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The Millennial Manager Brief: The Rise of AI Agents & Creator CEOs Post
How two massive trends are changing what it means to work, lead, and build in 2025
Alexis Matthews
September 02, 2025
Hey friends,
Welcome to The Millennial Manager Brief — your pulse check on what’s shaping the future of work, leadership, and digital influence.
This week, we’re diving into a total reinvention of how business gets done. If you’re building anything — a brand, a team, a career — you need to understand two converging forces:
👉 AI Agents are quietly becoming the most powerful teammates in your business. 👉 The Creator Economy is no longer a side hustle — it’s a $250B industry rewriting how we influence and earn.
Let’s break them down — and what they mean for you.
📌 TREND #1: AI AGENTS AREN’T COMING. THEY’RE HERE
AI used to be a productivity tool. Now it’s an autonomous collaborator.
This month, early adopters are using ChatGPT Agents to:
Write personalized cold emails for sales leads
Prep meetings by scanning LinkedIn + news about attendees
Build pitch decks from competitor research
Analyze Amazon reviews and generate product ideas
It’s not perfect yet. But it’s already saving hours of human labor — and compounding results with zero burnout.
What this means for professionals:
You don’t need to work more hours to outperform — you need better systems.
AI-literate leaders will have massive leverage in how they coach, scale, and execute.
Entire roles (e.g. research assistant, entry-level analyst) will shift from doing work to training the agents that do the work.
Reflection: At Molded Media, we’re using AI not to replace humans — but to preserve human energy for the things only we can do: connection, storytelling, strategy, empathy.
📌 TREND #2: THE CREATOR ECONOMY IS THE NEW CORPORATE LADDER
Here’s the thing: you don’t need a million followers to be a creator. You just need influence — and a reason people trust you.
The creator economy is:
200M+ people globally monetizing their knowledge, taste, or expertise
$10B in brand deals last year alone
A real career path for founders, operators, consultants, and community builders
Why this matters:
Consumers are trusting creators more than brands
Creators are launching CPG brands, tech startups, and fundable companies
Employers are hiring creators for their audience and POV
Reflection: I built Molded Media and Overcompensated with content first — not capital. That choice gave me freedom, visibility, and a platform to help others. Creatorship is leadership now.
🔗 Where these trends collide:
Creators are using AI to automate content, analyze followers, and build scalable businesses. AI builders are becoming creators by sharing workflows, tools, and frameworks online.
The future of work? It’s you, armed with tools that scale your effort and a voice that drives impact.
Let’s make it count.
Alexis
The Millennial Manager
💬 Reply and tell me:
Are you more interested in building your voice — or building with AI?
(PS — This fall I’m launching a creator x AI mastermind. Want early access? Hit reply!)
