Author Interview Episodes

Andrew Lopianowski is the founder of Human Corps and co-author of Human Corps: Redesigning Organizations for the Wisdom Age. For more than 20 years, he has worked with CEOs and executive teams on leadership, culture, and performance. In this conversation, Andrew argues that AI’s biggest challenge is organizational: we are introducing new capabilities into ways of working built for another era. He and Leticia explore why more processes can make companies less adaptable, how leaders can build trust in technology, and why human judgment and collective thinking matter more as AI takes on information-heavy work. Andrew also shares the question that keeps him curious: Have you thought about what you think about?

David Solbach is an author, poet, carpenter, former taxi driver, and jazz musician whose life has moved through some of the most fascinating cultural shifts in modern America. From growing up as a Kansas farm boy to arriving in San Francisco as the Beat generation gave way to the hippie movement, David reflects on music, freedom, writing, reinvention, and the deeper lessons of a life lived outside the conventional script. In this conversation, we explore how jazz shaped his writing, how driving a taxi taught him to read people, and why he believes the 1960s changed human consciousness in ways we are still wrestling with today.