Molly Graham on the AI Era: Delegating to a Robot Isn't Like Delegating to a Human
lennysan · x · 2026-10-01
Molly Graham returns to Lenny's Podcast for an in-depth conversation. She spent 20+ years in leadership at Google, Facebook, Quip, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, hosts TED's WorkLife podcast, and runs Glue Club.
- Why her famous "give away your Legos" career advice no longer holds in an AI world
- The grief, loneliness, and burnout sweeping through the tech industry
- Why delegating to AI is fundamentally different from delegating to a human
- Why the AI job-displacement fear narrative is overblown
- Which Legos you should never give to AI
- What the best managers are doing right now
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