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The AI Workflows Behind Every's Consulting Team

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The AI Workflows Behind Every's Consulting Team

AI & I

Jul 01
AI & I

AI & I

Jul 01
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Natalia Quintero joined Every as head of consulting with a mandate to bring AI into the workflows of executives at hedge funds, private equity firms, and tech companies. She is also a recent Codex convert—someone who spent months resisting the tool before ...

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Natalia Quintero, head of consulting at Every, discusses her journey from a non-technical user to an AI builder, focusing on how tools like Codex have transformed her workflow. She shares insights on managing AI agents, the balance between custom-built and off-the-shelf software, and practical applications of AI in both professional and personal contexts.
00:00
Knowledge work is like gardening
01:05
Claudie now works more effectively due to recent model releases.
02:36
AI lacks taste and the ability to surface insights
10:47
Language models can grow bones.
11:53
Codex lets her focus on solutions rather than architecture.
18:10
Codex reduces mental load compared to Claude Code
24:08
Knowledge work shifts from sculpting to gardening.
26:51
A loop is a system that automates email handling with a human sandwich.
28:58
Start with existing systems and small tasks
35:51
AI enables proactive family care coordination.

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Codex as an Operating System for Work
00:00
Introduction
01:05
How Natalia manages Claudie, the consulting team's AI project manager
02:35
Why the consulting team still pays for SaaS products
04:55
Codex as a game changer
11:47
Building personalized learning guides and illustrated explainers with AI
14:55
Inside Natalia's AI-powered email triage system
21:40
The shift from knowledge work as sculpting to knowledge work as gardening
26:44
Using Codex to one-shot a custom CRM
28:57
Using Codex to build an app that coordinates her father's medical care
33:16

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Dan Shipper: You go and teach executives and other people at big companies how to use AI. And so I think what you're doing is a good window into how great operators and executives are starting to use this stuff. Natalia Quintero: What Codex helped me do w...