If AI Can Do Your Work, What’s Left for You to Decide

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Episode 256 | Guest Tony Dina | Host: Dr. James Bryant

If AI can do more of your work every day, what’s left for you to decide? Tony Dina, a professional coach and technology leader with three decades in high-tech leadership, argues that AI is a capacity game, not a productivity game, and that the real risk is handing over your judgment along with your tasks.

In this episode you’ll discover:

Why the power of the pause protects your judgment

Why letting go of what made you known is an identity question

How agency and values shape the way you lead

Stay to the end for the Coach In Your Corner segment, where Dr. James Bryant shares this week’s practical tips to help you Win at Work AND Win at Home. This week: three steps to build agency.

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Connect with Tony: tonydina.coach | crucialcanvas.com | tony@crucialcanvas.com | crucialcanvas.substack.com

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Topics covered in this episode include:

How to use AI without losing your judgment

AI as a capacity game, not a productivity game

The power of the pause in decision-making

Letting go of what made you successful

Leadership identity during change

How to build agency at work and at home

Leading from your values

Why leaders shouldn’t solve every problem for their team

What it costs to always be the smartest person in the room

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