Leveraging Technology to Deepen Human Performance

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Technology is moving fast—but many leaders feel like they’re falling behind.

In this episode, Brian Ferguson and host Maureen Metcalf explore why technology alone doesn’t create high performance—and how it often amplifies existing human strengths and weaknesses instead. The conversation focuses on first principles of leadership, learning in an exponential world, and why judgment, humility, and adaptability matter more than ever.

You’ll hear insights on:
• Why technology should be treated as an amplifier, not a solution
• How expertise erodes when change outpaces learning
• What high-performing leaders do differently in complex systems
• Why first principles still matter in the age of AI and acceleration.
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This episode is for senior leaders, executives, and system-level decision makers who are navigating rapid change, and want clarity without chasing hype.
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RESOURCES:
Arena Labs’ website is https://arenalabs.co/. You’ll find more about Brian and the company’s human potential work there.

The groundbreaking books Brian mentioned are Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast & Slow (paperback at https://amzn.to/3ZnEKIy or audiobook at https://amzn.to/4sQJ0xG) and Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology (paperback at https://amzn.to/4r4Muet or audiobook at https://amzn.to/4qXFdNq).

Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here.

Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI, or check out the Kindle version at https://amzn.to/44buVz8. The audiobook version is now available at https://amzn.to/4dTCleZ.

Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here.

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OUR PODCAST TEAM:
Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Executive Producer: Dan Mushalko
Graphics Editor: Stacia Rogan
Sponsorship Sales Manager: Kristine Gross ([email protected])
Theme Music by Pavel Bekirov from Pixabay.

CONNECT WITH US:
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2
Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com

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About Our Guest:
Brian Ferguson has spent his career working in high-performance organizations, learning from leaders and decision-makers in national security, the military, and technology. He used those experiences to build Arena Labs, a company pioneering the field of High Performance Medicine®️. Arena Labs uses state-of-the-art training and technology solutions to bring the science of peak performance, creative mastery, and elite teams to modern healthcare and surgical teams.

Before founding Arena Labs, Brian served in the military as a Navy SEAL and as a civilian in national security working on matters of global security policy. He received an MSc from the London School of Economics.

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