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80% of Your Work Is Grunt Work—Let AI Handle It

Project Flux Season 1 Episode 68

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Summary: 

In this wide-ranging discussion, Angelos Nicolaou shares insights on the future of AI, automation, and change management in construction and tech industries. He stresses the importance of making technology work for users—not the other way around—and calls for reducing "grunt work" to unlock human creativity. The conversation touches on agentic AI, the evolving SaaS landscape, challenges with innovation adoption, and how business development and project teams can better collaborate. A major theme is adoption and integration over buzzwords—real results, not claims. 

Takeaways:

 AI Adoption Is Exploding 
 Change Management Must Evolve 
 Agentic AI Is Transformational
 AI Should Empower, Not Replace 
 Creativity Must Still Start with Humans 
 True Innovation = Real Results 
 The SaaS World Is Saturated but Adapting 
 ROI Must Be Grounded 
 Innovation Teams Are Vital 
 Bids & Execution Must Be Synced 
 Prompt Engineering Is the New Literacy 
 Stay Human, Stay Present 

chapters :


00:00 Introduction to Change Management in Technology
02:38 The Role of AI in Reducing Grunt Work
05:17 Agentic AI: The Future of Automation
07:43 The Impact of AI on Job Roles
10:36 Understanding Agentic Workflows
13:12 The Balance of AI and Human Creativity
15:49 Navigating AI's Sensitivity and Prompt Engineering
22:12 Innovation as a Differentiator in Business Development
26:54 The Role of Technology Adoption in Competitive Advantage
30:07 The Evolution of SaaS and Vibe Coding
34:25 Balancing Innovation Teams and Project Management
37:14 The Importance of Presence in a Tech-Driven World
40:58 Unleash the Code Intro.wav

LINKS AND STUFF 

 Angelos Nicolaou 

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
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