Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes
Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes
Podcast Description
Leanne on Demand is your unfiltered backstage pass to bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and the messy magic of life beyond the boardroom. Think of it as your daily dose of scrappy creativity, served up while I’m walking, working in public, or just living out loud.Every day, I’ll bring you real-time reflections on business, leadership, and the random sparks of inspiration that pop up along the way. From behind-the-scenes peeks into my work to off-the-cuff chats with brilliant minds (or solo rants while I’m on a run), these bite-sized episodes are all about keeping it raw, relatable, and ridiculously actionable.This isn’t your typical polished business podcast – no overthinking, and no-fluff.Perfect for big thinkers, go-getters, and anyone itching for a fresh perspective on how to show up, take action, and make moves.New episodes drop daily. Grab your headphones and let’s take this outside.
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The podcast tackles various themes including business insights, leadership challenges, personal growth strategies, and creative inspiration. For instance, episodes explore unconventional leadership styles, unique customer service approaches, and the impact of mental resilience on career success. Specific topics range from the concept of 'confirmation culture' to practical tips for public speaking and personal productivity.
Work Fame (noun): a reputation that opens doors before you knock, and attracts the right opportunities to you. Not celebrity famous, not internet famous, work famous.
This show unpacks what it actually takes to build that kind of reputation at work, drawn from Leanne’s own experience going from feeling invisible behind a screen to being flown around the world, facilitating executive strategy days and getting pulled into rooms she’d never had access to before. Whether you’re building your own profile inside a big organisation, helping your team earn a seat at the table, or building recognition for your industry, each episode breaks down the practical (and sometimes a little corny) ideas that make it happen.
You don’t have to find your dream job. You can make your job a dream.
Work Fame is based on Leanne’s book of the same name, Work Fame: Get the Projects, Promotions, and Perks You Deserve (Wiley). This feed also carries the archive of her earlier daily show, Leanne On Demand.
Got a question or want help building your own work fame? Email [email protected].
AI is everywhere, and depending on who you listen to, it’s either going to make our working lives dramatically better or completely destroy our careers.
I’m replaying a conversation I had with the rock star of consulting, Alan Weiss, on Talk the Walk.
We called it Winning the AI Wrestling Match because I wanted to have a more useful conversation than the usual “AI is coming for your job” doom loop.
Alan’s view? Stop panicking.
AI will absolutely displace some work. But every major technological shift has done that. The bigger question is: what becomes more valuable when information is everywhere and everyone has access to the same tools?
We get into why Alan thinks consultants need to shift from being seen simply as experts to becoming authorities, why critical thinking and process matter more when content is abundant, and why the ability to be genuinely present with another human might become one of our greatest advantages.
One of my favourite lines from the conversation was:
“AI can’t do improv.”
AI can give you an answer. It can help you prepare. It can generate content. It can even sound remarkably like someone else.
But it can’t walk into a room, read the energy, challenge the question you’ve just been asked, tell the right story at the right moment or come up with the perfect retort.
That requires you to be there.
We also talk about:
- Why Alan believes we need to stop being so damn pessimistic about AI
- The difference between being an expert and being an authority
- Why high tech needs high touch
- How to develop better critical thinking skills
- Why consultants need to separate content from process
- The danger of becoming derivative on LinkedIn
- Why your own metrics matter more than someone else’s definition of success
- How Alan is using AI through his own “Alan Intelligence” platform
- Why live experiences, role plays and real-time interaction are becoming even more valuable
- The problem with marketing that assumes your client is “damaged”
- Why consultants shouldn’t simply give people what they think they want
- And, importantly, why there is still a huge amount of opportunity ahead
Listen in, and let me know what you think.
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