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Join best friends Meg Bear and Amy Wilson on The Meg and Amy Show – a podcast for big-picture thinkers who are ready to challenge the status quo. As former tech executives and seasoned business leaders, Meg and Amy have spent decades leading through change. Now, they’re joining forces to break down the trends they’ve lived and helped shape.
Episode 20 | Angela Le Mathon: Speaking the Language of Business – From Skills to AI ROI
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Episode 20 | Angela Le Mathon: Speaking the Language of Business – From Skills to AI ROI
Angela Le Mathon reveals how HR leaders can move beyond the "skills data trap" to drive real business outcomes with AI. Learn how to speak the language of business, avoid the employee experience trap, and design AI-native organizations in this thought-provoking conversation on business transformation and leadership.
**🔑 KEY INSIGHTS:**
Skills data works for talent marketplaces but doesn't drive business outcomes
HR must shift from talking about programs and platforms to speaking outcomes language
Treat AI as experimental technology and focus on safe use cases first
Employee experience initiatives need specific productivity unlocks, not general improvements
Future organizations will be designed AI-native from the ground up
**⏰ TIMESTAMPS:**
00:00 Introduction to Angela Le Mathon
02:05 Culture shock: Coming back to America
03:57 Angela's journey into analytics
07:29 Evolution from "what's happening" to "what's possible"
15:28 Building cross-functional analytics teams
16:50 Why everyone needs to become a unicorn
19:53 The analytics evolution moment
23:14 AI advisory tips for CHROs
26:31 The employee experience trap
42:46 AI native org design and workforce planning
45:30 Speaking the language of business
47:00 The skills data reality check
49:11 Final advice: Embrace experimentation
50:23 Leadership Corner: Getting senior colleagues to listen
**📚 RESOURCES:**
Angela's Guest Lecture at Stanford: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7358923352830296065/
Everything is Figureoutable: https://amazn.so/mOs1fUJ
Range: https://amazn.so/iUn324r
**🔗 CONNECT:**
Angela: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lemathon/
Leadership Questions: amywilsonadvisor@gmail.com
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-meg-amy-show
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The Meg and Amy Show
Join best friends Meg Bear and Amy Wilson on The Meg and Amy Show – a podcast for big-picture thinkers who are ready to challenge the status quo. As former tech executives and seasoned business leaders, Meg and Amy have spent decades leading through change. Now, they’re joining forces to break down the trends they’ve lived and helped shape.
