she realised. 00:10:53.705 --> 00:10:56.754 It's not just about using AI tools anymore. 00:10:56.754 --> 00:11:02.368 It's about understanding how humans and technology can truly enhance each other. 00:11:02.368 --> 00:11:11.366 This insight led her to a deeper revelation about the extraordinary transformation happening across every industry. 00:11:11.366 --> 00:11:16.706 The AI revolution is transforming work in a fundamental way. 00:11:16.706 --> 00:11:26.923 The industrial revolution showed us how machines could take over physical labour, freeing humans from back-breaking manual work. 00:11:26.923 --> 00:11:31.666 Now the AI revolution is doing something similar with mental work. 00:11:31.666 --> 00:11:38.596 Ai will handle most of the routine cognitive tasks humans are currently paid to do. 00:11:38.596 --> 00:11:42.227 This creates an extraordinary opportunity. 00:11:42.227 --> 00:11:58.158 Instead of spending our days on repetitive mental tasks, humans can focus on work that engages our unique cognitive abilities the kind of thinking that's both more fulfilling for us and more valuable in the AI era. 00:11:58.158 --> 00:12:14.623 Based on my deep understanding of human brain capabilities, potential limitations of AI technology and my work with over 20,000 professionals, I believe we're seeing the emergence of three distinct roles in this new era. 00:12:14.623 --> 00:12:23.850 While others might see different futures, I predict these roles will dominate how humans create value alongside AI. 00:12:23.850 --> 00:12:27.398 Here are the three distinct roles 1. 00:12:27.398 --> 00:12:28.899 The innovators. 00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:30.282 2. 00:12:30.282 --> 00:12:31.442 The automators. 00:12:31.442 --> 00:12:32.845 3. 00:12:32.845 --> 00:12:34.547 Human AI coaches. 00:12:34.547 --> 00:12:38.275 Here are more details on each 1. 00:12:38.937 --> 00:12:41.966 The innovators creating our future. 00:12:41.966 --> 00:12:54.730 Innovators are literally creating the future before our eyes, using AI to extend their high-charge brain states and human intelligence in ways previously unimaginable. 00:12:54.730 --> 00:13:15.004 In ways previously unimaginable, consider how medical researchers now use AI to screen millions of molecular combinations and identify promising antibiotic candidates in months instead of years, work that's crucial for fighting drug-resistant bacteria that threatens millions of lives worldwide. 00:13:15.004 --> 00:13:52.927 These innovators are shaping our future by developing breakthrough vaccines and medical treatments, creating next generation AI systems that transform industries, designing sustainable solutions for climate change, building new educational systems that personalise learning, revolutionising healthcare delivery and patient care, transforming how we travel, live and work, inventing new ways to produce and distribute clean energy. 00:13:52.927 --> 00:14:00.813 But here's what separates successful innovators from those who struggle their brain state profiles. 00:14:00.813 --> 00:14:15.326 The most effective innovators maintain arrowhead profiles, which I first introduced in Chapter 9, consistently optimising their daily premium cognitive performance. 00:14:15.326 --> 00:14:27.147 This difference enables them to Direct AI tools with sustained clarity and focus, maintain creative energy for breakthrough thinking. 00:14:27.147 --> 00:14:29.985 Innovate faster than competitors. 00:14:31.335 --> 00:14:31.535 2. 00:14:31.535 --> 00:14:35.346 The Automators Engineering the future. 00:14:35.346 --> 00:14:40.186 The second role is already transforming how we live and work. 00:14:40.186 --> 00:14:44.346 Think about how banking has been transformed through automation. 00:14:44.346 --> 00:14:55.905 What once required visiting a physical branch, waiting in line and interacting with tellers for every transaction, now happens instantly through your smartphone. 00:14:55.905 --> 00:15:03.375 The modern banking experience demonstrates how automators are revolutionising traditional industries. 00:15:03.375 --> 00:15:05.639 But this is just the beginning. 00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:13.750 Automators are creating two types of solutions physical automation and digital automation. 00:15:13.750 --> 00:15:21.404 Here are some physical automation examples Advanced robotics for manufacturing and warehouses. 00:15:21.404 --> 00:15:26.115 Automated delivery systems and autonomous vehicles. 00:15:26.115 --> 00:15:30.306 Smart machinery for construction and agriculture. 00:15:30.306 --> 00:15:34.427 Automated medical equipment and diagnostic tools. 00:15:34.427 --> 00:15:38.339 Next-generation robots that handle dangerous tasks. 00:15:38.339 --> 00:15:42.467 Intelligent production lines that adapt in real-time. 00:15:42.467 --> 00:15:51.027 Here are some digital automation examples AI systems that handle routine office tasks. 00:15:51.027 --> 00:15:55.679 Software that automates customer service and support. 