Product For Humans | The Practice of Product IRL!

About Product For Humans | The Practice of Product IRL!

Product for Humans is the podcast where AI meets real life. Hosted by Christa Hill (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christajhill/) and Renee Matsalla (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmatsalla/), co-founders of Tacit Edge (https://tacit-edge.com/), the show is part deep conversation with people doing remarkable work in AI, ethics, and leadership, and part honest processing of what we're seeing on the ground every single week. Some episodes feature guests who are challenging how we think about everything from decolonizing AI to workforce transformation. Others are just us, talking through what we're learning, what surprised us, and what we got wrong. This is not a hype show. There are no predictions about the singularity. No breathless takes on the latest model release. This is a show about what it actually looks like to lead, build, and make decisions when the tools are changing faster than the playbook. We talk about AI literacy, product thinking, organizational design, trust, bias, and what it means to adopt responsibly when there is no instruction manual. If you are a leader, a founder, someone navigating AI for your team or your career, or just a curious human trying to make sense of all of this, you are in the right place. New episodes drop regularly. Find us at pfh.riverside.com (http://pfh.riverside.com).

Publisher

Christa Hill & Renee Matsalla | Co-Founders of Tacit Edge Product Leadership

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Apr 2024

Latest episode

18 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

24 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Jul 2026

   Raising Kids in the Age of AI: From Policing to Leading with Lulu Ibude

   AI is already showing up in our children’s classrooms, homework, entertainment, friendships and online lives. The question is no longer whether they will use it. The question is whether families will learn how to navigate it together. In this episode of Product for Humans, Christa Hill sits down with author, coach and facilitator Lulu Ibude for a practical and deeply human conversation about parenting in the age of AI. They explore how parents can move from policing technology to leading their children through it, even when their kids appear to understand the tools better than they do. Lulu shares how family values, culture, trust and open communication can shape the boundaries we create around AI. Christa and Lulu also discuss privacy, ethics, deepfakes, misinformation, screen time, difficult conversations and the importance of helping children become thoughtful creators rather than passive consumers. You do not need to be a technology expert to begin. You need curiosity, a willingness to learn alongside your children and the confidence to lead your family according to your own values. Join Lulu’s live session Raising Kids in the Age of AI: Ethics, Privacy and Deepfakes Saturday, August 8, 2026 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM MT Presented through Africa Centre This beginner-friendly session is designed for parents who want to protect and prepare their children for a world shaped by AI. No technology background is required. Join the session: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81959370300?pwd=gXVVOuPz6BYRrKwLiXKBKFwTsUSnxi.1 (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81959370300?pwd=gXVVOuPz6BYRrKwLiXKBKFwTsUSnxi.1) Meeting ID: 819 5937 0300 Passcode: 5555 Get Lulu’s guide, Growing Up With AI https://www.lulu.com/shop/oluomachi-ibude/growing-with-ai/paperback/product-2mdrq6j.html (https://www.lulu.com/shop/oluomachi-ibude/growing-with-ai/paperback/product-2mdrq6j.html) Connect with Lulu LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oluomachiibude (https://www.linkedin.com/in/oluomachiibude) Connect with Christa LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christajhill/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christajhill/) Tacit Edge: https://tacit-edge.com (https://tacit-edge.com)

2. 

   14 Jun 2026

   What if the only skill you actually need is the willingness to try?

