Podcast: Carey Nieuwhof Leadership

CNLP 831 | Is AI Worse for Mental Health Than Social Media? Andy Stanley and Holly Goddard Interview Carey Nieuwhof

We missed what social media would do to human flourishing. We can’t afford to miss what AI is about to do, especially to the next generation. Andy Stanley and Holly Goddard sat down with Carey Nieuwhof on AI, mental health, employment, and the isolation it’s accelerating, and why the church might be the one place…

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CNLP 830 | AI Parenting Advice: James Kelly on Whether AI Is Sinful in Nature and the Killer App Trap

Faith Tech’s James Kelly sits in rooms with the people building AI companies and models, and he’s blunt about what that means for your kids. He unpacks the Killer App Trap, why he won’t let his own kids use AI companions yet, and reflects on how AI itself is subject to the fall. 🔗 Show…

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CNLP 829 | The Race To Replace Humans Is Already On: Will Jones’ Fight To Ban Superintelligent AI and What Most Leaders Have No Idea Is Coming

The AI Frontier labs are building AI to do what YOU do, only faster and cheaper. And most leaders have no idea what’s coming. Will Jones of the Future of Life Institute says this is the part nobody tells you: the more you lean on it to keep up, the more replaceable you make yourself….

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CNLP 828 | The Giving Disruption Coming for the Church: Pat Gelsinger on AI and Mental Health

Former Intel and VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger talks about what AI is doing to us and our churches. He unpacks the mental health toll of social media (and what’s coming next), the job loss scenarios leaders aren’t ready for, how AI will reshape giving in the church, and why engaging high-net-worth individuals matters now. Plus:…

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CNLP 827 | The Questions About AI Leaders Never Ask: AI Girlfriends, Truth and Deepfakes, and Best and Worst Case Scenarios

You use AI. Have you thought about what it’s doing to your church, the people you’re reaching, or your soul? James (JP) Poulter flips the mic to interview Carey! They discuss AI girlfriends, deepfakes, and the best and worst case scenarios nobody’s naming. There’s a shift happening in your church and your community right now,…

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CNLP 826 | How to Preach Through Controversial Topics: Charlie Dates on What White Preachers and Black Preachers Can Learn From Each Other and Preaching So a Dead Room Wakes Up

Charlie Dates started preaching at eight, lining up chairs in his living room. Now he’s one of Chicago’s most respected pastors. He joins Carey to talk about whose approval you’re really preaching for, why a major donor once walked out mad, how to wake up a dead congregation, and what white and Black preachers desperately…

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CNLP 825 | What Destroys Leaders: Eric Geiger on Preaching to Your Own Sins and On Disappointing Your Staff

Eric Geiger, senior pastor of Mariners Church, joins Carey to talk about what actually brings leaders down, the personal and systemic reasons for moral failure, why a lot of us end up preaching to our own sin, and how to disappoint the staff you used to work directly with without losing them as your church…

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CNLP 824 | A $37 Million Building Campaign with a Church of 900 People: Aaron Graham on Big Vision and The Key to Talking About Hot Button Topics

Aaron Graham is leading a $37 million building campaign with 900 people and explains exactly how to inspire people to give to something much bigger than themselves. Carey and Aaron also cover what it’s like to be held hostage by an enemy army at ten years old, how to unite a congregation in a divided…

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CNLP 823 | Winning Back Lost Customers: Will Guidara on Customer Service Pet Peeves, What Simon Sinek Taught Him About Speaking, and Whether AI Will Harm (or Help) Hospitality

Every leader loses customers. Few know how to win them back. Will Guidara, the restaurateur behind Eleven Madison Park and author of Unreasonable Hospitality, joins Carey to talk about taking the anxiety out of service, the customer-service pet peeves that drive him crazy, what AI is actually doing to hospitality, and the lesson Simon Sinek…

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CNLP 822 | Seven Signs AI Wrote Your Sermon, What Your Voice Actually Is, and New Study on AI’s Impact on the Brain That Should Scare Every Pastor

Should you use AI to write your sermon? Maybe not. Three years after ChatGPT, we don’t just sound the same. We’re starting to think the same, or not think at all. Enter brain rot. Carey walks through seven tells that give away AI writing, shows you how to find the voice only you have, and…

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