Prompting Is 2025. In 2026, We Should Let The AI Prompt.

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Feb 9, 2026

Dominic von Proeck, Co-founder of Leaders of AI who trains managers to run hybrid human–AI teams. He discusses building agent-powered teams, onboarding AI assistants like employees, and using AI managers to coordinate other agents. He explains leadership, practical stacks (Airtable, n8n), and why owner-led firms can move fast toward agent-first operations.

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ADVICE

Boost Adoption With Companion Use

Provide employees with AI for both work and personal use to increase adoption at work via the companion effect.
Encourage companion-style uses (health, planning) to normalize AI and boost business uptake.

ADVICE

Prioritize Leadership Over Prompt Engineering

Focus on leadership skills: clear communication, delegation and critical thinking when working with AI assistants.
Treat AI like team members and iterate onboarding, feedback and expectations rather than expecting one-time setup.

INSIGHT

Scale Via Integrated AI Assistants

Dominic scaled revenue eightfold by combining a small human team with over 50 AI assistants integrated into HR processes.
Organizational processes, not just models, drive scalable AI impact.

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AI Leadership for the Agent Era: Building Hybrid Organizations with Dominic von Proeck

AI is entering its operational phase. In this episode, Dominic von Proeck, Co-Founder of Leaders of AI, breaks down what AI transformation looks like when you stop collecting prompts and start building agent-powered teams.

We talk about why owner-led companies and the German Mittelstand can move faster than many expect, and why the most important capability is not technical wizardry but leadership: clear delegation, strong feedback loops, and critical thinking about every AI output.

Dominic shares how their organization runs AI assistants with real operational discipline, including onboarding, documentation, and even personality profiles, plus the emerging pattern of AI managers that lead other agents.

If you want practical guidance on AI agents in business, hybrid organizations, and adoption that sticks, this conversation delivers an unusually concrete operating model.

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About Dietmar Fischer:

Dietmar is a podcaster and AI marketer from Berlin. If you want to know how to get your AI or your digital marketing going, just contact him at argoberlin.com

Chapters

00:00 Dominic’s AI origin story and why AI transformation matters now

03:10 Mittelstand impact, demographics, and why owner-led firms can move fast

06:10 Adoption reality: AI at home vs at work and the companion effect

08:10 Leadership as the key skill for managing AI assistants and hybrid teams

14:10 The stack and the operating model: agent files, Airtable layer, self-hosting and n8n

17:05 Fear, pain points, and the real path to organization-wide AI adoption

24:00 2026 and the shift from prompts to agents, plus AI managers leading other agents

35:25 Matrix education, flow learning, and what ethical progress looks like

40:45 Where to find Dominic and Leaders of AI

Quotes from the Episode

“Prompting is 2025… in 2026, we should let the AI prompt.”
“One of the best antidotes to being afraid of anything is education.”
“To be honest, leadership skills.”

Where to find the Guest

Website: leadersofai.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dominicvonproeck/
Programs: The MBAI program

Music credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads

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