   In this episode of the Beyond Technology Podcast, Shawn Freeman sits down with Christa Hill, CEO of Tacit Edge, to talk about what happens when everyday people start building with AI instead of just talking about it. From sales teams in Alberta's industrial companies to chamber of commerce leaders, Christa is watching non-technical people build real automations every week, and she has strong opinions about what keeps everyone else on the sidelines. Christa shares the story of a student who built a system that scrapes competitor pricing overnight and delivers a punchy voice memo to the whole sales team every morning. She breaks down the most chronic mistake she sees in startups: spending $150,000 to learn what $15,000 could have taught you. And she explains why AI adoption has to start with leadership literacy, why safety right now is a moral compass and not a policy, and why our relationship to time has to change when a 20-day quote becomes a 20-second one. As Christa puts it: your idea brought you into the arena, but your customers grow the arena for you. And it is way more fun to be rich than it is to be right. What You'll Learn: - Why "the try is the skill," and the skill-before-the-skill myth keeping people out of the game - The overbuilding trap: why fear of looking unprepared craters more capital than anything else - How to test whether a problem is a "jugular gusher" or a paper cut before you spend a dollar - Why non-technical people can build real AI automations after a two-week vocabulary on-ramp - How technical language has been used to gatekeep, and why that power is slipping away - Why leaders need to become builders before they can set AI expectations for their teams - Why AI safety today lives in your moral compass, not in policy or frameworks - The daily tool stack Christa runs a global education company with as one person In This Episode: 00:00 Welcome and what Tacit Edge does 01:05 Building a lifestyle, not an empire 02:09 The sales team that wakes up to AI voice memos 05:15 The $150K mistake: overbuilding before the market speaks 07:30 "I'd rather be rich than right" 08:11 Jugular gusher or paper cut: testing problems for free 11:48 The RV office, voice tools, and leaning into your gifts 15:23 The skill before the skill is a myth 16:58 How technical language gatekeeps the business 18:40 Why a chat beats fancy UX 20:09 From 20-day quotes to 20 seconds 21:58 Breaking up with our relationship to time 24:13 Why AI adoption starts with leadership literacy 26:50 Safety is a moral compass, not a policy 28:18 Is leadership getting harder? 29:24 Christa's daily tool stack 32:37 Transformation is not a point in time 35:03 Where to find Christa About Christa Hill: Christa Hill is the CEO of Tacit Edge, where she drives AI literacy across Canada by authoring curriculum and creating courses for every Canadian, whether they are in elementary school, the trades, professional roles, or organizations. Her work sits at the intersection of technology, people, and process, teaching leaders and teams to become builders, not just users, so they can reduce risk, build stronger guardrails, and lean into the human gifts that technology amplifies. Connect with Christa: Website: https://tacit-edge.com (https://tacit-edge.com) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christajhill/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christajhill/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christa.hill.ai/ (https://www.instagram.com/christa.hill.ai/)

3. 

   7 Jun 2026

   What if your AI strategy is making your team faster, but not actually smarter?

   In this episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon Lembi sits down with Christa Hill, Co-Founder of Tacit Edge and Learnit's Chief AI Learning Officer, to unpack why so many leaders, teams, and organizations are still using artificial intelligence at what Christa calls "brochure-level." Playing around with ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, or Gemini might feel like progress, but real AI literacy starts when you stop treating AI like a shortcut and start using it to rethink strategy, decision-making, team workflows, and business value. Christa explains why most people are still operating at a grade three or four level of AI literacy, why productivity wins eventually cap out, and why leaders cannot keep approving AI tools they do not understand. She also breaks down one of the biggest mistakes companies are making right now: banning AI and accidentally pushing employees into risky "shadow AI" behavior. As Christa puts it, organizations do not have AI problems. They have very human problems surrounding the technology. Because AI may have more IQ points than us, but it does not have our judgment, empathy, lived experience, or what Christa calls "your proprietary data set." What You'll Learn: What "brochure-level" AI use is, and why surface-level productivity hacks are not enough Why Christa calls ChatGPT "Captain Confidence," and the final 30% only you can add How to avoid wasting money on AI adoption by solving one or two business problems first Why productivity wins cap out without connection to team goals and business strategy How meeting transcripts and AI can surface trends, risks, and new opportunities Why banning AI tools may be one of the riskiest moves a company can make The true human advantage: your judgment, empathy, context, and proprietary data set In This Episode: 00:00 Episode preview and introduction 01:22 Why Copilot doesn't make you AI literate 03:03 The mistake self-taught AI users keep making 08:16 The "Captain Confidence" problem with ChatGPT 10:30 Why most people are still at a grade three AI level 14:12 Productivity wins are not an AI strategy 16:52 How one team bought back time with AI literacy 19:09 Why your team needs "game one days" 23:15 Why AI literacy makes people less afraid of being replaced 24:25 Technical debt explained for non-technical leaders 27:01 Why every meeting should become usable data 28:52 The "yes, and" exercise that kills bad brainstorming 31:45 Why people don't have their best ideas on command 33:41 How leaders can capture ideas before they disappear 38:21 AI is a mirror, so what is it exposing? 39:37 Why Christa doesn't buy the AI replacement panic 42:18 The question every leader should ask AI but probably won't 45:13 Why banning AI might be your riskiest move 54:09 The executive AI questions leaders are afraid to ask 57:18 Smash or pass: the AI tools Christa actually recommends 01:01:41 The human advantage AI can't copy 01:03:21 How to know when you need real AI education About Christa Hill: Christa Hill is the Co-Founder of Tacit Edge and Chief AI Learning Officer at Learnit. With more than 20 years in technology, product management, and business transformation. Connect: Christa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christajhill/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christajhill/) Tacit Edge: https://tacit-edge.com/ (https://tacit-edge.com/) Learnit: https://www.learnit.com (https://www.learnit.com) Follow Learnit on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/learn-it/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/learn-it/)

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