91. AI in The Future of Work

In this episode we discuss: AI in the future of work. We are joined by Agata Nowicka, Managing Partner of the AI Visionaries Accelerator.Love The Operations Room? Please support us by rating and reviewing it here.We chat about the following with Agata Nowicka: Are high-growth founders underestimating the role of distribution from day one?At Series B and beyond, is your monetisation model actually aligned with value delivery?Could your onboarding and sales process be quietly eroding the value you promise?Will AI fluency soon become a non-negotiable capability in your workforce?Are you building an AI-first company — or just layering AI onto old plumbing?References https://www.linkedin.com/in/agata-nowicka/https://femalefoundry.substack.com/https://www.aivisionaries.co/https://www.femaleinnovationindex.com/Biography Agata Nowicka is the Managing Partner at AI Visionaries—an AI accelerator launched with Google to scale Europe’s most innovative AI and deeptech startups. With 12 years of experience as an angel, VC investor and founder of two tech businesses in the U.S., Hong Kong, and the UK (one exit), she is also the author of the Female Innovation Index—the largest analysis of female-led innovation and funding in Europe. Agata holds an MBA from Wharton and INSEAD and is an advisor to startups and accelerators including Techstars, the University of Cambridge Founders Accelerator, and Village Capital.To learn more about Beth and Brandon or to find out about sponsorship opportunities click here. Summary39:04 – Introduction & Founder Focus Shift42:04 – Monetisation Beyond Revenue45:04 – Sales & Onboarding as Value Proof48:04 – AI Fluency as a Workforce Standard51:04 – Moving to an AI-First Model54:05 – Business Complexity & “Plumbing”48:20 – Resilience in High-Growth Environments49:49 – Leadership in an AI Era57:05 – The Future Belongs to Visionary FoundersThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy