How AI Will Change How You Work, w/ Kelly Monahan
A future-of-work advisor on AI's real workplace impact — augmentation vs. automation, the ROI gap, and why the change will be messier than hype or fear suggest.
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Kelly Monahan
Future of work and AI advisor
Kelly Monahan is a future-of-work and AI advisor. She studies how automation and augmentation affect organizations, knowledge workers, managers, and small businesses. Her perspective combines research with practical guidance on implementation, experimentation, accountability, and the organizational changes required when AI becomes part of everyday workflows.
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What happens when AI stops being a productivity tool and starts reshaping the structure of work itself?
In this episode of AI-Curious, we talk with Kelly Monahan, a future of work and AI advisor, about what AI may actually do to the workplace over the next few years, and why the reality is likely to be messier than both the hype and the fear suggest.
We dig into the tension between using AI for augmentation versus automation, why so many companies are still struggling to prove ROI, and how AI agents could transform business workflows while also creating major governance, accountability, and implementation challenges.
We also explore what this means for knowledge workers, middle managers, and enterprise leaders trying to adapt in real time. Along the way, we discuss why small businesses may have an advantage over large organizations, how workers can focus on higher-value contributions, and why the future of work may require not just new tools, but a new mindset.