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WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.840 2 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:02.120 KIM GOAD: Hi, everyone. 3 00:00:02.120 --> 00:00:02.640 Welcome. 4 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:06.320 Thank you for joining us today to the next installment 5 00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:08.940 of the Kelley Executive Education series, 6 00:00:08.940 --> 00:00:11.080 the Leading with AI series. 7 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:14.060 If you've been joining us all along in these discussions, 8 00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:16.920 you've heard us talk about how Kelley is infusing 9 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:20.800 AI in just about everything we do in business, in almost all 10 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:22.020 of our courses now. 11 00:00:22.020 --> 00:00:25.440 AI is just a part of the conversation naturally. 12 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:28.980 More formally, on a public forum, 13 00:00:28.980 --> 00:00:30.480 we're offering these open enrollment 14 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:35.000 programs that address all of the typical functions in business 15 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:36.732 that you typically have had training in. 16 00:00:36.732 --> 00:00:38.440 If you've been in business school or that 17 00:00:38.440 --> 00:00:41.420 you're seeking out around strategy, leadership, 18 00:00:41.420 --> 00:00:45.600 management, critical thinking, finance. 19 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:47.860 We've been having conversations around some of those. 20 00:00:47.860 --> 00:00:49.880 And today in particular, we want to talk 21 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:52.840 about one that is something we probably 22 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:55.820 get more questions than anything about from leaders. 23 00:00:55.820 --> 00:01:01.080 And that is, how do I strengthen my influence in the workplace, 24 00:01:01.080 --> 00:01:04.420 and particularly in a workplace that is more and more being 25 00:01:04.420 --> 00:01:06.380 dominated by technology and AI? 26 00:01:06.380 --> 00:01:09.620 How do I keep that influence and that human contact 27 00:01:09.620 --> 00:01:12.020 and everything that I thought I knew about communication 28 00:01:12.020 --> 00:01:13.120 and influence? 29 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:15.880 And so we're going to be delving into that. 30 00:01:15.880 --> 00:01:19.220 And I am particularly excited and grateful to have my friend 31 00:01:19.220 --> 00:01:21.200 and colleague Trent Deckard here today. 32 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:22.700 Trent will be able to help us answer 33 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:25.680 those questions because he is the pro in this area. 34 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:27.517 He's done a lot-- 35 00:01:27.517 --> 00:01:29.600 still does a lot of teaching at the Kelley School, 36 00:01:29.600 --> 00:01:34.700 teaching and coaching around communication and leadership 37 00:01:34.700 --> 00:01:36.120 and influence. 38 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:37.980 He teaches at multiple levels, including 39 00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:40.940 with a lot of our corporate clients and executive education. 40 00:01:40.940 --> 00:01:43.700 And I'm really excited for him to also share with you more 41 00:01:43.700 --> 00:01:45.660 about the breadth of his experience 42 00:01:45.660 --> 00:01:47.740 in a lot of different spaces. 43 00:01:47.740 --> 00:01:50.140 So Trent has corporate experience 44 00:01:50.140 --> 00:01:52.180 and has served in government roles 45 00:01:52.180 --> 00:01:54.080 and a lot of community service. 46 00:01:54.080 --> 00:01:57.100 And in all these areas, in addition to business 47 00:01:57.100 --> 00:02:00.630 that involve or require influence. 48 00:02:00.630 --> 00:02:04.870 And how do I move people and get teams to do what I want? 49 00:02:04.870 --> 00:02:06.646 And how do I align with stakeholders? 50 00:02:06.646 --> 00:02:08.229 And so we're going to talk about that. 51 00:02:08.229 --> 00:02:11.970 But also with the twist of now how do I use AI in that work, 52 00:02:11.970 --> 00:02:14.770 or what do I also need to be careful of in terms 53 00:02:14.770 --> 00:02:17.190 of maybe potential pitfalls? 54 00:02:17.190 --> 00:02:19.270 So we're going to get started in that discussion. 55 00:02:19.270 --> 00:02:22.187 And Trent, dovetailing from that, 56 00:02:22.187 --> 00:02:23.770 I think that's where I'd like to start 57 00:02:23.770 --> 00:02:26.430 is just understanding from a very personal level. 58 00:02:26.430 --> 00:02:28.450 You've had all this experience, what 59 00:02:28.450 --> 00:02:32.130 has drawn you to these, the work of communication and influence 60 00:02:32.130 --> 00:02:33.370 in general? 61 00:02:33.370 --> 00:02:35.010 TRENT DECKARD: Well, Kim, first, I 62 00:02:35.010 --> 00:02:38.330 am absolutely fascinated by how people communicate and interact 63 00:02:38.330 --> 00:02:39.310 with each other. 64 00:02:39.310 --> 00:02:43.050 I have been from an early age, but dovetailing 65 00:02:43.050 --> 00:02:44.810 with that in my own experience, I 66 00:02:44.810 --> 00:02:49.310 was very nervous about communicating my big ideas. 67 00:02:49.310 --> 00:02:51.310 I was nervous about putting myself out there. 68 00:02:51.310 --> 00:02:55.290 And there were so many times I wanted to say something 69 00:02:55.290 --> 00:02:59.890 as a little boy in class, or I want to run for student council, 70 00:02:59.890 --> 00:03:02.550 or I want to do all these different things that required 71 00:03:02.550 --> 00:03:04.670 me putting myself out there. 72 00:03:04.670 --> 00:03:08.690 And when I come at this now as a communicator, 73 00:03:08.690 --> 00:03:11.270 I think about that experience that I 74 00:03:11.270 --> 00:03:14.530 had, being nervous about that, getting up in front of others, 75 00:03:14.530 --> 00:03:16.850 and learning the tools of the trade, 76 00:03:16.850 --> 00:03:19.790 not just as a practitioner, but someone that 77 00:03:19.790 --> 00:03:22.410 wants to help people with that. 78 00:03:22.410 --> 00:03:25.810 And so we talk very openly in any of my sessions, 79 00:03:25.810 --> 00:03:28.030 and particularly this one, about how 80 00:03:28.030 --> 00:03:30.750 we master some of that timidity we 81 00:03:30.750 --> 00:03:33.130 have around putting ourselves out there, 82 00:03:33.130 --> 00:03:35.070 answering questions, and getting up 83 00:03:35.070 --> 00:03:37.350 in front of others with this new tool, AI, 84 00:03:37.350 --> 00:03:40.490 that we're all talking so much about. 