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EPISODE · Nov 18, 2025 · 26 MIN

Gen X To Gen Z: Different AI Superpowers

from Microsoft Innovation Podcast

🔴 For full Show Notes  https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/761Personal 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 learnHow 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."🧰MentionedNeil deGrasse Tyson https://amzn.to/485h2otSeven habits of highly effective people https://amzn.to/49SK2lNThe four hour work week https://amzn.to/49nMzEpNix https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7z5lDsS6UP/?igsh=MXBzMXk4MDhlYjN6bQ%3D%3D AND https://www.tiktok.com/@cwknixChris Huntingford https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishuntingford/✅Connect with the hostsMark 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/megsmithnzSubscribe, 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, strengthsfinderMicrosoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoptionSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

🔴 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 strength...

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