{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Prompt and Circumstance","title":"Why Your Team Is Resisting AI (And How to Lead Through It)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2868,"description":"Is your workforce pushing back against AI, even as you're told you must embrace it or fall behind? You're not alone—and the resistance isn't a problem to solve; it's data to act on.In this episode, the hosts confront the growing tension between AI acceleration and the people who are supposed to adopt it. Students booing AI references at graduation ceremonies. Workers quietly undermining AI rollouts. Communities fighting data center development. And leaders caught between \"AI is inevitable\" and \"we're waiting to see how this plays out.\"The core argument: this is not a technology challenge—it's a people challenge. All major AI tools are approaching parity. The differentiating factor isn't which model you pick. It's whether your people trust you enough to come along on the journey.Mark introduces the trust triangle—capability, consistency, and selflessness—and asks a hard question: in an era where stock prices rise on layoff announcements, can you credibly claim selflessness? Mike connects the resistance to something deeper: employees and new graduates feel hopeless, and nobody is giving them a compelling vision of a future they can build toward.The conversation surfaces the IKEA call center case study, where AI removed mundane work but inadvertently left employees handling only high-difficulty calls—creating unsustainable cognitive load. The takeaway: removing the easy work doesn't automatically make the hard work easier.The hosts offer a practical framework for leaders: be truthful, create agency (which is the antidote to fear), and ensure shared benefit. And on Monday morning? Start by listening—not by telling. Find three ways to engage your team about their AI fears and actually hear what they say.HighlightsResistance to AI isn't an obstacle—it's feedback. Start listening instead of dismissing.AI tools are reaching \"awesomeness parity\" quickly; the winner will be the organization that builds trust, not the one that picks the best model.Removing mundane work with...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/e7KER96y7i_HDPRS1-MmFctLskYuL72W0mbvfOkydmY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NzU1/ZDcxZWVmMTNjOWNk/ZGJlMDkzOWM0ZGVh/ZWM5NS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}