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You're Making Yourself Obsolete — Here's How to Become Indispensable in the AI Era | Nikki Barua
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- Business Roundtable
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- May 13, 2026
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Summary
You built your career on accumulating knowledge, protecting your territory, and holding onto status. That strategy made sense in the old world. In the AI era, it is making you invisible. Nikki Barua has spent 25 years leading large-scale transformation at Fortune 500 companies and building high-growth businesses as a serial entrepreneur. What she has watched happen in real time is a fundamental shift in how power works. Old power was currency you hoarded it, protected it, and held on tight. New power is current; it flows, it democratizes, and the more you give away, the more valuable you become. AI has accelerated this shift dramatically. And for Gen X leaders like you, that means everything you were taught about success is now working against you. In this episode, David Carr and Nikki break down why holding on to knowledge, status, and control is making leaders obsolete, what new power actually means in practice, and how to completely reimagine your business and your leadership before the window closes. In this episode: Why Gen X leaders trained on old power principles are at the highest risk of becoming invisible The difference between old power and new power, and why AI has fundamentally changed the equation Why incremental thinking will destroy your business in the exponential AI era How to think in terms of zero resource constraints to unlock exponential vision The 90-day sprint methodology for building momentum and collective confidence Why waiting for certainty is actively ensuring your failure One action item you can take today to stop waiting and start reinventing About Nikki Barua: Nikki Barua is a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and CEO of FlipWork, a platform transforming organizations into agentic enterprises where people and AI c…