Anna Tavis, Ph.D - How AI Will Transform Digital Coaching

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Summary:
Anna Tavis, Ph.D is a Department Chair, Clinical Professor, and Academic Director of the Human Capital Management Department at NYU’s School of Professional Studies. She’s a former Executive Editor of People+Strategy Journal and is currently an Associate Editor of Workforce Solutions Review. She’s also a published author with her most recent work, Humans at Work: The Art and Practice of Creating the Hybrid Workplace, having been published in the spring of 2022.

In this episode, Dr. Tavis talks about digital coaching and how we can expect it to change with the recent explosion of AI.

Chapters:

[0:00 - 5:48] Introduction

• Welcome, Anna Tavis, Ph.D!
• Today’s Topic: How AI Will Transform Digital Coaching

[5:49 - 11:08] A short history of coaching

• The origins of coaching in ancient civilizations and the rise of modern coaching in the early 20th century
• Coaching was traditionally a luxury item limited to senior ranks

[11:09 - 32:36] How coaching changes with the introduction of new technologies

• Democratization of coaching and overcoming issues with scalability
• The rise of AI and its role in modern-day digital coaching

[32:37 - 39:17] How do we prepare for the next generation of digital coaching?

• Most of the systems we use at work already have (or will soon have) integrated AI
• If you don’t embrace the use of AI, you will be left behind

[39:18 - 40:24] Closing

• Thanks for listening!

Quotes:
“Digital coaching can be spread much more broadly throughout an organization [compared to traditional coaching].”
“The biggest unknown in the next phase [of digital coaching] is how humans are going to react, respond, and adapt.”
Resources:
Humans at Work: The Art and Practice of Creating the Hybrid Workplace
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