In this episode of HR Heretics, Nolan and Kelli sit down with Casey Woo, a former public market investor turned 7x high-growth executive (including WeWork). He is now the founder of Operations Guild and General Partner at FOG Ventures. Casey shares eye-opening experiences from his time at WeWork and describes working with Adam Neumann, and the dynamics of rapid business scaling. They also highlight the impact of AI on business operations, the rise of the business operator, and discuss what skill-based ‘‘specialist generalists” do.

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Casey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseywoo/

Nolan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolan-church/

Kelli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellidragovich/

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Intro

(01:14) Casey's journey and WeWork experience

(08:39) Lessons from WeWork

(14:19) Current Climate and Operators Guild

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(20:45) Current pace of AI development

(26:26) The Rise of the Operator

(35:03) Importance of generalists in business

(41:10) Building a Community: Lessons Learned

(44:42) Future of operators and founding businesses

(49:56) Wrap

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