Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Dr. Frank Gonzalez - Cultural Architect

Dr. Frank Gonzalez is a culture and talent leader known for turning people strategy into business strategy. With over 20 years of cross-industry leadership, he has shaped large-scale learning ecosystems, redesigned organizational culture, and delivered thousands of learning experiences worldwide.
A Chief Culture Officer, and deeply human-centered leader, Frank blends data, empathy, and design to build organizations where people and performance grow together.

Ross and Dr Frank talk about 4 day work week, nurturing your time, caring about people, human behaviour, what push and pulls us, building capability, cultural architecture, leadership, how you show up, guiding words, fun building, coaching with fun, aligning, one word for a business, framing, feeling words, filtering decisions, mindset, fears, C.A.R. & C.A.B. - Competency Autonomy Relationships/ Belonging. The pair also discuss resistance to change, routine seeking, trust in organisations, simplification, AQ before AI, pre-hiring, thought leadership, capability building, behavioural models, friction between functions, bicultural, human connection, people being left behind, efficiency , ethics, influences, AI workflows, AI assistance, clapping & enthusiasm, coaching youngsters, workshops and energy.

Timecodes:

• 00:18 Intro to Dr Frank
• 02:43 The definition of love
• 05:03 Frank's new role
• 09:53 Culture anchors
• 17:14 Adapting to ensure relevance
• 27:34 Merging humans and AI
• 34:43 Different operating systems collaborating
• 39:51 Healthcare and humanoid robots
• 47:18 Exciting things Dr Frank is currently working on
• 48:22 AI simplifier - www.ai-simplifier.com
• 49:34 The last time Dr Frank did something for the first time

Connect with Ross:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Moonshot Innovation

Connect with Dr Frank

• LinkedIn
• TikTok
• Instagram