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Lead The Machine Podcast
by Kirstin Marr is a C-level exec and board member who has helped over 100 companies adopt transformative tech and data analytics for 25 years.
Lead The Machine Podcast explores the human side of AI at work. Join the conversation with today's leaders and tomorrow's about what it takes to make AI work for real people, in real organizations. leadthemachine.substack.com
Episodes
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Emerging Leaders Are Already Leading AI
Hi everyone, Want to know what AI adoption really looks like inside a company? Ask the leaders in the middle. They are close enough to strategy to understand the intent and close enough to the front lines to hear the real questions. They know where teams feel excited, where they feel overwhelmed,...
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AI Literacy and the Future of Work
Hi everyone, AI is changing the work. Talent strategy will determine who benefits from it. That is the real issue beneath so many conversations about AI at work. Tools can remove repetitive tasks, speed up analysis, and change how people make decisions. Leaders still need to rethink roles…
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Only 13% Can Measure AI ROI. Now What?
When only 13% of companies feel confident measuring AI ROI, you know two things: you are in a hype cycle for a new technology, and operational issues prevent progress. AM Best’s report, “Artificial Intelligence Appears to be Ready, But Most Insurers Are Not,” makes that reality hard to ignore.…
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Systems Thinking for AI: How to Get Results Faster
Hi everyone, The rubber meets the road when we need to prove ROI with any new technology. It’s inevitable and it’s hard. Rob Cressy is an AI enablement coach who works with leaders and teams that want measurable performance from AI. I like that he brings a human-first approach, and anchors AI...
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Talent Strategy in the Age of AI
Hi everyone, This week on Lead The Machine, I recorded a special dual interview on site at the Emerging Leaders Conference in Nashville with Wendy Davis Johnson and Marguerite Tortorello. We used the moment to look backward and forward. We traced the early days of the Insurance Careers Movement...
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AI Tools That Reduce Burden and Restore Dignity
Hi everyone, This week on Lead The Machine, I spoke with Dakota Koontz, Executive Director at Housing Heroes Hub, about what it takes to lead inside broken systems, and how AI can reduce the load for leaders who carry too much. Now… this may seem counter to my consistent advice to fix broken...
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Board-Ready AI: Leadership, Data, and Risk with Bill Walsh
Hi everyone, Bill Walsh, the CEO of Mediafly, has played a meaningful role in my leadership journey. I met him more than a decade ago when he served on the board at Valen Analytics, and he has been a steady mentor for me since then. Bill brings 30 years of executive leadership across enterprise...
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Everyone Has Access to AI. A Millennial Leader Explains What Matters Now.
Hi everyone, I love intergenerational conversations about AI and the future of work, especially with Millennial leaders like John Hyde, a real estate and hospitality project management consultant. AI brings us a rare opportunity to learn from each other, across generations and levels of an...
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The Problem With AI Recruiting Isn’t AI. It’s How We’re Using It.
Hi everyone, What happens when recruiting becomes AI talking to AI? That is the question at the center of my newest Lead the Machine episode with Jessica Peskin, CEO of Global Recruiters of Denver. It is one of the most practical and timely conversations I’ve had on the show because it tackles a...
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AI Is Inevitable, Relevance Is a Choice
Hi everyone — This week on Lead The Machine, I’m truly honored to share my conversation with Brian Duperreault — former CEO & Chairman of AIG, and a leader who has shaped modern insurance through CEO roles at Marsh & McLennan, ACE (now Chubb), and Hamilton. He’s currently Executive Chairman of...
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How to Build AI Products That Actually Scale
Last week, nearly $300 billion in market value was wiped out across software companies. Because AI is accelerating faster than many businesses are ready for. AI-native products are forcing a reset because they’re built on cleaner data, tighter workflows, and clearer value propositions. When AI...
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Rethinking Food Security in the Age of AI with Richard Lackey
I sat down with Richard Lackey, CEO of the World Food Bank Group, to unpack a crisis that is both urgent and misunderstood. Nearly 40 million children are suffering from acute food shortages today, and more than 300 million people globally face chronic hunger. If we don’t turn this around, that...
