The Future Of Less Work · 2026-06-02 · 36 min
What happens when every employee starts building their own AI second brain and performance is no longer defined by experience, but by the intelligence you build around yourself? In this episode of The Future of Less Work , host Nirit Cohen sits down with Brian Madden, Futurist at Citrix Systems , to explore how individuals are creating personal AI “second brains” that reshape how they think, decide, and get work done. Together, they unpack how this is creating a new gap between employees, why capability is shifting from roles to human-AI combinations, and what it means when work moves from execution to orchestration. If your best people are already building their own AI second brain, what does that mean for everyone else and for the organization trying to keep up? Guest Information: Brian Madden is a technology officer and futurist at Citrix, where he explores how AI is reshaping knowledge work. He writes regularly at citrix.com/blogs , discusses workplace AI on LinkedIn, and gives talks globally on the future of work. Brian has spent the past 31 years focusing on end-user computing, digital workplace trends, and the evolving nature of knowledge work.
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