2 Doctors & a Twist

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...

The Learning Management System tracks completion. It does not build capability. And in the AI era… That gap is becoming impossible to ignore. Organizations are asking: “Did they complete the training?” The real question is: “What can they actually do?” According to World Economic Forum: → 77% of employers are investing in AI-driven learning  → Yet 63% still cite skill gaps as their biggest barrier...

Welcome back to 2 DOCTORS and a Twist - Operating at the Edge — the show where we stop managing AI and start leading through it. I'm Dr. Marilyn Carroll, and today we're doing something I've been building toward since Episode One. We're not going to talk about which skills leaders should develop for the AI era. That's the wrong question. Every conference is asking it. Ever...

"Don't worry — there's a human in the loop." It's become the reassurance phrase of AI governance. But what if the human in the loop isn't actually doing anything? A 2025 EU Joint Research Centre study of 1,400 professionals found that human reviewers showed no tendency to choose fair AI recommendations over biased ones — and consistently deferred to what they perceive...

When an AI-assisted decision goes wrong — who owns it? Not in theory. Not across a committee. Who, by name, is accountable? This is the question most organizations have not answered — and regulators, boards, and affected individuals are starting to ask it loudly. In this episode, Dr. Marilyn Carroll separates responsibility, accountability, and liability — three terms that get conflated in ways th...

Something quiet is happening in organizations deploying AI at scale — and most leaders are completely missing it. Authority is migrating. Not disappearing. Moving. From humans to systems, from managers to models, from individuals to interfaces. MIT Sloan's 2025 research calls it "intelligent choice architecture" — AI that doesn't just inform decisions, but reshapes who actually...

Only 1 in 4 organizations has fully operational AI governance — despite nearly all of them having a policy document that says they do. In this episode, Dr. Marilyn Carroll breaks down the three failure modes that turn AI governance into compliance theater: governance by committee with no authority, policies that live in shared drives instead of decision workflows, and frameworks that lag deploymen...

AI didn't break your organization. It revealed what was already broken. In this season opener, Dr. Marilyn Carroll unpacks why 42% of companies abandoned their AI initiatives in 2025 — and why the real failure isn't technological. It's structural. From accountability gaps to decision bottlenecks that predate AI by years, this episode reframes the conversation: AI is a pressure test,...

What Still Matters When Everything Is Automated? In this episode of Two Doctors in a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler tackle a question leaders can’t avoid anymore: What still matters in leadership when systems automate faster than people can keep up? As AI expands and execution accelerates, the conversation makes one thing clear: automation doesn’t eliminate the need for leaders—...

The Leadership Role No One Can Title In this episode of Two Doctors in a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler name a form of leadership many people are already practicing—but few organizations know how to label: presence and influence without positional authority. The conversation explores how some of the most impactful leaders don’t “own execution.” Instead, they protect judgment —es...

In this episode of Two Doctors in a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler explore a leadership question that matters more than ever right now: Do leaders learn best from what has already been proven—or from what’s happening live, in real time? Most leadership development is built on hindsight—clean case studies with known players, timelines, and outcomes. But leadership doesn’t happen...

The Cost of Emotional Labor in Leadership (Boundaries vs. Empathy) In this episode of Two Doctors in a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler unpack a leadership reality that often goes unnamed: being the emotionally steady one comes at a cost —and that cost is frequently invisible, especially for leaders who are praised for “handling everything.” 1) How emotional labor shows up as “exe...

High performers rarely leave because they can’t do the job. They leave because the environment slowly works against who they are. In this episode of Two Doctors & A Twist, Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler explore what happens when culture looks good on paper but creates a hidden cost in practice. From energy drain and emotional masking to the quiet erosion of identity, this conversati...

In this episode of Two Doctors & A Twist, Dr. Jamie Chesler and Dr. Marilyn Carroll explore a critical but largely overlooked dimension of AI adoption: authority migration. While most conversations about AI focus on capability — speed, productivity, automation — this discussion examines something deeper: governance architecture. As AI compresses decision cycles, execution moves upstream. Filtr...

Some of today’s most capable leaders aren’t failing — they’re disappearing. In this episode of Two Doctors & A Twist, Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler explore why credibility alone is no longer enough in an environment shaped by algorithms, speed, and signal. Silence is increasingly interpreted as disengagement. Expertise without visibility becomes indistinguishable from irrelevance....

In this special guest episode of Two Doctors in a Twist , Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler are joined by Dr. Ben Capell , an international executive coach with a background in team and leadership development, values, inclusion, and organizational change. With experience living and working across multiple countries—and early leadership development work at HP—Dr. Capell offers a grounded, g...

This episode offers clarity, language, and a path forward. 🎙️ A masterclass disguised as a conversation. Because the leaders who grow next are the ones willing to see what was previously invisible. The hardest part of leadership isn’t getting promoted—it’s what happens after the title changes. In this episode, hosts Dr. Marilyn Carroll and Dr. Jamie Chesler are joined by Sheila R. Carmichael to ex...