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Power is shifting. Responsibility is diffusing. And human judgment is quietly being placed under algorithmic pressure.

Today’s conversation explores what happens when leadership decisions are no longer made only by people – but by systems built on assumptions about human behavior, performance, and potential.

My amazing guest today is Jason P. Carroll from Austin, Texas - a founder and Principal Behavioral Scientist at Aptive Index. Jason works at the intersection of behavioral science, leadership psychology, and AI-enabled decision systems. His focus is not on automating decisions – but on understanding how human beliefs, incentives, and blind spots get encoded into models and scaled across organizations.

Jason has led and advised organizations through high-growth phases, acquisitions, and complex transformations, with a deep focus on how behavior changes when power increases and accountability becomes less visible.

In this episode, we unpack behavioral risk in AI-driven decisions, how authority quietly shifts when algorithms are introduced, and what leaders often underestimate about their responsibility when judgment is shared with machines.

This is a conversation for leaders, founders, board members, and investors who understand that in the age of AI, the most critical risk is not technical – it is human.

🔑 Key Topics Covered:

• AI, Leadership, and Power - How AI is redistributing decision-making power inside organizations and redefining leadership responsibility.
• Scaling Through People - Lessons from scaling a business on managing behavioral risks, culture, and leadership as complexity increases. 
• People Problems in an AI World - Why the greatest risks of AI often stem from human behavior and flawed judgment rather than the technology itself. 
• Automating Leadership Assumptions - Which outdated beliefs about people and performance become dangerous when embedded into AI systems. 
• Behavioral Science for Predicting Success - Why understanding how people actually behave is becoming essential for hiring, leadership, and organizational performance. 
• AI, Bias, and Human Judgment - How AI can amplify behavioral bias when leaders delegate decisions without understanding the underlying models. 
• Keeping Humans in Charge - Where leaders should draw the line between AI decision support and maintaining accountability for critical decisions. 
• Unlearning Leadership Myths - The leadership beliefs that must be challenged to thrive responsibly in an AI-driven world. 
• Leading Responsibly with AI - Practical advice for using behavioral science and AI to improve decisions while preserving trust, responsibility, and human judgment. 

🔗Connect with Jason P. Carroll on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonpcarroll/
Learn more about Aptive Index: https://www.aptiveindex.com/

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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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