AI, Fear, And Human-Led Change with Laurence Anthony (Ep. 125)
Change can feel uncomfortable, especially when new technology forces people to rethink their work, values, and future.
How can leaders help people move from fear into thoughtful action?
In this episode, Iván Watanabe and Evan Wohl speak with Laurence Anthony, Founder, CEO, and Head Coach of Go Further Coaching, about AI adoption, fear, emotional intelligence, and leading through uncertainty. Laurence explains why the fear around AI may be the real transformation, how teams can create clarity during change, and why asking “what could we do?” opens the door to creativity, action, and stronger human connection.
Laurence covers:
- Why fear often sits underneath AI resistance, job concerns, and slower change adoption
- How Go Further Coaching helps people create clarity when change creates workplace chaos
- Why emotional intelligence matters when teams adopt AI, new tools, and new habits
- How asking “what could we do?” creates more creativity, action, and possibility
- Why human relationships, trust, and judgment still matter in an AI-driven workplace
- And more!
Connect with Iván Watanabe:
- Opus Private Client, LLC
- iwatanabe@opus-pc.com
- LinkedIn: Iván Watanabe
- YouTube: OPUS Private Client, LLC
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About Our Guest:
Laurence Anthony is one-of-one. Laurence is the strategist organizations rely on when change has created chaos and clarity is needed. He is a PCC-certified executive coach, keynote speaker, and Founder of Go Further Coaching. Laurence brings a career of unparalleled depth to every room he enters: from crisis strategy in Washington D.C. to the boardrooms of Google, United Airlines, and RBC. Laurence transforms how companies lead through uncertainty, shifting the focus from the impossible pursuit of being fearless to developing the courage to fear less.
He is the Founder of Go Further Coaching, a global leadership and culture transformation firm trusted by companies including Google, United Airlines, RBC, Capital One, and APG Federal Credit Union.
Laurence has built a career defined by unusual range: a successful actor with credits on NBC’s 30 Rock and Saw 3D; the executive who revitalized Harlem’s legendary jazz venue Minton’s and led The Cecil to win Esquire’s Best New Restaurant in America; a crisis strategist in Washington D.C. consulting across finance, retail, and political sectors. That depth is exactly what makes his approach different.
His core belief: organizations do not need to be fearless. That is impossible. They need to fear less. That distinction is everything. Through his proprietary Fear-Less Leadership Framework and AI Adoption Curve, Laurence converts organizational fear into forward momentum, replacing confusion with clarity and turbulence with traction. He does not motivate. He activates.
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