ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Today's guest is Phanish Puranam, INSEAD Professor and author of Re-Humanize: How to Build Human-Centric Organizations in the Age of Algorithms. He's the perfect guest to discuss how AI is transforming—not just tasks—but the very DNA of how organizations operate.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- Why the future of AI in business isn’t about job replacement, but organizational redesign
- How AI is turning from tool to teammate, and what that means for leadership and decision-making
- What "bionic organizations" are—and how companies can blend algorithms and humans without crushing autonomy or purpose
- Why algorithmic bureaucracy might quietly become the most dangerous workplace trend
- How poor implementation of AI threatens to destroy learning cultures and employee agency
- The four pitfalls of AI adoption most companies fall into—and how to avoid them
- A framework for designing AI systems that enhance human competence, not erode it
- Why employees—not just executives—should shape the future of AI-powered work
About our guest:
Phanish Puranam is the Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Strategy & Organization Design at INSEAD, where he also leads the Organizations & Algorithms research initiative. With a career focused on the science of how organizations work—and how they change—he brings a deeply research-backed, globally informed perspective on the next phase of AI’s workplace evolution.
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