Who’s Responsible? 4 Billion People Need Coaching and Tech Companies Got There First
Lewin Keller on The Edge of Human & AI, the Viva la Coaching podcast hosted by Rebecca Rutschmann.
There are 120,000 certified coaches on the planet. There are 4 billion people who could use one. And right now it is tech companies, not coaches, who are deciding what coaching means for all of them.
Lewin, founder of CoachBot.ai, joins Rebecca Rutschmann for one of the most honest conversations in the series. A former Google engineer turned coach turned AI builder, he pulls no punches on the responsibility gap in AI coaching, the design mistakes organisations make, and why coaches sitting on the sidelines are running out of time.
What you’ll take away
Why responsibility is the pink elephant nobody in AI coaching wants to talk about
How a “police officer” moderating agent keeps AI coaches from going off the rails
Lewin’s personal journey letting go of purely non-directive coaching, and what he learned
The real numbers behind the coaching access gap and why AI is the only answer at scale
What organisations are fundamentally getting wrong when they implement AI coaching
Why you have two to three years to build your AI literacy before you’re left behind
Lewin Keller
Founder & CEO
Ex. Google, DoiT, Accenture · ACTP Coach · Investor & Advisor
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