Episode 41: Unsubscribe: Letting Go to Lead Better in the Age of AI with Ginny Priem
Host Annette Klososky and co-host/producer Annie Brown introduce a new Leader Spotlight series focused on how leaders are learning, experimenting with, and implementing AI in their organizations and personal lives. Annette interviews Ginny Priem, a former corporate leader, TEDx/keynote speaker, and bestselling author of “Unsubscribed,” about leaders being overwhelmed, “over-functioning,” and mistaking busyness for productivity. Priem explains how letting go, avoiding micromanagement, and building diversified teams improves culture and results, and how her framework helps filter out what doesn’t matter. She shares leaving corporate after a traumatic personal experience, writing “You’re My Favorite,” and building a coaching/speaking business before exiting. They discuss using AI to offload administrative tasks to create more space for human connection in leadership. Priem shares her guiding “architect of your own destiny” mindset and where to connect with her.
Show Notes / Timestamps
00:00 Busy Versus Productive
00:48 Show And Season Intro
01:41 AI Series Focus
04:14 Where To Follow
05:03 Meet Ginny Priem
06:00 Unsubscribed Overview
08:05 Overfunctioning Leaders
10:21 Letting Go Advantage
13:18 Leaving Corporate Story
16:10 AI And Human Leadership
19:47 Architect Your Destiny
21:04 Unsubscribe Framework Tips
23:06 Connect With Ginny
23:44 What She's Reading
26:44 Final Thanks And Outro
15 Sept 2026
Episode 40: Voice AI That Hears How You Feel | Chloe Duckworth on Valence AI AI and the Future of Customer Experience
Leader Spotlight host Annette Klososky and producer/co-host Annie introduce a season focused on applied AI implementation and interview Chloe Duckworth, co-founder and CEO of Valence AI AI. Duckworth, who started the company at 19 while on a pre-med track at USC and graduated in two and a half years, explains Valence AI’s real-time vocal emotion infrastructure for voice AI, which analyzes tone and prosody to help human agents or AI voice agents route calls, de-escalate, and improve outcomes in enterprise contact centers and regulated industries.
When this podcast was recorded, Valence AI AI announced a $5M seed round after 18 months on the market and reports production results including ~30% reduction in average handle time. Duckworth describes modeling brain-like signal transduction, addressing the “uncanny valley,” building representative language/demographic emotion datasets, and creating customer personas, while also sharing her AI tool usage and reading recommendations.
Show Notes / Timestamps
00:00 MCAT To Startup Hook
00:47 Show Intro And Season Focus
03:37 Meet Chloe And Valence AI
07:24 Chloe Origin Story USC
09:13 AI Background And Approach
10:43 What Valence AI Builds
12:56 Seed Round And Traction
15:29 Founder Confidence And Mentors
18:25 Neuroscience Of Emotion AI
23:08 Personas And Data Diversity
26:40 Staying Focused And ROI
31:39 How Chloe Uses AI Daily
33:08 Recommendations And Wrap Up
36:12 Outro And Resources
54:44 How Support Helps Now
58:25 Closing and Call to Action
Connect with Chloe Duckworth:
Social Media
LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloe-duckworth)
X (https://x.com/duckworthchloe)
Website
Valence AI AI (https://getvalenceai.com/)
22 Oct 2024
Episode 39: Career Shifts and Following Your Passion with Annick Jasmin
In this episode, we are joined by the vibrant and passionate Annick Jasmin, whose journey spans over 25 years in marketing and business development within the animal health industry. Annick took an unexpected turn in her career, following her true passion for fashion, design, and trends, leading her to found her own clothing and accessory company, OHSHO. Based in Montreal, Annick's energy and charisma will keep you captivated as she shares her inspiring story of reinvention and entrepreneurship. Tune in for a conversation you won’t want to miss!
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