85 00:03:40.490 --> 00:03:42.762 KIM GOAD: Yeah, good. 86 00:03:42.762 --> 00:03:43.970 Thank you very much for that. 87 00:03:43.970 --> 00:03:49.030 And you're also making me think of naturally the question of-- 88 00:03:49.030 --> 00:03:52.310 I know a lot of what you do is around authenticity 89 00:03:52.310 --> 00:03:54.370 and how do you really communicate? 90 00:03:54.370 --> 00:03:56.330 This is all about human interaction. 91 00:03:56.330 --> 00:03:58.970 And so I think a lot of people may have fears 92 00:03:58.970 --> 00:04:03.190 about how does AI take that human element out of it? 93 00:04:03.190 --> 00:04:07.450 Like, how do I use it as a tool but still be authentic? 94 00:04:07.450 --> 00:04:09.970 TRENT DECKARD: If you think about it, the technology 95 00:04:09.970 --> 00:04:13.390 that we have right now that's hitting us in so many ways, 96 00:04:13.390 --> 00:04:17.010 it's added the number of communications we receive. 97 00:04:17.010 --> 00:04:19.410 And so that is sometimes overwhelming for us 98 00:04:19.410 --> 00:04:21.850 because we are communicating in those channels 99 00:04:21.850 --> 00:04:24.110 where people are distracted. 100 00:04:24.110 --> 00:04:26.050 There's a lot going on and we're trying 101 00:04:26.050 --> 00:04:27.850 to penetrate that with our message. 102 00:04:27.850 --> 00:04:30.410 For once in technology, AI gives us 103 00:04:30.410 --> 00:04:34.410 something that helps us on our side 104 00:04:34.410 --> 00:04:36.190 to work smarter, not harder. 105 00:04:36.190 --> 00:04:38.890 And I use that phrase a lot because we now 106 00:04:38.890 --> 00:04:42.110 have a thought partner that can sit there and sit with me, 107 00:04:42.110 --> 00:04:44.690 a friend, even, where we can say, 108 00:04:44.690 --> 00:04:46.750 I'm trying to send a message out. 109 00:04:46.750 --> 00:04:48.230 Here's some of the values I have. 110 00:04:48.230 --> 00:04:51.190 Here are some of the things that have to be part of this message. 111 00:04:51.190 --> 00:04:53.910 But I'm struggling to do this in the most effective way, 112 00:04:53.910 --> 00:04:57.320 or I'm trying to think about my audience 113 00:04:57.320 --> 00:04:59.093 and what they might be nervous about, 114 00:04:59.093 --> 00:05:00.760 but I'm a little overwhelmed because I'm 115 00:05:00.760 --> 00:05:02.500 busy with this at work. 116 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:04.540 Or we've got some added complexities. 117 00:05:04.540 --> 00:05:07.020 What are some questions I'm not asking? 118 00:05:07.020 --> 00:05:09.680 We have a thought partner now that's not just 119 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:12.200 adding to the channel, it's clarifying the channel 120 00:05:12.200 --> 00:05:14.200 for what we want to get across. 121 00:05:14.200 --> 00:05:15.660 And I think that's golden. 122 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:17.580 We've not always seen that in technology. 123 00:05:17.580 --> 00:05:19.285 And finally, we've got a friend in that. 124 00:05:19.285 --> 00:05:20.160 KIM GOAD: Yeah, good. 125 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:21.090 I like that. 126 00:05:21.090 --> 00:05:23.340 By the way, I have, I have a bunch of other questions, 127 00:05:23.340 --> 00:05:26.460 but I forgot to remind the audience that as we go along, 128 00:05:26.460 --> 00:05:28.840 if you have questions, please put those into the chat box 129 00:05:28.840 --> 00:05:29.460 at any time. 130 00:05:29.460 --> 00:05:31.940 We're going to address some audience questions at the end. 131 00:05:31.940 --> 00:05:33.640 And so you'll have an opportunity 132 00:05:33.640 --> 00:05:37.120 to as things may be occurring to you. 133 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:40.360 I know that you work a lot, Trent, with audiences 134 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:44.920 or when you're coaching individuals on overcoming 135 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:47.320 imposter syndrome. 136 00:05:47.320 --> 00:05:50.540 As I think about that with AI, I could see pros and cons there. 137 00:05:50.540 --> 00:05:54.055 How can AI help me overcome imposter syndrome? 138 00:05:54.055 --> 00:05:55.680 But does it also maybe contribute to it 139 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:57.513 because now it's doing the work, and now I'm 140 00:05:57.513 --> 00:06:00.540 still no longer overcoming that stuff? 141 00:06:00.540 --> 00:06:02.380 TRENT DECKARD: It can be a little unnerving 142 00:06:02.380 --> 00:06:04.640 when we think about, here's an added technology. 143 00:06:04.640 --> 00:06:05.580 I don't know. 144 00:06:05.580 --> 00:06:07.240 It's another thing in the office. 145 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:09.340 It's another thing that my peers have. 146 00:06:09.340 --> 00:06:11.600 My friends are using and they're all talking about it, 147 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:12.740 but I don't have it. 148 00:06:12.740 --> 00:06:17.100 And that can create that fear of I'm either missing out 149 00:06:17.100 --> 00:06:19.640 or I just can't do what the other kids are doing. 150 00:06:19.640 --> 00:06:21.980 I say that a lot, and the reality 151 00:06:21.980 --> 00:06:24.260 is, a lot of technology that's been rolled out 152 00:06:24.260 --> 00:06:26.040 have added to complexities. 153 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:27.480 I remember years ago, Kim-- 154 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:29.560 I love to tell stories in my sessions, 155 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:33.400 but I remember I was raising money for a not-for-profit, 156 00:06:33.400 --> 00:06:36.180 and I kept getting all these softwares and these things that 157 00:06:36.180 --> 00:06:39.980 were making it more complex, not helping me do my job. 158 00:06:39.980 --> 00:06:41.480 Yeah, it works a little different. 159 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:42.932 We're in the driver's seat. 160 00:06:42.932 --> 00:06:44.640 We're in the driver's seat on the prompt. 