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Inside Learning | Unlocking human potential

Inside Learning | Unlocking human potential

著者： The Learnovate Centre Trinity College Dublin
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How do we reach our potential in work and life? The Inside Learning podcast explores the science of learning and the future of work with expert guest speakers and research-based insights from The Learnovate Centre in Trinity College Dublin, a global research centre focused on learning technology. Hosted by author and consultant Aidan McCullen.

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  • Waqas Ahmed — Is Specialisation Over? Cognitive Flexibility and Polymathy in the Age of AI

    Waqas Ahmed — Is Specialisation Over? Cognitive Flexibility and Polymathy in the Age of AI
    2026/08/31

    The World Economic Forum named cognitive flexibility a top workplace skill. Then we started outsourcing our thinking to AI — and losing it.

    Inside Learning welcomes Waqas Ahmed, author of The Polymath, to discuss why cognitive flexibility is a crucial workplace skill and how outsourcing thinking to AI can erode it. Ahmed defines cognitive flexibility as both the ability to shift between domains and a higher-order capacity to handle complex, ill-structured situations, emphasising versatility as sustained adaptability amid accelerating change.

    The conversation critiques modern siloed education and work cultures that push specialisation, contrasting them with more holistic, transdisciplinary approaches. Ahmed outlines his work with organisations to build two polymath competencies — versatility (a portfolio of skills and meta-learning to reduce resistance to change) and integration (breaking silo culture through interdisciplinary collaboration and interactional expertise).

    He argues current LLMs tend toward safe, convergent outputs and describes the Da Vinci AI project aimed at provoking divergent, human-led creativity.

    In this conversation, Waqas reveals:

    • The two-tier definition of cognitive flexibility — and why Rand Spiro's "ill-structured domains" version matters most at work
    • Why versatility beats agility: adapting once is easy, adapting consistently is the skill
    • How pre-Renaissance thinkers were transdisciplinary by default — and how we built the silos
    • Multidisciplinary vs interdisciplinary vs transdisciplinary — and why most "multidisciplinary teams" are still guarding their turf
    • Why transformation projects fail: resistance to change is a legacy of specialisation
    • The 1800s factory manager test — why meditation went from "doing nothing" to a productivity tool
    • The two polymath competencies Waqas builds in organisations: versatility and integration
    • What "interactional expertise" is — knowing enough to ask an expert a meaningful question
    • Why today's LLMs converge on the statistical mean — and what the Da Vinci AI project is doing differently
    • Why radical innovation comes from synthesising diverse perspectives

    Chapters:

    00:00 Podcast Intro Learnovate

    00:15 Why Cognitive Flexibility

    02:01 Defining Flexibility and Versatility

    05:06 Specialisation vs Polymath Mindset

    06:40 From Renaissance to Transdisciplinary

    10:11 Workplace Resistance and Side Projects

    11:37 Culture Shift and Productivity Myths

    16:38 AI Time and Polymath Skills

    20:07 Integration Beats Silo Culture

    23:43 Limits of LLMs and Divergent Thinking

    26:15 Da Vinci AI and Human Creativity

    28:07 Wrap Up Where to Find Waqas

    29:04 Closing Credits Learnovate

    Find Waqas:

    The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility (Wiley) https://www.davinci-network.com

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/waqaspolymath

    About Waqas Ahmed Waqas Ahmed is the author of The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility (Wiley) and founder of the DaVinci Network, a global movement dedicated to unlocking the many-sided potential of humans. A recognised authority on multidisciplinary thinking, his work spans art, neuroscience and international affairs. He works with organisations and their leadership teams to build the polymath competencies of versatility and integration.

    About Inside Learning Inside Learning dives into learning science and the future of work, featuring learning experts from around the world each month. Topics span AI, neurodiversity, creativity, unlearning, leadership, ethics, VR, blended learning, performance, and skills. The podcast is designed to make you think, question and learn. Hosted by author, consultant and Keynote Speaker on Innovation Aidan McCullen, Inside Learning is produced by Learnovate, the future-of-work and learning research centre based at Trinity College Dublin and funded by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland.

    Subscribe to Inside Learning wherever you listen.

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    29 分
  • Fiona Passantino — Why HR Must Lead AI Integration: AI Literacy, Training & the Human-Led Roadmap

