Episode 190: AI, Meetings, and the Future of Teamwork with Rebecca Hinds, PhD
What does accountability look like in today’s workplace, and why do so many leaders struggle to implement it? In this episode of The Future of Teamwork, Dane Groeneveld interviews Jonathan Raymond, Founder and CEO of Ren, keynote speaker, and author of Good Authority: How to Become the Leader Your Team Is Waiting For.
Jonathan shares how he got his start from law school and corporate leadership to coaching leaders on how to create cultures full of honesty, growth, and care. Together, Dane and Jonathan explore how leaders can move accountability from an aspiration to a lived value, and how leaders can foster employee engagement and growth through their daily work. They also discuss Jonathan’s “Accountability Dial,” a practical framework for having difficult conversations before frustration boils over.
Jonathan and Dane dig into some of the biggest workplace questions of our time, such as how leadership is changing with multiple AI agents to manage – and how all of these agents could actually hold your team back. That leads the conversation to Ren, which is a chatbot that will hold you accountable and foster growth by asking the same probing questions a great coach would ask.
If you’re a leader looking to build a healthier culture of accountability, this episode offers practical tools and a compelling vision of the future.
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The Accountability Dial: Holding Teams Accountable with Compassion with Jonathan Raymond
Guest Bio
Accountability is the partner to Psychological Safety and Radical Candor. Recognized alongside leadership giants like Amy Edmondson and Kim Scott, I help global organizations solve the “Accountability Gap.” Most leaders know that employees want growth and innovation, but they struggle to bridge the gap between high care and high performance. As the creator of the Accountability Dial™ and author of the award-winning book Good Authority, I provide a framework that turns “difficult conversations” into the engine of organizational health. The Future of Leadership is Human + AI At Ren, we are bridging the “Coaching Gap” by building the world’s first AI coaching platform designed to challenge managers, not just give them information. Our research shows that while general AI is “too nice,” Ren provides the productive tension required for real behavioral change. How I Work With Global Teams:
– Keynote Speaking: Delivering high-impact talks on accountability and the future of work for international audiences.
– Executive Advisory: Partnering with Fortune 500 leadership teams to scale cultures of ownership.
– Ren AI: Deploying scalable, research-backed coaching for distributed, global workforces.
Key Takeaways
00:00 Welcome to the Future of Teamwork Podcast
00:28 Meet Jonathan Raymond
01:18 Wandering to Accountability
04:39 Learning to Feel
06:44 Parenting and Emotions
09:24 Values vs Consequences
12:38 Accountability Dial Framework
15:44 Manager Engagement Problem
19:20 Self Esteem in AI Era
22:09 Be Good at Being You
24:30 AI Brings Us Back
26:48 Managing AI Teammates
28:31 Accountability with Agents
29:26 Execution Outruns Strategy
31:39 Prompting with Context
33:17 Inside Wren Coaching
36:55 Coaching in Slack
39:08 From Insight to Change
41:23 Sharing Growth with Teams
44:55 Humor and Blind Spots
47:22 Wrap Up and Links
50:13 Episode Disclaimer
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