161 00:06:44.640 --> 00:06:47.380 We're in the driver's seat on the audience analysis that 162 00:06:47.380 --> 00:06:49.580 led us to the moment, even going back 163 00:06:49.580 --> 00:06:52.240 to what we opened with that fear of, 164 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:54.160 I'm a little nervous about this message, 165 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:56.280 I'm nervous about how I'm perceived. 166 00:06:56.280 --> 00:06:58.680 That is bringing us to a moment because we 167 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:00.040 care about our audience. 168 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:01.820 So we're already in this driver's seat. 169 00:07:01.820 --> 00:07:05.440 Now we have a friend that's helping me sound more like me. 170 00:07:05.440 --> 00:07:08.760 So when I say, I'm struggling here mightily, 171 00:07:08.760 --> 00:07:12.093 this gives me this pow that says, 172 00:07:12.093 --> 00:07:13.260 have you thought about this. 173 00:07:13.260 --> 00:07:14.640 And I ultimately can look at that 174 00:07:14.640 --> 00:07:19.500 and say, that may not quite be right, but what about this? 175 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:22.200 And I now have more thought that I 176 00:07:22.200 --> 00:07:27.480 can put into what else do I want to really inquire about versus 177 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:30.280 just keep doing and plugging away in my fatigue. 178 00:07:30.280 --> 00:07:32.760 KIM GOAD: Yeah, I like that. 179 00:07:32.760 --> 00:07:34.740 When you think about even pulling back, 180 00:07:34.740 --> 00:07:37.920 whether we're talking about AI or not, if we're just doing 181 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:39.260 good old-fashioned influence. 182 00:07:39.260 --> 00:07:41.180 Well, first of all, let me ask you a different question, 183 00:07:41.180 --> 00:07:42.555 because I think we dive into this 184 00:07:42.555 --> 00:07:44.220 and we talk about it so much here, 185 00:07:44.220 --> 00:07:46.060 and we offer classes on influence 186 00:07:46.060 --> 00:07:48.560 that I think there may be people in the audience who are not 187 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:49.060 sure. 188 00:07:49.060 --> 00:07:51.340 Like, what do you mean? 189 00:07:51.340 --> 00:07:52.820 Is it I'm not a salesperson? 190 00:07:52.820 --> 00:07:55.070 I don't have to-- 191 00:07:55.070 --> 00:07:57.070 talk about the variety of people that you're 192 00:07:57.070 --> 00:07:59.450 coaching and teaching and where they're coming from. 193 00:07:59.450 --> 00:08:01.090 What are they trying to influence? 194 00:08:01.090 --> 00:08:03.577 Are they all-- 195 00:08:03.577 --> 00:08:05.410 I know they're not all senior level leaders. 196 00:08:05.410 --> 00:08:06.890 I know they're not all salespeople. 197 00:08:06.890 --> 00:08:09.310 What's the variety of influence there? 198 00:08:09.310 --> 00:08:12.710 TRENT DECKARD: I would say any individual that 199 00:08:12.710 --> 00:08:15.430 is trying to get something done in the organization 200 00:08:15.430 --> 00:08:19.830 and that's, whether it's a not-for-profit, a business 201 00:08:19.830 --> 00:08:24.102 of small or larger size, everyone 202 00:08:24.102 --> 00:08:25.810 in there is trying to get something done, 203 00:08:25.810 --> 00:08:27.090 even in a university setting. 204 00:08:27.090 --> 00:08:28.510 They're trying to get things done. 205 00:08:28.510 --> 00:08:30.790 And so influence really comes down to, 206 00:08:30.790 --> 00:08:35.830 how do I most efficiently make this message for other people 207 00:08:35.830 --> 00:08:37.710 who incidentally, are also trying 208 00:08:37.710 --> 00:08:39.450 to get a lot of things done? 209 00:08:39.450 --> 00:08:43.030 And I talk about a term a lot, "deciders." 210 00:08:43.030 --> 00:08:46.030 If you're wondering out there, if you're a decider, 211 00:08:46.030 --> 00:08:50.010 if you have a busy day, you got about 10 things on to do list, 212 00:08:50.010 --> 00:08:51.390 some that never leave. 213 00:08:51.390 --> 00:08:54.570 You have the complexities of a day you've not figured out 214 00:08:54.570 --> 00:08:57.010 you are a person that is receiving messages 215 00:08:57.010 --> 00:08:58.610 in a very busy channel. 216 00:08:58.610 --> 00:09:01.490 And so decider's got all those headaches plus whatever 217 00:09:01.490 --> 00:09:02.930 we're pitching to them. 218 00:09:02.930 --> 00:09:06.850 And so that kind of influence to penetrate, get to that decider 219 00:09:06.850 --> 00:09:08.570 so they can say, you know what, that's 220 00:09:08.570 --> 00:09:10.030 exactly what we need to do. 221 00:09:10.030 --> 00:09:12.630 And you've been thinking about a solution along the way. 222 00:09:12.630 --> 00:09:15.050 That's what we talk about particularly here at the Kelley 223 00:09:15.050 --> 00:09:17.070 School and in this program. 224 00:09:17.070 --> 00:09:19.750 How do we get that the most efficient answer, 225 00:09:19.750 --> 00:09:22.810 so that we're working smarter, not harder, with our best 226 00:09:22.810 --> 00:09:24.050 big idea? 227 00:09:24.050 --> 00:09:25.690 KIM GOAD: Yeah. 228 00:09:25.690 --> 00:09:26.830 And, thank you. 229 00:09:26.830 --> 00:09:27.550 That's very good. 230 00:09:27.550 --> 00:09:29.930 Sometimes I think we make assumptions that people-- 231 00:09:29.930 --> 00:09:33.130 I'm not an influencer, but really I 232 00:09:33.130 --> 00:09:34.588 can't imagine anybody who doesn't 233 00:09:34.588 --> 00:09:35.630 have to be at some point. 234 00:09:35.630 --> 00:09:38.370 But even going back to you said when you were a young boy 235 00:09:38.370 --> 00:09:42.930 and wanted to figure out how to get your ideas across. 236 00:09:42.930 --> 00:09:45.510 And again, whether we're talking about AI or not, 237 00:09:45.510 --> 00:09:47.450 what are some of the biggest mistakes 238 00:09:47.450 --> 00:09:50.210 you see people make when they're trying to influence? 239 00:09:50.210 --> 00:09:52.950 TRENT DECKARD: Yeah, they will often not get to the point. 240 00:09:52.950 --> 00:09:53.450 And so-- 241 00:09:53.450 --> 00:09:54.730 KIM GOAD: I have that problem. 242 00:09:54.730 --> 00:09:55.050 TRENT DECKARD: No. 243 00:09:55.050 --> 00:09:55.550 Me too. 244 00:09:55.550 --> 00:09:56.170 We all do. 245 00:09:56.170 --> 00:09:59.090 And I often reflect on my conversations in my house. 246 00:09:59.090 --> 00:10:01.650 If I just get to the point and tell everyone what's going on. 247 00:10:01.650 --> 00:10:03.950 But often we assume that audiences 248 00:10:03.950 --> 00:10:05.670 want more than they want. 249 00:10:05.670 --> 00:10:07.730 And so we'll throw all of our background, 250 00:10:07.730 --> 00:10:11.210 we'll throw every detail, we'll find every information. 