How A Chief of Staff Drives AI Adoption | Cher Murphy

Cher Murphy talks with David Nebinski how she has automated much of her work, built tools, and now spends her time teaching functional teams to adopt AI across the company. She talks through her "outcome-based" view of roles in the AI era, her path from executive assistant to Chief of Staff and more! Episode highlights: 0:00 How Cher likes to swim to relax and gets ideas while swimming 3:00 How Cher came up with an AI-strategy memo on her honeymoon 5:00 Why she thinks roles could switch to outcome-based roles 7:00 Automating Chief of Staff work with agents 9:00 Where to start with AI adoption 10:00 Owning initiatives instead of just tactical work 10:30 Covering for the CEO on paternity leave 12:15 Creating an automated OKR dashboard 13:30 How she got technical: "doing is learning." 22:30 The EA-to-Chief-of-Staff transition 24:00 Why great EAs are so powerful 39:30 Crediting a mentor and friend who has helped Cher 44:45 Parting advice: just go for it Connect with Cher Murphy on LinkedIn:   / chermurphy4   Connect with David Nebinski, the Founder of A Chief of Staff, on LinkedIn:   / davidnebinski   More about A Chief of Staff A Chief of Staff, Founded by David Nebinski, is a platform and community for Chiefs of Staff. You can join the A Chief of Staff community, A Chief of Staff Mixer events, and newsletter at: www.achiefofstaffpodcast.com This A Chief of Staff with David Nebinski podcast episode with Cher Murphy was published on August 4th 2026