Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Equity is essential to ensuring that AI benefits everyone—and it’s a core value at Pfizer. By grounding innovation in responsible practices and ensuring broad access and learning opportunities, we can build the trust needed to unlock AI’s full potential.
In this episode of The Power of Knowing, Pfizer’s CTO, Lidia Fonseca, sits down with Edith Cooper, co-founder of Medley and former Goldman Sachs executive, to explore how leaders can learn from the past, lead by example, and bring everybody along for the journey of AI-driven transformation so they feel empowered to embrace it.
They discuss how technology can deepen human connections and strengthen communities, why ethical, inclusive practices must guide innovation, and practical ways to lead authentically in an increasingly digital world.
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00:00 – Introduction /Edith Cooper Background
02:38 – The Power and Potential of AI in Healthcare
03:28 – Preparing for the Opportunities that AI Brings
04:56 – Harnessing AI Power
05:48 – Leading by Example with AI Learning
08:21– The Next Generation of Learning and Development
09:52 – Cultivating a Mindset Shift
11:00 – Using Empathy to Innovate
12:18 – AI to Boost Team Cohesion
13:13 – The Importance of Community in a Tech-Driven World
15:34 – “We Must Take Care to Not Use the Past as A Predictor of the Future”
17: 34 – Responsible Use of AI
18:39 – The Importance of Equity in Technology Access
21:36 – Shaping a Smarter, More Human Future
22:28 – Final Thoughts & Key Takeaways
Equity is essential to ensuring that AI benefits everyone—and it’s a core value at Pfizer. By grounding innovation in responsible practices and ensuring broad access and learning opportunities, we can build the trust needed to unlock AI’s full potential.
In this episode of The Power of Knowing, Pfizer’s CTO, Lidia Fonseca, sits down with Edith Cooper, co-founder of Medley and former Goldman Sachs executive, to explore how leaders can learn from the past, lead by example, and bring everybody along for the journey of AI-driven transformation so they feel empowered to embrace it.
They discuss how technology can deepen human connections and strengthen communities, why ethical, inclusive practices must guide innovation, and practical ways to lead authentically in an increasingly digital world.
Click “subscribe” to be notified when new episodes launch.
00:00 – Introduction /Edith Cooper Background
02:38 – The Power and Potential of AI in Healthcare
03:28 – Preparing for the Opportunities that AI Brings
04:56 – Harnessing AI Power
05:48 – Leading by Example with AI Learning
08:21– The Next Generation of Learning and Development
09:52 – Cultivating a Mindset Shift
11:00 – Using Empathy to Innovate
12:18 – AI to Boost Team Cohesion
13:13 – The Importance of Community in a Tech-Driven World
15:34 – “We Must Take Care to Not Use the Past as A Predictor of the Future”
17: 34 – Responsible Use of AI
18:39 – The Importance of Equity in Technology Access
21:36 – Shaping a Smarter, More Human Future
22:28 – Final Thoughts & Key Takeaways
