Smidgen of Proof Podcast
1) Ep. 41 - AI Deep Dive: The Leadership Gap Inside Your Systems: Why Execution Feels Harder Than It Should
In this episode, we’re offering another way to consume our written work by turning the article The Operating Model Shift No One Planned For into an AI-driven conversation.Execution no longer lives pri...Show More
2) Ep. 40 - From Awareness to Action: Why Confidence Keeps Outpacing Clarity
In this AI Deep Dive, I turn a long-form leadership article into a live conversation with AI to explore a question most organizations avoid asking. Why do smart teams with high awareness still make fr...Show More
3) Ep. 39 - The Ghost in the Gearbox: Why AI Strategy Fails at Mach 1
This is one of our AI Deep Dives. In this special edition of Smidgen of Proof, we utilize advanced synthetic dialogue to bring you a new, highly analytical way of consuming our written content.AI exec...Show More
4) Ep. 38 - AI Deep Dive: The Hidden Cost of Frictionless Change
In an era where AI tools and platforms promise to optimize, streamline, and automate every aspect of business, we have become obsessed with the idea of "frictionless" change. But there is a hidden cos...Show More
5) Ep. 37 - The Growth Lesson No One Teaches with Guest Laura Lewis
Growth is often treated like a performance problem. Try harder. Move faster. Add pressure.But real growth works more like biology than business.In this episode, Laura Lewis joins the conversation to e...Show More
6) Ep.36 - AI Deep Dive: Addiction to Manufactured Certainty
In this episode, we explore a provocative theory by Christopher Donaleski: that AI operates on the exact same addictive mechanism as pornography. Just as porn offers desire without intimacy, AI feeds ...Show More
7) Ep. 35 - Generally Right vs. Genuinely True with Guest Dr. Irina Mirkina
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Irina Mirkina, a global expert in AI governance, data ethics, and high-stakes decision making. We explore why today’s AI systems are often “generally right” but no...Show More
8) Ep. 34 - AI Deep Dive: How Moving Faster Is Making You Fall Behind
Welcome to another AI-powered deep dive, where we turn our most impactful articles into short, insight-dense audio sessions for your walk, drive, or workday.Today’s episode unpacks a truth every leade...Show More
9) Ep. 33 - AI Deep Dive: You Can’t Save Your Way to 10X — Why Value Creation Is the Real ROI
AI Deep Dive: You Can’t Save Your Way to 10X — Why Value Creation Is the Real ROIWelcome to another AI-powered deep dive—where we take our most impactful articles and translate them into short, insigh...Show More
10) Ep. 32 - Building the Golden Bridge: Leading Change When You’re Not in Charge
In this episode of The Validated Mind, Christopher Donaleski sits down with Michelle Pauk, executive coach, facilitator, and author of Build a Golden Bridge: How to Lead Change When You’re Not in Char...Show More
Ep. 32 - Building the Golden Bridge: Leading Change When You’re Not in Charge
55:37 | Nov 11th, 2025