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Episode 15 - Building a Better Fractional Operating System (Mike Fedorov)

The Future is Fractional Podcast··4 October 2026·39 min

About this episode

Mike Fedorov is Chief Operating Officer and Co-CEO at Applied AI Labs. In this episode of the Future is Fractional Podcast, he'll explain how the real constraint on senior expertise usually isn't the expertise itself, but rather coordination.Mike believes in what he calls a Fractional Operating System — an approach that keeps senior human judgment at the center, while AI handles the coordination and specialist work around it. We'll dig into why the traditional model breaks down, what this looks like in practice across different functional areas, and what it means for the economics of expertise when one expert can support far more capacity without rebuilding a traditional team around themselves.If you are interested in connecting with Mike, you can find him on LinkedIn at the link below:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikefedorov/If you would like to learn more about Mike's business, Applied AI Labs, you can find a link to their website here:https://aalc.ai/