FranklinCovey On Leadership Henry Deng, Sumeet Chabria & Kathi Enderes: Leading in the Age of AI
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Nov 11, 2025 Joining the discussion are Kathi Enderes, an HR tech expert; Sumeet Chabria, a transformation strategist; and Henry Deng, leading Google's workforce initiatives. They delve into how AI reshapes leadership, emphasizing the importance of trust and human-centered approaches. The panel highlights practical AI applications, like McDonald’s rethinking hiring processes, and stresses the need for critical thinking in evaluating AI outputs. They advocate for leaders to balance efficiency with empathy while upskilling teams to thrive in an AI-driven landscape.
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Agents Form A Shadow Workforce
- A digital 'shadow workforce' of agents is emerging that requires workflow and performance disciplines.
- Treat agents as part of work design with metrics and monitoring, not as human equivalents.
Always Keep Humans In The Loop
- Keep humans in the loop and distinguish augmentation from full automation.
- Reinforce human skills so people can step in when AI outputs are wrong or incomplete.
Engineers Move From Coders To Communicators
- At Google, AI has shifted engineers' work from coding to communication and editing.
- Teams now spend more time specifying requirements, judging outputs, and fixing AI-produced code.