A Chief of Staff with David Nebinski

How a Chief of Staff Uses AI to Automate Accountability and Internal Comms (with Nadia Koritareva)

Nadia Koritareva, Chief of Staff at AngelList, shares how she uses Claude to handle follow-ups, scheduling, and accountability so she can focus on judgment and strategy.

Can AI Replace a Chief of Staff? Cat Jordan on Running an AI-Native VC Fund

Cat Jordan, Chief of Staff at Crystal Venture Partners, talks with David Nebinski about why AI can take over repetitive tasks but can't replace a Chief of Staff's judgmen

How AI Is Changing the Chief of Staff Role in 2026 (Lauren Stein)

Lauren Stein joins David Nebinski to unpack how the Chief of Staff role is evolving in the AI era — from "executive engineer" to startups' earliest hire. They dig into wh

How to talk to Founders: Lessons from Vivek Udaykumar at Lima

Vivek Udaykumar, who works at immigration startup Lima, talks with David Nebinski about how he networked his way into an Ops & Strategy role as an immigrant with zero con

Chief of Staff to a COO, Emotional Regulation, and CoS Superpowers (with Chelsea Orcutt)

Chelsea Orcutt, Chief of Staff to a COO, joins David Nebinski to talk about what the role really looks like day-to-day. They dig into emotional regulation as a core CoS s

How a Chief of Staff at WPP Media Drives Upskilling Across 40,000 Employees (with Mariko Kunitomo)

Mariko Kunitomo, the Global Chief of Staff, People & Talent at WPP Media, breaks down how she helps upskill 40,000+ employees. She shares the business case for developing

When Should You Hire a Chief of Staff? Goodword's CEO and Strategy & Ops Lead Explain

Goodword's CEO Caroline Dell and Strategy & Ops Lead Lara Kuhn get real about when to hire a Chief of Staff, why titles matter less than the work, and how AI is making ge

How a Head of Ops at an AI Startup Hires, Uses AI Tools, and Thinks About Pricing (with Grant Rivas)

Grant Rivas, Head of Operations at Antimetal, breaks down with David Nebinski how he hires 'Founding' roles at a fast-scaling AI startup, why he switched his AI tool stac

From VC To PayPal: An Inside Look at Two Chief of Staff Roles (with Anthony Rotolo)

Anthony Rotolo talks with David Nebinski about how he broke into the Chief of Staff world, first at a small African tech VC and then as a Chief of Staff at PayPal. You wi

How AI Is Turning Chiefs of Staff Into 'Super Operators' from 4-Time CoS (with Eli Frank)

Four-time Chief of Staff Eli Frank breaks down how AI is making Chiefs of Staff even bigger force-multipliers, plus his 4-level CoS framework, solar system analogy, and m

How A Chief of Staff Uses AI to Drive Company-Wide Adoption (with Cher Murphy)

Almost two years into her Chief of Staff role, Cher Murphy talks with David Nebinski how she has automated much of her work, built tools, and now spends her time teaching

Chief of Staff Community: Building a Podcast, Newsletter & Events in NYC

David Nebinski, host of A Chief of Staff Podcast, gets interviewed by Kriti and Andrew who have attended his A Chief of Staff Mixers, on how he fell into a CoS-like role,

How AI Multiplies A Chief of Staff's Impact with Tim Bristow

David Nebinski talks with Tim Bristow, the Chief of Staff at Edge, about how AI multiplies his impact, how AI is changing organization structures, and why saying no is th

How To Get A Chief of Staff Role In 2026: 6 Job Search Tips

In this A Chief of Staff podcast episode, David Nebinski shares six Chief of Staff job searching tips if you are looking for a new job in 2026. You will learn how to stan

Chief of Staff at an AI startup: The Generalist's Advantage with Teddy Schoenfeld

In this episode, David Nebinski sits down with Teddy Schoenfeld, a Chief of Staff at early-stage AI startup Sentience, to unpack what the role looks like at a ~10 person

A Chief of Staff's Playbook: AI, Discipline, and the COS Framework with Hannah Heider

In this podcast episode, Hannah Heider chats with David Nebinski about her dual CoS role at a family office and an AI healthcare startup called Arbiter. You will also lea

How A Chief of Staff At Clay Got Her Role and Uses Clay with Julia Govberg

Julia Govberg, a Chief of Staff at Clay, joins David Nebinski to unpack what the role really looks like inside a fast-scaling startup. She shares how her VC background at

Scaling As A Chief of Staff and AI Policy with Stephania Greco

Stephania Greco, Chief of Staff and Chief Compliance Officer at a Growth Fund, joins David Nebinski to unpack what the Chief of Staff role really is, scaling as a Chief o

How To Build Community As A Chief of Staff with Cathy Rong

Cathy Rong, Chief of Staff for Questlove and Founder of Cat Darling Agency, shares how Game Night became a pop-culture phenomenon, why community building runs through eve

AI Automation: Agents, Culture Quizzes, and 10x-ing Output with Amelie Missig

When Eight Sleep's CEO challenged the company to 10x their output with AI, Amelie Missig went all-in. She shares about how she built an agent, designed an AI culture-fit