<li><p>In the episode of <em>Redefining AI</em>, host Lauren Hawker Zafer speaks with <strong>Sangeet Paul Choudary</strong>, the bestselling author of <em>Platform Revolution</em> and the 2025 Thinkers50 Strategy Award winner for his latest book, <strong>Reshuffle</strong>.</p><p>Sangeet argues that we are currently repeating the early mistakes of the Cloud era, viewing AI through the narrow lens of productivity and intelligence benchmarks (like GPT-5) rather than the structural reorganization of work itself. </p><p>Lauren and Sangeet dive deep into why the next 18 months will bring a massive "narrative correction" as organizations move from asking what AI <em>is</em> to what it <em>does</em> to their capital allocation and organizational architecture.</p><p><strong>In this episode, you will learn:</strong></p><p><strong> The Intelligence Trap:</strong> Why focusing on brute-force AI performance is a distraction from true system restructuring.</p><p><strong>The Workforce Split:</strong> How to lead through the divide of "Blind Believers" and "Blind Rejectors."</p><p><strong>The Reshuffle Framework:</strong> Why AI is the "missing glue" for complex systems and how to redistribute work now that knowledge is no longer scarce.</p><p><strong>AI-Native vs. AI-Adopter:</strong> How to tell if a company is truly transforming or just "tacking on" tools (The Adobe vs. Figma distinction).</p><p><strong>Sangeet Paul Choudary breaks down</strong> the fundamental shift from <strong>AI-adopting</strong> to <strong>AI-native, and unpacks the most relevant issue in 2026:</strong></p><p>In an AI-adopting company, the person is the "node" and AI is the tool. In an AI-native company, the <strong>system</strong> is the node, and work is redistributed based on where intelligence (human or artificial) is most effective.</p><p>Here is a sharp, condensed way to state that principle:</p><p>The true shift isn't about augmenting individuals; it’s about rethinking the architecture of the organization itself. If you assume work must still be organized around individual silos, you aren't being AI-native. Real transformation happens when you stop asking how AI helps the person and start asking how work should be redistributed and restructured now that intelligence is a decentralized utility.</p></li><p><strong>00:00</strong> –  Sangeet Paul Choudary, author of Reshuffle, 2025 Thinkers50 Strategy Award winner </p><p><strong>01:30</strong> – The Problem with the "Intelligence-First" AI Narrative</p><p><strong>02:50</strong> – Beyond Intelligence: How AI Restructures Organizations</p><p><strong>04:00</strong> – The Winners and Losers of the AI Value Pie</p><p><strong>05:10</strong> – Moving from Task-Level AI to System-Level Assumptions</p><p><strong>06:20</strong> – Lessons from the Cloud: Why History Rhymes with AI</p><p><strong>08:00</strong> – Adobe vs. Figma: A Case Study in Native Architecture</p><p><strong>09:40</strong> – Reimagining Returns: Breaking the Productivity Optimization Loop</p><p><strong>11:15</strong> – 2025 Prediction: The Tension, Transition, and Transformation Phases</p><p><strong>12:50</strong> – Avoiding the Split: Blind Believers vs. Blind Rejectors</p><p><strong>14:10</strong> – The 18-Month Narrative Correction: From GPT-5 Hype to ROI Reality</p><p><strong>15:30</strong> – How to Spot a Genuinely AI-Native Company</p><p><strong>17:00</strong> – Rethinking Organizational Design: Distributed vs. Individual Work</p><p><strong>18:40</strong> – Why AI is a Strategy and Capital Allocation Decision (Not IT)</p><p><strong>19:50</strong> – Closing: Aligning Sales and Leadership with the New AI Architecture </p>