Everyone’s Using AI Wrong — Here’s the Real Opportunity

Episode 70: Is AI just a productivity booster, or are we missing the real transformation right in front of us?
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Matt Wolfe (https://x.com/mreflow) is joined by Nicholas Holland (https://x.com/nicholasholland), SVP of Product & Head of AI at HubSpot, who’s spent nearly a decade driving innovation and building applied AI solutions in real-world business settings.
In this episode, Matt and Nicholas dive deep into the seismic shift happening in AI: from simple assistants that help with your emails, to autonomous agents that actually do meaningful work for you—what Nicholas calls "work as a service." You’ll discover how forward-thinking teams are structuring their meeting data to unlock hidden value, why a new class of “super contributor” is emerging in sales and marketing, and how to use Nicholas’s practical four-step AI adoption framework to turn overwhelm into a competitive advantage. Whether you want to future-proof your business or become an “agent manager” in the coming wave, this conversation is full of actionable insights for teams, leaders, and entrepreneurs.

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Show Notes:
(00:00) AI's Impact on Work Dynamics
(06:22) Shift from SaaS to WaaS
(09:09) Streamlined Agent Deployment
(11:38) Human-Centric Customer Experience Challenges
(14:35) Defining Agency in AI Tools
(19:35) AI Executive Assistant Development
(23:01) Streamlined Customer Interaction Automation
(26:01) Streamlining Customer Support Solutions
(28:25) Navigating AI Communication Threads
(29:41) Outsourcing Memory with Technology
(35:24) Token Count Excitement
(36:10) Crafting Effective Ad Integration Techniques
(41:37) Revamped Breeze: Multi-LLM Integration
(43:35) Rise of Agent Managers


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Nicholas Holland: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nashvilleholland/
HubSpot: https://www.hubspot.com/
HubSpot Breeze: https://www.hubspot.com/products/artificial-intelligence
Claude: https://claude.ai/
Granola: https://www.granola.ai/

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