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Life, Automated | An Optimist's Take on AI and the Future of Learning Sep 21, 2026

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The Insightful Leader brings you another episode of "Life, Automated"—a podcast from Kellogg's Ryan Institute on Complexity.

Kellogg Professor Sébastien Martin speaks with host Jess Love about AI's pedagogical potential. In his own operations management class, students trade PDFs for lifelike chatbots, log conversations with Socratic AI tutors, and use AI to explore the kinds of social and political dynamics that students normally have to learn on the job.

But Martin also grapples with harder questions: What about public schools with fewer resources? When should kids use AI at all? And how can students stay hopeful and true to their own interests in a wildly uncertain future?

(This is part 1/2 of Life, Automated's back-to-school series)

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Life, Automated | To Thrive Alongside AI, Find the Bottlenecks Jul 27, 2026

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This week on The Insightful Leader, we're bringing you an episode of "Life, Automated"—a new podcast from Kellogg's Ryan Institute on Complexity.

Join host Jess Love as she attempts to answer the question on everyone's lips: Will AI actually take over every job ever?

Kellogg economist Ben Jones doesn't think so.

Drawing from historical evidence around innovation, Jones argues that automation never conquers everything—it inevitably creates operational bottlenecks that only humans can solve. By leaning into these bottlenecks, we can protect meaningful, well-paid work.

But his optimism comes with a stark caveat: there is one nightmare scenario where this historical pattern breaks down entirely. And it doesn't involve superintelligence. It involves mediocre AI.

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Insight Unpacked S3E5 | Electricity Was Supposed to Save Us. Will It Doom Us Instead? Jul 06, 2026

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In the fifth—and final—episode of "Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?" we consider how AI and the human spirit could get us to net zero.

Insight Unpacked S3E4 | Does Climate Policy Stand a Chance? Jun 08, 2026

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America passed its biggest-ever climate bill … only to reverse course three years later. In the fourth episode of "Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?" experts discuss why policy solutions struggle to stick.

Insight Unpacked S3E3 | Why Wall Street Slowed Its Roll on Sustainability May 25, 2026

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A few years ago, the stock market was wild about green tech and ESG funds. And then it wasn't. We look at why in the third episode of "Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?"

Insight Unpacked S3E2 | Why Companies Can't Keep Their Climate Commitments May 11, 2026

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They say they want to do better. In the second episode of "Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?" we look at an oil company, a tech giant, and an Italian energy provider to explore why net-zero pledges have barely moved the needle.

Insight Unpacked S3E1 | The Climate Crisis Is Here. Will We Ever Fix It? Apr 27, 2026

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Saving the planet is going to take more than net-zero pledges and shopping green. In the first episode of our series, "Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?" we take the current temperature of the climate fight.

Introducing Insight Unpacked, Season 3 Apr 20, 2026

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Introducing Insight Unpacked, Season 3: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?

In the last decade, we've seen powerful people and organizations take on the issue of climate change — making big pledges to reduce their carbon emissions by adapting their fleets, retrofitting their offices, or going paperless.

And yet global emissions are still at or near record highs. So what gives?

In this five-episode season, we're asking: If climate change is already reshaping our environment, is there anything that companies, investors, policymakers, technologists, and ordinary people can do to turn things around? And are we even capable of doing that?

There's reason for hope. But our work is certainly cut out for us.

When It Comes to Biases, AI's Only Human Apr 13, 2026

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The AI models informing many of our decisions are riddled with preconceptions. On this episode of The Insightful Leader, two experts outline how bias creeps in.

Automation, Answers, and Advice—a Playbook for AI Adoption Mar 09, 2026

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So you've tinkered with AI, but now you want to level up. Here are tips from Kellogg faculty on using the tech more effectively.

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