Post by Kaylyn Knoll

The World Cup Final is 3 days away. ⚽️ Tonight at ClickUp's The Table in Brooklyn, leaders from finance, media, tech, and higher ed sat around one question: why is everyone talking about AI but nobody's actually operationalizing it? → Data integrity is the real blocker. Before anyone can layer AI on workflows, they're stuck cleaning up legacy systems nobody wants to own. → Build vs. buy paralysis is stalling entire orgs. One team vibe-codes an internal system. Another can't get a single sign-off. → Internal champions exist everywhere. Org-level air cover doesn't. → Everyone at the table suspects their competitors already figured this out. A billion people will watch two teams compete for the biggest trophy in sports on Sunday, right here in this city. Tonight felt like its own kind of warmup: a room full of people who'd rather be in motion than watching from the sidelines. Thank you Liam Mahoney and Parsan Zar for bringing it in Brooklyn. And to every exec who showed up curious on a Wednesday night. 🤝