251 00:10:11.210 --> 00:10:13.650 A lot of times that comes from a well-intentioned place. 252 00:10:13.650 --> 00:10:16.710 We want our audiences to have more, not less. 253 00:10:16.710 --> 00:10:19.550 But the reality is we can only digest so much. 254 00:10:19.550 --> 00:10:23.070 That's why a workday is supposed to be so many hours and not too 255 00:10:23.070 --> 00:10:24.952 many, and why we hit fatigue. 256 00:10:24.952 --> 00:10:26.410 Yesterday, I was working on things. 257 00:10:26.410 --> 00:10:29.590 I hit a wall and I said, there's no more I can do. 258 00:10:29.590 --> 00:10:32.630 We assume our audiences, they want more. 259 00:10:32.630 --> 00:10:35.110 And one of the things that AI is very helpful with 260 00:10:35.110 --> 00:10:37.870 is what's my most condensed argument here? 261 00:10:37.870 --> 00:10:39.370 What am I really trying to say? 262 00:10:39.370 --> 00:10:40.710 What do I mean by this? 263 00:10:40.710 --> 00:10:43.590 And often, there are suggestions thrown in 264 00:10:43.590 --> 00:10:47.790 with what we receive from AI that helps us say, 265 00:10:47.790 --> 00:10:50.750 I never thought of it like that, but that probably 266 00:10:50.750 --> 00:10:53.820 is going to help me be the best me 267 00:10:53.820 --> 00:10:56.840 I'm trying to be in this very thoughtful argument. 268 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:58.380 KIM GOAD: Yeah, good. 269 00:10:58.380 --> 00:11:01.403 We're going to talk in a little bit about Trent's course 270 00:11:01.403 --> 00:11:03.820 in the public program that we talked about in this Leading 271 00:11:03.820 --> 00:11:04.840 with AI series. 272 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:08.700 But before I ask the team to throw up the slide 273 00:11:08.700 --> 00:11:11.320 to show you what that looks like, I wanted to ask you, 274 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:13.425 Trent, if I'm listening to this and I'm 275 00:11:13.425 --> 00:11:15.300 thinking about taking that course that you're 276 00:11:15.300 --> 00:11:20.680 offering in May, what can people expect as a takeaway from that? 277 00:11:20.680 --> 00:11:21.787 What are the key points? 278 00:11:21.787 --> 00:11:22.620 TRENT DECKARD: Yeah. 279 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:24.700 Well, we're going to help you with, 280 00:11:24.700 --> 00:11:27.100 how do you model influence? 281 00:11:27.100 --> 00:11:29.800 And so rather than just say go be influential, 282 00:11:29.800 --> 00:11:32.480 we're going to give you a model that you can work with on that. 283 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:34.600 We're also going to get a lot into storytelling. 284 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:36.640 As you can tell, I love storytelling. 285 00:11:36.640 --> 00:11:39.940 And we're going to talk about how storytelling can factor in 286 00:11:39.940 --> 00:11:41.720 with some common narratives that we use. 287 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:44.580 And we'll use AI to figure out what might 288 00:11:44.580 --> 00:11:46.360 work best for our influence. 289 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:48.260 But the last thing that I really think 290 00:11:48.260 --> 00:11:51.020 is a huge takeaway is we're going to give you a chance 291 00:11:51.020 --> 00:11:55.060 to have AI help analyze how you're speaking, 292 00:11:55.060 --> 00:11:56.440 how you're communicating. 293 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:59.140 We often do things that we don't see, 294 00:11:59.140 --> 00:12:02.400 and AI can assist us with seeing some of those things we 295 00:12:02.400 --> 00:12:03.490 take for granted. 296 00:12:03.490 --> 00:12:04.740 Can I give an example on this? 297 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:05.120 KIM GOAD: Yes, please. 298 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:05.620 Please do. 299 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:07.120 TRENT DECKARD: So sometimes I use 300 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:09.280 what are called sophisticated fillers, what 301 00:12:09.280 --> 00:12:11.080 I call sophisticated fillers. 302 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:15.120 And they're words like "and" or "so", "but," and I do it a lot 303 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:17.938 on a day when I'm tired or I've been talking a lot, 304 00:12:17.938 --> 00:12:20.480 or doing something, which is probably a sign I need to reduce 305 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:21.480 what I'm saying. 306 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:25.640 But AI has been very helpful in helping me hear those. 307 00:12:25.640 --> 00:12:29.760 And knowing that a pause might be the best thing I could 308 00:12:29.760 --> 00:12:32.440 do for that big idea I've got. 309 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:34.962 We're going to give folks a chance to look at that. 310 00:12:34.962 --> 00:12:36.420 No one's going to come out perfect, 311 00:12:36.420 --> 00:12:38.895 because perfection is kind of a myth in communication, 312 00:12:38.895 --> 00:12:40.520 but we're going to feel better about it 313 00:12:40.520 --> 00:12:42.820 and be more thoughtful with AI as our friend. 314 00:12:42.820 --> 00:12:44.112 KIM GOAD: I love it, I love it. 315 00:12:44.112 --> 00:12:45.760 I think I may have to sit in on this. 316 00:12:45.760 --> 00:12:47.010 TRENT DECKARD: We'd love that. 317 00:12:47.010 --> 00:12:47.957 That'd be better. 318 00:12:47.957 --> 00:12:49.540 KIM GOAD: I think this is a good time. 319 00:12:49.540 --> 00:12:53.180 If we could pull up for the audience 320 00:12:53.180 --> 00:12:55.640 some details about that just briefly. 321 00:12:55.640 --> 00:12:58.580 And as we're doing that, we'll pretty soon, right after this 322 00:12:58.580 --> 00:13:00.380 we'll move into audience questions 323 00:13:00.380 --> 00:13:03.180 if you're ready for that. 324 00:13:03.180 --> 00:13:04.700 So just wanted to share with you, 325 00:13:04.700 --> 00:13:07.260 in this Leading with AI series. 326 00:13:07.260 --> 00:13:08.640 And we've got a QR code there. 