Meet My Agentic AI: The Strategic Partner I Didn’t Know I Needed

For most of my career, I’ve been the person behind the curtain—building systems, leading teams, and scaling operations in sectors that rarely play by the same rules. From cancer nonprofits to private offices, from eCommerce to real estate, I’ve learned to wear every hat in the closet.

But lately, I’ve been thinking about a different kind of partner:

What would the Agentic AI version of myself look like?

Not just another tool or chatbot—but an autonomous, strategic extension of my thinking, priorities, and values. A co-pilot that anticipates, initiates, and adapts—without needing to be micromanaged.

Here’s what that AI would do.

The Operator: Systems, Streamlined

Agentic AI doesn’t wait for me to delegate. It knows the Firmspace Q3 membership agreement expirations are approaching, scans for at-risk members, and automatically drafts a retention plan based on historical behavior, notes from the Membership Sales Manager, and what’s worked in the past.

It syncs with Zapier, audits our automations, and quietly decommissions the ones no longer creating value. It updates SOPs as they evolve and recommends the right moment to train the team—not just after things break.

It runs how I think:

System-first. Results-driven. Calm under pressure.

The Strategist: Thinking in Chapters

My Agentic AI knows my career isn’t a collection of jobs—it’s a narrative.

It connects the through-line from teen hustles in Islip to the Stupid Cancer road trips to fundraising campaigns built on authenticity, not algorithms.

It also knows I like to write blog posts that would have helped a younger version of myself—lessons I had to learn the hard way, shared to save someone else time, energy, or heartache. My AI surfaces those themes, organizes the fragments, and gives them shape.

It helps me write like a builder, not just a doer.

The Brand Guardian: Voice, Locked In

Whether it’s a board update, a donor appeal, or a note to a frustrated member, my Agentic AI knows how I would say it. Not stiff, not sterile—but clear, honest, and maybe even a little funny if the moment allows.

It doesn’t just generate content.

It generates me, distilled and extended.

The Connector: Relationships at Scale

I’ve built entire movements through relationships—survivors, donors, members, founders, skeptics. My AI tracks who I haven’t followed up with, notices someone’s company just raised a Series A, and nudges me to reach out with something thoughtful.

It turns my network into a living, breathing ecosystem—not a pile of forgotten business cards.

The Human Element

Most importantly, my Agentic AI understands why I do what I do.

It knows I care about leaving things better than I found them. That I believe in showing up—whether for a cancer survivor or a member trying to grow their business. It respects that while AI can help scale impact, it’s my values that define the mission.

And it never forgets that.

Final Thought

We talk a lot about AI as a threat, a toy, or a shortcut.

But I’m more interested in the version of AI that reflects the best version of me—one that can think like I do, move like I do, and care (at least algorithmically) like I do.

That’s the Agentic AI I want.

And slowly but surely, I’m building it.