Is your company's "AI disruption" happening with you—or quietly without you… and putting your business worth at risk?

If you're leading a mid-to-large company right now, you're probably feeling two pressures at the same time: move faster with AI and don't blow up the business while you do it. Because AI isn't a future trend anymore—it's already being built, tested, and used across departments, geographies, and teams (often without a single unified view). And that creates a real leadership headache: how do you scale AI for competitive advantage while still keeping guardrails in place?

In this episode, Jim Schleckser talks with Pete Foley (CEO of ModelOp) about what happens when AI spreads "like wildfire" inside an organization—and how to regain control without killing momentum.

You'll walk away with:

• A practical way to get visibility into AI across your organization so you know what models exist, what they're doing, and where the biggest risks are hiding.

• A framework for putting governance and guardrails in place without slowing innovation—so you can move faster than competitors and sleep at night.

• A clearer path to scaling AI investments into real business outcomes (revenue, cost reduction, risk control) instead of letting models sit stuck in limbo for 9–12 months.

Hit play now to learn how to build AI guardrails that protect your brand and accelerate results—so you can boost business worth before the market decides who survives the disruption.

Check out:

• [02:10] "In five years, there'll be two kinds of companies…" — Jim frames the stakes of AI disruption and why ignoring it threatens long-term survival and business worth.

• [10:45] The real AI bottleneck: why models take 9–12 months to reach production — Pete explains what's slowing companies down and why that pace won't survive the next wave.

• [23:30] The "air traffic controller" approach to AI governance — visibility, risk assignment, guardrails, and real-time monitoring so AI can scale without chaos.

About Pete Foley

With more than 25 years of executive and entrepreneurial experience in enterprise software and a track record of successful business exits, Pete Foley's leadership gives ModelOp customers, partners and employees a high level of trust and confidence in the company and its future.

Prior to co-founding ModelOp, Pete held several chief executive roles, including CEO of RingCube Technologies, a desktop virtualization software solution provider acquired by Citrix in 2011; CEO of PortAuthority Technologies, a provider of data leak protection systems, from 2005 through its acquisition by Websense in 2007; and CEO of Infoblox (BLOX) from 2002 through 2005. In addition, Pete was the Executive Chairman of Graphite Systems, a low latency, flash-based big data appliance that was acquired by EMC, from 2012 to 2015.

Ever catch yourself wondering, "What is my business worth—like, the real number, not the cocktail-party guess?"

If your business represents the majority of your net worth (and for most CEOs, it does), not knowing your true valuation is risky. You could be planning an exit, thinking about succession, considering a partnership change, or even just trying to make smarter growth decisions—but without a real valuation framework, you're basically relying on back-of-the-napkin math. In this episode, you'll get a clear, CEO-friendly breakdown of how valuations actually work and what drives value up (or quietly drags it down).

You'll walk away with:

• A practical understanding of the real valuation methods (market comps, public peer multiples, discounted cash flow, and when asset-based valuation applies) so you can stop guessing and start thinking like an investor.

• A sharper perspective on what increases or decreases your company's value—especially risk factors like customer concentration, shaky financials, key-person dependency, and unreliable forecasts.

• A clearer playbook for "valuation readiness" so you can improve value before a buyer, a partner, or the IRS forces the question.

Press play now and steal the same valuation lens buyers use—so you can protect your wealth, reduce risk, and increase what your business is worth before the next big decision hits.

Check out:

• 0:03:10 — The 3 main ways your business is valued (market comps, public peer multiples, and discounted cash flow—plus why valuation is forward-looking).

• 00:10:55 — How to value intangible assets like patents and trademarks (including the "relief from royalty" method that's surprisingly practical).

• 00:22:40 — The biggest value drivers you can actually control (clean financials, forecasting confidence, reducing key-person risk, and de-risking the business for buyers).

About Dave Bookbinder

Dave Bookbinder is a corporate finance executive with a focus on business and intangible asset valuation. Known as a collaborative consultant, Dave has served thousands of client companies of all sizes and industries.

Dave has conducted valuations of the securities and intangible assets of public and private companies for various purposes including acquisition, divestiture, financial reporting, stock-based compensation, fairness and solvency opinions, reorganizations, recapitalizations, estate planning, S-Corp. conversion, exit strategy, and succession planning.

Have you ever bailed on a "seat at the table" moment because imposter syndrome convinced you you didn't belong?

This episode is basically a reality check for that spiral. If you've ever walked into a room of bigger titles, bigger experience, bigger confidence—and immediately started listing all the reasons you're "not enough," Megan Reilly's story will feel uncomfortably familiar (in the best way). She breaks down what imposter syndrome costs you, how to stop self-eliminating, and how to stay in the game long enough to actually grow—whether you're building a company, scaling a team, or just trying to lead without burning yourself out.

• A simple way to quiet imposter syndrome when you feel outmatched—so you stay in the room and find your value instead of fleeing.

• A scrappy growth mindset you can copy (no perfect plan required): how momentum, feedback, and "green lights" can guide your next move.

• A healthier approach to scaling in real life by recognizing seasons—so you can build something meaningful without feeling like you're failing at everything else.

Press play and borrow Megan's mindset reset for imposter syndrome—so the next time you get the opportunity, you take the seat and don't look back.

Check out:

• 10:00 – The imposter syndrome turning point
  Megan tells the D1 basketball walk-on story and the moment she quit—then reframes it into her core lesson: why imposter syndrome makes you walk away from rooms you've already earned entry into.

• 25:00 – From "side gig" to real business
  The shift from teaching dance as a flexible college job to realizing, "Wait, this actually works," and how trusting momentum (not a formal plan) led to massive growth.

• 50:00 – Scaling, seasons, and not doing it all at once
  A candid conversation about building a 70-location franchise while raising kids—and why recognizing life seasons is critical to sustainable leadership and sanity.

About Megan Reilly

Megan Reilly started as an entrepreneur at age 19 and over the last two decades has built an international franchise, received multiple offers on Shark Tank, started a top 12 podcast, and ignited crowds all around the country as a keynote speaker.

Megan is the creator and host of one of the Top 12 Parenting Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Who Is Your Momma Podcast, where she speaks to the mothers of some of the world's most successful, CEOs, athletes, and entertainers. Megan speaks to organizations all across the country, sharing the lessons she has learned from more than 20 years as a thriving entrepreneur.