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⭐WF5 Winning the AI wrestling match feat. Alan Weiss and Leanne Hughes

AI is everywhere, and depending on who you listen to, it’s either going to make our working lives dramatically better or completely destroy our careers.

I’m replaying a conversation I had with the rock star of consulting, Alan Weiss, on Talk the Walk.

We called it Winning the AI Wrestling Match because I wanted to have a more useful conversation than the usual “AI is coming for your job” doom loop.

Alan’s view? Stop panicking.

AI will absolutely displace some work. But every major technologi

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⭐WF5 Winning the AI wrestling match feat. Alan Weiss and Leanne Hughes
Sept. 10, 2026

⭐WF5 Winning the AI wrestling match feat. Alan Weiss and Leanne Hughes

AI is everywhere, and depending on who you listen to, it’s either going to make our working lives dramatically better or completely destroy our careers. I’m replaying a conversation I had with the rock star of consulting, Alan Weiss, on Talk the Walk. We called it Winning the AI Wrestling Match because I wanted to have a more useful conversation than the usual “AI is coming for your job” doom loop. Alan’s view? Stop panicking. AI will absolutely displace some work. But every major technologi
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⭐WF4: Crafting the Work Fame Keynote with Dr. Jason Fox (aka Fox Wizard)
Sept. 8, 2026

⭐WF4: Crafting the Work Fame Keynote with Dr. Jason Fox (aka Fox Wizard)

I recorded this one in Melbourne with my good friend Dr. Jason Fox, one of Australia's Keynote Speakers of the Year, where we'd spent a couple of days together crafting a keynote based on Work Fame. In this episode Jason and I talk through what we've actually been building: an energetic arc that takes a room, sceptics included, from where they are to somewhere new, built around the contribution idea from the book. Jason walks through how we opened by naming the allergy a lot of people have to t
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⭐WF3 Raygun: Work Fame Hero or Villain?
Sept. 2, 2026

⭐WF3 Raygun: Work Fame Hero or Villain?

Raygun: Work Fame Hero or Villain? I watched the Netflix documentary about Rachael Gunn, the Australian breakdancer who went viral at the Paris 2024 Olympics after scoring zero across three battles, mostly thanks to that infamous kangaroo and sprinkler routine. In this episode I ask whether Raygun is a work fame hero or a villain. I land on hero. Her style wasn't textbook, but she and her husband had total conviction in their own taste, and someone who competed at the Olympic qualifiers confirm
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⭐WF2 Dementors at work
Sept. 1, 2026

⭐WF2 Dementors at work

I share a concept that almost made it into Work Fame but got cut in the edit: energy management, and what it really means to add value at work. I was reflecting on a self-imposed writing retreat to the Gold Coast in February, where I'd printed out my entire manuscript and chunked it into categories. In this episode I explain why this topic didn't survive that cut, even though I still think it matters. It centres on one of the book's core ideas, the contribution spotlight, and the assumption tha
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⭐WF1: Welcome to Work Fame (a pop-up podcast)
Aug. 31, 2026

⭐WF1: Welcome to Work Fame (a pop-up podcast)

Leanne kicks off a pop-up podcast in the lead-up to the launch of her second book, Work Fame: Get the Projects, Promotions, and Perks You Deserve (Wiley), out 30 September 2026. If you followed her daily show Leanne On Demand last year, this feed is where it lives on, now with a Work Fame focus for the next month. In this episode, Leanne explains where the phrase "Work Fame" came from, what it means (a reputation that opens doors before you knock and attracts the right opportunities to you), an
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You Made It, Now What? Defining What’s Beyond Success (with Alan Weiss)
Aug. 13, 2026

You Made It, Now What? Defining What’s Beyond Success (with Alan Weiss)

Alan and I catch up over coffee and martinis, talk weather and travel (including his Nantucket trip), and share updates on upcoming books and family projects. We dive into “you made it, now what?”—how successful people start asking “how much is enough?” and why the better question is “enough of what?” Alan argues success is about purpose, not endless accumulation, and warns about scarcity mindset, low self-esteem, and normative pressure to “beat the Joneses.” He shares practical markers of “enou
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Leanne Hughes

Speaker | Author | Podcaster

Leanne Hughes makes people famous at work.

As a keynote speaker, advisor and author, she helps leaders and teams become more visible, influential and effective in the way they communicate and lead. Her career has taken her from regional Australia to stages in New York, Mumbai and Mongolia.

She is the host of two podcasts, First Time Facilitator and Leanne on Demand, reaching listeners in more than 80 countries, and the author of the bestselling The 2-Hour Workshop Blueprint. Work Fame is her second book.

Based in Brisbane, Australia, Leanne is known for blending warmth, humour and bold ideas that challenge people to think bigger and act sooner.