AI-Native or Not: The Defining Choice for Companies Right Now - with Melissa Cheals, CEO of Smartly
About this episode
Melissa Cheals discusses the implications of becoming an AI-native company and the challenges it presents.
Melissa Cheals, CEO of Smartly, joins Henrik and Jeremy to explore what it really means to become an AI-native company—and why that decision is becoming unavoidable. From challenging $1M, 12-month product timelines to rethinking leadership, communication, and how teams work together, she shares how AI is forcing organizations to question long-held assumptions about how work gets done.
People in this episode
Hosts: Henrik Werdelin, Jeremy Utley
Guest: Melissa Cheals
Topics covered
- AI-native companies
- organizational change
- leadership
- team collaboration
- product development
Keywords
- AI-native
- Smartly
- leadership
- communication
- teamwork
- organizational change
- product timelines
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Smartly
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