The in-between trust podcast
The in-between trust podcast
Podcast Description
The in-between trust podcast explores how we build, break, and rebuild trust in a world shaped by accelerating technology. Hosted by Eva Simone Lihotzky, the podcast holds space for in-depth conversations at the intersection of AI, business, ethics, and human connection. Through interdisciplinary voices - from business and politics to neuroscience to tech and systems thinking in organizations - it invites reflection over performance and makes room for ambiguity, emotion, and meaningful deep dives into one of the complex topics we need to solve as a society and beyond.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast tackles complex themes surrounding the building and breaking of trust, with episode topics including the neurochemistry of trust, humane design in circular innovation, responsible AI ethics, and the impact of leadership on trust within AI systems. Specific episodes dive into how empathy enhances scientific discourse, the role of emotional intelligence in AI leadership, and the interaction between biological timelines and technological advancement.
The in-between tech and trust podcast explores how we build, break, and rebuild trust in a world shaped by accelerating technology. Hosted by Eva Simone Lihotzky, the podcast holds space for in-depth conversations at the intersection of AI, business, ethics, and human connection. Through interdisciplinary voices – from business and politics to neuroscience to tech and systems thinking in organizations – it invites to conversation that reflect ambiguity, emotion, and deep dives into one of the complex topics we need to solve as a society and beyond.
🎙️ Iwona Fluda, expert for creativity & ethics
🧭 Opening
This week's episode of the in-between tech & trust podcast examines how AI is reshaping creativity, trust, and responsibility in everyday work. If you work in creative fields, technology, or organizational leadership who are dealing with AI as a practical reality rather than an abstract future, then this podcast is for you.
🗣️ Episode overview
Eva Simone Lihotzky is joined by creativity and ethics expert Iwona Fluda, founder of the Ministry for Creativity, Head of AI and Content Growth at Deamleaps and ambassador for the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Together, they unpack why trust in technology is eroding, how AI tools affect human thinking when cognition is outsourced, and why creativity cannot be reduced to speed or output. The discussion moves between individual responsibility, organizational shortcuts, and the ethical gaps that appear when inclusivity and long term design are treated as secondary concerns.
🧩 Key themes discussed
Cognitive engagement and AI
How relying on AI without active thinking weakens human cognition, drawing on research associated with the MIT Media Lab.Creativity under pressure
Creativity as a historically essential survival skill, and why it remains structurally undervalued despite being central to innovation.AI as tool and disruptor
The dual role of AI as a powerful collaborator for some and a driver of job loss for others, especially in creative and marketing work.Trust in technology and platforms
Why skepticism, not trust, defines today’s relationship with technology and institutions, including content ecosystems like LinkedIn.Radical inclusivity by design
The limits of add-on ethics programs and the need to build inclusivity into systems from the very beginning.Efficiency versus responsibility
Organizational choices that favor short term gains over long term impact, even when frameworks like the EU AI Act already exist.Societal and existential risk
Concerns about large scale job displacement and long term societal disruption, including references to thinkers such as Roman Jampolsky.
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