11: The Real Reason Founders Are Reluctant To Adopt AI with Karen Sergeant

Are your proud that, unlike your peers, you aren't using AI? Does it make you feel like a more honest, capable professional? Or could it actually be an excuse like "I'm just not good at tech" that's keeping you behind? This is what we're exploring on today's episode of Why Is Nobody Talking About This with my special guest, Karen Sergeant. Karen's career has taken her from tech to the CIA to founder operations. Through that journey, she's gotten really good at change—and helping others move through ambiguity as well. This conversation changed Kim's entire outlook on adopting AI into her business systems. If you're looking to make the biggest impact you can without burning out or getting in the way of your team, this is your next listen. 

KAREN'S QUOTES

• AI can feel like a loss of relevance when you’re being asked to let go of things that made you once feel indispensable

• If you're impact driven, get out of delivery so you can impact the most amount of people with your brilliant ideas.
• Real-time culture rewards extroverts. It privileges insiders. It's basically gatekeeping.
• We're not competing with AI. We're competing with our competitor who uses AI, who can produce results more reliably, faster, and at a lower cost.

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• Karen Sergeant's website
• Connect with Karen on LinkedIn
• Kim on Instagram @kimwensel
• Kim's website

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