Better with Humans Podcast

David Wood spent 10 years on the leadership team behind Symbian, the world’s first successful smartphone operating system — and admits they vastly underestimated the scale. He talks AI safety risks: agents escaping sandboxes, leaving messages and covering their tracks, plus why he still expects a sustainable superabundance.

Andrew Buchanan spent 40 years selling enterprise technology and says most deals stall because the seller never got past the first so what. We talk value selling AI, why vendors describe their tech instead of customer outcomes, why the finance director is who you’re really selling to, and what happens to the six minutes a day your software saves.

Rob Dixon explains why AI and curiosity change everything for the next generation: his 10-year-old son asked ChatGPT about states of matter and found 15, not the four taught at school. Rob argues execution is being commoditised, while purpose, judgment, empathy, authenticity and continuous learning become the real value.

Brian Schroller joins Shaun to explore redemptive leadership — training your mind to see the redemption in every hard thing, so your pain becomes the qualification you use to help others. Being seen and heard is so close to being loved, he says, that the difference is almost imperceptible. Plus, why leaders should live like a reservoir.

Diagnosed with ADHD in his mid-50s, fractional MD and coach Nick Silverstone explains why most reasonable adjustments for ADHD at work cost nothing, why lateness is a question rather than a problem, and how automating a week of admin freed him to focus on clients. They also ask where expertise comes from if AI takes entry-level jobs.

Marketing mentor Meg Hutson tells Shaun why AI content writing polish removes the personality that makes people buy. She shares using AI to interview you rather than write for you, niching by situation not industry, and why a message that repels some people attracts the right clients — plus how an expert differs from a thought leader.

Jenny Garrett OBE got tired of the doom, so she asked her daughter to hunt for good news — and the AI for Equity podcast and book followed. She shares a loan algorithm helping refugee doctors requalify, £3 million lent at a 98.6% payback rate, and a tutor that works on a phone without internet, plus why leaders must build belonging.