Introducing Agent-Powered Growth: The Playbook for AI-Driven Customer Strategy

Today I'm thrilled to announce the publication of my new book, "Agent-Powered Growth: How AI Is Transforming Customer Understanding and Business Strategy."
Why This Book
Over the past few years, I've watched AI transform from buzzword to business reality. But I've also seen countless organizations struggle to turn AI investment into actual results.
This book bridges that gap.
What's Inside
Part 1: The Agent Revolution
Understanding how AI agents differ from traditional software and why that difference matters for growth strategy.
Part 2: Customer Intelligence Reimagined
How AI-powered voice interviews and emotional intelligence are creating new categories of customer understanding.
Part 3: Implementation Playbook
Practical frameworks for deploying AI agents across marketing, sales, and customer success.
Part 4: The Future of Work
How teams evolve when AI handles routine tasks and humans focus on judgment and strategy.
Who It's For
This book is for:
- CMOs and marketing leaders rethinking their customer research approach
- Product managers wanting deeper customer understanding
- CX leaders looking to predict and prevent churn
- Business executives trying to separate AI hype from AI reality
Key Themes
1. Agents, Not Tools
The shift from AI as productivity tool to AI as autonomous agent changes everything about what's possible.
2. Emotional Intelligence at Scale
For the first time, we can capture emotional understanding from thousands of customers simultaneously.
3. Speed as Strategy
When insights take hours instead of weeks, research becomes part of every decision, not an occasional luxury.
4. Human + AI
The winning model isn't AI replacing humans. It's AI handling scale while humans provide judgment.
Get Your Copy
The book is available now at major retailers and through our website. I hope it helps you navigate the AI transformation as successfully as our customers have.
Here's to the future of agent-powered growth.
Written by
Stu Sjouwerman
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