Trades Talk Podcast

Weekly Update #54: Inside the K&D AI Operating System with Sean Laux


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On this Weekly Update of Trades Talk, Justin White is joined by Sean Laux, K&D's leader of innovation and technology, kicking off a new chapter of the Friday show: weekly deep dives on AI inside a trades business.

Sean and Justin break down the K&D AI stack, why most CEOs are getting AI wrong, and how to actually find ROI in a market where 56 percent of CEOs say AI has delivered nothing.

In this episode, we cover:

  • The K&D AI operating system: normalized database, MCPs, and Justin's "Reggie" Claude agent
  • Why a CFO skill that runs three recursive QA loops is replacing the CFO hire (and the Instagram hate that followed)
  • Dan Martell's three levels of AI (assistant, automation, agent team) and where almost no one lives
  • The AI guru warning: why a $250K retainer firm cannot understand your workflow in a day
  • Two assignments for the week: run a 10 to 20 question self-interview with AI on a problem you cannot solve, and build your first Claude Cowork automated task (a daily brief is a great starting point).

    If you are a trades CEO under board pressure to ship AI ROI, a tech-curious operator just getting started, or anyone who has burned cash on an AI consultant and gotten nothing, this episode is the playbook.

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