00:15:55.679 --> 00:16:00.730 Intelligent systems for data analysis and reporting. 00:16:00.730 --> 00:16:05.041 Digital workflows that streamline business processes. 00:16:05.041 --> 00:16:08.749 Platforms that automate financial planning. 00:16:08.749 --> 00:16:12.895 Business processes. 00:16:12.895 --> 00:16:14.238 Platforms that automate financial planning. 00:16:14.238 --> 00:16:15.399 Smart systems that optimize supply chains. 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:22.898 Again, the most successful automators share a crucial advantage Arrowhead brain state profiles. 00:16:22.898 --> 00:16:30.470 This optimal state allows them to handle complex technical challenges while maintaining focus. 00:16:30.470 --> 00:16:35.065 See automation opportunities others miss. 00:16:35.065 --> 00:16:39.485 Build more effective solutions faster than competitors. 00:16:41.177 --> 00:16:41.476 3. 00:16:41.476 --> 00:16:45.447 The Human AI Coaches the Critical Link. 00:16:45.447 --> 00:16:51.688 Human AI coaches are pioneering a crucial new role in professional development. 00:16:51.688 --> 00:17:00.780 They help people maintain peak cognitive performance in a world where AI handles more routine mental tasks. 00:17:00.780 --> 00:17:13.301 Drawing on their understanding of brain states and human performance, these coaches guide others to work at their best, especially during periods of intense cognitive demands. 00:17:13.301 --> 00:17:24.027 Just as athletic coaches help athletes optimise their physical performance, think of human AI coaches as performance coaches for the mind. 00:17:24.027 --> 00:17:32.635 In the AI era, this is perhaps the most crucial role, the one Sarah found herself naturally growing into. 00:17:34.239 --> 00:17:40.128 Human AI coaches serve as essential guides in this transformation, with a two-fold mission. 00:17:40.128 --> 00:17:54.018 First, they must master their own brain states, achieving and maintaining their own arrowhead profile, because they model optimal performance for clients. 00:17:54.018 --> 00:17:59.969 Clear thinking is essential for effective coaching and training. 00:17:59.969 --> 00:18:07.585 They need sustained energy for deep coaching work and impactful delivery of training. 00:18:07.585 --> 00:18:23.626 Second, they guide others to peak performance, helping both innovators and automators develop and maintain arrowhead profiles by teaching brain state optimization techniques. 00:18:24.595 --> 00:18:27.759 Supporting sustainable habit formation. 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:33.307 Ensuring premium cognitive performance when it matters most. 00:18:33.307 --> 00:18:35.049 Supporting sustainable habit formation. 00:18:35.049 --> 00:18:38.174 Ensuring premium cognitive performance when it matters most the human ear, eye edge. 00:18:38.174 --> 00:18:39.037 Think about what this means in practice. 00:18:39.037 --> 00:18:50.464 When two innovators compete to solve the same problem, the one with an arrowhead profile has significantly more hours of premium cognitive performance daily. 00:18:50.464 --> 00:18:55.626 They direct AI tools more effectively during high-charge states. 00:18:55.626 --> 00:19:00.787 They consistently outperform those with fragmented brain states. 00:19:00.787 --> 00:19:12.287 Similarly, when automators compete to build automation solutions, those with Arrowhead Prof profiles see opportunities others miss. 00:19:12.287 --> 00:19:17.145 They maintain focus through complex development challenges. 00:19:17.145 --> 00:19:21.196 They create more effective solutions in less time. 00:19:21.196 --> 00:19:25.284 This is why human AI coaches become essential. 00:19:25.284 --> 00:19:38.188 Their impact extends throughout organisations, from transforming individual performance to optimising entire teams and guiding leaders through organisational change. 00:19:38.188 --> 00:19:42.101 They don't just help people use AI tools. 00:19:42.101 --> 00:19:52.818 They help optimise brain states at every level, helping to create workplace cultures that make it easier for everyone to thrive in the AI era. 00:19:52.818 --> 00:19:58.048 Sarah found particular resonance with the human AI coach role. 00:19:58.048 --> 00:20:02.260 Looking at these three roles she reflected. 00:20:02.260 --> 00:20:08.799 I realised that helping others optimise their brain states wasn't just something I enjoyed. 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:13.449 It was becoming one of the most valuable skills in this new era. 00:20:13.449 --> 00:20:28.405 Your path forward, as Sarah discovered, understanding these emerging roles reveals extraordinary opportunities, whether you're drawn to becoming an innovator creating breakthroughs. 00:20:28.405 --> 00:20:57.053 Whether you're drawn to becoming an innovator creating breakthroughs, an automator building solutions, or choose to become a coach yourself, or simply want to help your team thrive in the AI era.