episode 289 | May 22, 2026 | 91min

AI, Coaching & Evolutionary Business

In this episode we speak with Geoff Graber about the evolving role of coaching in a world shaped by systemic disruption, exploring how business can become a vehicle for service, humanity, and deeper purpose. Together we unpack the transformative potential of AI, looking at how it can help us improve our coaching and our businesses, as well as the deeper invitation for humanity in a world where tech is doing most of the work.
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In this podcast we talk about:

03:00 Introducing Geoff’s work
07:30 The key question for the coaching industry
13:30 The role of coaching in a broken system
19:00 Integrating humanity and business
24:30 When purpose leads
28:30 Making being of service the heart of business
36:30 The early days of evolutionary business
44:00 The beneficial impact of AI for coaches
50:30 Points of AI disruption and opportunity
55:30 AI, God and becoming more human
1:02:00 Using AI to support your coaching business
1:08:10 The movement of AI in business
1:13:00 Fostering a constructive relationship with AI
1:20:00 Embracing the evolutionary journey

Resources Mentioned:
Fred Kofman
Marvin Oka
Spiral dynamics
Mondragon 
Holacracy 
Peter Hawkins
Yann LeCun
Nate Hagens
Moonshots podcast
Jason Calacanis
All In

About the Guest

Geoff Graber

Geoff Graber is the co-founder of Evolution, a coaching and leadership development firm, and the creator of Evolutionary Business — a framework developed over two decades arguing that business is the most powerful force for societal change, and that lasting transformation requires serious inner work from the leaders who build them. Before becoming a coach, Geoff spent 15 years as an operator and investor — launching the first video game company in China with EA, leading Yahoo Games, founding three companies, and starting his career in venture capital. Drawing on integral theory and that full arc of experience, he has partnered with founders and executives at dozens of companies like Slack, Notion, and Snap. He writes about Evolutionary Business on Substack.

WEBSITE
https://evolutionarybusiness.substack.com/p/no-playbook
https://evolution.team

About the Host

Joel Monk

Joel Monk is a leadership coach, educator and entrepreneur. He co-founded Coaches Rising, a company on the cutting edge of online coach training with a community of over 65,000 coaches. Coaches Rising programs regularly include participants from every continent on the planet and they have collaborated with some of the leading minds in the field of human development and coaching. Joel is also a leadership coach, coaching at companies such as THNK, Booking.com, Siemens and Naspers. Joel has designed and led several entrepreneurial and leadership development programs, at places such as Socionext, THNK and The Impact Hub Amsterdam.

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