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Is AI Coming for Your Job? Maximos Lih Says It's Not
Sales POP! Podcasts: Insights from Top Experts in Sales, Marketing, Leadership & More. · 2026-06-25 · 22 min
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Maximos Lih, founder and CEO of Emboldened LLC and former Google Ventures operating partner, explains how leaders win in the agentic age by treating AI failure as a business opportunity rather than a layoff equation. He shows how IKEA reskilled 8,500 service agents to build a $1.4 billion interior design business rather than cutting headcount.