2 Doctors & a Twist

The Year AI Became Everybody’s Business Situation: AI capability outpaces organizational readiness -The Gen AI Playbook for Organizations The Year AI Became Everybody’s Business The report looks polished. The recommendations sound convincing. But can anyone explain how AI reached its conclusion, and who is responsible for acting on it? In this solo episode of Two Doctors & A Twist , Dr. Marily...

The Disagreements That Defined Us Situation: Trust across differences The situation When Disagreement Becomes a Loyalty Test Do we evaluate an idea—or decide whether we trust the person sharing it first? In this episode of Two Doctors & A Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll explores how distrust enters everyday conversations and what happens when leaders mistake disagreement for disloyalty. From compe...

As artificial intelligence becomes more capable, can human judgment, governance, and accountability keep pace? In this solo episode of Two Doctors & a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll explores who has the authority to question AI recommendations, stop consequential actions, and correct mistakes. Inspired by her response to a Bill Gates post, the conversation examines meaningful human oversight, fai...

Who Gets to Decide? AI’s Operating Layer, the Authority Layer, and the Decisions We’re Quietly Handing Over Two Doctors & A Twist | October 7, 2026 AI systems are becoming more capable of accessing information, using tools, and taking action. But here’s the question we may not be asking often enough: Just because AI can make a decision, does that mean it has the authority to do so? In this sol...

Two Doctors and a Twist — Coffee & Conversation: What Problem Does Career Insurance Solve? Short description: With co-host Dr. Jamie away on her honeymoon (congratulations, Dr. Jamie!), Dr. Marilyn Carroll hosts a solo Coffee & Conversation edition. She answers a deceptively simple question: what problem does Career Insurance actually solve? She says most people are expected to manage an e...

What happens when we can measure more about people than ever before—but still may not understand them any better? In this episode of Two Doctors and a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll explores what her return to graduate study in clinical psychology is teaching her about one of the most important challenges of the AI era: how we decide what counts as meaningful evidence about another human being. Drawi...

What happens when AI gains more decision-making power, but humans still carry the responsibility? In this episode of Two Doctors and a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll opens with a timely look at the growing calls to slow the pace of AI development long enough to strengthen governance, oversight, and accountability. From there, the conversation turns to a deeper leadership question: as AI systems recom...

In this episode of Two Doctors and a Twist, Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler examine an essential question for education: What should students be required to demonstrate independently before artificial intelligence becomes part of their learning? The conversation distinguishes between being prepared to use AI and becoming dependent on it. Before students can use AI intelligently, they mus...

In this episode of Two Doctors and a Twist, Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler examine a growing workforce challenge: If AI removes the entry-level tasks through which people traditionally learned, where will tomorrow’s experienced professionals and leaders come from? The conversation challenges the idea that routine entry-level work is merely low-level labor. Those early assignments also f...

In this episode of Two Doctors and a Twist, Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler examine a leadership question every college and university must answer: Who is accountable when artificial intelligence influences an institutional decision? AI now touches admissions, advising, enrollment, marketing, student support, assessment, human resources, finance, research, and institutional operations. B...

In this episode of Two Doctors and a Twist, Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler explore a critical question: What should a college degree actually prove in the age of artificial intelligence? The conversation begins with a central concern: a transcript shows which courses a student completed and the grades earned, but it does not always show what the graduate can actually do. As AI makes it...

The New Career Ladder May Start With an Apprenticeship—and End With a Degree What if we’ve been thinking about the career ladder in the wrong order? In today’s episode of Two Doctors and a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll explores an emerging workforce pathway that challenges the traditional sequence of degree → job → experience → advancement . As AI changes entry-level work and employers place greater...

Artificial intelligence can now draft an email in seconds, summarize complex research in moments, build presentations instantly, and generate full reports on demand. But as our output increases, a more uncomfortable question emerges: are we becoming more capable—or simply more dependent on the machine doing the thinking for us? In this solo episode of Two Doctors and a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll...

Every once in a while, you sit down for a conversation expecting to learn about someone’s career. Instead, you end up learning about leadership. That was exactly what happened during our latest episode of Two Doctors and a Twist with Dr. Jon Crispin. His journey spans Hollywood, corporate finance, university leadership, accreditation, online education, and now the rapidly changing world of artific...

What happens when a professional ending becomes the beginning of something larger? In this deeply personal episode of Two Doctors and a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler sit down with Dr. Stephanie Hawkins to discuss the human side of layoffs, professional identity, mental wellness, faith, career equity, and the courage to begin again. Dr. Hawkins shares her winding journey from ps...

The AI Education Divide: Access, Opportunity, and the Power Skills That Still Matter In this episode of Two Doctors and a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler explore a growing concern: as wealthy families invest in expensive AI-powered schools, private tutors, advanced technology, and experimental learning environments, who will ensure that every student has access to meaningful AI e...

AI can help almost anyone create a polished résumé, LinkedIn profile, or professional bio. But in today’s job market, sounding qualified is not the same as being ready. In this episode of Two Doctors and a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler discuss the rise of the Show Me Economy , in which candidates, students, professionals, and leaders must demonstrate what they know and prove wh...

In this episode of Two Doctors and a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler sit down with educator, storyteller, narrator, entrepreneur, and Ed. D. candidate Andi Miller for a conversation about the stories that shape who we become. Andi shares her journey through higher education, communications, storytelling, and community building, while introducing her powerful framework, the Invisi...

Two Doctors and a Twist — Raising the Bar: What Every Parent Should Know Before High School Welcome back Dr. Jamie. Over the next 12 weeks we are featuring educators who are making a difference. In this episode, Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler sit down with Dr. Teresa Wilburn — educational psychologist, retired high school counselor, Spelman graduate, author, and lifelong advocate for st...

Twelve episodes. One question. What still matters when everything is automated? In this series finale, Dr. Marilyn Carroll synthesizes the through-line that ran beneath every conversation — governance, accountability, workforce, education, and executive leadership — and arrives at three constants: accountability must be held by a named human, trust cannot be systematized, and meaning is made, not...

The executive role was built for a world of information scarcity. AI is systematically dismantling the advantages that made executives valuable — data access, analytical horsepower, and institutional knowledge. So what remains? In this episode, Dr. Marilyn Carroll names the three capabilities that become the new executive premium in an AI-augmented world: systemic judgment, narrative leadership, a...

95% of enterprise AI pilots fail to deliver measurable business impact — not because of the technology, but because of governance gaps, integration gaps, and systems designed for normal conditions rather than real ones. In this episode, Dr. Marilyn Carroll examines what happens to AI governance and leadership systems when the pressure is actually on: speed, uncertainty, high stakes, and incomplete...

Students using AI tools answered 48% more problems correctly. They scored 17% lower on concept understanding. More output. Less comprehension. That paradox is at the center of AI in education — and almost no institution has yet fully reckoned with it. In this episode, Dr. Marilyn Carroll moves past the cheating debate and asks the harder question: when intelligence is abundant and cheap, what is e...

Everyone is talking about the future of work. Executives.  Boards.  Governments.  Consultants.  HR leaders. The conversation is everywhere. But here’s the problem: Most organizations are discussing workforce disruption…  without actually designing for it. The World Economic Forum projects:  → 170 million new jobs created globally  → 92 million jobs displaced And many leaders hear that and think: “...

This conversation with Charity McDonald reminded me why the future of work cannot be reduced to AI tools, job titles, or credentials alone. The real shift is deeper. It is about valuable visibility. It is about demonstrating what you know. It is about becoming the solution. It is about building a life and career where contribution, identity, creativity, community, and compensation can finally meet...