Episode 28: We sit down with Dr. Shanda Gore, founder of Maze Associates and author of The PIN Leader Path, and discuss how leaders can fall into the traps of fearing AI, confusing busyness with effectiveness, and losing sight of the human element that no technology can replace.
What does a pen have to do with leadership? Everything, according to Dr. Shanda Gore, founder of Maze Associates and author of The PIN Leader Path. In this episode, Dr. Gore shares the deceptively simple framework she's refined over 20 years and 22,000 leaders: be sharp, have strength of character, and maintain a clear plan. But the conversation quickly goes deeper.
Dr. Gore challenges leaders to reckon with AI — not as a threat to run from, but as a fourth intelligence to develop alongside emotional, intrapersonal, and interpersonal intelligence. She unpacks the trap of performative busyness, why soft skills are now the hardest skills to find, and how leaders who mistake activity for strategy often become the very bottleneck they never see coming.
If you're a senior leader wondering whether you're still sharp enough to lead through what's coming — this one's worth your time.
Hosted by David Hughen and Dr. Kris Potrafka