Part 2of3: The Post-Corporate Leader: Finding the Human Signal in an AI World - with Merve Hokamp

In this continuation, Merve Hokamp delves into the personal commitment required for human-centric leadership skills like "Global Listening" to survive in the age of AI. She introduces the concept of the "Suffering of Practice," explaining that true mastery—like entering a state of Flow—requires setting uncomfortable, realistically ambitious goals to overcome initial frustration and digital distraction.

The conversation then transitions to how Merve successfully integrates AI into her work, using it not as the human "antenna" but as a powerful diagnostic tool for team dynamics—quantifying emotional and behavioral insights, such as communication imbalances. Finally, she explains the magic of her analog tool, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, revealing how hands-on work serves as an essential bridge to deep connection and creativity, which are then channeled back into an executable digital strategy.

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Clip Timeline of Topics (00:00 - 13:49)
00:00 Recap: Practical Steps for Presence (Curiosity, Open Questions, Minimizing Distractions)
01:23 The Practice Principle: Why mastery, like "Global Listening," requires "suffering."
02:11 The Learning Curve (Ups and Downs): Why initial friction and frustration causes people to quit.
03:00 The key to persistence: Setting uncomfortable, yet realistically ambitious goals.
03:46 AI in Coaching: Integrating technology without losing the soul of human connection.
04:47 Where AI does not belong: Why Level 3 Listening doesn't require an AI assistant.
05:13 Where AI is essential: Automating 50% of admin and acting as an analyst.
06:10 AI for Team Diagnostics: Using data to expose power dynamics and sentiment imbalances.
07:23 The 5% Talker / 55% Talker scenario: Quantifying communication inequality.
08:33 LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®: Introducing the tactile tool as an antidote to digital overwhelm.
09:29 The Power of Play: How building with hands facilitates the Flow State and bridges creativity to execution.
11:12 The Flow State Chart: Explaining the Challenge & Skill Correlation (Panic Zone, Boredom Zone).
12:44 Maximizing Flow State to increase human value and naturally reduce digital distractions.

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