Lauren Stein joins David Nebinski to unpack how the Chief of Staff role is evolving in the AI era — from "executive engineer" to startups' earliest hire. They dig into why Founders now want a CoS sometimes before they even launch, what AI-native companies expect from the role, and Lauren's advice for anyone interviewing: find the founder, not the job.

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Vivek Udaykumar, who works at immigration startup Lima, talks with David Nebinski about how he networked his way into an Ops & Strategy role as an immigrant with zero connections in the U.S. He breaks down how to build relationships with Founders at events, communicate effectively once you're in the role, and use AI to elevate your work.

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Chelsea Orcutt, Chief of Staff to a COO, joins David Nebinski to talk about what the role really looks like day-to-day. They dig into emotional regulation as a core CoS skill, the "unscalable but impactful" things worth keeping human, and how to spot the green flags of a great Principal.

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Mariko Kunitomo, the Global Chief of Staff, People & Talent at WPP Media, breaks down how she helps upskill 40,000+ employees. She shares the business case for developing hard and soft skills like empathy and curiosity in an AI-driven industry and business world. She also opens up about returning to work after having her first child, and shares what it actually takes to run change management at a global scale.

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Goodword's CEO Caroline Dell and Strategy & Ops Lead Lara Kuhn get real about when to hire a Chief of Staff, why titles matter less than the work, and how AI is making generalists more powerful.

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Grant Rivas, Head of Operations at Antimetal, breaks down with David Nebinski how he hires 'Founding' roles at a fast-scaling AI startup, why he switched his AI tool stack from Claude to ChatGPT/Codex, and how he's thinking about usage-based and outcomes-based pricing in the AI era.

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Anthony Rotolo talks with David Nebinski about how he broke into the Chief of Staff world, first at a small African tech VC and then as a Chief of Staff at PayPal. You will also learn about earning trust, knowing when to make decisions for your leader (and when not to), and using AI to work smarter along the way.

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Four-time Chief of Staff Eli Frank breaks down how AI is making Chiefs of Staff even bigger force-multipliers, plus his 4-level CoS framework, solar system analogy, and more.

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Almost two years into her Chief of Staff role, Cher Murphy talks with David Nebinski how she has automated much of her work, built tools, and now spends her time teaching functional teams to adopt AI across the company. She talks through her "outcome-based" view of roles in the AI era, her path from executive assistant to Chief of Staff and more! Enjoy! 

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David Nebinski, host of A Chief of Staff Podcast, gets interviewed by Kriti and Andrew who have attended his A Chief of Staff Mixers, on how he fell into a CoS-like role, his solopreneurship journey, and how he has been building A Chief of Staff newsletter, podcast, and events series in New York.

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