In this episode of the Coherent Business Podcast, Aram discusses the coming storm over AI adoption and how AI will impact the story of humanity, how we can adapt, and what widespread AI adoption will mean for humanity. This episode has key tips on productivity growth for businesses, AI's impact on sense-making, and many important insights about the future of AI
Resources:
Protentional
Protentional guides leaders to integrate compelling priorities into coherent strategy.
Aram's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aram-digennaro/
Topics in this episode:
AI adoption as a civilizational shift
Why AI pressures business leaders right now
The limits of traditional change management
Technology and the erosion of human sense-making
Chapters:
00:00 — A Storm Over AI Adoption
Why this moment is fundamentally different
01:00 — The Trillion-Dollar Pressure
Investment, market caps, and forced adoption
02:30 — Why Change Management Falls Short
Small tools for a massive disruption
04:00 — “AI Will Destroy Humanity” (Reframed)
What that claim really points to
05:30 — Technology Always Changes Us
Power gained, humanity reshaped
07:00 — AI as an Information Shock
Writing, printing, and sense-making atrophy
08:45 — The Real Risk: Meaning Collapse
Why sense-making matters more than productivity
10:15 — The Role of Leaders Now
From managers to meaning-makers
11:30 — What Comes Next
Future work and invitation to engage
