AI for Executives: How to Lead AI Conversations Without Technical Knowledge

This episode covers the leadership "AI Integration" in the workplace

Smart, successful professionals everywhere are experiencing a hidden trauma - it's not fear of AI itself, but fear of becoming invisible as technology evolves without them. If you've been nodding along in meetings while secretly panicking, this conversation is your permission slip to admit "I don't get it yet" while still claiming your place at the table.

The latest AI developments are accelerating this anxiety. ChatGPT-5 is launching soon with extended memory and emotional mimicry capabilities. Apple is reportedly in talks with Perplexity, signaling AI's move from optional to essential in every workplace. Claude AI has reached a 100,000 token memory threshold, remembering your communication styles across conversations. These aren't just tech updates – they're reshaping how humans access knowledge.

When we encounter unfamiliar AI terminology, our brain's amygdala fires threat signals, attempting to pull us back to our comfort zone. This isn't weakness; it's neuroscience. The solution isn't pretending to understand, but reframing our approach. Try these three phrases in your next meeting: "Before exploring new tools, can you show me a specific use case where this solved a real problem?" "What's our success metric for this AI implementation?" and "Let's master one AI tool completely before adding complexity." These position you as a strategic leader focused on outcomes, not a tech follower impressed by features.

Your homework: Open any AI platform and use this prompt: "You are my artificial intelligence mentor and coach. Help me understand [your specific challenge] in simple terms." This simple exercise transforms you from someone who talks about AI to someone who uses it. The gap between novice users and those who truly leverage AI's capabilities widens daily – which side will you choose?

You don't need to code or be the most technical person in the room. You need the confidence to lead with curiosity instead of shame. As I share in my new book "Coach's Brain Meets AI," artificial intelligence won't make you less human – it will amplify who you already are. Subscribe to AI Cafe Conversations, share it with someone tired of faking it in AI discussions, and remember: you already have everything you need to lead in the AI age.

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 Because in a world of increasing technological noise, people follow what feels real. And that's something no AI can replicate.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Hello, hello, hello.
This is your host, saharAndrade.
This is AI Cafe Conversations.
I know my voice is a little bitcracked today.
I don't know what's going onconversations.
I know my voice is a little bitcracked today.
I don't know what's going on.

(00:34):
Anyhow, today is episode fourout of season two.
This week, in the world of AI,the headlines are darker a
little bit than usual.
Apple is reportedly in talks toacquire perplexity.
Perplexity Chat GPT-5 mayarrive with multimodal memory,
emotional mimicry and infiniterecall.

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Cloud AI just passed 100,000contacts.
It now remembers everything, andwhat I hear from you you, my
listeners is this I feel like Iblinked and ai evolved again
without me.
If that's how you're feelingtight in the chest, foggy in the

(01:15):
brain, ashamed to admit you'restill not sure what prompt even
means, I want you to stay withme, because this episode is for
every leader who has beennodding in an AI meeting while
secretly panicking.
This is the episode where youstop pretending and start owning

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our power.
Welcome to the AI CafeConversations.
I'm Sahar, your AI whispererConversations.
I'm Sahar, your AI whisperer,and this episode might be the
one you come back to a monthfrom now and say that's when I
stopped hiding.
Let's stop talking about this.

(01:57):
Why smart people feel stupid inAI spaces or feel that they
don't know what they're doing orthey don't have no power.
Let me name what no one wantsto say You're successful, you're
smart, intelligent, but in thelast six months, ai made you
feel irrelevant.
That's the trauma no one isnaming.

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That's the trauma no one istalking about.
And it's not fear for tech orof tech.
It's fear of becoming invisible.
We're going through a wholecollective change management and
what do we do when we feel likewe are falling behind?
We smile, we not?

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We screenshot things we don'tunderstand and say I'll read it
later.
I'm guilty of that sometimes.
You should see my collection ofpictures on my phone.
This episode is your permissionslip to say I don't get it yet
and I still belong in the room.

