Behind the Harvard Article on AI Everyone’s Talking About

Marc Zao-Sanders is a guest author at the Harvard Business Review and the co-founder of Filtered, a learning tech company helping organizations upskill intelligently.Marc is also the author of the bestselling book Timeboxing – The Power of Doing One Thing at a Time, now translated into 33 languages.His recent article in HBR, "How People Are Really Using GenAI in 2025", went viral for mapping out the top 100 generative AI use cases based on real user behavior.With Marc, we talked about:00:04 Intro01:03 How was Marc as a child?02:52 Marc's background in Philosophy and Math and how they shaped his life04:33 Building Filtered.com: 12 Years of Lessons as Entrepreneur06:37 Marc's work on Time Boxing and how to manage your time intentionally08:09 Practical tips to time box your time efficiently10:16 What would Marc improve in his time management...spoiler...PROCRASTINATION!11:51 How will AI change our perception of time and value16:49 Post-Work Society and Universal Basic Income18:26 Top 100 AI Use Cases of 2025 - Marc's Harvard Business Review Article21:28 AI as Mirror of Society25:37 AI Literacy Gap and Digital Inequality28:24 AI for Therapy and Companionship32:17 Risks of Outsourcing Thinking to AI35:44 How do we balance AI enhancing our cognitive ability vs making us dependent on it?39:48 Finding Purpose with AI Assistance45:01 The use case that surprised Marc the most50:43 Game Time: Can I use AI for that?57:03 SHARE SOME LOVE: Subscribe, Like, Comment, and Share!--------------------------------------------------------------AI To Go Podcast - Bringing you the humans behind AI!Don't be shy and come say hi:👋 Lucia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamluciapiseddu/👋 Johannes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannesdeubener/Follow us on:✨ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/135tavsp8mEBYftLGOv02x✨ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ai-to-go-podcast/✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aitogopodcast/--------------------------------------------------------------Connect with Marc:https://www.linkedin.com/in/marczaosanders/Reading recommendations:👉 Timeboxing by Marc Zao-Sanders https://www.amazon.com/Timeboxing-Power-Doing-Thing-Time/dp/1250340152👉 Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2025/04/how-people-are-really-using-gen-ai-in-2025