# Leading Beyond the Framework 🧭 — with Richard Hughes-Jones Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/refactoring-podcast-7057405/leading-beyond-the-framework-with-richard-hughes-jones Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/refactoring-podcast-7057405/leading-beyond-the-framework-with-richard-hughes-jones.md Podcast: [Refactoring Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/refactoring-podcast-7057405) Published: 2026-03-06T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/leading-beyond-the-framework-with-richard-hughes-jones--70503211 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70503211/419376391_44100_2_dc585238d4bc4.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/refactoring-podcast-7057405/episodes/leading-beyond-the-framework-with-richard-hughes-jones Duration seconds: 3085 ## Resource Today's guest is Richard Hughes-Jones, a professional executive coach with more than 20 years of experience. With Richard, we talked about how to coach tech leaders through uncertainty and everything that's going on with AI, how to navigate it, how we should think about our role, and what it means to step outside of the framework.We also explored how to leverage AI for coaching, how to blend human and AI advice to get the best of both worlds. (00:00) Preview(01:08) Introduction(02:26) Richard's journey into coaching(04:23) Sponsor break(05:19) Coaching without engineering background(07:27) Most common challenges(11:39) Helping people in uncertainty(19:10) Good for the team Vs Good for the business(22:13) Are frameworks limiting?(27:10) Creating a personal framework(31:49) Am I trying to be the hero?(34:35) Usual questions(39:07) AI and coaching Link to article mentioned in the interview: https://richardhughesjones.substack.com/p/052-special-edition-what-i-learned—You can also find this at: • 📬 Newsletter: https://refactoring.fm• 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Luds9d...• 📱 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... —For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/refactoring-podcast-7057405/episodes/leading-beyond-the-framework-with-richard-hughes-jones/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/refactoring-podcast-7057405/leading-beyond-the-framework-with-richard-hughes-jones.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.