MINDWORKS

In the premier episode of MINDWORKS, “Meet your new AI coworker – are you ready?”, the MINDWORKS audience was introduced to Charlie, the world’s first AI employee. You heard her speak and you heard her ideas, but was she thinking, or did she find a hidden pattern that is opaque to human eyes? More broadly speaking, is AI learning and thinking? Join MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, as he discusses w...

In alternate universe, NASA has come to team science experts: Dr. Steve Kozlowski, Dr. Tara Brown, and Dr. Samantha Perry, to ask them how NASA should form the team that will embark on the first manned mission to Mars. What aspects of team science should they consider? You’re going to have to listen to find out! Listen to the entire interview in The Magic of Teams Part 3: The Future of Teams with...

Well before we studied the formal principles of engineering and design, we studied ethics. Given that artificial intelligence is becoming more and more advanced each year, is it time that we study the ethics of artificial intelligence? MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, sits down with Dr. William Casebeer, Director of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at Riverside Research Open Innovation...

From the Golem of Prague, to Frankenstein’s monster, to HAL and the Terminator, literature and film are full of stories of extraordinarily artificially intelligent beings that initially promise a brighter future but in the end tragically turn against their human masters. Beyond the Hollywood lore, what are really the issues? Why is it important now, at this juncture, to study the ethics of artific...

Teamwork can make the dreamwork, or it could bring a project to a screeching halt. In this MINDWORKS MINI, Daniel Sefaty speaks with team science experts: Dr. Steve Kozlowski, Dr. Tara Brown, and Dr. Samantha Perry, about what makes for a good team.  Listen to the entire interview in The Magic of Teams Part 3: The Future of Teams with Steve Kozlowski, Tara Brown, and Samantha Perry.

“I’m sorry Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”— nobody wants to hear their AI teammate utter a chilling sentiment like that, especially when they are millions of miles away from humanity and trying to re-enter their spaceship! HAL from Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” was designed to work alongside humans as a teammate, however, HAL ended up working against its human teammates due to a lac...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced enterprises into distributed and remote work situations. There is no question that the team of 2019 is not going to be like the team of 2021. Does that mean that we witnessing an evolution of the definition of how teams perform and what is teamwork in those situations? Join MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, as he talks to Dr. Nancy Cooke, the Director of Arizona Stat...

The Brady-Belichick Patriots, the Apollo 13 team, and the Allies, what do they all have in common? They are all legendary teams; one could say there is something “magical” about them. However, is there actual “magic” in play? Join MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, as he speaks with Professor John Hollenbeck of Michigan State University, where they look at the “magic” of teams.   Listen to the entire...

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) matures out of its infancy, is it going to cause a mass displacement of human jobs? Is this sentiment simply just Luddite fear mongering or is it something we should be concerned about? Luckily, MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, knows just who to ask: Dr. Jared Freeman and Dr. Adam Fouse! Listen to the entire interview in The Magic of Teams Part 4: Human-AI Teams with...

From the underdogs winning the big game to humans landing on the Moon, teams allow us to achieve what was previously thought to be unachievable. It makes one think: what is so magical about teams? Join MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, as he talks with team science experts: Dr. Steve Kozlowski, Dr. Tara Brown, and Dr. Samantha Perry to address this thought provoking question. Listen to the entire in...

Effective communication can make or break a team. Most people would assume that more communication would lead to a better team. However, is that really the case: is more communication better in teams?  Join MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, as he discusses this question with Dr. Nancy Cooke, the Director of Arizona State University’s Center for Human, AI and Robot Teams, and Dr. Stephen Fiore, Direc...

Today, many of us find ourselves on a plethora of different teams. Day after day, we spend jumping back and forth between all these different teams that we are members of.  All of this movement begs the question, what happens when people are on too many teams? Join MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, as he talks one-on-one with Professor John Hollenbeck of Michigan State University about this very que...

Join host Daniel Serfaty in the fifth and final part of this highly successful series on the science of teams as he talks one-on-one with Professor John Hollenbeck of Michigan State University. Colleagues and friends for more than 30 years, Daniel and John explore the magic of teams, from their early work together on the US Navy’s groundbreaking A2C2 program, to how COVID and remote work is changi...

Learning, education and training are undergoing major transformation in front of our eyes and not just because of COVID-19 and the remote learning we are experiencing as a result. Join host Daniel Serfaty as he talks with Janet Spruill and Dr. Krista Ratwani about the future of learning, whether technology is the answer, and how we might close the accelerating competency gap in the workplace.

Since the age of AI is upon us, it begs the question: “how will humans and AI work together?” Before we can answer this question, we must understand how teams work in the first place. Join MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, as he talks to Dr. Nancy Cooke, the Director of Arizona State University’s Center for Human, AI and Robot Teams, and Dr. Stephen Fiore, Director of the Cognitive Sciences Laborato...

Sometimes people just don’t get it! But will our AI teammate? Join MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, in this MINDWORKS Mini as he talks with Dr. Jared Freeman, and Dr. Adam Fouse, about the importance of a mutual understanding between humans and their AI counterparts, as it will be crucial to the success of human-AI teams. 

We have all heard it: “teamwork makes the dream work”.  But why, what’s benefit of working together as a team? Join Daniel Serfaty for another MINDWORKS Mini as he talks with Dr. Eduardo Salas and Dr. Scott Tannenbaum, authors of “Teams That Work: The Seven Drivers of Team Effectiveness,” and Dr. Kara Orvis, about the social phenomena that we know as “teams”.

In Part 4 of this five-part series on “The Magic of Teams,” host Daniel Serfaty goes deep into one of the most important technological achievements of our time: the marriage between artificial intelligence and human intelligence. Daniel talks with Dr. Jared Freeman and Dr. Adam Fouse about a future for human-AI teams that uses the best of human expertise combined with data-rich artificial intellig...

In the digital age, the way we collect data has been revolutionized. Now, there are a magnitude of different ways that we can collect data from a plethora of sources, all done with astonishing speed. However, the speed at which we formulate of new theories has not drastically changed. This begs the question “can theories keep up with data?” Join host Daniel Serfaty for a MINDWORKS Mini featuring D...

Data is currently outpacing the theories on how teams work—is that a problem? Can AI help? What it will take for NASA to send a team on a multi-year mission to Mars? MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty talks with team science experts Dr. Steve Kozlowski, Dr. Tara Brown, and Dr. Samantha Perry on the future of teams to address these and other questions in this groundbreaking five-part series. 

With MINDWORKS exploring the Magic of Teams over the past few weeks, it seemed like a good time to revisit host Daniel Serfaty’s discussion about human-AI teams with a unique team made up of three humans and one artificial intelligence named Charlie. We’ve combined two shorter episodes into one special edition and—in case you’re thinking you’ve heard these episodes already—this special producer’s...

Come along as we continue our five-part series on The Magic Teams with Part 2, Teams in the Wild. MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty talks with experts Dr. Eduardo Salas and Dr. Scott Tannenbaum, authors of “Teams That Work: The Seven Drivers of Team Effectiveness,” and Dr. Kara Orvis, about real-world teams, from oil rig crews to Wall Street traders to NASA space crews—and everything in between.

Much of our work today gets carried out by teams. Teams of humans, teams of humans and machines, distributed teams, virtual teams—almost all of us operate in teams. But what exactly is a team? What differentiates high performing teams from low performing ones? Can advances in team science help improve team performance? Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty for the first of a five-part series on “The...

Learning, education and training are undergoing major transformation in front of our eyes and not just because of the pandemic and the remote learning we are experiencing as a result. A vast amount of data generated by schools, learning environments, and training systems about the learner is now available. When you combine that data with advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, data...

Once upon a time three friends set off to build a company made up of equal parts technologies and human scientists. They believed that they could build systems in which humans and technologies can coexist in harmony—they called it “Human-Centered Engineering.” They believed at the same time they could build a human-centered company as well. Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty, as he talks with his...