Show Notes
🎙️ With Prof. Dr. Tina Weisser – Professor at Hochschule München (University of Applied Sciences Munich)
Summary In this episode of the in-between trust podcast, Eva Simone Lihotzky speaks with Prof. Dr. Tina Weisser about trust, systems thinking, and AI. Drawing on her path across service design, entrepreneurship, transformation consulting, and academia, Tina explores why “trust reduces complexity” and how that insight reshapes human–technology interaction - from multi-agent systems to the day-to-day realities of teams. The conversation moves from black-box AI to leadership futuring, psychological safety, and the practical redesign of processes so that humans stay in the driver’s seat.
🔑 Takeaways Trust reduces complexity and enables decisions under uncertainty
AI’s “black-box” behavior demands experience, verification, and critical thinking
Multi-agent systems shift from personal to team and workflow productivity
Don’t “plug & play” AI - redesign processes with a systems lens
Keep humans in the driver’s seat: transparency, orientation, competence
Build psychological safety to experiment, fail, and learn
Treat AI change as an adaptive challenge (not just a technical one)
Bridge IT, HR, and leadership - it cannot be top-down or bottom-up alone
Create time for deep strategic thinking (“leadership futuring”)
Invest in training & enablement, not only tools
🎙️ Sound Bites “Trust reduces complexity.” “We need to stay in the driver’s seat - even with agents in the background.” “It’s not a plug-and-play solution; redesign the system.” “Build trust through experience - and keep your critical thinking.” “Make space for deep thinking, not just meetings.”
⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Curiosity, boundary-spanning, and systems thinking 03:14 Trust as a way to reduce complexity (Luhmann) 06:47 AI as a black box: probability over truth 10:19 Learning from early multi-agent experiments 12:27 From personal productivity to team workflows 14:49 Redesigning processes (not just “adding AI”) 16:26 Leading uncertainty: safety, training, enablement 18:17 Adaptive vs. technical problems (Heifetz) 22:38 Bridging culture and tech; capabilities leaders need 24:59 Haltung, self-regulation, and authenticity in leadership 27:02 Iteration over perfection; shorter planning cycles 30:24 “Stop the noise—start working”: a pragmatic toolbox 32:59 Leadership futuring: time for strategy, signals, foresight 36:36 In-between moments & reflections
🔭 Keywords trust, systems thinking, leadership, AI, human–AI interaction, multi-agent systems, service design, process redesign, psychological safety, adaptive leadership, experimentation, foresight, leadership futuring
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