Show Notes
🤖 AI leadership is being stress tested everywhere right now, and this episode argues that the stress is mostly diagnostic. Michael Hunter, author of The Resilient Tech Leader, describes resilience as a practice rather than a trait. We start out curious and exploratory, he says, and then get compacted by work, family, community and every other system until layers cover who we actually are. His work is about sorting through those layers and asking which ones still serve you in this specific context.
🧩 On AI, his position is unusually calm. Whatever proportions of joy, frustration and fear the technology is raising for you, most of it was already there. AI made it visible because it does not behave like the people we are used to reading.
The practical core of the conversation is delegation. Track what you do, note how you feel about each task, look for what you consistently dislike, then ask whether it goes to a person, to an AI, or off the list entirely. And before you delegate, ask why you dislike it, because sometimes the answer sits in a fourth grade classroom rather than in the work itself.
What you will take away: 🔍 Why AI amplifies existing dynamics instead of creating new ones 🪜 The smallest possible step method for change that actually starts 🧵 Why borrowed frameworks need tailoring before they help ❓ Why "can AI do this" is the wrong question 🤝 What trust, vulnerability and reading people still contribute
Best for engineering managers, founders, consultants, marketers and executives leading teams through constant change.
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About Dietmar Fischer Dietmar Fischer is a podcaster and AI marketer from Berlin. If you want help with AI strategy or digital marketing, Google Ads, SEO etc., visit: https://argoberlin.com
Quotes from the Episode 💬 "What I'm noticing more than anything else with AI, it is amplifying all of the advantages, disadvantages, amazing capabilities and frustrating situations that we already had." 💬 "It's the wrong question. The question, can I do this with AI? More and more is always yes." 💬 "Why do we think it's gonna do the things we want it to do? It seems just as likely to me that it's kind of want to be a rock star."
Chapters 00:00 Opening and who Michael Hunter is 00:49 Why resilience means remembering who you were 04:43 The simplest possible process and the smallest possible step 10:53 Why someone else's framework was never built for you 12:57 AI amplifies what was already in the room 19:47 Treating AI as another employee and deciding what to hand off 32:20 The leadership work AI cannot do yet 40:51 Technology optimism, free will and where to find Michael
Where to Find the Guest 🌐 Website & Book: https://theresilienttechleader.com 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/humbugreality/ 🎙️ The Uncommon Leadership Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/uncommon-leadership/id1654637165
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