Why AI Will Bring Humanity Back to Business | Paul McGillivray

AI makes work human again.

In this IdeasFest special of the Mastering Business Growth Podcast, Paul Fernandez sits down with Paul McGillivray, co-founder of Remote, creator of Autumn, and pioneer of operational intelligence — a new way of running businesses where AI frees people to do the meaningful, human work they’re truly here for.

After 26 years of building tech solutions for growing companies, Paul believes AI won’t replace humans — it will give them back their creativity, focus, and purpose. And Autumn, his conversational AI platform with memory and workflow automation, is proving exactly that.

This is one of the most practical and hopeful conversations about AI you’ll ever hear.

In this episode, Paul shares:
- How AI can make work more human, not less
- How Autumn turns 2-week tasks into 2-hour workflows
- Why businesses will soon rely on “operational intelligence”
- What founders get wrong about AI adoption
- Why AI + human purpose is the future of work

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