AI is changing every part of how leaders communicate, and Allison Shapira has a warning worth hearing: don’t outsource your voice to it. In this conversation, we get into her framework for using AI to amplify authentic leadership instead of replacing it, and why she insists the human isn’t just in the loop, the human is the loop.
In this episode
Why “the human is the loop, not just in it” reframes how leaders should think about AI
The AI Authenticity Loop, Allison’s framework for using AI without losing your voice
The one question, “why you?”, she asks every leader before they craft a message
A concerning trend in how AI voice assistants are being trained, and what it means for the next generation
How to know when using AI has crossed the line from tool to crutch
About Allison Shapira
Allison Shapira is the founder and CEO of Global Public Speaking and an adjunct lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School, where she has taught since 2015. A trained opera singer turned executive communication advisor, she is the Washington Post bestselling author of Speak with Impact and, most recently, AI for the Authentic Leader: How to Communicate More Effectively Without Losing Your Humanity.
Timestamps
Time
Topic
00:00
Welcome, and how Travel helped Allison find her authentic voice
02:05
Why AI makes knowing your values more important than ever
03:34
Why she wrote AI for the Authentic Leader
05:19
The reframe: the human is the loop, not just in it
07:53
Individual alignment vs. AI alignment
09:37
Why cognitive diversity on boards matters as AI rolls out
11:34
Why leadership can’t be left to AI Experts alone
13:11
Why public speaking is never just about public speaking
15:56
The one question: “why you?”
18:57
A surprising detail about a famous communication study
20:19
The most common fear leaders have about using AI
24:30
The AI Authenticity Loop in practice
26:50
A concerning trend in how AI voice assistants are trained
29:25
How to use AI without sounding like everyone else on LinkedIn
33:24
New skills and mindsets leaders need for the AI era
39:59
Where to find Allison, and her closing thoughts
Find Allison Shapira at
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