The Dumb Monkey Show - Simplifying AI for business leaders
Aamir Qutub
17 episodes
1 week ago
Send us a text Are we at the beginning of an AI-driven jobs apocalypse? In this episode, Aamir Qutub and Davina Montgomery unpack one of the biggest questions of our time: what happens when AI doesn’t just help humans work — it replaces them? From Amazon’s 30,000 layoffs to mass cuts across banking, government, and manufacturing, the shift is real and accelerating. Aamir warns that unlike past revolutions, AI isn’t just a tool. It’s a doer. And if businesses, governments, and workers don’t ad...
All content for The Dumb Monkey Show - Simplifying AI for business leaders is the property of Aamir Qutub and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Send us a text Are we at the beginning of an AI-driven jobs apocalypse? In this episode, Aamir Qutub and Davina Montgomery unpack one of the biggest questions of our time: what happens when AI doesn’t just help humans work — it replaces them? From Amazon’s 30,000 layoffs to mass cuts across banking, government, and manufacturing, the shift is real and accelerating. Aamir warns that unlike past revolutions, AI isn’t just a tool. It’s a doer. And if businesses, governments, and workers don’t ad...
Send us a text Are we at the beginning of an AI-driven jobs apocalypse? In this episode, Aamir Qutub and Davina Montgomery unpack one of the biggest questions of our time: what happens when AI doesn’t just help humans work — it replaces them? From Amazon’s 30,000 layoffs to mass cuts across banking, government, and manufacturing, the shift is real and accelerating. Aamir warns that unlike past revolutions, AI isn’t just a tool. It’s a doer. And if businesses, governments, and workers don’t ad...
Send us a text When your clients start using GPT — you know the game has changed. In this episode of The Dumb Monkey Show, Aamir Qutub and Divina Montgomery sit down with Simon Quirke, CEO and Founder of Graceview, a RegTech startup using AI to make compliance effortless. Simon shares how his journey from lawyer to entrepreneur led him to tackle one of the hardest problems in business: keeping up with constantly changing regulations. He explains how Graceview monitors thousands of regulatory ...
Send us a text Are you trusting what you see online? In this episode, Aamir Qutub and co-host Davina Montgomery explore how AI-generated content is reshaping trust, creativity, and business — and what happens when companies rush into automation without preparation. From OpenAI’s new Sora 2 model that creates ultra-realistic videos to a $440,000 AI-written government report gone wrong, this conversation dives deep into the balance between innovation and integrity. You’ll lear...
Send us a text Are you stuck spending hours on emails, scheduling, or manual follow-ups that AI could easily handle for you? In this episode, Aamir Qutub and co-host Davina Montgomery go hands-on with the best AI automation tools that are changing how businesses work — no coding required. From managing your inbox with Fixer.ai to connecting entire workflows using Make and n8n, they show how to turn everyday tasks into self-running systems. You’ll also learn how to keep your automations safe, ...
Send us a text AI automation isn’t just for tech giants anymore — it’s the new superpower for every business. In this episode, Aamir Qutub and Davina Montgomery dive into the real-world automations transforming marketing, sales, and everyday operations. From using ChatGPT and Claude to run entire content workflows, to setting up no-code agents in Make.com and N8N, they unpack how smart leaders are saving hours, cutting costs, and scaling faster. What’s inside: How Aamir’s team built a full...
Send us a text In this episode of The Dumb Monkey Show, Aamir Qutub and Davina Montgomery break down exactly how AI lets anyone start and scale a real business—whether you’re freelancing, consulting, or building a product. From landing your first clients to auto-writing press releases and prepping investor pitches, we map the steps and the stack. What’s inside: The 3 levels of AI businesses: gigs → expert services → product/startupSimple services you can sell today (image/video editing, proof...
Send us a text Are you stuck doing repetitive, boring tasks that could easily be automated? In this episode, Aamir Qutub and co-host Davina Montgomery explore how AI-powered automation is freeing businesses from “robot work” and delivering measurable savings. From sales pipelines and proposals to content creation and customer updates, they show how tools like Make and n8n let you build workflows that run themselves — without needing a coding team. Plus, we dig into the guardrails that keep au...
Send us a text AI isn’t just answering questions anymore — it’s doing the work. In this episode, Aamir Qutub and co-host Davina Montgomery unpack the rise of AI agents: digital teammates that can plan, decide, and act across your business. We explore how agents are being used in real companies — from safety bots trained on OHS manuals, to HR advisors, to a LinkedIn post-builder that learns your voice. You’ll learn how to train and test your own agents (fast), why managers of the future will s...
