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Welcome to Pivot points powered by Brandpie. The podcast that delves deep into the expertise of visionary leaders who’ve successfully taken their business, through a complex pivotal moment to unlock growth.
Each episode we'll share with you how CEOs handle these critical inflection points, from leadership changes, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures to jumping an ‘S’ Curve or making a category pivot to drive future success.
Pivot Points is for C-Suite executives and anyone aspiring to leadership who want to learn how the emotional levers of change – purpose, brand and culture – are critical to successfully navigating a pivotal moment.
Successfully working through a pivotal moment for your business requires great leadership, coupled with clarity of purpose, ambition and strategy. Pivot points will aim to go deep on these topics to help you understand how great leaders excite people to drive change to create and build long term value – for their company, their people, their shareholders and for society.
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Apple, Adobe and Beyond: How Matt Strain Became an ‘AI Whisperer’ - Episode 44
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Forbes has labelled Matt Strain as the ‘AI Whisperer’.
But what connects him to the world is not the technology he uses, but the people he keeps closest.
Matt is a man of great ambition, always willing to leave comfort in search of something new - his departure from prestigious roles at Apple and Adobe should be proof-enough of that…
For leaders trying to find the balance between the safe play and the ambitious one… between embracing technology and prioritising humanity… Matt Strain gives us the roadmap.
You will learn:
- How Matt Strain navigated pivotal career moves from Apple and Adobe to becoming an “AI whisperer”
- Why culture and relationships often matter more than strategy
- What an ‘AI Readiness Audit’ looks like in practice, and the hidden gaps it tends to reveal
- How CEOs and executives can start using AI in their own lives and work to model healthy, responsible adoption
- Practical ways to use AI to become a more thoughtful, creative and effective human
🔑 Key Themes
- Career pivots and purposeful risk-taking
- Culture, integration and the power of people
- AI readiness, leadership and organisational culture
- Being more human in an AI-driven world
Matt Strain
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattstrain/
The Prompt
https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepromptai/
Connect with Dave Allen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveallenbrandpie/
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