Leading AI Adoption with Adaeze Okoli
Adaeze Okoli, the Chief of Staff at Rethink Food, shares how her AI toolkit has transformed in just one year, from basic document review to building custom apps with Claude Code. She discusses leading AI adoption at Rethink Food, managing organizational change, and how her Chief of Staff role has evolved.
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Episode highlights:
01:15: AI use expanding from personal efficiency to org‑wide capacity
02:30: Catalyst: Claude & Claude Code; experimentation mindset
03:30: AI as change management; co‑AI lead role
05:30: Rethink’s mission & scale + geographic expansion
08:00: AI’s promise and a concrete logistics example
13:30: Role evolution: from principal‑focused ops to broader strategy & tech
17:30: Autonomy, principal dynamics & upskilling the team
21:30: Change management in practice: adoption curves & lunch‑and‑learns
24:45: Fundraising & hospitality: how Rethink builds support
27:30: Personal goals: becoming a fundraiser & hitting the $1M mark