{"id":20715,"date":"2025-10-07T10:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uxmag.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=20715"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:42:10","slug":"ai-adoption-is-a-supreme-act-of-self-disruption","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/uxmag.com\/podcast\/ai-adoption-is-a-supreme-act-of-self-disruption","title":{"rendered":"AI Adoption is a Supreme Act of Self-Disruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/briansolis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Solis<\/a>, is a digital anthropologist and futurist who serves as the Head of Global Innovation at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/servicenow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ServiceNow<\/a> and is the former Head of Global Innovation at Salesforce. Brian is a bestselling author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/briansolis.com\/lifescale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lifescale<\/a><\/em>, <em>The End of Business as We Know It<\/em>, and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindshift.ing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mindshift<\/a><\/em>, which helps leaders learn how to see emerging trends, harness disruptive forces, and use them to fuel growth.<\/p>\n<p>Brian joins Robb and Josh to talk with us about the importance of self-disruption in AI adoption. With so many genAI projects failing to reach production, this episode looks at approaches taken by IKEA and Airbnb that have induced the kind of mind shift that invites self-disruption. Brian, who&#8217;s been called the CEO whisperer, also talks about the nuanced difference between \u201caha\u201d and \u201cuh-oh\u201d moments and the pitfalls of hopeless optimism.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Solis\u2019s works: <a href=\"https:\/\/briansolis.com\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/briansolis.com\/books\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Support our show by supporting our sponsors!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This episode is supported through partnership with OneReach.ai. 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