What if the happiest person actually wins?

In this episode of Lead Human, Jack Myers and Tim Spengler talk with Evan Shapiro – producer, professor, and “media cartographer” – about how to navigate a media world where every kid with an iPhone is your competition.

Evan opens up about:

• Growing up resisting control and why he’s always in a “constant search for change”
• How he uses real data (earnings reports, not just headlines) to speak truth to power
• Why traditional media mistook a rising bubble for brilliance – and what happens when it pops
• How we went from limited competition to “infinite competition” overnight
• Why he tells young people to work at small companies first if they actually want to learn
• His simple philosophy: “the happiest person wins,” and how that changes how you build a life and career
• What it really means to be a creator today: “a writer writes, a creator creates” – every day, like a job

Along the way, Jack and Tim dig into what leaders can steal from Evan’s approach: using facts instead of fear, representing the audience inside broken systems, and building a career that isn’t just successful on paper, but livable.

If you’re a leader, creator, or ambitious human trying to make sense of a collapsing old model and a chaotic new one, this episode is part warning, part playbook, and very human.

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In a world obsessed with data, dashboards, and AI, Lead Human asks: what does it really mean to lead as a human being right now?

Media ecologist Jack Myers and industry leader Tim Spengler talk with CEOs, creators, founders, veterans, and culture builders about how they actually lead through disruption. They dig into navigating AI without losing your soul, building teams and cultures people want to stay in, making hard calls when the data is messy but the stakes are human, and living your values on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

No performative hot takes—just candid conversations and practical ideas you can use with your team next week.

New video episodes every Wednesday. In an age of machines, the real competitive advantage is still a human one.

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