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Can AI Governance and Work Efficiency Save You From Corporate Burnout? Interview Boris Khazin
30 September 2026

Can AI Governance and Work Efficiency Save You From Corporate Burnout? Interview Boris Khazin

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In this episode of The Ask Faleskini Podcast, host Peter Faleskini sits down with behavioral economist, former Chief Investment Officer, and AI governance consultant Boris Khazin to unpack how proper AI implementation can dramatically boost work efficiency, prevent corporate burnout, and why strict governance guardrails are essential for AI tools.   

What You'll Learn in This Episode:
- Boosting Efficiency 2–3x: How shifting your role from content creator to "editor and domain data provider" slashes work time in half while improving output quality.   
- The "Snowflake" Business Dilemma: Why generic public AI queries produce success-biased, statistical average answers—and how to properly train AI on your specific business context.   
- "Affect the Room,  Not the Machine": How setting clear ethical rules and guardrails prevents AI from taking destructive shortcuts to achieve assigned goals.   
- Is AI Having a Midlife Crisis?: Why AI is actually closer to its turbulent teenage years than a midlife crisis, and what that means for future workplace integration.   
- Human Oversight & Verification: Why verifying and proofreading AI-generated documents remains crucial in high-stakes fields like law, healthcare, and finance.   

Key Takeaway:
"AI is a machine doing statistical analysis—it finds the mathematically optimal way to reach a goal. If you don't set proper boundaries and incentives in the environment, it will take shortcuts. Affect the room, not the machine."  Boris Khazin   

About the Guest:
Boris Khazin has a background in behavioral economics and psychology, previously managing $5.5 billion in assets as an Investment Oversight Officer. He is now an AI governance consultant in healthcare and finance and author of The Robo-Psychologist Problem.   

Book: The Robo-Psychologist Problem (Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple)   
LinkedIn: Boris Khazin on LinkedIn   

Connect with Us:Host: Peter Faleskini

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