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My Ready Already guest today is Allister Frost from the United Kingdom. Together, we’ll explore The Future-Ready Mindset for Success and take a deeper look at The Antidote to Change Fatigue in the Age of AI.
Allister Frost is a world-leading business transformation and growth thought leader and speaker. He has given impactful motivational talks in over 30 countries to teams from Bosch, Hyundai, BBC, Bloomberg, Vodafone, and more. His revolutionary ReadyAlready® Growth Cycle inspires busy professionals to embrace a Future-Ready Mindset for a lifetime of success.
Allister was Microsoft’s first ever Head of Digital Marketing Strategy, helping steer the software giant towards new ways to connect with customers and generate new business.
In this powerful conversation, we dive into what leaders must do to stay grounded, human, and future-ready while AI accelerates transformation and compresses decades of change into months. You will learn how to navigate uncertainty with clarity, overcome change fatigue, and build a mindset that sustains performance, impact, and growth in the AI-driven era.
This episode is essential listening for leaders, executives, and business owners who want to stay relevant, resilient, and ahead of the curve.
Key Topics Discussed
- The real cost of change fatigue for organizations and individuals in the AI era
- Why leaders still cling to the illusion of stability and what blind spot they miss
- How the ReadyAlready® Growth Cycle moves leaders out of survival mode and into forward momentum
- The hardest leadership lesson from Allister’s time at Microsoft during digital disruption
- Where leaders are failing most in the AI acceleration and the hidden risks no one talks about
- The most powerful immediate move to regain balance and impact
- How leaders can protect the human essence while meeting the technical demands of AI
- The belief about success leaders must unlearn to stay relevant
- A clear, actionable piece of advice to cultivate a truly future-ready mindset
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About the host, Emi Olausson Fourounjieva
With over 20 years in IT, digital transformation, business growth & leadership, Emi specializes in turning challenges into opportunities for business expansion and personal well-being.
Her contributions have shaped success stories across the corporations and individuals, from driving digital growth, managing resources and leading teams in big companies to empowering leaders to unlock their inner power and succeed in this era of transformation.
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Chapters
1. Setting The Human-Centered Stage (00:00:00)
2. Meet Alistair Frost And His Path (00:02:05)
3. The True Cost Of Change Fatigue (00:04:08)
4. Why Stability Is A Delusion (00:08:56)
5. The Ready Already Growth Cycle (00:12:12)
6. Three Human Superpowers: Open, Surprise, Tell (00:16:10)
7. Specialize And Focus In The AI Flood (00:21:20)
8. Efficiency Traps And Invisible Risks (00:25:20)
9. Practical Reset: Start With Follow (00:30:05)
10. Holding The Human Essence In AI (00:33:10)
11. Unlearning Knowledge-As-Power (00:36:20)
12. If It Works, It’s Obsolete (00:39:05)
13. Closing Reflections And Next Steps (00:42:30)
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