Beyond ChatGPT: Rescuing 30% of the Workday with AI with Olga Topchaya

What if a significant part of your team's workday is being spent on tasks that AI could handle in minutes? In this episode, we sit down with Olga Topchaya , Founder and CEO of Lapis AI Consults , to explore what it really takes to move beyond AI experimentation and build systems that create measurable business value. With a decade of experience across marketing and product leadership , Olga has seen how businesses can lose valuable time and money to repetitive administrative work from data entry and report formatting to email sorting, information retrieval, and schedule coordination. We explore why successful AI implementation requires more than simply choosing the right technology. Olga believes businesses need three things working together: technology, business strategy, and people . Without understanding how employees actually work and where AI fits into existing processes, even powerful tools can fail to deliver meaningful results. Olga also shares how one client redesigned its information workflows and integrated conversational AI into its existing infrastructure, cutting information search time to 3.5 seconds and reducing technology support and information retrieval costs by more than 90% . The conversation goes beyond using AI for emails and social media to examine the bigger opportunity: How can businesses use AI to eliminate busywork and give employees more time for strategic, high-value work? If you're a business leader, founder, product professional, or technology enthusiast interested in AI automation, productivity, digital transformation, or building AI systems that people actually adopt, this episode offers practical insights into making AI work for the entire organization. The future of AI isn't just about what machines can do. It's about what people can accomplish when machines handle the work they shouldn't have to. #OlgaTopchaya #LapisAIConsults #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAutomation #BusinessAutomation #DigitalTransformation #ProductStrategy #BusinessStrategy #AIImplementation #FutureOfWork #Productivity #Leadership #Innovation #Technology #WorkflowAutomation #EmployeeProductivity #AIConsulting #Entrepreneurship #Podcast #DesignWave