How To Stay Relevant In An AI World

<p>If you ignore AI for the next two years, what happens to your career? Organizational psychologist Dr. Kelly Monahan says you&#39;ll be left behind, not by AI itself, but by the people who learned to use it.</p><p>Kelly spent 15 years researching the future of work at Meta, Upwork, Accenture, and Deloitte, and she joins Mandy Alt and Mandy Holt to break down what&#39;s actually happening behind the scenes as companies weigh AI against payroll. </p><p>In this episode:</p><p>- Why AI can do about a third of most jobs better than you can — and what to do with that freed-up time</p><p>- The real skills that matter now: intellectual curiosity, a &quot;learning muscle,&quot; and basic statistics literacy</p><p>- Why older generations are more excited about AI than Gen Z (and what that says about who&#39;s actually at risk)</p><p>- The three-step growth path for using AI in a small business: speed, scale, and scope</p><p>- Which jobs are safest from automation — hint: it&#39;s not the ones sitting behind a computer</p><p>- The mistakes new entrepreneurs make when they lean on AI too hard, and where a human still has to have the final say</p><p>Kelly is the bestselling author of Essential and the founder of Beyond the Desk. Her new book, Reclaim the Plot: How Leaders Rewrite the Story When AI Rewrites Work, drops September 29th. Pre-order here - https://www.reclaimtheplotbook.com/</p><p>Ways to find Kelly:</p><p>Website - https://drkellymonahan.com/</p><p>Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/monahankelly/</p><p>LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-monahan-ph-d-18879413/</p><p>YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@futureofworkisnow</p><p>Whether you&#39;re worried about your job, building a business, or just trying to make sense of the AI noise, this conversation is a grounded, no-BS look at where work is actually headed.</p>