Democratizing Coaching with AI Technology  with Dr Nicky Terblanche

071: Democratizing Coaching with AI Technology  with Dr Nicky Terblanche

071: Dr Nicky Terblanche on research and evidence-based AI coaching

“I think AI coaching can expand the human coaching market."

Dr Nicky Terblanche, an executive coach, researcher and senior lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch, joins our host, Claudia Day, in this insightful conversation about AI and Coaching.

With a background as a software engineer, Nicky gives an overview of AI, his collaborative research into coaching using chatbots, both text and voice, and coach Vici's creation: a chatbot based on the GROW model and goal attaining coaching.

He will put any fears coaches have into perspective as he explains the potential of AI to democratise coaching to reach more people across the globe, reassuring us that AI cannot replace the human side of coaching but instead be enhanced by it.

Nicky’s passion for this topic is infectious, and whether you are a lover of technology or a sceptic, you will benefit hugely from this thought-provoking conversation.

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Dr Nicky Terblanche

Dr Nicky Terblanche is Head of Programme of the MPhil Coaching, and Senior Lecturer and Research Supervisor on the MBA and PhD programmes at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), South Africa. His academic interests include leadership coaching and information system. He also runs an executive and leadership coaching practice. He has an MPhil in Management Coaching, MScEng in electronic engineering and a PhD in Business Management.

Nicky’s research interests include artificial intelligence and machine learning in coaching and management, transformative learning and coaching, Social Network Analysis and complexity theory. He has published in several international academic journals and regularly presents at international conferences. He is also the creator of the artificial intelligence Coach Vici.