Scaling AI: How AI Can 10X Your Business

What if AI could reduce a three-month project to just three days?

In this episode, Knownwell CMO Courtney Baker explores how AI is reshaping professional services with the help of CEO David DeWolf, CPO Mohan Rao, and NordLight CEO Pete Buer.

Pete sits down with Matt Pasienski, CEO and co-founder of PACT, to discuss AI's evolution from simple tools to intelligent copilots and the rise of autonomous agents. Matt shares insights from his journey as a services CEO and how Pact is building AI-driven project management copilots. They dive into the implications of AI on management, accountability, and value chain variability, including how copilots can surface risks, identify new opportunities, and transform business operations.

Later, the panel dissects Matt’s takeaways, reflecting on the balance between efficiency and effectiveness in AI adoption and the cultural challenges of integrating AI at scale. They also explore how leadership can act as the "agent core" to navigate the mismatches that arise when parts of the organization move 10x faster.

In the AI in the Wild segment, Pete and Courtney discuss Ai-Da, the humanoid robot artist whose $1.1M painting challenges our assumptions about creativity and AI’s role in art and innovation.

00:00 AI as Rocket Fuel for Business
00:43 Discussion with Matt Pasienski: AI in the Executive Suite
02:12 Understanding AI Co-Pilots
02:39 Levels of AI Adoption
04:26 Impact on Individual Contributors
07:09 Management Co-Pilots: Real-World Examples
13:22 Challenges and Change Management
24:07 Final Thoughts and Future Strategies
26:23 AI in Art: The Case of Ai-da
29:03 Conclusion and AI Strategies for 2025

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