327 00:13:08.640 --> 00:13:11.460 If you'd like to get a picture of that with your phone and dive 328 00:13:11.460 --> 00:13:12.600 deeper into it. 329 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:14.860 But these are all really structured the same 330 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:21.060 in that everyone who registers for this program will get access 331 00:13:21.060 --> 00:13:25.560 to IUs GenAI 101 self-paced program. 332 00:13:25.560 --> 00:13:29.460 So this is a program that IU rolled out a few months ago 333 00:13:29.460 --> 00:13:34.100 to our entire student body, our staff, all of our alumni. 334 00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:35.710 And so there have been, I don't know, 335 00:13:35.710 --> 00:13:39.308 I think it was 800,000 people have enrolled in this. 336 00:13:39.308 --> 00:13:41.600 I don't know how many have officially completed it yet, 337 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:43.740 but it was all of us at the Kelley School 338 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:45.200 have been exposed to this. 339 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:47.220 And so you get that for free as part 340 00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:49.660 of this program as just some background on how to write 341 00:13:49.660 --> 00:13:53.210 prompts and some other fundamentals with AI. 342 00:13:53.210 --> 00:13:57.050 And then the real first thing that you'll do with the cohort 343 00:13:57.050 --> 00:13:59.790 is in Indianapolis, in person on May 28. 344 00:13:59.790 --> 00:14:01.890 You'll be there with Trent for an all day 345 00:14:01.890 --> 00:14:04.910 in-person get together. 346 00:14:04.910 --> 00:14:09.010 And then a week later, you will have a live virtual session 347 00:14:09.010 --> 00:14:14.450 for 2.5 hours to follow-up on the discipline of influence. 348 00:14:14.450 --> 00:14:17.010 And then if you'd like, if you'd like to earn a digital badge 349 00:14:17.010 --> 00:14:19.410 and work on a special project that you're working on 350 00:14:19.410 --> 00:14:21.990 and have Trent help give you some feedback on that, 351 00:14:21.990 --> 00:14:25.290 then you can work optionally on your own project that is 352 00:14:25.290 --> 00:14:28.450 relative to your work context. 353 00:14:28.450 --> 00:14:31.850 So we encourage you to explore more about 354 00:14:31.850 --> 00:14:32.910 that if you would like. 355 00:14:32.910 --> 00:14:34.930 And then if we could go, actually, I 356 00:14:34.930 --> 00:14:38.110 think I can advance this to the next one just real quickly. 357 00:14:38.110 --> 00:14:40.770 And again, this will be sent out to all of you who've 358 00:14:40.770 --> 00:14:43.490 attended today, but this is how it 359 00:14:43.490 --> 00:14:46.810 sits in context of the rest of the Leading with AI series 360 00:14:46.810 --> 00:14:49.950 and some other programs with some other functional programs 361 00:14:49.950 --> 00:14:52.030 that are coming up. 362 00:14:52.030 --> 00:14:55.390 I think next then we'll just move to Q&A. 363 00:14:55.390 --> 00:14:58.230 So if we could get to the chat box, 364 00:14:58.230 --> 00:15:01.510 we will see what the audience has for us. 365 00:15:01.510 --> 00:15:06.630 [pause] 366 00:15:06.630 --> 00:15:08.490 And Dietrich. 367 00:15:08.490 --> 00:15:11.270 Dietrich, if you're seeing any, I'm not-- 368 00:15:11.270 --> 00:15:13.270 We're not seeing any questions. 369 00:15:13.270 --> 00:15:22.230 [pause] I've got somebody who's raised their hand. 370 00:15:22.230 --> 00:15:30.873 [pause] So we may have already answered everybody's questions. 371 00:15:30.873 --> 00:15:32.290 TRENT DECKARD: We did a great job. 372 00:15:32.290 --> 00:15:34.165 KIM GOAD: I see a couple of hands are raised. 373 00:15:34.165 --> 00:15:37.350 I don't know Dietrich, if you can help 374 00:15:37.350 --> 00:15:39.310 answer any questions they have. 375 00:15:39.310 --> 00:15:43.470 They may be having a hard time getting questions 376 00:15:43.470 --> 00:15:45.028 into the chat box. 377 00:15:45.028 --> 00:15:47.570 Well, the good thing is that we're available afterwards, too. 378 00:15:47.570 --> 00:15:49.153 So when you receive the email from us, 379 00:15:49.153 --> 00:15:52.370 you can send us your individual questions. 380 00:15:52.370 --> 00:15:55.745 I have at least one other question for you, Trent. 381 00:15:55.745 --> 00:15:57.370 I'm sure I haven't exhausted everything 382 00:15:57.370 --> 00:15:58.710 that I had thought to ask you. 383 00:15:58.710 --> 00:16:01.530 384 00:16:01.530 --> 00:16:04.990 This is wide open and you may kill me for asking this, 385 00:16:04.990 --> 00:16:08.872 but if you were just speaking to the audience 386 00:16:08.872 --> 00:16:10.330 and you wanted to tell them, here's 387 00:16:10.330 --> 00:16:13.010 one thing you can do in the next few months 388 00:16:13.010 --> 00:16:15.530 to improve your influence skills. 389 00:16:15.530 --> 00:16:19.650 What's one small thing that anybody could do to improve? 390 00:16:19.650 --> 00:16:20.770 TRENT DECKARD: Yeah. 391 00:16:20.770 --> 00:16:26.850 The encouragement I would give to folks is take a risk. 392 00:16:26.850 --> 00:16:31.590 And when I said that, you felt a little heart elevation on that, 393 00:16:31.590 --> 00:16:35.410 that's probably a sign there's something that you want to try. 394 00:16:35.410 --> 00:16:37.590 So you should take a risk. 395 00:16:37.590 --> 00:16:39.050 And that might be risk that you're 396 00:16:39.050 --> 00:16:42.730 communicating in that meeting, might be like that. 397 00:16:42.730 --> 00:16:44.830 Saying hi to somebody as you go down a hallway. 398 00:16:44.830 --> 00:16:47.630 For some individuals, that is the first step in communicating. 399 00:16:47.630 --> 00:16:51.280 For some it might be, I'm not doing much with AI, 400 00:16:51.280 --> 00:16:55.380 and I've got FOMO or fear of missing out. 401 00:16:55.380 --> 00:16:58.100 I've got that on the folks in the cubicle next to me. 402 00:16:58.100 --> 00:16:59.840 I think they always do things well. 403 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:02.440 It might be that you find in these courses 404 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:04.980 that you get a little bit of that strength to do that, 405 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:06.440 but take that risk. 406 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:09.380 I found every time I take a hard risk, 407 00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:13.359 try something, do something new, try a different project 408 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:16.599 that it always pays off in benefits of my confidence. 