Who can resist the temptation? If you need to write anything these days, the easiest (and some think the best) thing to do is to start with letting AI technologies draft it for you. In doing that, however, it is easy to lose your own voice and create content that is cookie-cutter at best. If used properly, however, then AI technology can be a huge help in helping leaders communicate well.

In this episode of Work and the Future, economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks to Allison Shapira, Founder and CEO of Global Public Speaking LLC.  They discuss:

• Why AI is being used enthusiastically but not necessarily well to create content
• How leaders can use AI as a tool while not losing their own voices
• Why return to office mandates are changing the way that we communicate
• Why continuous education will be crucial for leaders as the world is changed by AI

Guest:

Allison Shapira
Founder and CEO, Global Public Speaking LLC

Allison Shapira is an opera singer turned entrepreneur. She is the Founder/CEO of Global Public Speaking LLC, a communication training firm that works with emerging and established leaders to help them speak clearly, concisely, and confidently. She teaches public speaking at the Harvard Kennedy School and has spent over 15 years working with Fortune 50 companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations around the world. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and is the author of the best-selling book Speak with Impact: How to Command the Room and Influence Others (HarperCollins Leadership). She was a finalist for Woman Business Owner of the Year by the National Association of Women Business Owners, San Diego chapter, and she lives in Washington, DC.

Linda’s Take:

It was great to talk through the challenges of AI as it relates to communication with Allison. Of course there are ways to use it efficiently, but at this point we are early in the process of learning how to best employ it and that is resulting in some bad decisions. Allison works directly with leaders and she talks to them about how to use AI to perhaps do a first draft of a speech, but then make sure that their own values – their own voice – is in the text.  As she puts it, her goal is to find the boundaries of where it is helpful and where it is just creating cookie-cutter content.

One of the things Allison and I talked about is the pace of change, and how difficult it is to see one year in the future let alone five. With things changing so quickly, leaders will need to continuously learn new skills if they are going to be able to lead their teams into the future.

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