Toby and Chmiel continue last week’s conversation on human ingenuity with a founder who’s putting it to the test. Katherine von Jan (KVJ to those who know her) joins the pod to talk about her new venture, Tough Day, and its mission to unlock the best of human potential in an AI-saturated workplace. As a longtime ON_Discourse member and former Salesforce exec turned startup founder, KVJ has a sharp perspective on where AI helps, where it hurts, and why the future of work depends on not automating away what makes us human.

Details in the Show

• Why KVJ believes the next wave of AI should elevate human problem-solving, not replace it
• The overlooked cost of frictionless workflows, and why some struggle is essential to great ideas
• How “human ingenuity gaps” show up inside organizations, and what tools can close them
• Lessons KVJ carried from big tech leadership into startup building in the AI era
• Why today’s obsession with scale blinds us to the micro-moments that define good work
• A challenge to AI founders: build tech that makes people better, not just faster

Learn more at ON_Discourse.com.

About ON_Discourse

ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse. 

As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.

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