Protect yourself in the DOGE era...

While some companies are sitting on their hands and waiting to react, the smart ones are already adapting by reimagining their entire operational stack with AI.

AI Isn't Just a Tool—It's a Requirement

In a leaked internal memo, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke made it clear: AI integration is now mandatory across the company. Every team is expected to implement AI in their workflows, no exceptions.

This isn't about following a trend. It's about survival. As business costs rise and forecasting becomes less reliable, leaders are asking:

"Where can we find new efficiencies without sacrificing output?"

Where AI Delivers Real Efficiency for Companies

If you can't predict your cost of goods six months from now, you better be sharp everywhere else. AI gives you compounding leverage—on speed, decision-making, and cost reduction—without waiting for the economy to stabilize.

AI can help you:

• Automate repetitive workflows in operations, customer service, and administration

• Forecast demand and pricing scenarios under different tariff conditions

• Accelerate marketing and content through AI-trained tools to make content more cost-effective

• Streamline product development with AI-driven prototyping and UX generation

Your competitors are using AI to cut their decision cycles in half while keeping headcount flat. Can you afford not to?

The Game is Changing Globally, and So Should You

Whether you're a business owner or an employee, here's what you should do, like, as soon as yesterday:

• Audit your workflows: Where are you or your team doing tasks AI could handle?

• Pick one process and automate it: Think internal reporting, client communications, or research.

• Make AI integration a standing agenda item—not a side project.

This isn't about replacing people. It's about protecting yourself from a future that's already arrived—and elevating your role to meet it.

AI is how you build optionality. And in the age of economic uncertainty, optionality is your strongest form of leverage.