Last week, I wrote about Lean In’s new pivot—to an AI-powered research machine that can take on cultural shifts like the rise of tradwives and the manosphere. As part of that pivot, the nonprofit founded by Sheryl Sandberg hired a new CEO, a 25-year-old named Bridget Griswold. She succeeded longtime Lean In CEO and cofounder Rachel Thomas.
My colleague Jacqueline Munis has more in Fortune today about this new direction. She got on the phone with both Sandberg and Griswold to talk about women’s AI adoption, also a major focus for this new era of Lean In. Griswold was chosen as CEO because of her “AI-native” approach.
A Lean In blog post signed by Griswold was published this morning, sharing more about why this is a focus for the organization that has spent more than a decade promoting women’s advancement in the workplace.
“We want women to be full participants in this new way of working,” Griswold wrote. “We need to embrace it if we want to protect our livelihoods, advance our careers, and take part in determining how these tools are shaped for ourselves and future generations. We must, if we want to sustain our climb toward equality. In the months and years ahead, Lean In will continue to conduct research, offer guidance and resources on AI, and upskill our community—so that women get as much benefit and as little harm from this new workplace revolution as men.”
Lean In’s own research has found that 33% of men use AI daily, compared to 27% of women. Here’s a selection of what Griswold and Sandberg told Jacqueline about Lean In’s forthcoming work to close the AI gender gap:
“It’s awesome that women care about ethics and not cheating. But what’s really concerning is that this might inadvertently cause women to use AI less than men,” Griswold says. “We hope that Lean In can be a place that encourages [young women] to use AI and actually [produces] real results.”
“We need to make sure that we are focused on helping women of the next generation lead, and product and AI are going to be so critical to that, which is one of the many reasons we’re very lucky that Bridget has stepped into the leadership role,” Sandberg says.
Read Jacqueline’s full story here.
Emma Hinchliffe
emma.hinchliffe@fortune.com
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