25% Unemployment in 18 Months? | Founder & CEO Kevin Dean

Any Knowledge Worker Replaceable

In this Boundary Breakers episode, Brandon Ansley sits down with ManoByte Founder & CEO Kevin Dean to unpack why he believes we could see 25% unemployment within 18 months—and what leaders can do right now to prepare. Kevin shares his origin story: growing up dirt poor in Lexington, Kentucky, selling candy at a wealthy school just to buy lunch, and later walking away from the Fortune 500 world after a scuba-diving “I’m done” moment. Then the conversation turns to AI agents, “digital coworkers,” and why most AI implementations fail. If you’re running a company and still treating AI like software, Kevin says you’re already behind.