AI Won’t Replace You - But Bad Leadership Will: The Louisa Loran Interview

🎙️ Most Leaders Are Doing AI Wrong — Says Former Google Strategist Louisa Loran


Artificial Intelligence isn’t just changing technology — it’s changing leadership.
In this episode, former Google strategist Louisa Loran shares what leaders must unlearn, how to build a culture of curiosity, and why AI doesn’t challenge culture… it scales it.


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Louisa takes us from Moët Hennessy and Maersk to her years at Google, explaining how leaders can adapt, evolve, and stay relevant in a world defined by rapid AI acceleration. This conversation is a masterclass in AI leadership transformation.



🔥 What You’ll Learn

Why most leaders misuse AI by skipping strategy
How to lead with clarity in an AI-driven world
The biggest cultural and organizational blockers
How AI reveals hidden knowledge inside companies
Louisa’s Leadership Anatomy framework: eyes, lungs, arms, spine
The surprising reason she works with three AIs as thought partners
Why unlearning is now a leadership superpower



💬 Quotes from the Episode

“AI doesn’t challenge culture. It scales it.”

“If you don’t unlearn, you can’t lead.”

“AI won’t replace you — but bad leadership will.”



⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Welcome & Introduction — Meet Louisa Loran
00:37 How curiosity led Louisa from Moët Hennessy to AI and Google
02:21 Early digital transformation and the roots of AI in logistics
04:46 Why strategy comes before tools — the real AI leadership lesson
07:15 The global “AI panic” and how leaders wasted 18 months on use-case lists
09:42 Rediscovering critical thinking in the AI era
11:56 Learning to lead through uncertainty and data discovery
14:33 Building a culture of curiosity instead of control
17:28 The leadership challenge: unlearning the habits of success
20:14 Lessons from Google — when inefficiency is actually innovation
23:01 How AI puts pressure on leaders and middle management
25:47 The anatomy of leadership: eyes, lungs, arms, and spine
29:42 Using three AIs as thought partners while writing a book
33:11 What AI literacy really means in organizations
36:18 Education, ethics, and the future of learning with AI
39:22 The European AI mindset vs. U.S. drive
42:15 Final insights: leading with clarity, courage, and curiosity
43:37 Where to find Louisa Loran and her book Leadership Anatomy in Motion



🌍 Where to Find Louisa Loran

Website: LouisaLoran.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/louisa-loran/
Book: Leadership Anatomy in Motion - wherever you buy your book!



🎧 About Dietmar Fischer

Dietmar is a Berlin-based podcaster and AI marketer. If you want to accelerate your AI or digital marketing projects, visit Argo.berlin.



🎵 Music: “Modern Situations” by Unicorn Heads