AI meets emotional intelligence: Chris Schembra on the future of compassionate leadership
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This is a podcast episode titled, AI meets emotional intelligence: Chris Schembra on the future of compassionate leadership. The summary for this episode is: <p>Chris Schembra started his business facilitating meaningful connections through dinner parties that sparked vulnerability and gratitude - qualities that are often undervalued in business. In this podcast episode he shares how qualities like empathy and gratitude are becoming recognized as powerful drivers of employee engagement, customer loyalty, and innovation across organizations. Chris describes the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in enhancing human capabilities through emotionally intelligent assistants that can understand context and tone to guide empathetic responses. Companies like Walmart and Siemens are already using AI for compassionate leadership. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Your host: </strong>Daryl Pereira, Senior Content & Brand Strategist, IBM</p>
Key Takeaways
Transformed by the way of life in Rome
00:34 MIN
Forming a business around connecting people
00:25 MIN
How AI opens us up to human connnections
01:04 MIN
The business case for leading with gratitude
00:39 MIN
How AI saves us time
00:39 MIN
Using AI for positive reinforcement
00:27 MIN
DESCRIPTION
Chris Schembra started his business facilitating meaningful connections through dinner parties that sparked vulnerability and gratitude - qualities that are often undervalued in business. In this podcast episode he shares how qualities like empathy and gratitude are becoming recognized as powerful drivers of employee engagement, customer loyalty, and innovation across organizations. Chris describes the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in enhancing human capabilities through emotionally intelligent assistants that can understand context and tone to guide empathetic responses. Companies like Walmart and Siemens are already using AI for compassionate leadership.
Your host: Daryl Pereira, Senior Content & Brand Strategist, IBM
Today's Host
Cristina McComic
|Content Designer, IBM
Sam Smitte
|Data and AI Leader, IBM
Amanda Downie
|Editorial Content Strategist, IBM
Daryl Pereira
|Senior Content Strategist, IBM
Today's Guests
Chris Schembra
|#1 WSJ Bestselling Author | USA Today's "Gratitude Guru" | Keynote Speaker on Workplace Connection
As a facilitator and community builder, my initial love was the dinner table and a focus on gratitude to create spaces for people to gather. For the last decade, I've dedicated myself to creating dynamic team building and client engagement experiences for some of the world's leading corporations. As an author of two bestselling books, including the Wall Street Journal bestseller 'Gratitude Through Hard Times,' I teach a heartfelt yet data driven and scientifically backed approach to business. My approach prioritizes empathy, authentic connections, asking meaningful questions, and creating a culture of recognition, appreciation, and belonging within professional environments. It's been an honor to collaborate with hundreds of remarkable organizations and industry associations, including giants like Google, Microsoft, IBM, Dell, Citi, and the US Navy, to name just a few.
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