Everybody's trying to get the humanity out right now. It's so inefficient, right?
AI agents, automated follow-ups, frictionless funnels - everywhere you look, the entire pitch of the moment seems to be focused on all the things you can do without you involved. There are ways it's useful, but they're not all the ways, because how else are we supposed to build relationships along the way?
What's far more interesting is who's committed right now, in the middle of all this hype, to keeping the human in. The common denominator is relationships and trust - both in building it and maintaining it.
Angie Colee came back on Just Press Record to watch a clip from the episode with venture capitalist + master networker Matthew Stafford and financial marketing strategist + community activist Matt Ackermann. After listening to them discuss what makes people follow leaders, how stories matter, and why a 65% rule is undefeated in networking, Angie reflects on all the ways the humanity keeps showing up in her marketing and strategy practice - including why she's not worried about it ever going away.
In the age of infinite AI polish, taking 2/3rds of a greenlight as your cue to bulldoze stuff in the desert with your friends might be exactly the kind of energy shot we all need to hear right now.
