Episode #135
Who's Gonna Tell Her Story? David Dean on AI, Human Value in the Workplace
Did you like the episode? Send me a text and let me know!! A frontline worker broke into tears on a call with David Dean. She was afraid she wouldn't have a job in a year. That moment became the spark for a book — and for one of the most grounded, compassionate conversations about AI and human value in the workplace you'll ever hear. In this episode of Undiscovered Entrepreneur: Get Across the Start Line, David Dean — author of An Inbox Between Us and self-described Business AI Realist — joins Skoob for a deep, thoughtful conversation about what AI actually means for real people at every level of an organization. Not the hype. Not the doomsaying. The real relationship between humans and AI — and why getting that relationship right is the defining challenge of this era. What You'll Learn: Why David left large enterprise to write a book nobody else was writing — for the people nobody else was talking to The written contract vs. the unwritten contract: how organizations actually run vs. how they say they run Why lived experience and lived consequence are the real reasons we hire humans — and why AI can't replace that How AI is like the movie Multiplicity — and why your copies aren't all the same Why 79% of the workforce are "AI survivalists" just trying to do their jobs What organizational self-awareness means and why it's the competitive advantage of the AI era How to use AI as a behavioral mirror — analyzing patterns across client meetings, team dynamics, and organizational challenges Why the human touch is more valuable right now, not less, precisely because of AI The Star Trek/Scotty analogy for how AI accelerates human decision-making without replacing it Why David calls himself a Business AI Realist — and what that means for your team or company David's six-month goal: speaking engagements and becoming a go-to ground-level AI voice for enterprise Timestamps: [00:00:00] – Introduction & Welcome [00:01:00] – David's Background: From Enterprise Tech to the AI Era [00:02:00] – The Digital Journaling That Became a Book [00:03:00] – What the Hype Gets Wrong: Talking About AI From Too High Up [00:04:30] – Why David Felt Like "a Little Guy" — and Why That Didn't Stop Him [00:06:00] – You Are an Entrepreneur If You're Helping People [00:07:00] – AI as Tool, Not Replacement: The Entrepreneur's Perspective [00:08:00] – Why Companies Hire People: Lived Experience & Lived Consequence [00:09:00] – The Written Contract vs. the Unwritten Contract [00:10:00] – The Final Human Decision: Where Accountability Must Stay [00:11:00] – AI as a Relationship: Slow Down, Figure It Out, Cultivate It [00:12:00] – The Multiplicity Model: Using AI to Duplicate and Offload Yourself [00:13:30] – Debating Yourself With AI: Devil's Advocate, Customer Perspective & Idea Extraction [00:14:30] – Friendly Candor With AI: Using It to Challenge Your Own Thinking [00:15:00] – The Behavioral Record: What Patterns in Your Data Reveal About You and Your Business [00:17:00] – When AI Tells You to Go Have a Conversation Instead [00:18:00] – Humans Are Craving Human Touch — More Now Than Ever [00:19:00] – Star Trek's Scotty Analogy: AI Accelerates Decisions Without Making Them [00:20:30] – AI Is Flawed Because It Mimics Us — and That's Okay [00:23:00] – The Pitfall He's Proud Of: Getting Kicked Around Enough to Know Who He Is [00:24:30] – Authenticity and Quiet Trust: Why People Respect How You Operate Even If They Don't Like You [00:27:00] – The Moment That Sparked the Book: A Frontline Worker in Tears [00:29:00] – The 79% AI Survivalists and Why Someone Needs to Fight for Them [00:30:30] – What the Book Covers — and Why It's Written to Resonate 10 Years From Now [00:31:30] – The Book: An Inbox Between Us — Available Now [00:34:00] – David's Six-Month Goal: Speaking Engagements & the Business AI Realist Platform [00:37:00] – How to Find David, the Book & Connect on LinkedIn Book: An Inbox Between Us — David Christopher Dean Available at: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Porchlight (print & e-book). Audiobook coming July. Connect with David Dean: davidchristopherdean.com LinkedIn: David Christopher Dean Newsletter: Available on LinkedIn Subscribe & Leave a Review: If David's conversation made you think differently about AI, human value, and what we owe to the people just trying to keep their jobs — please subscribe, leave a review, and share this with someone who needs to hear that they matter in the age of AI. ️ Undiscovered Entrepreneur: Get Across the Start Line — new episodes dropping regularly. Do you want to know what is your worst Hurdle is so you know what you want to do first to get across the start line?? Go to tuepodcast.net/quiz to get your 3 minute assessment right now and find out what your most prevalent hurdle is and how to start to overcome it! tuepodcast.net/quiz For a 15% discount on your first purchase go RYZEsuoerfoods.com use code PODNA15 Thank you for being a Skoobeliever!! 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