THE SIMPLE THREE-STEP PROCESS THAT CHANGES HOW YOU THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING 👉https://affordanything.com/turnitaround What if the best way to test a new hire wasn't a resume, but a two-hour breakfast? One CEO built his entire hiring process around it — and it worked. Lorraine Marchand spent three decades in leadership roles at companies like IBM, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and LabCorp, and interviewed more than 120 CEOs for her book on what actually makes teams innovate. Now she teaches at Wharton and Columbia Business School, and in this episode she joins Paula to share what really works. 00:00 – The team breakfast test: how one CEO used a shared meal to hire the right people 15:38 – Should you try to fix a bad culture, or start looking for a new job? 20:12 – Why people follow good bosses, not companies 22:26 – Networking advice for people early in their career 24:25 – What heavy AI use might be doing to your memory and thinking 27:06 – AI job displacement and the skills worth building now 40:56 – Using AI as a thought partner to build emotional intelligence 48:23 – Advice for workers in their 50s and 60s worried about AI and ageism 56:00 – Building a team of humans and AI "agents" — including an AI board of directors 59:43 – Where Marchand sees the next wave of entrepreneurship and innovation heading __________ ❓GOT A QUESTION? WE’D LOVE TO HEAR IT https://affordanything.com/voicemail __________ 🎧 NEVER MISS AN EPISODE Apple Podcasts: https://affordanything.com/applepodcasts Spotify: https://affordanything.com/spotify __________ 🤗JOIN OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: https://affordanything.com/community 🤗STAY IN THE LOOP: https://affordanything.com/newsletter __________ 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES: Check out The Innovation Mindset, a book by Lorraine Marchand - https://amzn.to/3R1t5Pe Lorraine's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorrainemarchand/ __________ 👀 WATCH THIS VIDEO NEXT: https://youtu.be/Lv14LRZNvI0 __________ 👋 SAY HI ON SOCIAL: Facebook: facebook.com/affordanything Instagram: instagram.com/paulapant X: x.com/affordanything #Entrepreneurship #CompanyCulture #AI #FutureOfWork https://youtu.be/WjHkON4rqWw