EPISODE · Jun 7, 2026 · 11 MIN
AI Will Make Bad Decisions Faster: Rory Sutherland
from We Have A Meeting
Rory breaks down why AI in the hands of procurement and finance teams will be catastrophic, how the shareholder value movement since the 1980s has created a managerial Ponzi scheme that misaligns leadership with everyone else in the company, and why the purpose of a business should never be profit maximization but the discovery of new sources of value. He explains why Octopus Energy is now bigger than British Gas by focusing on customer service instead of cost cutting, how Herbert Simon's Nobel Prize winning philosophy completely contradicts Milton Friedman's shareholder value doctrine, and why businesses that optimize for efficiency instead of discovery will make terrible decisions faster with AI. Hear more from the Hosts: Jack https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-frimston-5010177b/?originalSubdomain=uk Zac https://www.linkedin.com/in/zac-thompson-33a9a39b/ Brought to you by our amazing sponsors: Prospeo, the easiest way to find verified emails and contact data for outbound and lead generation. 98% more effective at finding mobile numbers and email addresses. Try it free at https://www.prospeo.io/wham Nooks The AI powered platform helping teams automate outbound sales and book more qualified meetings. To learn more visit : https://www.nooks.ai/wehaveameeting
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Rory breaks down why AI in the hands of procurement and finance teams will be catastrophic, how the shareholder value movement since the 1980s has created a managerial Ponzi scheme that misaligns leadership with everyone else in the company, and why the purpose of a business should never be profit maximization but the discovery of new sources of value. He explains why Octopus Energy is now bigger than British Gas by focusing on customer service instead of cost cutting, how Herbert Simon's Nobel Prize winning philosophy completely contradicts Milton Friedman's shareholder value doctrine, and why businesses that optimize for efficiency instead of discovery will make terrible decisions faster with AI. Hear more from the Hosts: Jack https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-frimston-5010177b/?originalSubdomain=uk Zac https://www.linkedin.com/in/zac-thompson-33a9a39b/ Brought to you by our amazing sponsors: Prospeo, the easiest way to find verified emails and contact data for outbound and lead generation. 98% more effective at finding mobile numbers and email addresses. Try it free at https://www.prospeo.io/wham Nooks The AI powered platform helping teams automate outbound sales and book more qualified meetings. To learn more visit : https://www.nooks.ai/wehaveameeting
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