Workplace Geeks
Workplace Geeks is the podcast from Audiem, exploring the people, ideas and evidence shaping the future of work.
Hosted by Chris Moriarty, each episode features conversations with leading researchers, authors, workplace practitioners and business leaders, uncovering practical insights on workplace experience, organisational performance, technology, leadership and the changing nature of work.
From groundbreaking academic research to real-world workplace challenges, Workplace Geeks helps bridge the gap between theory and practice, bringing fresh thinking to the people creating better workplaces and better organisations.
Workplace Geeks
S5 | E1 - AI is your co-worker. What changes? with Dave Coplin
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AI is rapidly moving from something we use to something we work alongside. As tools become more capable, more autonomous and increasingly embedded in our working lives, organisations face a fundamental question: if AI becomes our co-worker, what changes?
In the opening episode of Season 5 of Workplace Geeks, Chris Moriarty is joined by author, speaker and technology strategist Dave Coplin to explore the impact AI is having on work, learning and organisational transformation.
The conversation goes far beyond the technology itself. Dave argues that many of the challenges organisations face with AI today are remarkably similar to those they faced during the rise of flexible and hybrid working. The technology may have changed, but the human challenges remain familiar.
Together they explore why AI can amplify both good and bad behaviours, the growing importance of judgement in a world where knowledge is increasingly abundant, and why the most complicated part of digital transformation is often what Dave describes as "the interface between the keyboard and the chair".
This episode explores:
- Why AI should make us more effective, not just more efficient
- The difference between knowledge and wisdom in the age of AI
- Why technology adoption succeeds or fails because of people
- What organisations can learn from the flexible working revolution
- How leaders can prepare for a future where AI becomes part of the team
Whether you're excited by AI, sceptical about the hype, or trying to work out what it means for your organisation, this is a thoughtful and practical conversation about the future of work.
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