Today, I implore you to paint pictures to improve your ability to Influence as part of my series of blogs on The Art of Influence in the Age of AI. Painting pictures is the second quadrant in my Pathfinder Model designed for building trust and influence. You might consider ‘implore’ too strong a word, however
In my third blog on The Art of Influence in the Age of AI, I invite you to Stand in the shoes of the leader you need to influence, which is the first ‘step’ in my Pathfinder Model. (You can find a brief overview of my Pathfinder Model in last week’s blog.) Standing in the
In this second blog in my series on the Art of Influence in the Age of AI, I’d like you to meet my Pathfinder Model. In essence, my Pathfinder Model asks you to do the following 4 things to become an influential and trusted adviser: – Stand in the shoes of those you need to
My recent free webinar Leadership in the Age of AI: Critical Thinking, Judgement and Risk with Michael Schlosser of Sim-X Strategy got me thinking about what has changed for internal advisers when it comes to the art of influencing. Today, leaders have more advice available to them in seconds than they have ever had before.
A quick question: When you review a proposal, analysis, or AI-generated output, what are you actually testing? Most people focus on the answer. Does it look right? Is it well expressed? Does it align with what we expected? All reasonable checks, but they miss something more fundamental, which is the answer is only as good