409 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:20.819 And that, friends, really pays dividends for us in life. 410 00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:22.839 When things get tough, we can always 411 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:24.859 look back at those hard things that we've done. 412 00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:26.980 And so take that risk, try that. 413 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:29.020 And communication is such a big risk. 414 00:17:29.020 --> 00:17:32.423 There's plenty of room for more folks doing a lot more things. 415 00:17:32.423 --> 00:17:33.340 KIM GOAD: I like that. 416 00:17:33.340 --> 00:17:35.280 And yes, my heart did skip a beat when you said something 417 00:17:35.280 --> 00:17:36.260 about taking a risk. 418 00:17:36.260 --> 00:17:37.760 I remember a friend who says, do something 419 00:17:37.760 --> 00:17:38.600 that scares you every day. 420 00:17:38.600 --> 00:17:41.180 And I'm like, every day, do I really need to do something. 421 00:17:41.180 --> 00:17:43.055 Wow, look at all the questions coming in now. 422 00:17:43.055 --> 00:17:46.560 I don't know, maybe there was a delay. 423 00:17:46.560 --> 00:17:49.060 Tom asks, are there courses on AI prompting? 424 00:17:49.060 --> 00:17:52.580 Yes, that is included in the GenAI 101 program. 425 00:17:52.580 --> 00:17:55.605 You'll get some fundamentals there. 426 00:17:55.605 --> 00:17:56.980 Oh, Trent, somebody wants to know 427 00:17:56.980 --> 00:17:59.147 what's the worst mistake you've made using AI? 428 00:17:59.147 --> 00:17:59.980 TRENT DECKARD: Yeah. 429 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:03.620 So when AI first rolled out, I just 430 00:18:03.620 --> 00:18:06.620 assumed everything that I put in was always going 431 00:18:06.620 --> 00:18:08.320 to be completely accurate. 432 00:18:08.320 --> 00:18:09.860 And I'll never forget, I was working 433 00:18:09.860 --> 00:18:13.680 with a graph and some data, and I looked at that and I said, 434 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:14.340 what? 435 00:18:14.340 --> 00:18:15.280 That can't be right. 436 00:18:15.280 --> 00:18:18.620 That last column, I know that personally is not right. 437 00:18:18.620 --> 00:18:22.240 AI is a partner, but just like a friend that reviews our works, 438 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:24.800 edits our work, helps us with our idea, 439 00:18:24.800 --> 00:18:26.660 it's not a perfect partner. 440 00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:27.880 It's going to make mistakes. 441 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:30.520 And so we're still owning that information. 442 00:18:30.520 --> 00:18:34.840 So my mistake was just having a knee jerk, oh, this is bad. 443 00:18:34.840 --> 00:18:36.460 The reality is that you have a thought 444 00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:40.000 partner that's helping you think through things, try things. 445 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:41.400 But we're responsible for that. 446 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:43.740 Just like anything else we would do in life. 447 00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:45.718 If a colleague said, you should really, 448 00:18:45.718 --> 00:18:47.260 you should try it this way, this way. 449 00:18:47.260 --> 00:18:50.900 We're going to take that advice into our mind. 450 00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:52.400 But we're ultimately going to verify 451 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:54.440 what we've got to verify and then 452 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:56.260 move on as we make decisions. 453 00:18:56.260 --> 00:18:59.380 KIM GOAD: My favorite I mistake of mine was over spring break, 454 00:18:59.380 --> 00:19:02.080 I took my 13-year-old nephew hiking at the Red River Gorge 455 00:19:02.080 --> 00:19:04.620 in Kentucky, and I used AI to map it all out. 456 00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:08.218 I got a 13-year-old and a 50-something-year-old 457 00:19:08.218 --> 00:19:09.260 who's going to be hiking. 458 00:19:09.260 --> 00:19:10.940 We're both relatively fit and we're in. 459 00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:12.158 We're in for this. 460 00:19:12.158 --> 00:19:14.200 But we're going to be carrying really heavy packs 461 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:16.960 and cooking our food over a fire, all this stuff. 462 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:20.477 And how many miles can we hike a day, 463 00:19:20.477 --> 00:19:22.560 and what are good trails to take that will lead us 464 00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:23.920 to water sources? 465 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:27.840 So I used an entire AI itinerary for this. 466 00:19:27.840 --> 00:19:31.360 And in reality, you look at the map of the whole Daniel Boone 467 00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:33.820 National Forest and we did this first day, 468 00:19:33.820 --> 00:19:35.920 we did this little bitty circle, and we get out 469 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:38.400 of that and up to high ground the next day. 470 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:42.240 And my nephew-- I pull out the map to show him, OK, now AI 471 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:45.240 says we need to go all the way over here, which 472 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:47.910 was, by scale, it was 100 times more 473 00:19:47.910 --> 00:19:50.047 what we'd done to get to the next water source. 474 00:19:50.047 --> 00:19:51.130 And he said, nope, no way. 475 00:19:51.130 --> 00:19:51.970 I'm not doing it. 476 00:19:51.970 --> 00:19:53.290 So we had to regroup. 477 00:19:53.290 --> 00:19:54.608 And can the AI question. 478 00:19:54.608 --> 00:19:56.150 TRENT DECKARD: Yeah, we're in charge. 479 00:19:56.150 --> 00:19:57.110 We're in charge. 480 00:19:57.110 --> 00:19:57.970 KIM GOAD: I see what happened. 481 00:19:57.970 --> 00:20:00.303 Apparently chat was disabled, so good people are getting 482 00:20:00.303 --> 00:20:03.510 into the Q&A. Will there be an option 483 00:20:03.510 --> 00:20:06.070 for a fully virtual one on some of these topics cause 484 00:20:06.070 --> 00:20:07.210 I don't live in Indiana? 485 00:20:07.210 --> 00:20:07.710 Great. 486 00:20:07.710 --> 00:20:09.410 Oh, that's a great question. 