Talk To Me Petey D
People Management. Leadership. Productivity.
Episodes
45 episodes
Ep. 66: AI's Ghost Work
How do AI systems magically understand what’s going on in the image you uploaded? Turns out there is an army of low-wage human workers behind the scenes that is required to make this happen. In this episode I attempt to shed some light on these...
Ep. 65: 5 Books to Understand AI
You don’t have to be an engineer to understand how AI works and affects our world. Read these five books and you’ll know more than 90% of people.1. The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits) by Maximilian Kasy...
Ep. 64: AI's Original Sins
AI Ethics and Responsible AI are fields that attempt to make AI function in alignment with societal values. Or you could look at the goal as limiting the risk of harm being caused by AI-backed systems. The question I want to explore today is th...
Ep.63: Networking and the Gift Economy
Professional networking is often described as essential for career growth, learning, and opportunity. Yet many people hesitate to reach out because they feel they need to offer something of equal value in return.In this episode, I explo...
Finding Meaning at Work during Challenging Times
Are you struggling to find meaning at work in a world of layoffs, AI disruption, and constant change?In this episode of Talk To Me Petey D (TTMPD), I explore one of the most important drivers of professional fulfillment:
Ep. 61: Performative Productivity and AI
AI is often marketed as the ultimate productivity booster—but is more activity really the same thing as more value?In this episode of Talk to Me PD, we explore the difference between real productivity and performative productivity in th...
Ep. 60: What if AI is too Expensive?
What happens if AI turns out to be more expensive than we think?For years, large language models (LLMs) have been treated like low-cost cloud services. But what if today's pricing is heavily subsidized? What happens when AI costs rise a...
Ep. 59 Can AI Solve FOMO?
Knowledge workers—especially people managers—feel constant pressure to stay on top of everything happening across their teams, companies, and industries.AI promises a solution: summarize everything, surface what matters, and eliminate the f...
Ep. 58: Six Principles of Responsible AI
What does “Responsible AI” actually mean—and why does it matter for builders, leaders, and users of AI systems?In Episode 58 of Talk To Me Petey D, we break down the six core principles of Responsible AI and explore how t...
Ep. 57: AI Datacenters Explained
AI data centers are at the center of today’s technology boom — but what are they, really? In this episode of Talk To Me Petey D, I break down the fundamentals of AI data centers in plain language:what they are, how they work,...
Ep. 56: AI Literacy – Mental Health
Can AI really replace a human therapist?In this episode of Talk To Me Petey D, we continue the AI Literacy series by digging into one of the most sensitive and high‑stakes domains for artificial intelligence: mental heal...
Ep. 55: AI Literacy – Marketing
What does AI literacy really mean—and why does it start with marketing?In Episode 55 of the Talk To Me, Petey D Podcast, I kick off a new AI Literacy series by exploring how the term artificial intellige...
Ep. 54: Leadership Coaching with Dani G
Disengagement at work is rampant. In this episode we explore why connecting our work to purpose is so important. This is a big challenge; I am fortunate to be joined by Dani G, a leadership coach, to unpack the issues together.Dani’s det...
Ep. 53: Digital Executive Presence
We explore how to craft your own executive presence in the age of remote work and video calls. How you present yourself influences how you are perceived. Being intentional allows you to control your own narrative. Book:...
Ep. 4: Compartmentalization
· Managing stress to prevent burnout· Boundaries and breaks· Early to bed, early to rise· P...
EP. 52: How To Read More
Everyone can build an identity as a reader. We’ll cover a few simple techniques you can apply to your own reading practice.Beginner: Short interval reading, once or twice a dayIntermediate: Always have a book with you. Read multip...
Ep. 51: Behavioral Interviews
Behavioral interviews test your ability to articulate our cultural values and how you live them in the real world. I offer up some advice from my years of experience interviewing for a diverse set of roles. The behavioral interview is important...
Ep. 50: My Ring Search Party is Over
When our consumer devices become nodes in a mass surveillance network, we have the opportunity to influence privacy rights with how we spend our consumer dollars. In this episode I talk about my personal choice to remove my Ring doorbell camera...
Ep. 49: AB-731 AI Transformation Leader Test Prep
My study guide to prepare business leaders and managers to pass the Microsoft AB-731 Certification. While parts of the test are Microsoft specific, this knowledge applies across all AI solution providers.
Ep. 48: Questioning AI Assumptions
AI will evolve and replace human skillsProgress is inevitable. AI will keep getting “better”AI requires an entirely new and different skill setAI is a general purpose technology
Ep. 47: The AI State
The U.S. Government is moving from deregulation tech to actively providing national sponsorship to support AI companies. This investment is propping up GDP in the short term and has started a new tech cold war with China.Data and Society...
Ep. 46: Parent as CTO
I am a passionate technologist as well as a parent. Our kids are growing up in a world ubiquitous with technology. Some of it good, some of it distracting, and some that is outright parasitic. Trying to control the technologies our kids get exp...
Ep.45: Career Skills for the Wicked World
Skilling – training a worker to do a specific taskSkilling is work-oriented, discrete, and measurable.Skilling is necessary but not sufficient. Skilling isn’t as durable as general-purpose learning: critical-thinking, leadership, ...
Ep. 44: M365 Researcher AI Agent – Networking and Job Search
1.Networking2.Individual Job Research3.Personalized Job Search4.Career Development PlanNetworkingPrompt: “look at [ur] find every person and organization mentioned. then find if each person and each organization has a li...
Ep. 43: Where are the limits? Grok disables sexual violence as a feature.
Grok/X has finally relented and turned off the ability allowing X users to Grok's generative AI to sexualize images directly on the social platform. We’ll unpack the harms caused and why this is different than existing deepfake tools.&nb...