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From Pilot Purgatory to Real Impact: How to Lead Successful AI Adoption
Hi everyone, This week on Lead The Machine, I had the opportunity to sit down with Colleen Campbell, Founder and CEO of A-Human-I. Colleen is one of the most grounded, practitioner-oriented leaders I’ve spoken with about AI adoption. Colleen has spent decades leading large-scale transformation...
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AI, Ag, and the Future of Food: Increasing Healthspan, Not Just Lifespan
Hi everyone, Welcome to a purpose-driven conversation with Laston Charriez, a longtime CPG marketing leader turned educator and advocate for transforming how we grow food, nourish people, and undo bad practices. Laston shared something that takes real courage to say out loud:“I was part of the...
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The New AI Reality: From Care to Code to Careers
Hi everyone, This week’s episode of Lead The Machine digs into one of the most important truths emerging: the future of industry, software, and work are now deeply intertwined with what emerges in the era of AI. And few people understand that intersection better than Tim Griffin. Tim has spent…
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Trust, Cybersecurity, and AI with David Chaddock
Hi everyone, In this week’s episode of Lead The Machine, I sit down with David Chaddock, a cybersecurity and compliance leader who has spent decades guiding organizations through high-stakes decisions where trust, risk, and innovation collide. David was previously at Accenture and West Monroe...
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How Leaders Build Trust in the Age of AI
Hi everyone, This week’s episode of Lead The Machine is one I’ve been excited to share. I sat down with Marty Welch, a seasoned insurance executive and CEO of HEMIC, whose career has been shaped by leading people through waves of technological change — from the first PCs to predictive analytics…
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You Either Win or You Learn: Breaking Barriers with AI and Bold Leadership
When you’ve spent your career assigning financial strength ratings to insurance companies, you learn a thing or two about what holds companies back, and what pushes them forward. Matt Mosher is a Strategic Advisor to Stonybrook Capital and the former CEO of AM Best Rating Services. He brings a...
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“When AI Broke My Dream and Helped Me Rebuild It”
DON’T DO THIS. “I was shocked. I didn’t get a single journalist to tell me that this is a career worth pursuing.” After years spent getting an undergraduate and graduate degree in English, with her sites set on being a journalist, Chloe Frantzis was told by everyone in the field that journalism…
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The Mindset that Built Innovation
“We had to invent the math before we could build the model.” That’s how my dad, Clay Marr, describes his early years at the dawn of Silicon Valley, from his time at Lockheed getting the first man on the moon and at Fairchild launching the semiconductor revolution. Bottom line: AI requires the...
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Adaptability in AI: Your Role, Your Skills and the Future of Healthcare
I’ve known Manny Rodriguez for years, and have always admired how he leads: with purpose, vision, and the courage to push the envelope with a sense of urgency to stay on the leading edge. Few things are more personal than healthcare, except maybe our own careers.Both are being transformed by AI.…
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Dax Craig: From Startup to Industry Shift. The Valen Analytics Story of Pioneering Predictive Insurance
No question about it, Valen Analytics was well ahead of its time for the property & casualty insurance industry. Dax Craig co-founded Valen in 2004 and served as it’s CEO until 2017. I came on as the CMO in 2012 and took over as President in 2018, when Valen was a wholly-owned subsidiary of...
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Welcome to Lead The Machine Podcast
Hi, I'm Kirstin Marr and so glad you are here! Take a listen for what to expect in upcoming episodes and learn a bit more about my background. Please share this with your colleagues. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
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Lead The Machine Podcast explores the human side of AI at work. Join the conversation with today's leaders and tomorrow's about what it takes to make AI work for real people, in real organizations.
leadthemachine.substack.com
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Kirstin Marr is a C-level exec and board member who has helped over 100 companies adopt transformative tech and data analytics for 25 years.
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