Mickey McManus on co-thinking, beautiful complexity, pro-social design, and evolutionary social science (HAI Ep51)

by Humans + AI team | Jul 22, 2026 | Podcast

“No mind is an island, and I think it’s better to think of us as our minds escaped our body, or at least our body alone, a long time ago.” –Mickey McManus About Mickey McManus Mickey McManus is an Executive Coach and Senior Advisor at Boston...

Ross Dawson on cognitive friction, beyond Human-in-the-loop, and AI-augmented strategy (HAI Ep44)

by Humans + AI team | May 27, 2026 | Podcast

“The value is created in the friction, in the engagement between humans and AI—the pushing back by the humans, the pushing back by the machines.” –Ross Dawson About Ross Dawson Ross Dawson is a futurist, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, author, and host...

Kathleen deLaski on reimagining higher education, generational mobility, building AI skills, and human originality (HAI Ep43)

by Humans + AI team | May 13, 2026 | Podcast

“There’s a real ‘skillification’ movement where you just want to get the training you need when you need it.” –Kathleen deLaski About Kathleen deLaski Kathleen deLaski is the founder and board chair of Education Design Lab, which helps...

Michael Gebert on designing freedom, human self-determination, cognitive sovereignty, and systems of agency (HAI Ep40)

by Humans + AI team | Apr 22, 2026 | Podcast

“Freedom no longer exists outside the systems, and it depends on the design. Coming back to the design, it’s about understanding that we need to distinguish between intelligent systems and agency.” –Dr Michael Gebert About Dr Michael Gebert Dr...

Nina Begus on artificial humanities, AI archetypes, limiting and productive metaphors, and human extension (HAI Ep38)

by Humans + AI team | Apr 1, 2026 | Podcast

“Fiction has this unprecedented power in tech spaces. The more I started talking to engineers about their technical problems, the more I realized there’s so much more that humanities could offer.” –Nina Begus About Nina Begus Nina Begus is a...