Growth Department
Growth Department
Podcast Description
Welcome to Growth Department, the business podcast for founders, small business owners, and growth-minded leaders who want real answers to the question, "How do I grow my business?"Each week, host Chelsey Reynolds talks with experienced operators, executives, and entrepreneurs who share what actually worked (and what flopped) as they built their companies. We cover everything from how to find customers, scale operations, and lead with impact to how personal growth shows up in professional success.If you're tired of recycled advice, influencer hype, and growth hacks that don’t work in the real world, you’re in the right place. Expect honest conversations, battle-tested strategies, and the mindset shifts you need to scale smart and stay sane.
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The podcast focuses on actionable business growth strategies, personal development, and real-life entrepreneurial experiences, with episodes covering topics such as navigating startup challenges, effective sales techniques, and overcoming layoffs through entrepreneurship.
Growth Department is a business podcast for founders and business leaders who are actively building and want to keep learning as they grow.
Each week, host Chelsey Reynolds talks with operators, executives, and entrepreneurs about how real businesses are built and scaled. These conversations focus on the decisions, tradeoffs, and systems that shape growth over time.
You’ll hear practical insight on finding customers, building teams, scaling operations, and leading well, alongside honest discussions about how personal growth shows up in professional work.
Growth Department slows the conversation down so you can go further, faster.
What does it take to move from AI experimentation to an organization where agents are woven into every workflow? Dr. Pawan Anand has spent 15 years leading enterprise technological and AI transformations across communications, media, and technology.
In this episode, Pawan breaks down the concepts he's been writing about on Forbes: digital colleagues, the agent web, AgentOps, and what he calls AI native organizations.
What we cover:
- What digital colleagues are and how enterprises are using them now
- The agent web: the missing layer most AI strategies don't account for
- Why 91% of AI pilots fail to deliver expected results
- What AgentOps is and why it matters as agentic adoption scales
- How to build toward an AI native organization without skipping steps
- What ethical AI governance looks like in practice
- Where CEOs and CTOs should be involved, and where they should step back
If your company is somewhere between dabbling and all-in, this one's for you.
Guest: Dr. Pawan Anand is a Forbes Technology Council member, executive doctorate from Temple University, and senior technology executive specializing in Generative AI, agentic automation, and digital engineering. Find him on LinkedIn and Forbes.
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/pawan-anand/
Growth Department slows the conversation down so founders and business leaders can go further, faster.
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