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So what's the truth aboutchanging and what's changing
this week?
Chat GPT-5.
That is launching soon.
Sam Altman said, probably bythe summer.
We're already end of June.
Right, confirmed featuresinclude extended memory,
real-time multimodalconversation, ability to mimic

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tone and emotional tonerecognition, translation what
does that mean?
All the big words right?
Ai is getting better atsounding human.
Your response Stay more humanthan ever.
Apple and perplexity rumors.
Apple and perplexityintegration.

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Apple is building AI-poweredsearch directly into its
ecosystem.
This is not just tech newspeople.
It's a signal that AIartificial intelligence is
moving from optional toessential in every workplace.
This signals a battle, for nowhumans access knowledge and it's

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only just the beginning.
Cloud 100,000 token memory itnow processes entire documents,
long threads, and remembers yourcommunication and writing
styles across conversations.
The opportunity train it tosound like you on your best day,
which means if you don't leadthe narrative, the AI will.

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Let me add a little bit ofneuroscience about that.
You know I'm a neuroscienceaddict.
So when you hear terms liketokens and context windows, your
survival center, your amygdalaor your brain alarm system fires
a threat signal because thebrain perceives a danger coming

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to you, so it wants to protectyou, to pull you back in your
comfort zone.
That's not weakness, that'syour brain protecting you, like
I said, from perceived dangers.
Acknowledge it, Then choose toengage anyway.
So what do we do?
We don't freeze, we frame.
Remember fearless doesn't meanthat you don't have any fear.

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Fearless means that you actdespite of fear.
So let's walk into thesemeetings ready.
Let's talk now on how to talkin an AI meeting without faking
it.
I don't believe in to fakeuntil you make it.
I believe in fake it till youbecome it.

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Till we engrave these habits inour brain, we gain new habits.
Neuroplasticity at its best andthese habits become automatic.
After that we create new thingsthat actually help us.
You know what they say it takessix to eight weeks to gain a

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new habit.
If we do it the same way overand over, it's like building new
pathways, building new freewaysin our brain.
So here are three phrases thatposition you as the strategic
leader, not the tech follower.
One before we explore new tools, can you show me one specific

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use case where this solved thereal problem?
This will move the conversationfrom hype to results.
This grounds abstract talk intoreal business.
Number two what's our successmetric for this AI
implementation and how will weknow it's working in 30 days?

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Kpis right.
This shows you thinkingbusiness outcomes, not tech
features.
This recenters the conversationaround results, not novelty.
Number three let's master oneAI tool completely before we add

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complexity.
What's our pilot approach?
What does this do?
This demonstrates strategicfocus and protects your team
from overwhelm.
This shows strategic focus andprotects your team from tech
burnout and fear the pro tiphere after asking these

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questions, stay quiet, let thetech enthusiast fill the silence
.
You just became the adult in theroom, so let me give you a five
minute.
Ai confidence builder.
Want to walk into tomorrow'smeeting with actual ai
experience?
Here is your homework tonightopen chat, gpt, open perplexity,

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open cloud, open perplexity,open cloud any of your preferred
AI platform and ask you are myartificial intelligence mentor
and coach.
Help me understand and theninsert your biggest work
challenge in simple terms.

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It be tokens, it could becontacts, it could be prompt, it
could be prompt engineering, itcould be prompt training, it
could be how to build a prompt.
Don't edit the prompt, just dothis.
You are my artificialintelligence mentor and coach.
Help me understand and again,your biggest short work

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challenge in simple terms.
You can even say explain itlike if I was a high schooler,
or 12 years old, or 16 years old, whatever you want that it will
give it to you in very simpleterms.
You can even say avoid techterms or avoid jargon, industry.
So this is all that can helpyou with that.
Read the response, noticewhat's useful, what's not.

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No like, don't try to makeeverything perfect.
Okay, just write it hit, send,look at the response, notice
what's useful and what's not foryou.
Tomorrow you will walk intomeetings knowing you're actually
, you have actually used ai, notjust talking about it, maybe
steps.
That's the difference betweenfaking confidence and building

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it.
Let me tell you something reallike.
I'm about real talk.
Let me get you an emotional gutpunch, if you want to call it.
You are not invisible.
You're not here is what I know.

