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Nov 18, 2025 25 min

Gen X To Gen Z: Different AI Superpowers

from The Intelligence Age

🔴 For full Show Notes https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/761 Personal leadership with AI means using it as a tailored amplifier, not an overlord. Meg and Mark unpack generational strengths in AI use, from structured Gen X prompts to Gen Z experimentation. They show how to turn books into personalised action plans with AI, build health and financial literacy, and create safe spaces for younger people to sharpen critical thinking. Listeners leave with ways to pair their strengths with AI, design better prompts, and lead on their own terms. 👉Join the private WhatsApp group for Q&A and community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/E0iyXcUVhpl9um7DuKLYEz 🎙️What you’ll learn How to use AI with leadership and habits books to create personalised questions, habits, and behaviour changes that fit your life. How to combine Kindle and Audible to read faster while staying focused on complex ideas. How Gen X, millennial, and Gen Z professionals tend to approach AI differently, and how to borrow strengths from each style. How to design prompt pipelines that move from exploration to refinement to final outputs you can put to work. ✅Highlights "The world is ending, AI is bad, the planet's burning, like up here and into the like, okay, actually, so what" "artificial intelligence will be just another helpful feature on the tech infrastructure that... serve our daily lives" "If we're not personally leading in our own lives with artificial intelligence, we are just going to be buffeted and swayed by other people's ideas." 🧰Mentioned Neil deGrasse Tyson https://amzn.to/485h2ot Seven habits of highly effective people https://amzn.to/49SK2lN The four hour work week https://amzn.to/49nMzEp Nix https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7z5lDsS6UP/?igsh=MXBzMXk4MDhlYjN6bQ%3D%3D AND https://www.tiktok.com/@cwknix Chris Huntingford https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishuntingford/ ✅Connect with the hosts Mark Smith: Blog https://www.nz365guy.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy Meg Smith: Blog https://www.megsmith.nz LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/megsmithnz Subscribe, rate, and share with someone who wants to be future ready. Drop your questions in the comments or the WhatsApp group, and we may feature them in an upcoming episode. ✅Keywords: personal leadership, ai, gen x, gen z, millennials, prompting, prompt pipelines, financial literacy, health literacy, ai literacy, vibe coding, strengthsfinder If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin. Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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Gen X To Gen Z: Different AI Superpowers

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  1. 0:00 Introduction to Personal Leadership and AI
  2. 2:58 Understanding AI as a Tool for Personal Growth
  3. 5:32 Reading and Learning Strategies for Personal Leadership
  4. 8:46 Applying Leadership Principles with AI
  5. 11:21 The Importance of Personal Leadership in a Changing World
  6. 14:13 Financial Literacy and Personal Finance Journeys
  7. 17:15 Health and Mental Health Literacy
  8. 20:07 Generational Perspectives on AI and Prompting
  9. 22:43 Final Thoughts and Community Engagement

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