The AI Transition
The AI Transition
The rules of work are being rewritten — and most people aren't ready.The AI Transition is a regular podcast for professionals navigating one of the most disruptive shifts in modern history. Hosted by two transformation experts Stephen and Lauren — with decades of experience in technology, transformation, and leading through profound change — each episode cuts through the noise with honest conversations, bold perspectives, and strategies you can actually use.Whether you're a leader, a specialist, or just someone trying to figure out where you fit in an AI-driven world — this is your show.Subscribe now and stay ahead of the transition.
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The AI Transition

For leaders, professionals, and anyone figuring out where they fit in an AI-driven world.
Join Stephen and Lauren — two Transformation Experts having bold, honest conversations about navigating the AI era

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The Wrong Door — the fear is real. you're just facing the wrong way.
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July 6, 2026

The Wrong Door — the fear is real. you're just facing the wrong way.

A youth football pitch on a freezing Sunday. A furious letter, written at 9pm and rewritten by morning. A fear with the wrong name. Half the adults in America now use AI every week. Most of them don't trust it. In the UK, entry-level jobs are quietly disappearing. Australia's watching, a few steps behind. Stephen and Lauren take apart FOBO — the fear of being obsolete — and find it's aimed at the wrong door. The threat isn't the robot at your desk. It's the bottom rungs of the ladder, sawn off i
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A Tale of Two Data Centres
June 17, 2026

A Tale of Two Data Centres

225 megawatts. 14 football pitches in size. Approved, funded, operational. 210 megawatts. Refused. Unanimously. Two data centres. Two cities. One question nobody wants to answer. CHAPTERS 00:00 — Intro 02:26 — Melbourne 10:39 — Edinburgh 19:06 — Big Picture 27:20 — Wrap Up REFERENCES Deep Dive Podcast Companion https://www.peopleoverprocess.com.au/podcast/deep-dives/ep7-two-data-centres Melbourne Data Centre Boom & NEXTDC M3 https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/data-centre-knight-frank-rep
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The Good News Episode
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June 2, 2026

The Good News Episode

He woke up, got himself a glass of water, and closed the blinds against the afternoon sun. None of it should be remarkable — except he can't move his arms, his legs, or speak. And the thing that gave him his independence back isn't one of those backflipping humanoid robots with a billion dollars of hype behind it. It has no face, no legs, no drama. It's an arm on wheels. After last week's trip to the barricades, we needed a lift. So this is the good news episode — the AI that's quietly changing
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To the Barricades!
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May 13, 2026

To the Barricades!

Secret IVF children. NDAs. A kill list. A Molotov cocktail. And 30,000 Oracle workers who trained the AI that replaced them. The backlash is here. Topics Discussed & Source References for Further Reading: The OpenAI Lawsuit: Musk sues OpenAI, revealing secret IVF twins and hostile text messages. https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/tech/musk-trial-shivon-zilis-testimony Gen Z's AI Sabotage: 44% of Gen Z workers intentionally sabotage company AI tools to fight automation. https://futurism.com/artificia
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Rope-a-Dope
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April 16, 2026

Rope-a-Dope

Muhammad Ali didn't win in Kinshasa by being passive. He had a plan. George Foreman didn't. So — is that what's playing out between the two biggest AI labs right now? Anthropic tripled its revenue in four months. OpenAI killed Sora with less than an hour's notice to Disney. Ads are coming. The IPOs are coming. And the most dangerous AI model ever built? The US government isn't allowed to use it. Stephen and Lauren break down who's on the ropes — and who's got a plan.
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cout, Strike, Repeat: Why Five Is the Magic Team Number
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March 30, 2026

cout, Strike, Repeat: Why Five Is the Magic Team Number

Atlassian just cut 1,600 people — including the teams building their own AI. What does that signal for the rest of us? Stephen and Lauren dig into the hidden coordination tax bleeding most teams dry, why the number five keeps showing up as the sweet spot for high-performing teams, and the emerging scout/strike model that's letting small groups outrun large ones. Plus: uncomfortable leadership truths, and what you can actually do about all of this today. 00:00 Intro 01:35 Coordination Tax 06:15 T
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