AI Phase 4 and Where We Are Headed with Jim Tompkins

Jim Tompkins is a master of building businesses around supply chain. He did not ask for AI to change his playbook. It came for him anyway. The rules got ripped up in 2018 when Google put AI on steroids. Jim breaks down every AI leap—from tool to worker to partner, then a force so powerful it can restructure entire companies overnight. This conversation isn't about shiny gadgets. It's how you fire $2M employees because the machine gets smarter, and how companies shrink headcount while tripling firepower-by renting talent and tech, not buying it. The rawest moment? Jim doesn't blink when he says: resist change and you become the next Blockbuster. Ignore the bad data, pretend cyber-risks don’t matter, and you’ll be outflanked before you know it. The only thing moving faster than AI is the fallout from leaders who think the old playbook still protects them. If you are building teams in a world where AI kills yesterday’s job, wrestling with when to trust data versus gut, or staring down the barrel of restructuring your whole company-this conversation covers all of it honestly. Connect with Jim Tompkins: https://jimtompkins.com/ ________________________________________ Learn more about our episode partners and support the show: 💼 Max Capital Hub: https://maxcapitalhub.com/ 🌊 Oceans Talent: www.oceanstalent.com/dave 🌐 Nord VPN: https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id...https://go.nordpass.io/aff_c?offer_id...#supplychain #artificialintelligence #leadership #digitaltransformation