505 — Are your managers killing your AI strategy?
Jul 21, 2026
There are at least four factors that influence the success of AI adoption in your organization: training your people, clarity of compliance guidance, how people are rewarded, and the influence of managers. In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, we're exploring the last of these.
In his book, Leading with AI - How to build high performance teams with AI as your sparring partner, Joris Merks-Benjaminsen presents an action-focused framework for helping managers adopt AI. In our discussion, we focus on:
- whether AI can replace managers
- how to help managers get started with AI
- why embracing AI is a mindset shift, beyond just 'writing good prompts'
During the discussion, we referenced Google's Project Oxygen. This was led by Laszlo Bock, who wrote Work Rules! about his experiences.
The woman who "married" her ChatGPT companion was covered by Forbes.
To pick up a copy of Joris' book, visit managingwithoutpower.com.
In 'What I Learned this Week', Ross G discussed AI's preference for negative parallellisms.
For more from Mindtools Kineo, visit our new website mindtools-kineo.com. There, you'll find out how our AI Skills Academy supports practical, hands-on AI upskilling for the enterprise: four weeks, role-specific use cases, governance built in from week one.
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