    Fiona Passantino — Why HR Must Lead AI Integration: AI Literacy, Training & the Human-Led Roadmap
    2026/06/30
    I isn't a tool. It's a new kind of employee. And that's exactly why it belongs to HR, not IT. Aidan welcomes Fiona Passantino, award-winning author of comic books for executives on AI and her new book AI-Powered Leader, to discuss why AI integration should be a human-led experience owned by HR rather than delegated to IT. Fiona argues AI is more like a new kind of employee than a classic tool, and failed adoption often comes from lack of training, governance, and leadership support rather than "resistance." She outlines HR's role in measuring an organisation's adoption curve, delivering baseline AI literacy (including EU AI Act requirements), supporting early adopters as a coaching centre of excellence, and bringing analog "hell no" employees over the line without creating a split organisation. The conversation covers phased L&D approaches by department and for desk-less workers, using AI earlier in workflows for bigger impact, and her five-step roadmap from "ostrich" to "eagle," emphasising joyful learning through comics and humour. In this conversation, Fiona reveals: Why AI behaves more like a new employee than a tool — and what that changes about who owns itThe "kidneys of the organisation" metaphor for what HR actually does all dayWhy most AI roll-outs stall as "resistance" — and why that's a leadership failure, not a people problemHow the EU AI Act already makes AI literacy and governance a legal requirementThe two groups worth extra training: the 1% enthusiasts and the "hell no" analog holdoutsWhy you must never let your company split into "AI people" and "analog people"The five-stage bird roadmap — ostrich, sandpiper, pelican, sparrowhawk, eagleWhy most teams use barely 10% of a tool like CopilotThe "desk-less" training built for the 80% of workers who never log into a desktopWhy the comics in her book are a deliberate strategy: "if you're laughing, you can't resist" Chapters: 00:00 Podcast Intro 00:15 Meet Fiona Passantino 01:03 Why HR Owns AI 04:16 Leadership And Change 07:05 AI Literacy And Governance 09:04 Early Adopters And Resistors 11:58 L&D Training Phases 16:58 Beyond Tools Mindset 19:36 Roadmap Ostrich To Eagle 21:50 Comics And Joyful AI 24:18 Where To Find Fiona 25:18 Closing Credits Find Fiona: Book — AI-Powered Leader (available wherever books are sold) https://fionapassantino.com https://www.working-humans.com https://aihumanschool.com About Inside Learning Inside Learning dives into learning science and the future of work, featuring learning experts from around the world each month. Topics span AI, neurodiversity, creativity, unlearning, leadership, ethics, VR, blended learning, performance, and skills. The podcast is designed to make you think, question and learn. Hosted by author, consultant and coach Aidan McCullen, Inside Learning is produced by Learnovate, the future-of-work and learning research centre based at Trinity College Dublin and funded by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. Subscribe to Inside Learning wherever you listen. 🌐 https://learnovatecentre.org 🎙️ https://learnovatecentre.org/insights/podcasts/ 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/learnovate-centre
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    26 分
  • Rahim Hirji — Super Skills: The 7 Human Skills for the Age of AI

    Rahim Hirji — Super Skills: The 7 Human Skills for the Age of AI
    2026/05/29
    "Decision-making is what you do with information. Judgment is what you do with your values when the information runs out." Rahim Hirji has spent 20 years inside learning technology — at HarperCollins, running one of the UK's first online tutoring businesses, co-founding EtonX out of Eton College, and leading Quizlet's growth across 60 countries. His new book, Super Skills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI (Kogan Page, out 3 July 2026), was the most requested title at this year's London Book Fair and is endorsed by Harvard's Karim Lakhani. Most AI books start with the technology. This one starts with a boat. In this conversation, Rahim reveals: Why most people are "sleepwalking" into an AI-shaped life without realising itThe boat that carried his family from India to East Africa — and why it frames the whole age of AIHow five generations of skills stack up: survival, street, specialist, soft, and now superThe difference between algorithmic drift and intentional design — and which one you're living inWhy a manager started receiving 12-page AI documents nobody had actually read"Human at the start" (HATS) — the centaur/Iron Man approach that beats "human in the loop"The one super skill Rahim believes AI will never haveWhy losing busy work is good news, not a threat The seven super skills: curiosity, change readiness, big picture thinking, principled innovation, empathy, global adaptability, and the augmented mindset. Chapters: 00:00 Podcast Intro and Guest 01:16 Boat Story and Skills Ladder 04:27 AI Change Hope and Risks 07:53 Drift Versus Design 11:02 Augmented Mindset HATS 13:59 Judgment When Data Ends 15:27 Seven Super Skills Overview 17:54 Who the Book Is For 22:09 Website Extras and Wrap Up 23:08 Closing Credits About the guest: Rahim Hirji is an edtech leader and author. His book Super Skills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI (Kogan Page) publishes on 3 July 2026. Find the diagnostic, bonus chapters and extras at https://superskillsbook.com. About Inside Learning: Inside Learning dives into learning science and the future of work, featuring learning experts from around the world each month — covering AI, neurodiversity, creativity, unlearning, leadership, ethics, VR, blended learning, performance, skills and more. Designed to make you think, question and learn. Produced by Learnovate, the future-of-work and learning research centre at Trinity College Dublin, funded by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. About the host: Aidan McCullen is the 2025 Thinkers50 Innovation Award recipient, a keynote speaker on AI, disruption, innovation and change, host of The Innovation Show, and author of Undisruptable: A Mindset of Permanent Reinvention (Wiley). Learn more about Aidan at https://theinnovationshow.io/about-aidan-mccullen Listen and follow: Website: https://learnovatecentre.org Podcast: https://learnovatecentre.org/insights/podcasts/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/learnovate-centre YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@learnovatecentre
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    23 分
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