Send us a text Most people think AI is dumb. In reality, their prompts are dumb. In this episode, we break down prompt engineering for business leaders — showing you how to turn ChatGPT (and any AI tool) into a consultant that gives clear, useful, and tailored answers. 👉 What you’ll learn: Why AI gives generic, fluffy answers (and how to stop it)4 prompt frameworks you can steal today: S.C.O.R.E, T.E.A.C.H, R.A.F.T, S.T.A.RHow to brief AI like you’d brief a senior consultant or strategistReal...
Send us a text Elon Musk’s Grok AI comes with “Spicy” and “Unhinged” modes — including flirty voice chats, foul-mouthed rants, and even celebrity deepfakes. Aamir and Davina put it to the test… then ask the harder question: what happens when businesses start using unregulated models like this at work? Along the way we dig into: • What’s new with GPT-5 (and why its “PhD-level” reasoning is a genuine leap forward) • Australia’s AI Adoption Report — and why construction + manufacturing ar...
Send us a text Creative director Ben Cook (Recreate Australia) reckons there’s “no excuse not to be a millionaire” if you learn to wield AI—then proves it. We dig into how his team slashed pre-production time, turned meeting notes into proposals, and undercut competitors without cutting corners. Expect practical tactics: recording in Fathom, summarising in Gemini/ChatGPT, dropping into Canva, sending via PandaDoc, plus when to use Copilot, Grok, and Whisper. We also tackle the hard bit: jobs,...
Send us a text Perplexity isn’t just another AI tool — it’s quickly becoming a business research assistant for leaders who need clear answers fast. In this Dumb Monkey Podcast deep dive, Aamir Qutub explains the Perplexity Ladder: how the Free, Pro, Enterprise, and Max (Comet) versions each unlock new capabilities for business. From simple searches to deep research, dashboards, and privacy controls, we explore how executives and professionals can decide which level makes sense for them. ...
Send us a text Every organisation needs its Messi or Ronaldo — that one person who knows the business inside out and can now use AI to drive productivity, profitability, and growth. In this Dumb Monkey deep dive, Aamir Qutub explains why you can’t just hire this skill from the market — you need to spot and grow AI champions within your own team . We’ll cover how to identify these superstars, how to retain them once you’ve found them, and how to scale their impact across the organisation. Whet...
Send us a text “Vibe coding” — telling an AI tool to spin up a whole app from a simple prompt — feels like magic. Tools like Bolt, Lovable, and Replit can generate working apps in minutes and even auto-deploy them. But here’s the catch: vibe-coded apps often lack security, testing, and solid architecture. In this Dumb Monkey deep dive, Aamir Qutub unpacks when AI vibe coding is useful (rapid prototypes, one-off internal tools, research dashboards) and when it’s dangerous (anything...
Send us a text AI is powerful, but out of the box it’s just… generic. In this reflection episode of the Dumb Monkey Podcast, Aamir Qutub explains how to personalise ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot so they understand your preferences, tone, and guardrails. By teaching your AI assistant who you are — what you like, what you avoid, how you want things phrased — you can transform these tools from basic chatbots into trusted business partners. Whether you want professional reports, cheeky social pos...
Send us a text In this episode of the Dumb Monkey Podcast, Aamir Qutub and Davina Montgomery sit down with Ramon Rodriguez, General Manager of the Geelong Advertiser, to explore how business leaders can turn curiosity about AI into measurable business wins. Ramon shares how tools like Perplexity and Comet have helped him cut through repetitive work, spark creativity, and even close a $200K deal. We go deeper into the AI-first mindset every leader needs, the risks of falling behind in Au...
Send us a text Are you suffering from the Dumb Monkey Syndrome? In this first episode, Aamir Qutub and co-host Davina Montgomery launch the Dumb Monkey Podcast — the show that makes AI for business simple, bold, and practical. We introduce the concept of Dumb Monkey Syndrome — what happens when leaders fail to evolve with technology — and show how to personalise ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot so they act like real assistants. You’ll also hear why using paid tools matters for privacy, how to av...
The Dumb Monkey Show - Simplifying AI for business leaders
Send us a text Are we at the beginning of an AI-driven jobs apocalypse? In this episode, Aamir Qutub and Davina Montgomery unpack one of the biggest questions of our time: what happens when AI doesn’t just help humans work — it replaces them? From Amazon’s 30,000 layoffs to mass cuts across banking, government, and manufacturing, the shift is real and accelerating. Aamir warns that unlike past revolutions, AI isn’t just a tool. It’s a doer. And if businesses, governments, and workers don’t ad...
