Re:Invention Starts Now: A Call to Legacy Leaders from the Front Lines of the AI Era

I recently had the pleasure of joining Kathi SharpeRoss on her acclaimed podcast The Power of Reinvention and I invite you to tune in to our full conversation here Kathi is a visionary whose work spanning media storytelling and now reinvention has long been focused on what matters most the human experience Her thoughtful grounded and passionate leadership consistently reminds us that transformation isn39t just possible it39s imperativeOur conversation wasnamp8217t a retrospective It was a line in the sandAfter decades of chronicling and advising media and advertising leaders Iamp8217m done looking backward The past however instructive is no longer our reference point The AI era has arrived not with a whisper but with a roar and for legacy businesses still clinging to costefficiency models and Wall Street appeasement the window for reinvention is closing fastWe are at the light bulb moment of artificial intelligence Just as Edison couldnamp8217t have imagined a future of electric cars and microwave ovens we have yet to comprehend the exponential capabilities of AI But what we do know is this machine intelligence will govern systems processes and infrastructure What remains for human leadership is not control over the machine but mastery over the uniquely humanThis is the message at the heart of my latest book The Tao of Leadership Harmonizing Technological Innovation and Human Creativity in the AI Era In it I argue that we must shift leadership from efficiencydriven siloed technocratic control to one that centers empathy intuition ingenuity and imagination what I call the four pillars of human creativity Itamp8217s not a soft pivot Itamp8217s a survival strategyKathi and I dove deep into this theme She challenged me as only a longtime friend and sharp observer can to reckon with the realities of decline in legacy media and more importantly to illuminate the path forward She gets it And if youamp8217re in a leadership role you need to get it tooBecause the painful truth is that too many legacy organizations are not just managing decline they are institutionalizing it Theyamp8217ve become case studies in shorttermism The moment they might have embraced the internet cable streaming or AI as growth engines they deferred Todayamp8217s boards and executives must stop saying amp8220weamp8217ll let the next leadership team deal with itamp8221 There is no next team There is only nowThe reinvention we need isnamp8217t about disruption for disruptionamp8217s sake Itamp8217s about reclaiming creativity as a growth asset and dismantling outdated operating models built for a world that no longer exists Itamp8217s about leaders realizing that technology will soon dictate where and how they invest Their only meaningful differentiator will be how humancentered they are in responding to that realityIn our conversation I made this point if youamp8217re in a job today that does not empower you to use AI leave If youamp8217re leading a company and havenamp8217t made AI integration and human development your top priority step aside This is not a time for incrementalism Itamp8217s a time for courageous reinventionKathi is a guide in that journey and Iamp8217m grateful to have shared this dialogue with her She embodies what I call amp8220leadership with heartamp8221 visionary kind and relentlessly curious As she said there is a way to lead with empathy And Iamp8217d add thereamp8217s no other way worth leadingSo hereamp8217s my message to leaders across legacy media and beyond Stop romanticizing your history Start architecting your future The machines will handle the calculations Humans must now lead with courageLetamp8217s begin Not tomorrow TodayListen to the full episode of The Power of Reinvention with Kathi SharpeRoss and Jack Myers herehttpswwwthereinventionexchangecompowerofreinventionpodcastTHE POWER OF REINVENTION with Kathi SharpeRoss on Apple PodcastsTHE POWER OF REINVENTION with Kathi SharpeRoss on SpotifyTHE POWER OF REINVENTION with Kathi SharpeRoss on iHeart Podcasts

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