Paradigm Shift

Accelerated Evolution in a Hyperconnected Era

Stephanie Knight

Vitalise Ventures, Kurated.ai

Available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and everywhere you get your podcasts.

Tune in to get 30-minute insights from an array of professionals around the world.

Cordell Jacks’ episode is out now and Stephanie Knight’s is out July 3rd.

“There’s two types of people, people that experience Imposter Syndrome and people who lie about it.”

In our conversation, Cordell shares his wisdom on regenerative value creation and the challenges of building an impact-focused startup.

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From McKinsey to founding her own consultancy, Stephanie emphasizes the value of strategic thinking, adaptability, and educating clients to become self-reliant. She also touches on the role of AI in accessing information and the necessity of human touch for actionable insights.

Colin Cox started his career at Electronic Arts at a young age, embracing opportunities and personal growth, leading him to become an influential CEO and executive coach. His unique, people-first leadership style fuels team development and empowerment. He balances strategic intent with fortuitous events and has crafted a career aligning with his innate strengths, demonstrating how fulfillment can be achieved through adaptability and personal development.

Warren Chan, Director of Anacapa Partners, exemplifies a harmonious blend of work-life balance. He champions the importance of mental health, gratitude, curiosity, and mentorship in shaping successful leaders. His investment strategies favor small businesses and the preservation of family legacy, applying lessons from his own family’s history. As an industry-agnostic investor, Warren encourages his search fund entrepreneurs to lead businesses they are passionate about.

Standing at the precipice of a global paradigm shift propelled by digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI), we find the world paradoxically within our grasp yet seemingly distant. Businesses across the spectrum are reaping the benefits of technology, utilizing AI and big data to streamline operations, bolster decision-making, and craft bespoke customer experiences. Evident in Starbucks’ Deep Brew program and IBM’s Watson, AI’s potential spans from personalized customer engagement to aiding doctors in cancer diagnosis and predicting weather patterns.

But this era of transformation transcends the mere adoption of novel tools—it fundamentally reframes our business mindset. AI is on a swift trajectory from being an optional asset to becoming an indispensable cornerstone of entrepreneurial triumph. Take, for instance, ChatGPT, which can quickly generate business plans, prototype ap-

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plications, and even undertake substantial coding, accelerating the pace of conversations and innovation.

In the face of this rapid change, one might feel overwhelmed, yet it is within this tumult that our quintessential human strengths rise to prominence. Our power does not lie in outdoing machines in raw computations or competing with animals physically but in our unrivalled capacity to harness diverse perspectives and unite our collective intellect to comprehend the intricacies of our world. This equilibrium between competition and collaboration paves the path to a synergistic coalescence of human creativity and AI’s potential.

As leaders, the onus is on us to foster an environment of adaptability and strategic foresight because it is not in spite of the changes but through them that we will uncover the true power of our collective potential.

Former tour guide in Japan, Vietnam, and Myanmar who pivoted to business school in the pandemic. David graduated one month ago after availing himself of the global network mentioned on page 10.

He launched this platform from a culmination of inspiration leading multinational groups to new destinations for weeks at a time, collaborating with students worldwide, and benefitting from the generous culture of the search fund community.

David aims to inspire and enlighten others through his global dialogues.

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