A company with no staff, no payroll, and no traditional org chart — just AI models, subscriptions, and 300 hand-picked consultants!

How a business scales with zero employees: AI-powered prospecting, brutal consultant vetting, deliberately thin 33% margins, virtual CIOs delivering 400% ROI, and why vendors are keeping the AI savings their clients deserve.

We discussed: ◼ Why a firm deliberately keeps just 33% margin while competitors keep 60% ◼ How interviewing 800 consultants during COVID built a 300-person network ◼ The single interview question that exposes technologists who can't think like executives ◼ Why fractional leadership commonly delivers 400% ROI in the mid-market ◼ The "AI dividend" your suppliers are banking as margin instead of passing to you

🎙️ Host: Carol Schultz

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolbschultz/

Vertical Elevation: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vertical-elevation/

🎤 Guest: Jeff Roberts

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertsjeff/

Innovation Vista: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovationvista/

🎧 Find us YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EvolvingYourWorkplace

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/evolving-your-workplace/id1562180951

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