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Today on the show, I have a (digital) face-to-face chat with Geoff Colvin. He’s the author of Humans are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Machines Never Will. You’ll leave this conversation with a renewed confidence in your humanness and some guidance on how to bring out your best in a way that keeps you relevant in an age of technology.
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Quotes:
- “Our humanness is going to turn out to be the most valuable thing we’ve got.”
- “Less rationally, less perfectly, more humanly.”
- “Telling someone the truth is, in fact, the kindest thing you can do.”
- “Our deep instincts about how to interact with other people will often guide us in a way that pure rationality can’t.”
Mentioned:
–Google self-drive car trying to drive more like a human would
–The effect of looking at screens on the brain
–Empathy in college students has decreased in the past 30 years
–After Action Review
-Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman: We make emotional judgments and decisions when it comes to economics and finance
Social Media:
Website: GeoffColvin.com
Geoff’s Twitter
Books: Humans are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Machines Never Will and Talent Is Overrated
Bio:
Geoff is an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on today’s most significant trends in business. As a longtime editor and columnist for FORTUNE, he has become one of America’s sharpest and most respected commentators on leadership, globalization, wealth creation, the infotech revolution, and related issues.