The Business of AI
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The Business of AI
53. Work Amplifiers: How AI Agents Can Transform Non-Profits with Alex Skinner
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AI agents can become “work amplifiers” for non-profits and membership organisations IF you start with the problem, not the solution. In this in-person episode, Alex Skinner (CEO & Co-founder of Pixl8) explains how AI can help lean teams do more with less: automating document-heavy workflows, triaging submissions, and turning messy archives into searchable knowledge.
We dig into:
* Why many AI projects fail by starting with a solution instead of a clear objective,
* Alex’s “recipes” approach: matching the right model/tool to the right workflow,
* How to pilot safely, measure success, and scale from proof-of-concept to production,
* The new reality of testing: using AI to test AI in a probabilistic world,
* Practical risk controls: human-in-the-loop, auditing, least access, and separating duties,
* Sensitive data strategies: orchestrators, data security, open-source models, and private deployments,
* What Alex is most excited about for 2026: 'Lane Assist', moving beyond chat into proactive, workflow-based AI.
AI is our Business.
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