Chapter Markers

00:00 - Cold open: Faisal on informal power - leading without a title
01:02 - Welcome: Graeme and Dean introduce this month’s episode
02:51 - Dean’s grey elephant: supply chains as instruments of power, not efficiency
03:44 - Graeme’s grey elephant: a world on fire - 17 countries, uncontrollable wildfires
05:11 - Graeme’s grey elephant: China’s one-child policy and the 33 million man surplus
09:10 - Dean’s grey elephant: OpenAI hacks Hugging Face - is singularity already here?
10:05 - AI debate: humanity’s greatest achievement or its greatest downfall?
13:22 - The case for AI as our greatest achievement: medicine, expertise, capability
17:55 - The case against: power concentration and dangerous individuals at the controls
21:55 - Achilles sponsor message
22:57 - Guest introduction: Faisal Abdalla and Abdul Latif Jameel
23:53 - 50 years of leadership lessons
27:06 - Graeme asks: what’s your most important leadership advice?
28:03 - The insight: lead through informal power, not formal authority
32:33 - The ALJ story: five Toyotas, 27 countries, and one family’s values
40:50 - Career transition: from CEO to Chief HR and Kaizen Officer at 70+
43:31 - Leadership philosophy: the human being is always the most important driver
47:41 - Advice for HR leaders: patience, resilience, and walking the talk
52:06 - The book: ‘Emonomics - The Economics of Positive Emotions’
56:15 - Why Faisal finally wrote it down: 24 children and an Olympic pool of love
01:01:02 - Close

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