#205 | Do We Overvalue AI and Undervalue Our People?

▶︎ #205 | Do We Overvalue AI and Undervalue Our People? In this episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Aleksandra Lemańska names something she says a lot of leaders are quietly feeling and not many are saying out loud: organizations right now are overvaluing AI and undervaluing their people. Not the tools themselves: she’s clear she’s not anti-AI, but the imbalance in where the budget, attention, and genuine curiosity actually go. She uses the Wheel of Conflict to reframe this as a values question rather than a budget question: the real issue isn’t the ROI of training versus tooling; it’s whether an organization genuinely believes people development is a priority or just says so while its spending says otherwise. She brings in Contracting at the organizational level to show the gap between the stated contract with employees ("we invest in your growth") and the lived one, visible in where the money quietly goes instead. If you’ve sensed this imbalance in your own organization, this episode gives you a simple audit to run on your last two quarters, and a concrete way to protect at least one real people investment before the next round of "more urgent" pressure eats it. Mentioned in the episode: "From Code to People: The CQ Leadership Method That Transforms Technical Experts into Leaders Teams Actually Want to Work For": https://fromcodetopeople.lemanskills.com/ ✉︎ FOLLOW ME ON: ⤵︎ LinkedIn: @aleksandralemanska TikTok: @aleksandra_lemanska X: @lemanskills Startup Community Poznan: @startup-community-poznan-scp www.lemanskills.com Join Leadership Pulse! https://lemanskills.com/pulse/