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Executive Edgecast
Executive Edgecast with Margaret Bouse — founder of Sopra Solutions — is built for leaders who want practical, real-world ways to grow their businesses and sharpen their leadership teams. Each episode delivers clear, actionable insights you can actually use — no theory, no motivational sugar, just moves that work.
Every conversation features a battle-tested subject matter expert: leaders who have scaled small and mid-sized businesses, rescued failing go-to-market strategies, tightened operations, and led teams through real growth and change. These are people who’ve done the work — not just talked about it.
You’ll hear how they really did it: the questions they asked, the levers they pulled, what they cut, and what they would repeat every time. The result is the kind of conversation you forward to your leadership team and say, “Watch this — let’s do this.”
If an episode gives you even one move you can use, don’t let it die in your headphones. Subscribe and share it with the partners, leaders, and rising talent helping you build what’s next.
Executive Edgecast
An Honest Conversation About AI: Promise, Risks, and Responsibility
Executive Edgecast with Margaret Bouse explores how leaders can navigate the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence in business, creativity, and everyday life. In this episode, Margaret sits down with Kaylee Eastman for a fireside-style conversation about AI’s promise, its risks, and the responsibility that comes with its growing influence.
Drawing from real-world use cases and lived experience, Margaret and Kaylee examine how AI is reshaping productivity, creativity, and content consumption — while also confronting ethical concerns, misinformation, and the “dead internet” effect. Together, they explore what it means to live and work thoughtfully in an age of intelligent machines.
🎯 In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How “not all AI is the same” — and why companies must define what AI means for them
- The risks of ungoverned AI use in business — from data leakage to brand damage
- What the “AI bubble” might mean for markets and innovation
- Why 95% of AI pilots are failing — and how to avoid common mistakes
- The difference between gen AI and. AGI (artificial general intelligence)
- Deepfakes, ethics, and the dangers of “AI slop” in social media and advertising
- How responsible AI can revolutionize healthcare, environmental science, and creativity
- Why the best companies will always be people first, AI second
💡 Key takeaway:
AI isn’t magic — it’s a tool. When used responsibly and with purpose, it can elevate human potential.
But without ethics, guardrails, or empathy, it risks amplifying bias, misinformation, and harm.
📎 Resources Mentioned
- MIT Study: “State of AI in Business” (2025)
- NVIDIA, OpenAI, and the AI Valuation Debate
- OpenAI Subpoena News: https://www.reuters.com/technology
- Tony Robbins “AI Coach” Project: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/programs/tony-ai
- Tools Discussed: ChatGPT, Claude, Notion AI, Copilot, Canva, Suno, Figma, Illustrator
👇 Join the conversation:
How are you using AI — for creativity, productivity, or research? Have you seen responsible or irresponsible uses of AI? Share your stories in the comments.
Your Host:
👉 Margaret “Marg” Bouse ➜ https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretbouse/
Guest Speaker:
👉 Kaylee Eastman ➜ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaylee-eastman/
Podcast Producer and Director:
👉 Jesse Walsh ➜ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-walsh
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