Self-Driving Marketing: Beyond Basic Automation
Featuring special guest Justin Rae, founder and CEO of Cinch, Jim and Veer discuss how customer data can drive more useful marketing. Justin explains how…
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Building agents that can take on a task, with decisions about permissions, oversight, and when to step in.
Using AI to Speed Up Development Without Losing Control
Featuring special guest Evan Moser, CTO of iClassPro, Jim and Veer discuss how his team is using AI to update a mature software platform. Evan explains…
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The Future of Accounting and Finance: AI, Talent, and Executive Leadership
Featuring special guest Ken Philbrick, Jim and Veer discuss how AI is changing finance work and the people companies hire to lead it. Ken, a Partner at…
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Self-Driving Marketing: AI Agents and the Future of PC Performance
Featuring special guest Justin Rae, Jim and Veer continue a two-part conversation about the systems behind Cinch's marketing software. Justin describes…
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The AI Shift Nobody Saw Coming - From Chatbots to Self-Driving Marketing
Featuring special guest Justin Rae, Jim and Veer begin a two-part conversation about how Cinch uses customer data to help local businesses make better…
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AI reps, local agents, and why business cases still matter
Veer shares an experiment with a local AI assistant that can see what's on his screen and offer help while he works. Running a smaller model on his Mac…
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Rethinking AI Utilization: Beyond Vanity Metrics to Real Business Value
Tracking usage can show that employees are trying AI, but it leaves a lot unanswered about the work. Jim and Veer discuss how to evaluate adoption as…
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Human Problems vs. Tech Solutions: Enhancing Collaboration in the Age of AI
A retailer is spending time entering product descriptions into a tool that has no bulk import feature. Jim and Veer work through the example, including…
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Unlocking the Power of AI in Executive Productivity
Veer walks through the morning briefing he built with Cyrano and Balcony. It brings together his calendar, recent conversations and unfinished work so he…
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Turning Curiosity into Value: A Functional Executive's Guide to AI Fluency and Adoption
Jim and Veer compare the curiosity that gets someone started with AI and the persistence it takes to become useful with it. They draw on their own…
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From Hype to Practicality: Functional Executives on Real-World AI Applications
Jim and Veer compare what they are learning while building tools for real work. Jim describes a reporting product with a very specific output: an email…
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Building Smarter, Not Harder: How AI Agents Accelerate Business and Decision-Making
Jim describes building a voice-based reporting prototype for his wife's business with Cursor. Having an actual user and a clear reporting need helped him…
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Accelerating Careers with AI: Lessons in Leverage, Humility, and Practical Application
Veer walks through a personal job board he built to help a longtime friend. It uses the friend's experience and location to research suitable employers,…
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Executive Function in the Age of AI: Margin, Meaning, and Machines
Jim Boswell and Veer Hossain introduce Functional Executives and the work they want to explore together: practical uses of AI for people responsible for…
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