By Sherin Shibu
Publication Date: 2026-08-13 17:09:00
Key Takeaways
- Former Microsoft executive Rob Collie says that one tactic is the best way to AI-proof your career.
- Collie says that workers should not wait to see what AI does to their jobs. In his view, no one can reliably predict which roles will change most or how quickly.
- His simple test could tell you if your job might be vulnerable to AI.
Rob Collie spent 13 years at Microsoft helping lead business intelligence work in Excel. Even with that technical background, he says that AI initially scared him.
“I wasn’t immune to that,” Collie says in a new interview with Entrepreneur about the technology’s potential effect on his business and career. He says his “fear turned into excitement” after he began studying how companies can actually put AI to work.
Now, as CEO of the 50-person consulting firm P3 Adaptive, Collie is betting that AI will not simply eliminate work. It will change who gets to create software, solve operational…
