The Problem With... Not Using AI | Daniel Priestley
Daniel Priestley, bestselling author and leading entrepreneur, explains why AI is the most disruptive force of our lifetime - bigger than social media, mobile phones, or even the internet itself.
He reveals why businesses that fail to adapt by 2027 will be left behind, how personal brands and communities will survive the AI wave, and why now is not the time to rest.
Daniel Priestley is an internationally recognised speaker, author of five bestselling books including Key Person of Influence, and founder of multiple multimillion-dollar companies.
In this episode, he shares powerful frameworks and predictions that every entrepreneur, creator, and professional needs to hear as AI reshapes the economy.
He explains:
What to look out for as indicators of change; Big Tech reactions.
Why “your business is already dead”—and how to reinvent it with AI.
The “sponge vs. icing” framework: how humans add the only value AI can’t.
Why 2027 marks the turning point from “AI toy” to total disruption.
The Loops & Groups model: running high-output businesses with lean teams.
How to future-proof your career by becoming a director, not a doer.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:20 - The problem with.. Business & AI
3:12 - Reluctance to change
10:38 - How to think about AI
15:04 - Loops & Groups
18:26 - Positive Lifestyle Changes
24:20 - Is University Over?
32:33 - AI & Farming
37:32 - Wages & Productivity
42:48 - Personal Brands
56:50 - The Dog Trainer
1:03:14 - Staying Motivated
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Why I’m Bringing Back My Podcast…
The Problem With… isn’t here to give easy answers - it’s here to ask the uncomfortable questions behind today’s biggest trends and taboos.
Each week, host James Smith digs into what’s really going on - from AI to wellness culture - through unfiltered chats with experts and insiders to uncover the truth behind the noise.
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#1 Introduction
The introduction to The James Smith Podcast. James gives a brief overview about his new podcast.
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Glassed & Blinded Unprovoked On A Night Out - Matt Syron
A friend of mine, father of two @matthewjsyron was glassed and blinded on a night out in Leeds unprovoked on Boxing Day last year. Please listen to this podcast and follow / support Matt on Instagram. https://gofundme.com/f/for-our-ironman-matthew-james-syron https://change.org/p/ban-glass-from-nightclubs-and-bars-in-the-uk-after-9pm-to-prevent-violent-glass-attacks Thanks for listening. James
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David Robson - The Expectation Effect
David Robson is an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour. After graduating with a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University, he worked as a features editor at New Scientist for five years, before moving to BBC Future, where he was a senior journalist for five years. His writing has also appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Aeon, Men’s Health and many more outlets. In 2021, David received awards from the Association of British Science Writers and the UK Medical Journalists’ Association (MJA) for his writing on misinformation and risk communication during the COVID pandemic. In 2022, he won Mental Health Story of the Year at the MJA Annual Awards and was a finalist for the Best British Science Journalist of the Year Award from the ABSW. David’s first book, The Intelligence Trap, was published in 2019, and received worldwide media attention. His second book The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life, was published in the UK on 6 January 2022 and in the USA and Canada on 15 February 2022. It is “a journey through the cutting-edge science of how our mindset shapes every facet of our lives, revealing how your brain holds the keys to unlocking a better you”. The Expectation Effect was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and won a British Psychological Society Book Award in the popular science category.
The Problem With… isn’t here to give easy answers - it’s here to ask the uncomfortable questions behind today’s biggest trends and taboos.
Each week, host James Smith digs into what’s really going on - from AI to wellness culture - through unfiltered chats with experts and insiders to uncover the truth behind the noise.
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