487 00:20:09.410 --> 00:20:11.510 Thank you so much for asking that, Ashley. 488 00:20:11.510 --> 00:20:12.570 A couple of options. 489 00:20:12.570 --> 00:20:15.070 One is that if you're interested, please 490 00:20:15.070 --> 00:20:16.330 do connect with us. 491 00:20:16.330 --> 00:20:17.890 And if you can't be there in Indiana, 492 00:20:17.890 --> 00:20:19.450 we're going to live stream that. 493 00:20:19.450 --> 00:20:22.350 So I don't think I've talked to you about that yet, Trent, 494 00:20:22.350 --> 00:20:24.270 but we'll also add that as an option. 495 00:20:24.270 --> 00:20:25.990 Clearly know that that's a need. 496 00:20:25.990 --> 00:20:29.030 And I didn't mention this, but if you've got a group of folks 497 00:20:29.030 --> 00:20:30.590 at your organization who would like 498 00:20:30.590 --> 00:20:32.568 to have just a special cohort of this, 499 00:20:32.568 --> 00:20:34.110 and we can talk about just doing this 500 00:20:34.110 --> 00:20:36.550 for you in a live virtual option or even 501 00:20:36.550 --> 00:20:39.110 coming to you in some cases. 502 00:20:39.110 --> 00:20:40.550 Trent, I'll let you-- 503 00:20:40.550 --> 00:20:43.888 504 00:20:43.888 --> 00:20:45.430 TRENT DECKARD: Read somewhere there's 505 00:20:45.430 --> 00:20:49.272 is a new space AI technology program coming to Kelley. 506 00:20:49.272 --> 00:20:51.230 Would you all have to know anything about that? 507 00:20:51.230 --> 00:20:51.730 I do not-- 508 00:20:51.730 --> 00:20:53.813 KIM GOAD: I know a little bit about that, Preston, 509 00:20:53.813 --> 00:20:55.430 from Kelley Executive Education. 510 00:20:55.430 --> 00:20:57.730 If you go to the second QR code, that's 511 00:20:57.730 --> 00:21:03.450 the one that's I think on the screen now or was the last one, 512 00:21:03.450 --> 00:21:07.810 it will get to-- we have a public program that 513 00:21:07.810 --> 00:21:14.190 is a not-for-credit space cybersecurity program. 514 00:21:14.190 --> 00:21:16.650 And there is an AI element to that. 515 00:21:16.650 --> 00:21:23.570 And that includes some cross-pollination 516 00:21:23.570 --> 00:21:26.410 of folks who are with the Kelley School, the Luddy School, 517 00:21:26.410 --> 00:21:29.090 with people in industry. 518 00:21:29.090 --> 00:21:31.210 You would be connected with a lot of folks 519 00:21:31.210 --> 00:21:35.330 who are in space cybersecurity. 520 00:21:35.330 --> 00:21:38.050 Oh, thank you for highlighting that, Dietrich, highlighting 521 00:21:38.050 --> 00:21:40.530 a question from John that asks, will 522 00:21:40.530 --> 00:21:45.050 GenAI 101 be the same course if we sign up for multiple series? 523 00:21:45.050 --> 00:21:45.550 Yes. 524 00:21:45.550 --> 00:21:47.490 So you would just need to do that part once, 525 00:21:47.490 --> 00:21:50.950 and then you could take a number of those courses in the program. 526 00:21:50.950 --> 00:21:52.528 Back on the space cybersecurity. 527 00:21:52.528 --> 00:21:54.070 Then from there, if you're interested 528 00:21:54.070 --> 00:21:59.490 in for-credit programs with space cybersecurity, 529 00:21:59.490 --> 00:22:01.170 I can get you some information on that. 530 00:22:01.170 --> 00:22:03.003 TRENT DECKARD: Kim, there's a question there 531 00:22:03.003 --> 00:22:05.190 about AI in photography, and you may have 532 00:22:05.190 --> 00:22:06.370 some things to say on that. 533 00:22:06.370 --> 00:22:09.510 I was going to say, I teach a class at Kelley 534 00:22:09.510 --> 00:22:13.210 on leadership lessons learned from the comic book industry. 535 00:22:13.210 --> 00:22:15.030 And one of the most powerful things that AI 536 00:22:15.030 --> 00:22:18.870 has done in that course is give students who are not always 537 00:22:18.870 --> 00:22:21.610 an artist or students, not always writers, 538 00:22:21.610 --> 00:22:24.630 it gives them an ability to think about their project 539 00:22:24.630 --> 00:22:27.510 and to start to visualize it and to map it out. 540 00:22:27.510 --> 00:22:29.930 And it really changed the nature of that course. 541 00:22:29.930 --> 00:22:33.550 It was a really eye opening thing for me 542 00:22:33.550 --> 00:22:37.330 to watch students do that and to say, well, I didn't like that, 543 00:22:37.330 --> 00:22:38.210 but I do like this. 544 00:22:38.210 --> 00:22:39.550 This is really showing it. 545 00:22:39.550 --> 00:22:42.370 So as we look at that, I think about that. 546 00:22:42.370 --> 00:22:43.995 We're finding new ways all the time. 547 00:22:43.995 --> 00:22:44.620 KIM GOAD: Sure. 548 00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:48.557 549 00:22:48.557 --> 00:22:51.140 TRENT DECKARD: A retired lawyer from a large multinational law 550 00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.640 firm. 551 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:53.420 I have little knowledge of AI. 552 00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:56.480 What's the best way to learn how to use AI? 553 00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:59.300 Well, I think our Kelley course, I think this is-- 554 00:22:59.300 --> 00:23:02.140 KIM GOAD: The GenAI 101 is an excellent way 555 00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:03.720 to get access to that mark. 556 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:06.980 And if you're not an alumni who has 557 00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:09.100 seen any information on that, please send me 558 00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:11.500 an email when you get to the website 559 00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:14.900 and I can just share with you, you can reach out to kelley-- 560 00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:22.860 K-E-L-L-E-Y-- pd@iu.edu, and we've got some help to get you 561 00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:25.000 access to the GenAI 101 course. 562 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:28.815 563 00:23:28.815 --> 00:23:30.940 TRENT DECKARD: Difference between the 6-week course 564 00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:33.920 as opposed to the 3 to 4 week series. 