259 - Most CEOs Don't Know What AI Really Is! Ft. Don Tapscott

Most CEOs think AI means ChatGPT or a few tools in the supply chain. Don Tapscott says they're missing the biggest shift: personal AI agents that will become an extension of every employee, customer, and leader.

In this episode of The World Class Leader Show, Andrea Petrone talks with Don Tapscott, one of the world's leading authorities on technology in society, about "Identity AI," why leaders need to stop building an "AI strategy," and who should own and be accountable for the AI agents acting on our behalf.

🔑 IN THIS EPISODE

Why "AI is not what you think it is"

What Identity AI is, and why it changes how every company runs

Why Don says "we're creating gods," and what could go wrong

Why personal AI must be self-sovereign, not owned by Big Tech

Why companies need a strategy where AI is part of everything, not a separate "AI strategy"

Who is accountable when AI agents make decisions

⏱ TIMELINE 0:00 Trailer 0:53 How to see a technology shift before everyone else 3:59 What separates leaders who adopt from those left behind 4:42 The "new technology order" and rebuilding a country for AI 8:13 Paradigm shifts and the leadership crisis 11:08 What is Identity AI, and why care now? 14:19 Is it scary? "We're creating gods" 17:56 Why personal AI agents must be decentralized 21:30 What CEOs should actually do in the next 12 months 26:56 The biggest mistakes leaders make with AI 29:15 Who is accountable when AI agents decide? 32:38 Where to find Don's work

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