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What If AI Were Your Business Partner? A Conversation with Matt Leta

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What If AI Were Your Business Partner? How can school leaders use AI as a thought partner and collaborator?

The conversation around AI isn’t about the future anymore, it’s about now. This week’s episode is a thought-provoking one. I sit down with Matt Leta, founder and CEO of FutureWorks, a serial entrepreneur, and a forward-thinking voice on AI in leadership and education.

Matt doesn’t just talk about AI. He lives it. In this conversation, he shares how he launched a company with AI as his business partner, what he learned from the experience, and how those lessons connect to leadership, resilience, and systems thinking.

Here are three big takeaways from our conversation:

  1. AI as a Thought Partner and Collaborator: Imagine treating AI not as a tool, but as a colleague. Matt shares how FutureWorks was built on this idea.

  2. Resilience and Learning Through Failure: Matt opens up about nearly losing everything (an “eight-figure collapse”) that he now calls his real MBA. His story is a powerful reminder that leadership requires both courage and reflection, especially in times of crisis.

  3. Human Comfort and Change Management: Even the best technology fails if people aren’t ready for it. We explore how to help teams move from curiosity to confidence.

This episode will stretch your thinking about what it means to lead—and learn—in the age of AI.

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Follow Host Peter Stiepleman on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-stiepleman-76004819a/ Website: https://imperfectleader.com/

YouTube (video of conversation):

https://www.youtube.com/@animperfectleaderleadershi5144/featured

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animperfectleader/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@animperfectleader

Follow Co-host Jamie Almanzán on:

https://www.apccollab.com/

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An Imperfect Leader is sponsored by Yondr.

Schools around the world are seeing the damaging effects of phones on student engagement, social development, and mental health.

Yondr has developed a unique product and program to allow schools to become phone-free, from arrival to dismissal.

Learn why 1 Million Students use Yondr every day.

MINIMIZE DISTRACTIONS. MAXIMIZE LEARNING POTENTIAL.

Go to overyondr.com to learn more.

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An Imperfect Leader: Leadership in (After) Action is supported by ILAA, LLC, a firm dedicated to supporting aspiring, new, and established leaders. For more information, please find them at imperfectleader.com.

Music for An Imperfect Leader was written and arranged by Ian Varley.

Sam Falbo created our artwork, a wood-print inspired daruma doll butterfly.

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What If AI Were Your Business Partner? How can school leaders use AI as a thought partner and collaborator?

The conversation around AI isn’t about the future anymore, it’s about now. This week’s episode is a thought-provoking one. I sit down with Matt Leta, founder and CEO of FutureWorks, a serial entrepreneur, and a forward-thinking voice on AI in leadership and education.

Matt doesn’t just talk about AI. He lives it. In this conversation, he shares how he launched a company with AI as his business partner, what he learned from the experience, and how those lessons connect to leadership, resilience, and systems thinking.

Here are three big takeaways from our conversation:

  1. AI as a Thought Partner and Collaborator: Imagine treating AI not as a tool, but as a colleague. Matt shares how FutureWorks was built on this idea.

  2. Resilience and Learning Through Failure: Matt opens up about nearly losing everything (an “eight-figure collapse”) that he now calls his real MBA. His story is a powerful reminder that leadership requires both courage and reflection, especially in times of crisis.

  3. Human Comfort and Change Management: Even the best technology fails if people aren’t ready for it. We explore how to help teams move from curiosity to confidence.

This episode will stretch your thinking about what it means to lead—and learn—in the age of AI.

-------

Follow Host Peter Stiepleman on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-stiepleman-76004819a/ Website: https://imperfectleader.com/

YouTube (video of conversation):

https://www.youtube.com/@animperfectleaderleadershi5144/featured

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animperfectleader/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@animperfectleader

Follow Co-host Jamie Almanzán on:

https://www.apccollab.com/

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An Imperfect Leader is sponsored by Yondr.

Schools around the world are seeing the damaging effects of phones on student engagement, social development, and mental health.

Yondr has developed a unique product and program to allow schools to become phone-free, from arrival to dismissal.

Learn why 1 Million Students use Yondr every day.

MINIMIZE DISTRACTIONS. MAXIMIZE LEARNING POTENTIAL.

Go to overyondr.com to learn more.

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An Imperfect Leader: Leadership in (After) Action is supported by ILAA, LLC, a firm dedicated to supporting aspiring, new, and established leaders. For more information, please find them at imperfectleader.com.

Music for An Imperfect Leader was written and arranged by Ian Varley.

Sam Falbo created our artwork, a wood-print inspired daruma doll butterfly.

  continue reading

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