Welcome to a new era of the Leaderbook AI podcast. Everyone is talking about AI, but no one is talking about what’s actually happening behind closed doors. In this upcoming mini-series, host Felicia Shakiba brings you into the tight executive meetings where the real decisions, heavy trade-offs, and brutal moments happen.

We are cutting through the fluff and buzzwords to bring you conversations with real CEOs, executive teams, and investors who are putting AI to work inside real businesses.

Listen as we ask the hard questions:

  • What is actually changing?

  • Where is the real value?

  • What are companies getting completely wrong?

  • What will the future of work demand from all of us?

Expect sharp 30-minute interviews to start, gradually moving into deep, one-hour in-studio recordings.

Subscribe, turn on notifications, and share this series with anyone leading through this massive moment of change. Grab your cocktail of insights—the mini-series kicks off next week!

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[00:00:00] I'm Felicia Shagiba, and this is Leaderbook AI, where we solve a business challenge in every episode. Hey, Leaderbook AI Podcast listeners, thank you for listening. Because of you, we're growing the Leaderbook AI Podcast into a new era.

[00:00:20] But let's be honest for a second. Everyone is talking about AI. AI this, AI that, AI is going to make your coffee, AI is going to walk your dog. And meanwhile, I'm looking at these companies and nobody's actually talking about what's happening behind closed doors. I started the Leaderbook AI Podcast because the real decisions, the ones that actually shape a company, they don't happen out in the public.

[00:00:47] They happen inside tight executive meetings, heavy trade-offs, sweat on the brow. It's those brutal moments where leaders have to sit down and actually figure out, what are we building? What are we changing? And what are we trying to protect so the whole house doesn't fall apart? So this mini-series, we're bringing those exact conversations straight to you. No fluff, no buzzwords.

[00:01:16] You're going to meet real CEOs, real executive teams, actual investors, people who are putting AI to work inside real businesses and not just talk about it on the Internet. We're going to ask the basic questions. What is actually changing? Where is the real value? What are these guys getting completely wrong? And what is the future work going to demand from all of us who actually show up every day?

[00:01:44] Now, the format for this mini-series is going to change as we go. We're going to start things off with some sharp 30-minute interviews. Boom, boom, boom. Get in, get out. And then we're gradually moving into deep one-hour in-studio recordings. I want room for the real stories. I want the hard questions, the kind of ideas that you can actually take back to your leadership meetings and say,

[00:02:10] Hey, look at this. You can watch the video conversations or listen to the audio on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, wherever it is that you follow podcasts. And please, if these conversations mean something to you, subscribe now, turn on the notifications, and share this series with someone who is currently grinding and leading through this massive moment of change.

[00:02:34] Because look, to all the busy people out there, you deserve a cocktail of insights. So sit back, relax, and enjoy next week's start of this mini-series. Whether you're listening in the car, walking to your next flight to New York, or just trying to survive until the holidays. Visit us at leaderbook.ai. Your support as a subscriber means the world to us.

[00:02:59] So thank you for tuning in. I'm Felicia Shakiba. Let's connect on LinkedIn.