565 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:36.980 566 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:42.160 KIM GOAD: I'm not sure what you're referring to John, 567 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:45.480 on the 6-week course versus-- we have a number of open enrollment 568 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:48.460 public programs that are designed in a number of ways. 569 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:50.400 So this Leading with AI series is 570 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:52.960 in the way we explain where it's one day and then 571 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:57.360 2.5 hours the following week supported by your access 572 00:23:57.360 --> 00:24:00.580 to GenAI 101 on that self-paced program. 573 00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:03.040 We have a number of others. 574 00:24:03.040 --> 00:24:06.200 They are may be referring to your communicating with 575 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:08.672 influence course that is a 6-week virtual with Anna. 576 00:24:08.672 --> 00:24:09.880 TRENT DECKARD: That might be. 577 00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.515 Yeah. 578 00:24:10.515 --> 00:24:11.140 KIM GOAD: Yeah. 579 00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:12.900 So if you've got questions on that, John, 580 00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:14.060 please send me an email. 581 00:24:14.060 --> 00:24:15.340 And we can explore. 582 00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:18.610 There are various-- if you go out to our web page, 583 00:24:18.610 --> 00:24:20.360 you'll see that there are a number of tabs 584 00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:24.020 that have a lot of courses that are delivered in person, 585 00:24:24.020 --> 00:24:25.820 virtually, a hybrid of those. 586 00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:28.445 So, yeah. 587 00:24:28.445 --> 00:24:30.820 I don't know what Jasmine was referring to when she said, 588 00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:31.460 that's scary. 589 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:34.440 But yes, maybe it was about doing something, taking a risk. 590 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.960 TRENT DECKARD: Yeah, might be. 591 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.517 Might be. 592 00:24:36.517 --> 00:24:38.100 KIM GOAD: Oh, that's a great question. 593 00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:40.360 Do you teach about using Microsoft Copilot system 594 00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:42.200 for professionals, specifically? 595 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:47.680 The GenAI 101 self-paced program is platform agnostic, really. 596 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:50.740 You can use Copilot, Gemini, Claude. 597 00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:54.260 And so the principles taught you can work 598 00:24:54.260 --> 00:24:55.680 with any of those programs. 599 00:24:55.680 --> 00:25:00.400 600 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:02.720 Well, I think that's about it. 601 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:04.720 I'm just watching the clock to see where we are. 602 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:07.980 Is there anything that I or the audience 603 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:11.460 haven't asked that you would like to end us with, Trent? 604 00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:13.820 TRENT DECKARD: Well, one thing is, I often 605 00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:15.700 throw this into the mix. 606 00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:18.520 No matter what level of communication you're at, 607 00:25:18.520 --> 00:25:20.820 some people, they-- 608 00:25:20.820 --> 00:25:23.780 I'm a starter or I've never done very much at all. 609 00:25:23.780 --> 00:25:26.380 Or you're a person that you're out there 610 00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:29.960 all the time of hitting it; in our course, 611 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.320 there's a space for everybody. 612 00:25:31.320 --> 00:25:32.520 We help you with that. 613 00:25:32.520 --> 00:25:35.020 And we add this tool, the AI tool in there, 614 00:25:35.020 --> 00:25:36.820 so that you're not feeling overwhelmed 615 00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:39.260 in your communication by yet another thing that 616 00:25:39.260 --> 00:25:41.160 might be getting into your head a little bit. 617 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:44.490 So wherever you're coming at this with, 618 00:25:44.490 --> 00:25:46.810 I've worked with all learners and I'd 619 00:25:46.810 --> 00:25:48.390 be excited to work with you as well. 620 00:25:48.390 --> 00:25:49.973 KIM GOAD: I can vouch that you provide 621 00:25:49.973 --> 00:25:51.890 a very safe place for people to just bring 622 00:25:51.890 --> 00:25:54.490 all of those vulnerabilities, and they'll quickly 623 00:25:54.490 --> 00:25:56.870 get comfortable with each other in the program as well, 624 00:25:56.870 --> 00:25:58.537 no matter where they're all coming from. 625 00:25:58.537 --> 00:26:01.090 It can be scary to just start to talk about-- 626 00:26:01.090 --> 00:26:02.990 to practice communication and influence. 627 00:26:02.990 --> 00:26:06.890 But I like what you said that, then you build confidence 628 00:26:06.890 --> 00:26:07.870 by doing that. 629 00:26:07.870 --> 00:26:08.210 TRENT DECKARD: Yeah. 630 00:26:08.210 --> 00:26:08.752 Got to start. 631 00:26:08.752 --> 00:26:12.183 KIM GOAD: Well, thank you so much, friend. 632 00:26:12.183 --> 00:26:13.350 I always love to spend time. 633 00:26:13.350 --> 00:26:15.017 Just any excuse to hang with you is fun. 634 00:26:15.017 --> 00:26:16.710 And I'm not kidding. 635 00:26:16.710 --> 00:26:20.090 I think I might need to be a fly on the wall in this program. 636 00:26:20.090 --> 00:26:22.192 Thank you all to the audience for taking time out 637 00:26:22.192 --> 00:26:23.150 of your day to be here. 638 00:26:23.150 --> 00:26:24.730 We really appreciate it. 639 00:26:24.730 --> 00:26:27.670 If this has resonated and you'd like to do a deeper dive, 640 00:26:27.670 --> 00:26:28.530 reach out to us. 641 00:26:28.530 --> 00:26:31.290 And we'll try to help you either with this class 642 00:26:31.290 --> 00:26:33.770 or with any of the others that may be of interest. 643 00:26:33.770 --> 00:26:37.610 And we welcome you back to the next webinar 644 00:26:37.610 --> 00:26:39.150 that we'll have in this series. 645 00:26:39.150 --> 00:26:41.500 In the meantime, have a great afternoon. 646 00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.000