AI, Paris and What It Taught Me About Communication

Terms like “urgent”, “OK”, “interesting”, or “quick sync” can be interpreted differently across teams. The result is predictable: misalignment, slower decisions, and avoidable rework. This episode of Debugging Human Communication was inspired by a real moment in Paris - when, for Dr. Shani Horowitz-Rozen, a “simple” issue turned into a surprisingly accurate lesson in how people define respect through process. Listen to this episode to learn how to use AI to test how a message is likely to be received across different cultural contexts, before hitting send and turning misunderstandings into friction.