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You have a brilliant brain, acareer, a life you built with
your bare hands.
You don't need to code I don't.
I'm not a techie.
You don't need to be the mosttechnical person in the room.
You just need the confidence tolead with questions, not shame.
That's what we're doing withthis podcast AI Cafe

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Conversations.
They're just conversations.
That's what our book is about.
That's why I put everything Iknow in a book, because I know a
lot of people are strugglingright now with AI.
They either struggling or theydenying they're struggling or
they are just doing it.
They think they're experts andthey just put a couple of words
and get results that don't getthem anywhere.

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They're actually hurtingthemselves.
The gap between novice AI usersand people that really know how
to use is becoming wider.
Every single day, people areusing AI or chat, gpt like a
Google search, like a calculator.
When they have a super duper,very intelligent computer,

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you're not even scratching thesurface and that's why I wrote
my book.
That is Coach's Brain Meets AI,and that's what AI conversation
is Not just a show, but a spacefor reinvention, because when
leaders like you rise withhumility and clarity, guess what

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happened?
Everyone in the room breatheseasier.
So you know.
Every time, I give you someprompts to practice.
So the first one again you aremy artificial intelligence coach
or mentor.
You always start with afunction before you do anything.
This is key to get the properresponse.

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You are framing your platformai where you want it to be.
So you are my artificialtrainer or intelligence trainer
or artificial intelligencementor.
What's a good AI tool I canintroduce to my team to reduce
meeting time without increasingcomplexity?

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That would be great for you.
Prompt number two you are mycontent creator and leadership
expert.
Help me draft a message to myleadership team addressing our
AI learning curve withtransparency and confidence.
Prompt number three you are mywriting partner and content

(12:30):
creator.
Give me talking points for afive-minute update on where AI
is headed in our industry.
Enter your industry.
What it is, simplified for anon-tech audience.
These prompts are not gimmicks.
They are tools of influence.

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So this is your homework.
These are three prompts thatyou need to practice this week.
Put it in the comments for me.
What did you learn?
What happened?
What shift in your brainhappened?
So I'm so happy to share withyou that I finally finished my
book coaches brain meat ai uh,it's on pre-sale right now.

(13:15):
I'm gonna put the sales pagelink into the description so I
want to share some a little bitan excerpt with it from you.
Bella is my ARC guide or my ARCcoach throughout the whole book.
That shows you where she was to, where she went in her journey.
So in our book, bella admitssomething many coaches won't say

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.
She says I wasn't afraid of AIreplacing me.
I was afraid people would findout.
I didn't know what I was doing.
That's what broke her andthat's what helped her also to
rise.
Ai didn't make her less human.
It made her own humanity outloud.

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Ai is not going to take yourplace.
Ai will amplify who you are,will make you more human.
If you are a good coach, itwill amplify who you are, will
make you more human.
If you are a good coach, itwill amplify your skills.
If you're not, it will amplifywhat you are.
So I want you to reflect onthese questions till we meet
next week.

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What's one meeting where youfaked understanding this week?
Where can you lead withcuriosity next time?
What story are you tellingyourself about being behind and
who gave you that script?
You don't need a masterclass.

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You need a moment of honesty.
You already have everything youneed to lead in the AI age.
You just forgot to giveyourself permission.
So give yourself the permission.
Give yourself the permission tonot knowing for now.
Give yourself the permission,the vulnerability, to ask for

(15:05):
help.
Give yourself permission tostart learning from scratch and
it's okay.
This was your reminder today.
Please subscribe to AI cafeconversations.
That will help us a lot withthe engines, with the SEO.
Share it with someone thatneeds to hear it in non-tech

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It's built for leaders who leadwith humanity, not technology.
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I'm also putting the link belowin the description.
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Next episode next week.
The coaches mirror what aireveals about who you really are
.
This is not just a mic drop.
It's a heart opener.

(16:14):
This is sahar, your aiwhisperer.
Until we meet next time.
If you want to get hold of me,please email me at sahar at
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Till we meet again, keepgetting curious about AI.