December 22, 2025
20 October 2025
🚀 Why “I Don’t Know Yet” Is the Most Valuable Leadership Skill in the AI Age: Dr. Kirstin Ferguson, author of best-selling book Blindspotting, reveals how expertise becomes your biggest enemy and why intellectual humility beats certainty every time.
⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction & Antarctica Adventures
02:06 Welcome to Dr. Kirstin Ferguson
04:15 Why Travel Reduces Blindspots
04:38 The UK Post Office Scandal: When “The Computer Is Always Right”
06:19 How Success Becomes the Enemy of Adaptation
08:19 The Power & Authority Problem: Why People Won’t Tell You You’re Wrong
10:09 Why Leaders Are Trained to Have All the Answers (And Why It’s Wrong)
15:37 Meg’s SuccessFactors Story: Leading Through “I Don’t Know”
23:56 What If the Post Office Had Been Curious Instead of Certain?
33:13 Meg’s Oracle Epiphany: When Everyone’s Pretending to Know
35:36 Reading the Room: When NOT to Say “I Don’t Know Yet”
43:57 Kirstin’s Work-From-Home Pivot: How to Change Your Mind Publicly
46:31 The Career Advice Blindspot: Why Parents Give Terrible Job Advice
49:15 The Three Practices: Be Honest, Be Curious, Be Flexible
50:47 Leadership Corner: Should You Pursue Leadership During Uncertain Times?
🔑 KEY INSIGHTS:
đź“š RESOURCES:
Blindspotting: How to See What Others Miss | https://amazn.so/97uYE8w
Head & Heart | https://amazn.so/oOLPfL2
Dr. Kirstin Ferguson’s weekly column “Got a Minute?” – Sydney Morning Herald/The Age
How Travel Rewires Your Brain | https://superage.com/one-creativity-h…
SAP SuccessFactors Migration | https://news.sap.com/2023/02/sap-succ…
Think Again, Adam Grant | https://amazn.so/wglEb5N
*đź”— CONNECT:*
Kirstin’s LinkedIn: / kirstinferguson
Kirstin’s Website: https://www.kirstinferguson.com/
Leadership Questions: amywilsonadvisor@gmail.com
Instagram: / megandamyshow
LinkedIn: / the-meg-amy-show
