Author of USE YOUR BRAIN (Jan 2027) DIGITAL BODY LANGUAGE. Award Winning CEO Coach. Leadership Keynote Speaker. FREE Toolkit: ericadhawan.com/aitoolkit
The pause is the most expensive thing you can do at work right now.
Everyone around you is producing.
You're sitting with the question.
That discomfort isn't inefficiency.
It's the only thing the machine can't fake.
True media story: A finance manager joined a video call with his CFO.
Recognized every face. Authorized $25M in transfers.
Every person on the call was synthetic.
The lesson isn't cybersecurity.
It's what we've stopped questioning.
Stanford put a number on AI's hidden tax.
40% of workers received "workslop," polished AI output that doesn't advance the task.
Cleanup cost: $186 per employee per month.
For a 10,000-person company: $9M a year.
It's not on your dashboard. It's on your people.
I became a coach 25 years ago to make a difference. I celebrate all the wins and commiserate with the setbacks for my clients.
I’m thrilled to be named a top executive coach for 2026 on Industry Leaders’ list . I’m honored to be sharing this with my rock-star colleagues Melody Wilding (@MelodyWilding), Aiko Bethea, Liz Fosslien (@fosslien), Liz Wiseman (@LizWiseman), Michael Bungay Stainer, Erica Dhawan (@ericadhawan ), Muriel Wilkins (@MurielMWilkins), Tasha Eurich (@tashaeurich), Dan Martell (@danmartell) and Sabina Nawaz (@sabinanawaz) .
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Confession:
I outsourced my son’s bedtime story to ChatGPT.
The story was better than anything I would have made up.
But something felt wrong.
Because the real thing I had outsourced… wasn’t the story.
It was the thinking.
New Substack essay:
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💡Make sure you catch the keynote presentation featuring @ericadhawan. She will delve into the new signals and cues that have replaced traditional body language in online communication, affecting our ability to understand each other.
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MARA CEO @fgthiel met with @OmarSAlolama, Minister of State for AI and Digital Economy of UAE, at an UNGA roundtable hosted by the @USChamber. The discussion focused on the UAE’s AI 2031 strategy and explored opportunities for collaboration and innovation in AI.