Shujaat Ahmed, founder of Belong and Lead joins Dr. Nadia Butt and Rob Hadley to lay out the path to survival and thriving for mid-career professionals, the skills that are needed right now, and why good people that know AI are the only hope against those that are controlling AI.

Find season 6 episode transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bP3N6QYBG0UkzdRm5GwiFfoQLvGtIRrK?usp=sharing

Connect with us: Visit www.nazconsultants.com to learn more about Dr. Nadia Butt’s work in leadership, culture, and organizational effectiveness, and check out http://www.tekanoconsulting.com/ to explore Rob Hadley’s approach to data-driven people and culture strategy.

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Dr. Nadia Butt flies solo with digital transformation and organizational change expert Eliza Fendell. Eliza shares insights on massive digital change efforts including why "go-live" means something different for everyone, why AI adoption has to be about experimentation, and the obligation of leaders to sponsor those that don't look like them.

Find season 6 episode transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bP3N6QYBG0UkzdRm5GwiFfoQLvGtIRrK?usp=sharing

Connect with us: Visit www.nazconsultants.com to learn more about Dr. Nadia Butt’s work in leadership, culture, and organizational effectiveness, and check out http://www.tekanoconsulting.com/ to explore Rob Hadley’s approach to data-driven people and culture strategy.

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Nadia and Rob sit down with Leah Parker-Moldover, Executive Director of the MetroWest Nonprofit Network, to explore the challenges facing nonprofits today; from funding volatility and burnout to leadership capacity, collaboration, and AI. Leah shares practical insights on how nonprofit leaders, boards, and funders can build sustainable organizations while staying focused on mission and impact.

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Leah: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/leah-kathleen-parker-moldover-3a6519207/⁠

MWNN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/metro-west-non-profit-network/

MWNN: https://metrowestnonprofit.org/

Find season 6 episode transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bP3N6QYBG0UkzdRm5GwiFfoQLvGtIRrK?usp=sharing

Connect with us: Visit www.nazconsultants.com to learn more about Dr. Nadia Butt’s work in leadership, culture, and organizational effectiveness, and check out http://www.tekanoconsulting.com/ to explore Rob Hadley’s approach to data-driven people and culture strategy.

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Nadia and Rob check in as the EEOC tells employers to forget about collecting demographic data, a new study shows retail workers rely on SNAP and Medicaid, and Meta does Meta things! Then Nadia and Rob hit on a rule of thumb for AI at work: AI for creating things = good, AI for making people decisions = bad.

Learn more about the topics discussed in the episode today:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-civil-rights-agency-moves-to-stop-requiring-demographic-data-collection-after-60-years

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108703

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/14/meta-lawsuit-layoffs-ai.html

https://hrexecutive.com/google-employees-demand-severance-guarantees-as-tech-layoffs-near-157000/?utm_source=omeda&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter-HRE+Now+newsletter+-+Wednesday&om_id=1110128066&om_eid=6122G2643790C2Z&hs_ce=&oly_enc_id=6122G2643790C2Z

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/20/artificial-intelligence-drug-development-impact

Find season 6 episode transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1i5q2ALf97g1pNz1TdSC_OBOlnPcFhsXs?usp=drive_link

Connect with us:

Visit www.nazconsultants.com to learn more about Dr. Nadia Butt’s work in leadership, culture, and organizational effectiveness

Visit https://luma.com/trustbydesign for workshops and webinars to use data and AI to build organizational trust

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Author and labor economist James Felton Keith stops by to talk to Nadia and Rob about his newest book, "Your Data, Their Wealth." They discuss how companies are profiting off of the entire human experience, the origins and math behind calculating what people are owed for the data that drives improved decision-making, and why Lil Jon and the Ying Yang Twins owe JFK money.

Check out "Your Data, Their Wealth" by James Felton Keith at: https://www.jamesfeltonkeith.com/product-page/your-data-their-wealth-the-price-of-human-input-to-the-al-economy

Find season 6 episode transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bP3N6QYBG0UkzdRm5GwiFfoQLvGtIRrK?usp=sharing

Connect with us: Visit www.nazconsultants.com to learn more about Dr. Nadia Butt’s work in leadership, culture, and organizational effectiveness, and check out http://www.tekanoconsulting.com/ to explore Rob Hadley’s approach to data-driven people and culture strategy.

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Nadia and Rob are back in the news (figuratively) as they break down how HB-1 visas and layoffs are impacting tech-heavy city real estate markets, AI-driven changes to State Farm agents' commissions, and the Meta layoffs and the rise of boomerang workers. Later, Nadia rants about rampant corruption as Rob tries to find a red, white, and blue lining in this year's Fourth of July celebrations.

Learn more about the topics discussed in the episode today:

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/h-1b-visa-curbs-on-indians-slow-texas-real-estate-us-immigration-policy-11594879/amp/1

https://www.wsj.com/finance/state-farms-ai-plan-for-sales-agents-sparks-uproar-a-real-slap-in-the-face-6453e2cb

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/05/28/michael-dell-trump-accounts-dod.html

https://hrexecutive.com/metas-zuckerberg-weve-made-mistakes-in-ai-transformation/?oly_enc_id=6122G2643790C2Z

Find season 6 episode transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1i5q2ALf97g1pNz1TdSC_OBOlnPcFhsXs?usp=drive_link

Connect with us:

Visit www.nazconsultants.com to learn more about Dr. Nadia Butt’s work in leadership, culture, and organizational effectiveness

Visit https://luma.com/trustbydesign for workshops and webinars to use data and AI to build organizational trust

Send us your thoughts or topic ideas at inclusivecollectivepodcast@gmail.com

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Dr. Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey, founder of The Element of Inclusion, joins Dr. Nadia and Rob to talk about why AI is bringing inclusion back, how organizations change when our team members are bots, and how AI can create opportunities to measure inclusion.

Find season 6 episode transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bP3N6QYBG0UkzdRm5GwiFfoQLvGtIRrK?usp=sharing

Connect with us: Visit www.nazconsultants.com to learn more about Dr. Nadia Butt’s work in leadership, culture, and organizational effectiveness, and check out http://www.tekanoconsulting.com/ to explore Rob Hadley’s approach to data-driven people and culture strategy.

Send us your thoughts or topic ideas at inclusivecollectivepodcast@gmail.com

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