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Andrew Allen by Andrew Allen
  VP of Content Marketing
🤖 What if the next president wasn't human? | Ep76 OoO
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  • Hey, Welcome Back!
  • You Might Have Missed…

What can an AI president teach you about harnessing the power of AI in your job? This week Andrew explores a higher stakes career and what it reveals about using AI to supercharge your work.


Hey, Welcome Back!

What can an AI President teach you about crushing it in your career?

Hold that eyeroll for a second. Think about it.

AI doesn’t need coffee breaks, doesn’t get tangled up in scandals, and can process more data in a second than we can in a lifetime. It’s tireless, hyper-intelligent, and completely uninterested in petty political drama (or feuds on X).

Hard working, brilliant & incorruptible?

Maybe an AI president isn’t so far-fetched.

We all know AI is shaking up how we live and work - and by exploring its role in the most prestigious of positions, we stand to learn how it would apply to our own jobs.

Same game, different table as they say.

AI offers solutions no human can. It has literal superpowers!

But it’s also a bit…risky?

This is one WILD thought experiment that deserves your attention.

This week, I’m cracking into the big questions around how to apply AI to your work. Whether we crown it our next president or just want to use it to crush those Monday morning workflows, the challenges (and opportunities) are surprisingly similar.

So - what does an AI president have to do with your career?

Oh, just about everything.

The questions I’m asking about AI in leadership are the same ones you need to answer to stay ahead in a world that is fast becoming AI-powered.

It’s all connected, and every day it gets more personal.

We’re riding a tsunami of change, and while AI is making life faster, smarter, and more efficient, it’s also shaking up the workforce in ways we can’t ignore.

🧠 Could AI actually replace YOU one day? (Spoiler: maybe)
👾 Which risks should you reject outright - and which ones are worth the gamble?
💡 How do you make AI your secret weapon to work smarter, not harder

…and stay utterly irreplaceable?

The future is barreling toward us, and those who figure out these answers first will be the ones thriving, not just surviving.

The smartest remote workers will:

🧽 Absorb AI know-how like a thirsty sponge
📕 Create personalized subject matter playbooks to tap into AI’s superpowers
🔮 Crack the code on future-proofing their careers

One day, AI might be a superpowered president leading the world.

But today? It can be your ultimate sidekick, propelling you to the top of your career ladder faster than ever.

In this episode, I take Isaac Squire’s wild suggestion and dip into what the concept of an AI president reveals about smarter decision-making at work - what that looks like for each of us, and how you can use it to level up. There are 3 big questions you need to ask!

So, what’s your move?

📽️ This Week on Episode 76:

☑️  How to harness AI’s superpowers for your career without losing control

☑️  What the jagged frontier means – and how to stay ahead of it

☑️  Why quality is your ultimate competitive edge in an AI-mad world

☑️  The three questions you must answer to future-proof your job

☑️  What having an AI president reveals about decision-making in any profession

AI is like the new kid at school - wicked smart, a little unpredictable, and somehow already running the place.

Whether it’s steering global politics or automating your workflows, its potential is as jaw-dropping as it is intimidating.

But the reality is: AI isn’t perfect (Newsflash, neither are we!)

The real action is on the jagged frontier - that messy, brilliant overlap of what AI excels at and what only humans can do.

This is your golden zone.

It’s where you sharpen your expertise, show off your creativity, and make yourself irreplaceable. Sure, AI might outpace your coffee machine, but it still can’t crack jokes, make global judgment calls, or add that original spark only you can deliver.

🏄‍♀️ So, stop stressing about the wave - learn to surf it. The future is wide open for those willing to dive in, paddle hard, and ride it to the top.

The tsunami is coming – are you ready?

⭐Enjoy!

Ready, set, troubleshoot.

Andrew

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Andrew Allen

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Andrew lives in Auckland, New Zealand and has worked full-time remotely for Crossover since early 2021. His superpower is using storytelling and humor to make interesting and memorable insights on complex topics. He's known for hosting the world's most-viewed remote work vlog (Out of Office), co-creating one of the most-subscribed newsletters on LinkedIn (Radically Remote), and contributing to Forbes. Beyond work, Andrew has visited over 100 countries, seen all seven wonders, and starred in a few high profile TV shows and musicals in New Zealand. You can hear a bit more of his backstory (and meet his dogs) here.

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