Transform with AI, retain culture | Why values matter more now
In this episode, Gretchen and Bre'Ana sit down with corporate culture consultant and author Josh Levine (GreatMondays.com) to explore how AI is transforming workplace culture, the challenges of integrating AI into team dynamics, and strategies for maintaining a healthy, purpose-driven organizational environment.
It's easy to focus on what AI does for individual output, but harder, and more important, to figure out how it changes how a team works together, and what needs to stay grounded while everything else shifts.
In This Episode
-Why most AI conversations focus on individuals, not teams
-The moment AI became a "voice" in team conversations Moving beyond experimentation into intentional process redesign
-Three modes of AI thinking: accelerator, augmentation, transformation
-Why values matter more, not less, amid constant change The case against giving AI tools human names Team agreements as an alternative to "values" language
Continue the Conversation
What aspects of your work culture are you seeing change? Are you incorporating new AI capabilities into your work, and where do you want to focus on creating and retaining a good culture as you do? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Resources Mentioned
-Great Mondays, book on building corporate culture AI Together by Josh Levine and workshop: aitogether.greatmondays.com
-Charles Lamanna (Microsoft) — "Changing How We Build," on building more vs. building better: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/changing-how-we-build-charles-lamanna-xpitc/
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to AI's impact on workplace culture
04:09 Early signals of AI's influence on work practices
08:01 The importance of strategic AI adoption
12:01 The human side of AI integration
14:10 Moving beyond experimentation to purposeful redesign
15:46 Leadership's role in shaping AI-driven culture
18:12 Prototyping new work systems with AI
20:06 The three modes of AI thinking
24:05 Principles for AI use and organizational values
27:52 Revisiting organizational values in the AI era
30:07 Leadership principles for AI-driven change
34:12 The role of top-down culture setting
36:01 Establishing guiding principles and values
40:00 Setting boundaries for AI as coworkers
41:50 Influence of values and team agreements
43:53 The future of work and continuous adaptation