The Human Is The Loop, Not Just In It: Leading Authentically in the AI Revolution with Allison Shapira (Encore)

AI is changing every part of how leaders communicate, and Allison Shapira has a warning worth hearing: don't outsource your voice to it. In this conversation, we get into her framework for using AI to amplify authentic leadership instead of replacing it, and why she insists the human isn't just in the loop, the human is the loop.

In this episode

• Why “the human is the loop, not just in it” reframes how leaders should think about AI

• The AI Authenticity Loop, Allison's framework for using AI without losing your voice

• The one question, “why you?”, she asks every leader before they craft a message

• A concerning trend in how AI voice assistants are being trained, and what it means for the next generation

• How to know when using AI has crossed the line from tool to crutch

About Allison Shapira

Allison Shapira is the founder and CEO of Global Public Speaking and an adjunct lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School, where she has taught since 2015. A trained opera singer turned executive communication advisor, she is the Washington Post bestselling author of Speak with Impact and, most recently, AI for the Authentic Leader: How to Communicate More Effectively Without Losing Your Humanity.

Timestamps

Time

Topic

00:00

Welcome, and how travel helped Allison find her authentic voice

02:05

Why AI makes knowing your values more important than ever

03:34

Why she wrote AI for the Authentic Leader

05:19

The reframe: the human is the loop, not just in it

07:53

Individual alignment vs. AI alignment

09:37

Why cognitive diversity on boards matters as AI rolls out

11:34

Why leadership can't be left to AI experts alone

13:11

Why public speaking is never just about public speaking

15:56

The one question: “why you?”

18:57

A surprising detail about a famous communication study

20:19

The most common fear leaders have about using AI

24:30

The AI Authenticity Loop in practice

26:50

A concerning trend in how AI voice assistants are trained

29:25

How to use AI without sounding like everyone else on LinkedIn

33:24

New skills and mindsets leaders need for the AI era

39:59

Where to find Allison, and her closing thoughts

Find Allison Shapira at

Website | LinkedIn

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