12. Shifting the Mindset of an Enterprise Workforce with Geoff Gilmore

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Imagine going from saying, “AI has no place in steel manufacturing” … to declaring, “It is my expectation that you use AI” across 6,000 employees — all in under six months. That’s exactly what happened when one leader flipped the switch. At first skeptical, he was convinced AI couldn’t touch a 65-year-old steel company. But a persistent senior leader put the right books in his hands — Co-Intelligence and The AI-Driven Leader — and suddenly, curiosity turned into conviction. Within months, he vulnerably admitted, “I wasn’t an expert, but I led anyway.” That courage gave his people permission to act. Pilots surged: predictive inventory, machine reliability, contract analyzers, and more —…