Building Emerging Leaders in Data and AI | Sadie St. Lawrence

Sadie St. Lawrence, founder and CEO of the Human Machine Collaboration Institute, talks with host Erin Moody about finding work you love, leading in a fast-changing technology space, and becoming an AI orchestrator.

Sadie covers the difference between a leader and a people manager, how to get into data and AI by picking a problem to solve, common AI misconceptions, and mistakes companies make when adopting AI.

Chapters

0:00 Welcome and introduction

2:03 Meet Sadie St. Lawrence

4:10 Finding work you love: her career transition

6:01 Leader vs. people manager: casting a vision

8:02 Advice for getting into data and AI: pick a problem

10:10 Becoming an AI orchestrator

12:02 Common AI misconceptions

14:10 What excites her about AI's positive impact

16:06 Mistakes companies make when adopting AI

18:12 A lesson learned the hard way

20:02 Investing in your network

22:00 Working in three-month cycles

24:02 Podcasts and the lonely road of founders

26:11 Wrap-up

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Hosted by Erin Moody for Orlando Insight Group. Henry Clavo, Founder & CEO: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henryorlandoclavo/

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