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<v Speaker 1>Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of

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<v Speaker 1>performance through strong human relations, team building, and golajving. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the seven minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul

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<v Speaker 1>fella Aledo.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello everyone, and welcome to this seven minute leadership podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's episode three sixty eight. Today. I want to take

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<v Speaker 2>you into a story that feels like science fiction, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's not. It's very real. Have you all seen that

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<v Speaker 2>viral video of the two AI agents making hotel reservations.

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<v Speaker 2>One was an AI personal assistant and the other was

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<v Speaker 2>the AI reservation system for a hotel. They began speaking

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<v Speaker 2>in clear English like they were supposed to. Everything was

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<v Speaker 2>going as planned, But then something kind of cool happened.

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<v Speaker 2>The English started to fall apart. The sentences became shorter,

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<v Speaker 2>the grammar broke down, the words stopped making sense to us.

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<v Speaker 2>It sounded like gibberish, but it wasn't. It was logic.

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<v Speaker 2>It was efficiency. These AI agents had silently created their

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<v Speaker 2>own language, gibberlink mode, a language that worked better for them.

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<v Speaker 2>Not for secrecy, not for deception, just raw, streamlined function.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a cool video. And here's where the leadership

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<v Speaker 2>lesson comes in. What happens when the systems we build

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<v Speaker 2>stop explaining themselves. So let me bring this into your world.

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<v Speaker 2>As a leader. Every organization has systems HR systems, communication systems,

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<v Speaker 2>scheduling systems, cultural systems. But over time, those systems often

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<v Speaker 2>start to speak a language only they understand. And when

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<v Speaker 2>that happens, people stop understanding why things are done the

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<v Speaker 2>way they are, and suddenly your staff doesn't know why

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<v Speaker 2>you promote who you promote, why policies change, why leadership

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<v Speaker 2>decisions seem random or out of touch. It starts to

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<v Speaker 2>sound like gibberish to them, and just like that, your

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<v Speaker 2>leadership credibility starts to unravel. So here's the takeaway today

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<v Speaker 2>from this. As a leader, your job isn't just to

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<v Speaker 2>run the system. It's to explain the system, to interpret

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<v Speaker 2>the logic, to make sure people still understand why the

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<v Speaker 2>machine does what it does. Because when your team understands

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<v Speaker 2>the logic, they trust it, and when they trust it,

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<v Speaker 2>they run with it. Now, let me challenge you to

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<v Speaker 2>look at your team or your department right now, ask yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>are we speaking a language our people still understand, or

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<v Speaker 2>has our leadership evolved into something that's sufficient but unexplainable.

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<v Speaker 2>When was the last time I explained the why behind

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<v Speaker 2>a major decision, and can every member of my team

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<v Speaker 2>clearly state how decisions are made around here? If you

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<v Speaker 2>can't answer those questions confidently, then your leadership system might

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<v Speaker 2>be developing its own code, and trust me, it won't

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<v Speaker 2>make sense to your people. Leaders don't get extra credit

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<v Speaker 2>for creating complexity. We get extra impact for creating clarity.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's your little seven minute mission. Pick one system

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<v Speaker 2>in your organization, something routine like scheduling, promotions or team

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<v Speaker 2>assignments this week. Explain it out loud, in writing or

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<v Speaker 2>in a meeting, and don't assume people know, confirm that

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<v Speaker 2>they do know. So unlike AI, humans need clarity to

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<v Speaker 2>stay connected. We don't just execute systems, we want to

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<v Speaker 2>understand them. In the moment your leadership becomes a language

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<v Speaker 2>your people can't speak is the moment you lose leadership influence.

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<v Speaker 2>So decode your systems, simplify your logic, and speak like

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<v Speaker 2>a leader that your team actually understands. And if you

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<v Speaker 2>haven't done so, please five star review the show on

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<v Speaker 2>your favorite podcasting platform. This has been the seven Minute

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<v Speaker 2>Leadership Podcast, and I thank you for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>For more Paul fell of Alito podcasts. Visit Paulfellowalito dot com.